


Agenda
7:00 am Breakfast presented by DairyMAX and Cordelia Power
8:00 am Welcome and Introduction
8:30 am KEYNOTE: "What I've Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming"
Randy Frazier
9:30 am Excellence in CALP Award
9:45 am Ag Export Award
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Breakout Session 1:
Cotton Creek I "Water Issues Facing Colorado Agriculture"
Brad Wind, Northern Water Conservation District
Pat Wells, Northern Water Conservation District
Cotton Creek II "If Networking is So Important, How Come No One Has Taught Me How?"
Keith Bailey, Articulated Intelligence
Meadowbrook I Livestock BioSecurity: Practical Tools for Current Concerns"
Julia Herman, National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
Meadowbrook II "Food Logistical Solutions: How to Get Local Food to Urban Centers Cost Effectively"
Greg Bloom, Barber's Food
11:45 am Lunch presented by Barber's Food and Farm Fresh
12:30 pm CALP Class 16 Personal Project Presentations
1:00 pm GENERAL SESSION: "Cultivating Connections Among Farmers and Consumers"
Michelle Miller, Farm Babe
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Breakout Session 2:
Cotton Creek I "Colorado Co-Op Space Financials and Financial Knowledge Exchange"
Larri Tappy, CoBank
Emily Noyes, CoBank
Cotton Creek II "Emerging Nutrition"
Kurt Long, Ardent Mills
Meadowbrook I "Crop Residue Harvesting"
sponsored by Cordelia Power
Nathan Drake, Pacific Ag
Meadowbrook II "Food Sensory Marketing"
Martha Calvert, Food Innovation Center, CSU Spur
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Breakout Session 3:
Cotton Creek I "Passing the Baton: Planning for Transitions in
Leadership of your Business"
Davon Cook, Pinion Global
Cotton Creek II "Energy Opportunities for Colorado Farmers"
Austin Kintzer, American Farmland Trust
Meadowbrook I "Managing Farm Stress so Stress Doesn't Manage Us"
Chad Reznicek, Colorado AgrAbility Project
Meadowbrook II "Navigating the H-2A Landscape: Strategies for
Effective Labor Management"
Kelli Griffith, Mountain Plains Agricultural Services
​updated 2.4.25