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Regional
Exchange & Awareness Program (REAP)
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The Iowa
Soybean Association and the Mid-Atlantic Soybean
Association
were selected as the northern and southern hosts to
showcase agricultural production in their states as part of the
Regional Exchange and Awareness Program (REAP).
The American Soybean Association has partnered again with the
United Soybean Board to be able to offer this unique program to
our growers.
"The REAP tour is a valuable
educational opportunity for ASA members. This program is a
chance for current and emerging leaders to build relationships
and share ideas, while learning about farming practices unique
to a region other than their own," said ASA President Rob
Joslin. "ASA is grateful to the United Soybean Board for
partnering with ASA on this program and to the Iowa and
Mid-Atlantic Soybean Associations for acting as hosts this
year."
ASA thanks
the sponsors:
Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association Tour Agenda:
(Times and tours are
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Tuesday, Aug. 3 |
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Mid-afternoon |
Arrive at Baltimore-Washington International Airport |
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Casual dinner
at hotel |
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Wednesday, Aug. 4 |
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6-8 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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8:30 a.m. |
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Maryland's Eastern Shore; cross Chesapeake Bay Bridge |
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1 p.m. |
Schillinger Genetics Eastern Shore Operation, Queenstown,
Md. |
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5 p.m. |
Dinner at farm of Alan and Hans Schmidt, Sudlersville, Md. |
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Thursday, Aug. 5 |
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6-8 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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9-9:30 a.m. |
Kenny Brothers Produce,
Bridgeville, Del. |
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10-10:40 a.m. |
Auction Market, Laurel, Del. |
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10:55-11:20 a.m. |
Allen Family Food's
solar-powered poultry house |
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11:45 a.m.-12:25 p.m. |
Tour Perdue AgriRecycle, Seaford, Del. |
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12:30 p.m. |
University of Delaware Elbert
N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center,
Georgetown, Del. |
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3:30 p.m. |
Cape May-Lewes Ferry, Lewes,
Del. |
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6:35 |
Ferry docks in Cape May |
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Friday, Aug. 6 |
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6-9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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9:15 a.m. |
Vineland Produce Auction,
Vineland, N.J. |
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12-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch at farm of MASA director
Byron DuBois, Pittsgrove, N.J. |
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2:45-3:30 p.m. |
Kennett Square, Pa., "The
Mushroom Capital of the World."; North Creek Nurseries,
Landenberg, Pa. |
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4-5 p.m. |
North Creek Nurseries,
Landenburg, Pa. |
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Saturday, Aug. 7 |
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Morning |
Return flight home |
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Iowa Soybean Association
Tour Agenda:
(Times
and tours are subject to change.) |
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Monday, Aug. 30 |
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1:00 p.m. |
Tour Iowa Soybean Association
Building |
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4:00 p.m. |
Ray Gaesser's Grain Farm Tour,
Corning, Iowa. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 31 |
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11:00 a.m. |
Kinze Manufacturing Tour,
Williamsburg, Iowa. |
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1:10 p.m. |
SoyClean Natural Cleaning
Products Facility Tour and Lunch |
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3:45 p.m. |
SoyLink Processing Facility
Tour, Oskaloosa, Iowa. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Mark and Mike Jackson Grain
and Hog Farm Tour, Rose Hill, Iowa. |
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Wednesday, Sept. 1 |
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8:00 a.m. |
Lincolnway Energy — Ethanol
Plant Tour, Nevada, Iowa |
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9:30 a.m. |
Couser Cattle Company −
Alternative Technology Feedlot, Nevada, Iowa |
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11:00 a.m. |
BECON (Biomass Energy
Conversion) Facility Tour, Nevada, Iowa |
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1:30 p.m. |
USDA National Animal Disease
Center, Ames, Iowa |
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3:00 p.m. |
Trash Energy − Resource
Recovery, Ames, Iowa |
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4:30 p.m. |
Prairie Moon Winery Tour,
Ames, Iowa |
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Thursday, Sept. 2 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Farm Progress Show, Boone, Iowa |
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4:30 p.m. |
Soybean Tailgate, Ames, Iowa |
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Friday, Sept. 3 |
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Morning |
Return flight home |
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Photos
from the 2009 REAP Tour: |
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All farmer-leaders come away from these tours with new friends, new
information and a new awareness of agriculture in different states.
The American Soybean Association has offered this popular program to
farmer-leaders since 1991. REAP tours give producers a unique
opportunity to make new friends with growers from different growing
regions of the country, to exchange information with each other and to
further develop producer knowledge and skills.
The REAP program also helps U.S. soybean producers to build the
relationships necessary to maintain a strong and proactive voice on
behalf of farm-related legislative priorities in Washington, D.C.
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| Please direct any
questions about this program to ASA Meeting Planner Abby
Podkul,
(314) 754-1345
or email: apodkul@soy.org. |
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