NYBPA Annual Conference & Annual Meeting
Event Details
Date
January 19 - January 20, 2024
Time
8am
Location
DoubleTree by Hilton
6301 State Route 298
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Host
NYBPA
The 2024 Annual Conference starts Friday afternoon with a cash bar, registration, and annual membership meeting. Dinner to follow with keynote speaker Amanda Radke, Beef Farm of Excellence Awards Presentation, and Supreme Show Program Sponsorship auction. Trade show and silent auction to benefit the Jr Scholarship Fund all weekend long. Saturday starts with the trade show and breakfast at 8:00AM followed by speakers at 8:30AM. Lunch includes the Annual NYBPA Awards and Junior Awards Program. Reserve a room at the DoubleTree HERE. Deadline to register and reserve a hotel room is JANUARY 5th, 2024.
Amanda Radke, Keynote Speaker
Amanda Radke is a fifth-generation rancher from Mitchell, SD. Alongside her husband, Tyler, and their four children, they operate Radke Land & Cattle, a Limousin and Angus seedstock operation.
A former National FFA Extemporaneous Speaking Champion and National Beef Ambassador, Radke has spent the last 15 years on the road fighting for agriculture, rural America, and the western way of life. She's gone head-to-head against animal rights activists, environmental extremists, politicians, and celebrities who seek to eliminate animal agriculture. She believes food security is national security, and her work is focused on keeping producers on the land and ensuring every citizen has access to safe, affordable and nutritious food in this country.
She currently serves as an appointee on the National Agriculture Campaign Advisory Council, where she provides industry insights to the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee. Radke is also the author of eight children's books, and her goal is to help promote agricultural literacy in schools and to teach the next generation about where their food comes from. Learn more about Radke at www.amandaradke.com.
Amanda Radke is sponsored by these gracious sponsors:
Trowbridge Farms
JK Tobin Construction
Canandaigua Stockyards
Field Crops
Dairy
Business
Livestock
Grains
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