Monday, November 27, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PMPositioning Your Farm Business for Successful Transition Workshop (lunch included)

Dick Wittman, Wittman Consulting
pre-registration required - Click Here

1:00 PM - 4:00 PMVirginia FAIRS Agricultural and Forestry Innovation "Bull Pen" Challenge (invitation only) 
3:00 PM - 5:30 PMRegistration Open 
3:00 PM - 5:30 PMYoung Farmers Auction Drop-off 
3:00 PM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall Open 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMVirginia FAIRS Agricultural and Forestry Innovation "Bull Pen" Challenge Reception (invitation only) 
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:30 AMBuffet Breakfast (at your leisure) 
7:00 AM - 11:30 AMExhibit Hall & Young Farmers Silent Auction Open 
7:00 AM - 5:30 PMRegistration Open 
8:30 AM - 10:30 AMVirginia FAIRS Agricultural and Forestry Innovation "Bull Pen" Challenge 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMMaximizing Your Convention Experience/Voting Delegate Orientation

Martha Moore, VFBF Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations
*Voting Delegates should bring their handbooks with them

10:15 AM - 11:15 AMNon-Traditional Succession in Family Farm Business

Dick Wittman, Wittman Consulting

11:30 AM - 1:30 PMFarm to Table Luncheon

Jason Brown, Keynote Speaker
Owner of First Fruits Farm in North Carolina

1:30 PM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall & Young Farmers Silent Auction Open  
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMYoung Farmers Discussion Meet Competition 
2:15 PM - 3:15 PMCourts & Ports: A Look at Legal & Economic Issues Facing American Agriculture

Travis Cushman, AFBF Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & Public Policy
Veronica Nigh, AFBF Senior Economist

 

3:30 PM - 4:30 PMFarm Equipment: Navigating Repairs and Emerging Technologies 
4:45 PM - 5:45 PMDistrict & VFBF AgPAC Caucus Meetings 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMVirginia FAIRS Showcase Reception 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMAppreciation Dinner and Live Auction 
9:00 PM - 11:00 PMYoung Farmers/Growing Leaders Reception (invitation only) 
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:30 AMBuffet Breakfast (at your leisure) 
7:00 AM - 5:30 PMRegistration Open 
8:00 AM - 11:30 AMAnnual Meeting of Voting Delegates

Zippy Duvall, AFBF President

11:45 AM - 1:15 PMFellowship Luncheon

Keighley Gore, 2023 VFBF Distinguished Farm Bureau Woman

1:30 PM - 3:15 PMAnnual Meeting of Voting Delegates 
3:15 PM - 3:45 PMBreak 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMAnnual Meeting of Voting Delegates 
4:00 PM - 7:00 PMPhoto Booth Opens 
5:00 PM - 5:30 PMVirginia Tech Alpha Gamma Rho Meet & Greet (photo @ 5:15 PM) 
5:30 PM - 6:45 PMEastern Shore Reception 
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMVirginia Farm Bureau Awards Dinner 
Thursday, November 30, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:30 AMBuffet Breakfast (at your leisure)