2025 NPSAS Conference Schedule

Below is a tentative schedule and timeline for the 2025 Food and Farming Conference. We are excited about this year’s Conference speakers, agenda, and content. There will be great opportunities to learn and network with fellow farmers, industry professionals, and helpful vendors who can provide great insight and information to improve your operation.

2025 Food & Farming Conference Tentative Agenda The Future of Farming
Please check For Final Schedule here or in your conference book for any changes upon Conference Check-in THURSDAY – January 23
Time	Description	Room
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Registration & Check-in	Main Conference Hall
10:00 am – 10:00 pm	Vendor Set-up	Exhibit Hall
10:00 am – 5:00 pm	Dakota Organic Academy Road Show (OARS)- Free to transitioning organic farmers	Dakota Room E
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm	How to Stop the Fight on the Way to the Funeral – Jolene Brown	Theater
4:30 pm	Farm Breeder Network
5:30 pm	OARS Community Information Night with Vendors	Dakota Room A
FRIDAY – January 24
8:00 am – 9:15 am	Breakfast – Exhibits Open	Convention Hall
9:30 am	Welcome Message -by Martin Goter, NPSAS Board President	Convention Hall
9:35 am – 10:30 am	KEYNOTE – Dr. Bob Quinn – Healing the Earth by Growing Food as Medicine	Convention Hall
10:45 am – 11:35 am	Workshop/Breakouts* Devyatka Buckwheat Evaluation of a Determinate Variety Research Success – Steve Zwinger Improving watershed health, wildlife habitat, and ranch profitability – Dr. Krista Ehlert Transition to Organic Journey – Panel Discussion Nuts and Bolts of Growing Food as Medicine – Dr. Bob Quinn Kids Ag Workshop – Master Gardeners of Brown County	Dakota A Dakota B Dakota C Dakota D Atrium
11:45 am-1:00 pm	Exhibits Open	Exhibit Hall
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch	Conventional Hall
12:45 – 1:15	Annual Meeting	Convention Hall
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	KEYNOTE – Ray Archuleta – Regenerative Agriculture: Approach Life with Life	Convention Hall
2:35 pm – 3:30 pm	General Session The Family Retirement, Succession, & Estate Planning Conversation – Russ Tweiten	Convention Hall
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Exhibits Open
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm	Workshop/Breakouts* Navigating the World of Humic Acid – Larry Sax How to determine Health & Function of Your Soil – Ray Archuleta Finding Financial Freedom and Flexibility with Improvements to FSA Farm Loans – Gail Gullickson Beginning Farmer Education Options – FARRMS staff Kids Ag Workshop – Master Gardeners of Brown County	Dakota A Theater Dakota B Dakota C Atrium
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Taste of Ag – Happy Hour Social & Cash Bar available
6:00 pm	Dinner – Followed by Auction & Karaoke	Convention Center
SATURDAY – January 25
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast – Exhibit Hall Open – Networking	Convention Center
7:30 am	Informal Breakfast Discussion with NPSAS Board on Direction & Future of NPSAS
8:30 am – 9:20 am	Workshop/Breakouts* The Good, Bad, and Ugly of a Value-Added Ag Journey – Back Forty Beef Rise of Regenerative Organic Agriculture – Dr. Angela Jackson-Pulse Comparing Grass-fed with Conventional Fed Beef – Scott Kronberg Sharing USDA Services and Resources for Existing and Beginning Producers – Gail Gullickson Kids Ag Workshop – Master Gardeners of Brown County	Dakota A Dakota B Dakota C Dakota D Atrium
9:30 – 10:30 am	General Session – Tilling the Soil of Opportunity: The Next Generation of Ag Leaders
10:40 am – 11:30 pm	Workshop/Breakouts* The Continued Conversation of How to determine Health & Function of Your Soil – Ray Archuleta Building Resilience in Farm Crisis Management – Harriet Behar Learn How FSA Youth Loans Support 4-H and FFA Member Ag Projects.- Gail Gullickson Kids Ag Workshop – Master Gardeners of Brown County	Theater Dakota A Dakota B Atrium
11:30 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch – Exhibits Open	Convention Center
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Insights from Ag Experience – Farmers Panel
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	KEYNOTE – Jolene Brown – Harvest the Humor: A Celebration of Life on the Farm	Convention Center

2025 Food & Farming Conference Tentative Agenda

The Future of Farming

Please check For Final Schedule here or in your conference book for any changes upon Conference Check-in

THURSDAY – January 23

FRIDAY – January 24

SATURDAY – January 25