Nebraska Ag Classic (#NEAC09) set to get underway

The fifth annual Nebraska Ag Classic is gets underway tomorrow evening (Tuesday, Dec. 1) and runs through December 3. This year's event is at the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln and, as always, features some outstanding speakers who will cover a number of critical topics for agriculture. (Here's the agenda.)

For those who can't make it but want a sense of the activities or highlights from speakers, just follow the Nebraska Ag Classic tweets on Twitter by tracking the hashtag #NEAC09. (Just click on that link to see the search results.)

Opening the conference is Dr. Wes Jamison. Jamison's topic will be the ever-growing challenge of dealing with animal activists/anti-agriculture groups. (We've blogged about him before.)

Jamison is very good; you don't want to miss it.

Michele Payn-Knoper, founder of Cause Matters Corp., will also be on hand. (She's @mpaynknoper on Twitter and is one of five national finalists for "Twitter User of the Year".)

During the annual awards banquet Dec. 2, she'll present her “Celebrating Agriculture” keynote.
Payn-Knoper returns Thursday, Dec. 3, to talk about social networks in a presentation “Farming Your Online Community: Social Networks and Beyond.”

Other speakers include:

• Chandler Mazour, Using a Holistic Cropping Systems Approach on Your Farm
  
• Steve Meinzen, IT4 Emissions Standards
• Darren Frye, Controlling What You Can Control
• Sara Wyant, “Washington Insider Update”
• Nebraska Senator Tom Carlson