Agribusiness Development Network
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| 9:30 am | Meet at GA Farm Bureau Headquarters photo |
Macon |
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Session I 9:45 - 12:15 Monday, July 31, 2006 Georgia Farm Bureau |
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| 9:45 |
Welcome photo |
Dr. John McKissick Director, Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development John McKissick.ppt |
| Wayne Dollar President, GA Farm Bureau |
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| 10:00 | Opening Comments | Dr. Scott Angle Dean and Director College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences UGA |
| 10:15 | “Team” Georgia Agribusiness | Donnie Smith Agricultural Liaison, Governor’s Office Chris Clark Department of Economic Development Bernard Reynolds Department of Community Affairs Tommy Irvin, Commissioner Department of Agriculture Dr. Beverly Sparks Assistant Dean - Extension CAES - UGA |
| 11:30 | Lunch | |
Comments-Importance |
Bryan Tolar Georgia Agribusiness Council |
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| Developing Agritourism | David Lane Lane Packing Company Fort Valley, GA |
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| 12:45 | Load Bus | |
| 1:15 pm | Travel to Lane Packing Company | Ft. Valley |
| 2:00 | Tour Lane Packing Company | Duke Lane Lane Packing Company |
| 3:30 | Travel to Pettigrew Center | Ft. Valley |
| Session II 4:00 - 5:45 Monday, July 31, 2006 Pettigrew Center, FVSU |
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| 4:00 | Developing Agritourism (cont.) | Lindsey Hammock Department of Economic Development Dr. Kent Wolfe Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development Scott Cagle Agri-Tour Solutions Scott_Cagle_.pdf |
| Resources for Agribusiness - The Ag Innovation Center |
Bill Boone Ag Innovation Center -Tifton | |
| 5:45 | Adjourn | |
| 5:45 | Travel to Griffin | |
| 7:30 | Dinner - GTO's, Griffin Sponsored by: Georgia Department of Economic Development And |
Charlie Gatlin, Chief of Staff Dept of Economic Development |
| Griffin Spalding Development Authority |
David Luckie Griffin-Spalding Development Authority |
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| 9:00 | Travel to Hotel | |
| 9:30 | Check in/On your own | Griffin |
Tuesday, August 1 |
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| 7:00 am | Luggage to Bus | |
| 7:15 | Breakfast | Griffin |
| Session III 8:30 - 11:45 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Stuckey Auditorium, Griffin Station |
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| 8:30 | Developing Feasibility Studies And Business Plans |
Dr. John McKissick |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | Financing Entrepreneurship | Merrill Folsom AgSouth Farm Credit Lindy Rogers Spectrum Financial Nancy Cobb One Georgia Authority Chris Scroggs USDA Craig_Scroggs.ppt Merrill_Folsom_.ppt Nancy_Cobb_.ppt |
| 11:45 | Lunch | |
| Welcome | Dr. Gerald Arkin Assistant Dean, CAES |
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| Taking Advantage of Our Growth eveloping Urban Markets - The Farm Fresh Food Network |
Laurie Moore,Coordinator |
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| 12:45 | Tour Food Processing Innovation Center |
Dr. Dick Phillips Food Processing Innovation Center |
| 2:30 | Load Bus | |
| 2:45 | Travel to Ft. Gains | |
| 5:45 | Check in Motel - Bagby State Oark | |
| 6:30 | Load Bus | |
| 6:45 | Travel to Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge | |
| 7:15 | Dinner - Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge | Fort Gaines |
| The Story of Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge photo |
Dan Giles Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge |
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| 8:30 | Travel to Motel - State Park | Fort Gaines |
| 9:00 | On your own | Fort Gaines |
Wednesday, August 2 |
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| 8:00 | Luggage to Bus | |
| 8:15 | Breakfast - State Park | Fort Gaines |
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Session IV 9:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, August 2, 2006 George T. Bagby State Park, Fort Gaines Farm Bureau |
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| 9:00 | Recognizing Agribusiness/ Entrepreneurial Opportunities |
