2019 Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention &
Trade Show
(Maple Plain, MN)
The 2019 Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention is an event that brings together
Minnesota farmers and ranchers, as well as many other beef industry stakeholders
for educational opportunities, policy discussion and development, and a cattle
focused trade show. The Minnesota State
Cattlemen’s Association will host the 2019 annual convention and trade show December
13th and 14th at the Willmar Conference Center in Willmar, MN. The 2019
convention will feature MSCA’s annual Cattlemen’s College series featuring
timely topics and speakers that will help you defend your livelihood!
Additionally, attendees will take in membership meetings and networking opportunities
with fellow cattlemen and local, state and national leaders and beef industry
partners.
Special guests at this year’s
convention include Minnesota Millennial farmer; Zach Johnson, MSCA Legislative
Advisor; Bruce Kleven, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Senor Director of
International Trade and Market Access; Kent Bacus, along with many other
agriculture industry leaders and elected officials from across the state. Other
convention highlights include MSCA and MN Cattlewomen annual meetings, live
& silent auctions, setting 2020 legislative priorities and excellent
networking opportunities with legislators, government agencies, beef industry
partners and fellow cattle producers.
Key Agenda Items Include:
·
Ask an Attorney: Updates on BMP's for
protecting yourself from activist and nuisance lawsuits and open discussion
/questions about current challenges by Matt Berger- Agricultural Attorney
·
Keeping it Real: a panel of industry
experts who have combated a lab-grown, synthetic or other substitutes posing as
equals.
·
Soil Health Sit Down: SWCD led
conversations and demonstrations displaying the soil health impacts of
overgrazing. This session will feature a rain simulator on representative pasture
samples from various parts of the state
·
Legislative updates from both the
Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Government Relations team and the National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association D.C. Team.
·
MSCA Best of Beef Banquet and Annual Meeting
·
Cattle focused Trade Show!
Registration
is now open, sign up by visiting www.mnsca.org or by mailing in the
registration from the October issues of
the Minnesota Cattleman Newspaper. A block of rooms has been reserved at the
Best Western: (320-235-6060) and Holiday
Inn: (320-231-2601). Both Hotels are connected to the convention center. MSCA
special block rates are available until Nov. 12th or when the block is
sold-out. When making reservations over the phone, please mention that you will
be attending the Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show. Deadline to register for an exhibit
booth and sponsorship opportunities is November 23, 2019. Sponsorship
opportunity details available at www.mnsca.org/news-events/convention
