3rd Annual South Carolina Women in Agriculture Conference

3rd Annual South Carolina Women in Agriculture Conference

February 28, 2025
11:30 PM
Cedar Creek Church, Aiken, United States

Event Description

The 2025 SC Women’s Agricultural Network Conference will be held on February 28 and March 1, 2025.
February 28 is Pre-Conference Farm Tours. You will meet at your first stop at 1:00 PM. Participants can pick between two tour options.
Fillies and Forests: Great Oak and Hitchcock WoodsPeaches and Pecans: Yon Family Farms and Titan • Fillies and Forests: Great Oak and Hitchcock Woods
• Peaches and Pecans: Yon Family Farms and Titan
March 1 is an all-day educational conference at Cedar Creek Church in Aiken, SC. Registration will open at 8:00 AM, and participants will have time to visit with sponsors, enjoy refreshments and begin cultivating new connections. The Conference will officially kick off at 8:30 AM and we will conclude by 5:00 PM. Anyone supporting the goals of the Conference is welcome to attend.
Conference Goals:
Conference Goals: Conference Goals: To create a space for individuals to cultivate relationships.To provide opportunities for participants to connect with leaders in the agriculture community of South Carolina.To educate participants on a variety of agricultural topics. • To create a space for individuals to cultivate relationships.
• To provide opportunities for participants to connect with leaders in the agriculture community of South Carolina.
• To educate participants on a variety of agricultural topics.
Join us to cultivate connections to grow your knowledge and collaborate with other females in the agriculture and natural resources fields.
Saturday is going to be a fantastic day of learning and networking. Here is what you can expect for breakout sessions throughout the day.
This year, we will have two 90 minute super sessions.
The morning super session focuses on Forages Management for Livestock Producers.
· Pasture Management with Nicole Correa & Amber Starnes
Pasture Management Pasture Management · Silvopasture with Dr. Liliane Silva and Janet Steele
Silvopasture Silvopasture The afternoon super session focuses on Farm Income Tax Basics.
· Business Schedules C & F with Kevin Burkett
Business Schedules C & F Business Schedules C & F · Family Labor Considerations with Dr. Adam Kantrovich
Family Labor Considerations Family Labor Considerations All other breakout sessions will be 45 minutes with 15 minute breaks in-between.
· Agritourism: Diversifying your Farm to Attract Guests with Kathy McCaskill, Old McCaskills Farm
Agritourism: Diversifying your Farm to Attract Guests Agritourism: Diversifying your Farm to Attract Guests · Panel Discussion: Developing Innovative Tools and Products for Today’s Growers with Tiffany Rufus, Freedom Harvest and Katie Martin, Black Box Biologicals
Panel Discussion: Developing Innovative Tools and Products for Today’s Growers Panel Discussion: Developing Innovative Tools and Products for Today’s Growers · Is your Farm Agri-Able? With Lance Beecher
Is your Farm Agri-Able? Is your Farm Agri-Able? · Marketing and Selling Value Added Foods with Adair Hoover
Marketing and Selling Value Added Foods Marketing and Selling Value Added Foods · Regenerative Grazing for Small Ruminants with Deb Webster, Whispering Pines
Regenerative Grazing for Small Ruminants Regenerative Grazing for Small Ruminants · Pollinators: They Need Us, We Need Them with Susan Jones, Susan Marie’s Bees
Pollinators: They Need Us, We Need Them Pollinators: They Need Us, We Need Them ·Sustainable Farming Practices to Best Utilize Your Available Resources with Sarah Scott
Sustainable Farming Practices to Best Utilize Your Available Resources Sustainable Farming Practices to Best Utilize Your Available Resources · Student Lightening Sessions with Bailee Floyd, Kristi Kunde and Lauren Hood
Student Lightening Sessions Student Lightening Sessions · The Usefulness of Cooperatively Owned Businesses and How to Form One with Steve Richards
The Usefulness of Cooperatively Owned Businesses and How to Form One The Usefulness of Cooperatively Owned Businesses and How to Form One · Cultivating a Community with Trixi DeRosa-Davis, Hazy River Homestead
Cultivating a Community Cultivating a Community

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