With a record crowd, the 2011 Top Producer Seminar has officially kicked off in Chicago, Ill. More than 700 hundred of the country’s largest farmers are attending the event, which lasts from Jan. 26 to 28. This marks the 4th straight year for record attendance at the annual event.
See coverage from Tuesday’s Tomorrow’s Top Producer event here.
Some of the speakers for the event include:
Sterling Liddell, Rabo AgriFinance
Kip Tom, Tom Farms LLC
Allen Motew, QT Weather
Gregg Hunt, MF Global
Dave Kohl, Virginia Tech
Brett Oelke, University of Minnesota
Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University
Annette Duignan, JP Morgan
Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions
Diane E. Johnson, CMP
Paul G. Neiffer, CPA, Hansen NvO
Mark Gold, Top Third Marketing
Mike Steenhoek, Soy Transportation Board
Allen Lash, Agrisolutions, Inc.
Mark Mueller, Mueller Farms
Jamie Wasemiller, Silveus Insurance Group
Kevin Spafford, Legacy by Design
Roger Bernard, ProFarmer and Farm Journal Washington Editor
Jerry Gulke, The Gulke Group
The 2011 Top Producer of the Year banquet will take place on Thursday evening. Stay tuned towww.TopProducerSeminar.com for coverage of the event.
You can also follow Twitter for tweets from the event. The hash tag is #TPS11.
Top Producer Seminar Hosts Record Crowd
Leading agribusiness meeting kicks off with 4th straight year of a record crowd.
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