On the heels of talking about the upcoming Colorado State University Extension energy workshops, I found this little treasure among the pounds of junk mail the Post Office sees fit to deliver, the annual Colorado Agriculture "Big and Small" and Small Acreage Conference, Wednesday and Thursday, February 15th and 16th.
Lately, all I have time for is the occasional one-hour webinar, but if I had time to travel, the following look new and interesting: Building a Value-Added Business, New Fruit and Nut Trees for the Front Range, Fertigation with Drip Irrigation, Backyard Chicken Production, and (hopefully something new on manure management), Manure Utiization.
One-day ticket: $125; two-day ticket: $175. Gasp, I know, but I've been to this conference several times, and it pays for itself in tidbits that make farming, ranching and stable ownership easier. My only suggestion would be that they add speakers pointing out ways to deal with ever-evolving land use rules and increasing government regulations.
If you are a non-profit vendor, you can have a booth if you register for the conference. For-profit "sponsors" can get vendor booths for $250, $500 and $1,000 sponsorship levels.