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The 2024 joint Annual Meeting of the Burley & Dark Tobacco Producer Association and the Council for Burley Tobacco will be held January 18, 2024 during the Kentucky Commodity Conference in Bowling Green, KY at the Holiday Inn University Plaza and Convention Center. Producers are encouraged to register for the Kentucky Commodity Conference by clicking on this link. This year we plan to adjourn the Association Annual Meeting at 11:00 a.m. to participate in the Commodity Conference luncheon, so producers should sign up for both the conference and the luncheon when registering. Keynote speakers at the luncheon will be Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell, and Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien's Weather specialist.
This year's joint Annual Meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m., Central. The following is the tentative agenda:
Location: Sloan Convention Center at the Holiday Inn University Plaza located at 1021 Wilkinson Trace in Bowling Green, KY. The Annual Meeting will be held in Meeting Rooms 1 & 2.
- 9:00 a.m. Call to order: Al Pedigo, President
- Industry Update: Dr. Will Snell, UK, and Daniel Green, Burley Stabilization Corporation
- UK Research Update: Dr. Bob Pearce & Dr. Andy Bailey
- Farm Labor Grower Panel Discussion: Local and Regional Growers
Adjourn for Commodity Luncheon at 11:00 a.m.
Afternoon agenda begins at 1:00 p.m.
- H-2A Wage Regulation Discussion: US Department of Labor Wage & Hour for KY, NC & TN
- Review of Crop Insurance Changes for Tobacco: USDA Risk Management Agency-Jackson
- Federal Issues Update: Kentucky Farm Bureau & Congressional staff, invited
- Annual Business Sessions for BDTPA and Council for Burley Tobacco
- Election of officers and board members
- Financial Report
- Development of Association tobacco policy
Updates on the agenda and Annual Meeting will be posted to the BDTPA website and available at the Annual Meeting on January 18.
All current and prospective growers are encouraged to attend. Please help spread the word to other tobacco growers.
Everyone planning to attend needs to pre-register. This is very important for an accurate meal count. Producers can pre-register at the Kentucky Commodity Conference website where you can also sign up to attend the Commodity Luncheon. For those who fail to register for the luncheon, we will again have pizza in our meeting room during the lunch break. However, we still need everyone to register. To register for the Commodity Conference and reserve your luncheon ticket click this link, 2024 KY Commodity Conference, and follow the instructions. To register just for the BDTPA and Council Annual Meeting, and not the Commodity Luncheon, click this link, 2024 BDTPA Annual Meeting, registration is toward the bottom of the home page. We look forward to seeing you on January 18 in Bowling Green!
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