White Oak Farms |
| 9:45 | Business Orginizational | Dr. Bill Thomas |
| Structures | Center for Agribusiness And Economic Development Craig Scroggs USDA-Rural Development Bill_Thomas Business_Structure.ppt Bill_Thomas_Business_Structure.pdf |
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| 10:30 | Load Bus | |
| 10:45 | Travel to Still pond Vineyard and Winery |
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| 11:45 | Tour - Still Pond Vineyard and Windery |
Susan and Charles Cowart Still Pond Vineyard and Winery |
| The Story of Still Pond Vineyard and Winery |
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| 12:30 | Lunch - Still Pond Vineyard And Winery |
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| 1:15 | Load Bus | |
| 1:30 | Travel to Glass Enterprises | Camilla |
| 2:30 | Tour Glass Enterprises | |
| How to Develop Entrepreneurship- From Alligator Eggs to Guchi Bags photo |
Mark Glass President, Glass Enterprises |
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| 4:15 | Load Bus | |
| 4:30 | Travel to Tifton | |
| 5:45 | Check In Hotel | |
| 7:30 | Dinner | Black Shank Farm - Tifton |
| 9:00 | Return to Hotel | |
Thursday, August 3 |
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| 7:15 | Luggage to Bus | |
| 7:30 | Breakfast | Tifton |
| 8:15 | Travel to Tifton Quality Peanuts | |
| 8:45 | Tour Tifton Quality Peanuts | Irvin Branch, Chairman |
| Board of Directors Bill Peltzer Public Relations and Quality Control Director |
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| 10:15 | Load Bus | |
| 10:30 | Travel to Tifton County Extension Office | |
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Session V 11:00 - 12:30 Thursday, August 3, 2006 , Tift County Extension Office, Tifton |
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| 11:00 | Agribusiness Marketing Strategies and Trends |
Dr. Kent Wolfe UGA - CAED |
| 11:25 | Developing an Industry Economic Development Project - The “Ga. Milk” Example |
Dr. Tommie Shepherd UGA - CAED Tommie_Shepherd.ppt |
| 11:45 | Developing an Industry Economic Development Project - The "Ga. Milk" Development |
Sidney Law CEC, Washington County Brian Tankersley CEC Tift County Bob Reinhardt Tift County Development Authority |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Tift County Extension Office |
| Welcome | Julie Hunt University System Regent |
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| Comments | Ben Tarbutton University System Regent |
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| 1:30 | Load Bus | |
| 1:45 | Travel to Bell Plantation Peanuts | Fitzgerald |
| 2:45 | Tour Bell Plantation Peanuts | J. C. Bell Bell Plantation Peanuts |
| 3:45 | Load Bus | |
| 4:00 | Travel to Vidalia photo | |
| 5:30 | Tour Manning/Vidalia Valley Farms |
Vince StanleyManager, Manning Farms |
| 6:30 | Load Bus | |
| 6:45 | Travel to Lyons | |
| 7:00 | Dinner | |
| The Story of Stanley Farms | R. T. Stanley President, Stanley Farms |
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| 8:30 | Check In/On your own | |
Friday, August 4 |
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| 7:15 | Load Bus | Vidalia |
| 7:30 | Breakfast | Vidalia |
| 8:15 | Travel to Oconee River Produce | Mt. Vernon |
| 8:45 | The Oconee River Produce Story And Tour |
Rick Berry Oconee River Produce |
| 9:45 | Load Bus | |
| 10:00 | Travel to Captain's Corner Resturant | Vidalia |
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Session VI 10:30 - 12:30 Friday, August 4, 2006 Captain's Corner Resturant, Vidalia |
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| 10:30 | Farm Fresh Tattnall | Reid Torrance CEC, Tattnall County |
| 11:00 | Break into Agency Groups | |
Extension Breakout Seccion |
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| 11:00 | Expectations of Network Agents | Beverly Sparks Interim Associate Dean - Extension |
Department of Economic Development |
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| 11:00 | Brian Marlowe Department of Economic Development |
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| 12:00 | Groups reconvene | |
| Closing Comments | Dr. Scott Angle Dean, College of Agricultural Envorinmental Sciences |
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| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:15 | Load Bus | |
| 1:30 | Travel to Macon | |
| 4:00 | Homeward bound | |