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Entrepreneurship is theme of Nebraska Governor’s Ag Conference

Nebraska ag director Steve Wellman says this year’s Governor’s Ag Conference will focus on entrepreneurship in food and agriculture.

“We are focusing on some new opportunities in agriculture…some topics that aren’t usually talked about in production agriculture,” Wellman says.

The conference kicks off with a “Spirit of Nebraska’s Entrepreneurs” panel presentation moderated by Tom Field of the University of Nebraska’s Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program.

“For example, a soon-to-be graduate from the university who is selling home-raised beef from her farm and growing her operation.  And there’s operators that will talk about their coffee-roasting business,” Wellman says. “Just some things that are definitely agriculture but maybe not necessarily what we talk about in production agriculture most days.”

Also on the agenda is the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu. He’ll talk about growing start-up companies in Nebraska.

The conference is March 9th and 10th in Kearney.  For more information, go to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture’s web site.