Kansas Ag Research and Technology Association
The Kansas Ag Research and Technology Association (KARTA) and K-State Research and Extension have announced its winter conference will be moving to a bigger facility in January of 2016. The 19th Annual Kansas Agricultural Technologies Conference will be held January 21-22, 2016, at the Courtyard by Marriott and adjacent convention center in Junction City.
This annual event brings hundreds of agricultural producers and industry leaders for a two-day interactive workshop on the use of technology in the ever-changing agriculture industry. “Our winter conference has been growing tremendously over the last few years, but last year we were bursting at the seams in Salina,” says Jeff Buehler, 2015 KARTA Board President. “Our volunteer board made the decision to research other venues, and are confident that the Marriott in Junction City will better serve our conference needs now and as we continue to grow in the future.”
Those in attendance at the conference will hear presentations from dynamic speakers on a wide variety of topics dealing with precision agriculture. The two-day event also includes vendor displays, the KARTA Annual Meeting, research presentations from grant recipients, and an interactive evening discussion that is always an attendee favorite.
Anyone who signs up on or before January 15th can receive a $50 discount on their conference registration, bringing the conference price to $175 per person (which includes meals and refreshments). There is also a subsidized student rate of $50 per person, catered to agricultural students at all of the state’s post-secondary educational institutions.
The funds generated through the association dues and conference registrations are used to provide grants to facilitate on-farm research projects and instructional workshops on the hardware and software necessary to conduct agricultural research trials. Registration for the two-day conference is $175 per person prior to January 15th, or $225 per person after that deadline. There is also a $50 discount for KARTA members, and new members can always sign up on their conference registration form. For more information or to register, visit www.kartaonline.org. Be sure to follow KARTA on Twitter and Facebook.