Event Details

Date

February 20, 2019

Time

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., $59 includes lunch and materials, Prior registration and payment required.

Location

Genesee Community College Campus, Room T102
One College Road
Batavia, NY 14020

Host

Genesee Community College
The BEST Center
585-345-6868


2019 Precision Ag Workshop: Turning that Data into Dollars! Pre-Register by Feb 13th!

February 20, 2019

2019 Precision Ag Workshop:  Turning that Data into Dollars!  Pre-Register by Feb 13th!

  • Aaron Breimer, Veritas Farm Business Management "What Makes Sense Doesn't Always Make Dollars"
  • Josh Johnson, Agri Air Solutions and Agri-Advantage "Remote Sensing and How It Works"
  • Stephen Redmond, Redmond Agronomic Services, "Does Everybody Get the Vision?"
  • John Wagner, AgRePlan, LLC, "Water Management - The Key to Record Yields"
  • Bruce Wright, SUNY Cobleskill Ag Engineering, "How Will Education Incorporate All This Data?"
Keynote Speaker: Bob Stewart, Stewart Farms

"Our Farm's Precision Ag Experience: What Works for Us and What Still Needs Work"
Bob Stewart is the managing partner of Stewart Farms. Stewart Farms is
a multi-generation family, grain farm headquartered in Yorkville, Illinois. Bob operates the farm with family and a dedicated group of employees. Bob is responsible for the finance, land owner relations, and production sides of the farm business. The farm raises commercial corn, soybeans, and seed corn and utilizes a wide range of technologies, including RTK-based guidance systems on their machinery and controlled traffic patterns for field operations. The farm has collected GPS-based yield data since 1996. Bob holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois. He worked for Centrec Consulting after college prior to returning to the farm. Bob's work for Centrec included strategy development, economic modeling, educational product development, and agricultural research.

To Register:  Open and Print the Flyer!  Fill out and send Registration Form with Payment (a check payable to GCC or Credit Card information) and Mail to:  The BEST Center, Attn:  PA Workshop, Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY  14020 or Call The BEST Center:  585-345-6868, M-F 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.


Program Registration Flyer (PDF; 357KB)


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