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2025 YF&AP Conference: Temple Grandin will be the keynote speaker at February event
A keynote speech by Dr. Temple Grandin, breakout sessions on timely topics and industry tours are among the highlights of the 2025 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference.
The conference will be held Feb. 21-23, 2025, at the Sheraton Hotel at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis.
Grandin ( templegrandin.com) is the opening speaker. A professor of animal science at Colorado State University, Grandin is a best-selling author, animal behaviorist and autism self-advocate.
A networking event will take place on Friday evening, Saturday will conclude with a concert featuring Rye Davis, and Sunday will feature “Cowboy Church.” The lunch keynote on Saturday will be motivational speaker Braxten Nielsen, a former rodeo bareback rider who is “on the road” to recover from a traumatic accident in 2017 with hopes of riding again.
Among the other activities and speakers:
- Breakout sessions on water issues, cattle risk management, niche marketing, AI in farming, Ag in the Classroom, farm stress, forages and biosecurity.
- Industry tours of Tulip Tree Creamery, Smoking Goose Meatery, Beck’s Hybrids headquarters, Fisher’s Agripark and West Fork Whiskey House.
More information is available on INFB’s website, infb.org/events.
