Agenda

All Day | Travel to Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake, MN

4:00 - 7:00pm | Check In

6:30 - 10:00pm | Registration and Meet and Greet Reception | Isanti

8:00 - 9:30pm | Live filming of GPS DairyCAST "Ahead of the Herd" episode | Minnetonka

7:00 - 8:00am | Breakfast Buffet | Isanti

8:00 - 8:15am  | Forum Kick-Off | Minnetonka

Theme: Built On Experience | Minnetonka

8:15 - 9:00am | “Balancing Dairy Production and Politics in DC” | Gregg Doud, National Milk Producers Federation

9:00 - 9:45am | "Rewards, Risks & Opportunities: US Dairy Outlook" | Phil Plourd, Wisconsin Dairy Products Association

9:45 - 10:15am | Q&A

10:15 - 10:30am | Break

10:30 - 11:30am | Keynote Speaker: “Interest-Based Negotiating: How to move from disagreement to commitment while strengthening the relationship” | Vance Crow, Legacy Interviews

11:30 - 11:14am | Q&A

11:45am- 12:0opm | Overview of Breakout Structure and Tracts

12:00 - 12:55pm | Lunch | Isanti

NEW THIS YEAR: Breakout sessions are now organized into themed pathways.

Breakouts feature three learning pathway options, each consisting of two complementary presentations on a shared topic. For today, you can choose two of the three pathways to participate in. 

• Pathway: High Quality Forage = High Performance Cows 

1. 1. "Uncovering Alfalfa’s Hidden Yield & Maximizing Farm Grown Forage" | Jeffrey Jackson, Croplan 
   2. "Evolution of Corn Hybrids for Silage" | Dann Bolinger, Pioneer Seed 

• Pathway: Tech it or Leave it: Making Dairy Data Work  

1. 1. "Farming the Future: Unlocking the AI Advantage" | Joao Reboucas Dorea, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
   2. "Your Farm is Talking - Are you listening? Turning Everyday Data into Better Decisions" | Megan Abeyta, PhD and Andy Bohnhoff, DVM, GPS Dairy Consulting LLC

• Pathway: High Oleic Beans 2.0, The Next Chapter 
  1. "A Cow $ense Blueprint for High Oleic Soybeans" | Jim Barmore, Five Star Dairy Consulting, LLC, and Paulina Letelier, PhD, GPS Dairy Consulting, LLC 
  2. "Roasting, Milling, and Conveyance from the Field to the Cow" | Lyndell Martin, Grain Dryer Repairman 

1:00 - 2:30pm | Breakout Pathway of Your Choice #1

2:30pm - 3:00pm | Break

3:00 - 4:30pm | Breakout Pathway of Your Choice #2

Evening Events | Minnetonka

5:00 - 6:30pm | Sponsor Showcase and Networking Reception

6:30 - 7:15pm | Dinner

7:15 - 8:30pm | Barnyard Feud

8:30 - 10:00pm | Networking Social

7:00 - 8:00am | Breakfast | Isanti

NEW THIS YEAR: More breakout sessions are available on the final day of Leaders Forum and are again organized into themed pathways.

Like yesterday, these breakouts feature three learning pathway options, each consisting of two complementary presentations on a shared topic. For today, you can choose two of the three new pathways to participate in. 

• Pathway: Milk, Metrics & Money
  1. "Tracking to Transforming: Dairy Benchmarks that Matter" | Gabriella Houdek & Zach Lensmire, AgriGrowth Solutions, LLC and Trent Dado, MSc, GPS Dairy Consulting, LLC
• Pathway: Leaders Built for the Future
  1. "Building Better Farm Teams" | Tera Barnhardt, DVM, Heritage Vet Partners
  2. "Passing the Reins to Tomorrow's Dairy Leaders: How Leaders are Made" | Ron Oltmanns, Leadskill
• Pathway: Expansion Playbook: Financial and Operational Checkpoints
  1. "Strategic Specialization: Could Custom Calving be the Industry's Next Big Shift?" | Steve Bodart, AgriGrowth Solutions, LLC
  2. "Taxes, Debt and Expansion Opportunities" | Michael Ten Clay, Van Bruggen & Vande Vegte, P.C

8:00 - 9:15am | Breakout Pathway of Your Choice #1

9:15 - 9:45am | Break - check out of hotel rooms

9:45 - 11:00am | Breakout Pathway of Your Choice #2

11:00 - 11:15am | Break

Theme: The Future Isn't Waiting | Minnetonka

11:15am - 12:15pm | "Next Gen Panel" | Bennett Fulper of Cobblestone Milk Cooperative & Mountain View Farms, Adam Massen of Maasen Dairy, LLC, and Ethan Wise of Foresight Farms

12:15 - 12:30pm | Forum Wrap-up and Sponsor Drawings

12:30pm | Grab and Go Lunch