The 2015 Agricultural Retailers Association Conference & Expo is being held this week in Palm Desert, California with the theme of “Performance. Precision. Passion.”
Presentations and discussions at the ARA Conference & Expo will feature topics such as sustainability within the food-chain, water issues, fertilizer trends, financial movements in the ag sector and personal health and wellness.
The conference will feature keynote presentations by Steve Peterson, General Mills; Paul Wenger, California Farm Bureau; and Jim Prokopanko, The Mosaic Company. Ed Skelton with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dr. Robert Orford with The Mayo Clinic, Michael Turley of OsbornBarr and other noted speakers will lead workshops during the conference.
2015 Agricultural Retailers Conference & Expo Photo Album
ARA Chairman Dave DuFault of Simplot provides a preview in this podcast: Preview of ARA conference with Chairman Dave DuFault
Farm & Food Partnerships – A New Paradigm –
Steve Peterson, General Mills, Retired
California FB President Addresses ARA –
Interview with California FB president Paul Wenger at ARA meeting
Pirkle Receives #ARA2015 Distinguished Service Award –
Interview with Billy Pirkle, ResponsibleAg
California FFA Welcomes #ARA2015 –
Southern California Region FFA president Samuel Looper at ARA15
Manolovits Earns AGCO Operator of the Year Honors –
Interview with Brian Monolovits, Operator of the Year
Wrap-up of #ARA2015 by President/CEO –
Daren Coppock, ARA President/CEO
Making Big Data Work for Retailers –
Greg Bright, Leap Media Solutions
John Deere Believes in the Future –
Chad Brusveen, Corporate Business Manger, John Deere
Notter Discusses Millennials at #ARA15 –
Jamie Notter, Culture That Works
Early Planning Makes #ARA15 A Success –
Leroy Startz, ARA Conference Planning Chair