Women In Ag
Will be held on April 25, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church at 1401 West 4th Street, Holton, KS

4:00 Janet Zwonitzer - Jackson County Commissioner
Dyann Parks - Jackson County Livestock Association
Elizabeth Allen - Holton FFA President
4:30 p.m. Salads and Sandwiches (Free)
5:00 p.m. Kayla Schreiber - Jackson County Farm Bureau Association
Financial Risks: Crop Insurance 101 - Mark Nelson,
Kansas Farm Bureau, Director of KFB Commodities
6:00 p.m. Cheryl Tevis - Successful Farming Senior Risk Management Editor,
“ Women - Striking a Balance in Life”

Cheryl Tevis is senior risk management editor of Successful Farming magazine at Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa. She joined the staff in 1979 as associate farm management editor. Prior to her employment there, she was an associate editor for Farm Wife News at Reiman Publications in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cheryl grew up on a 320-acre grain and livestock farm near Sioux City, Iowa. She received a master of arts degree in journalism in 1975 from the University of Missouri. She has received the Voice of Agriculture Award from the American Corn Growers in 2002, the Milt Hakel Award for Agricultural
Communications from the National Farmers Union in 2001 and was named an Iowa Up and Comer by The Des Moines Register. She has received writing awards from the North American Agricultural Editors Association, and has been a finalist in the 1990 National Magazine Awards.
 

Cheryl is married to Stan Lingren, who farms near Pilot Mound, Iowa. They have two daughters, Allison and Alexa.
 

7:00 p.m. Jody Holthaus, Meadowlark Extension District,
Dr. Mykel Taylor, Ag Economist, K-State Research & Extension,
Value of Cropland & Pasture, Determining a fair rate for rent.
7:45 p.m. Mary Fund, Kansas Rural Center - Mom, Apple Pie, and Conservation Tour!
Tour scheduled for May, 2013 - More to come!
 

Sponsors include: Jackson County Conservation District, Farm Service Agency, Jackson County Farm Bureau Association, Meadowlark Extension District, KACD, NRCS, KState Research and Extension and Jackson County Livestock Association. In order to know how much food to prepare, please call (785)364-4638, ext. 136 by April 22, 2013. (Men are welcome to attend.)