About the PFI Annual Conference
Since our founding, the annual conference has been a keystone event for farmer-to-farmer learning. Join us and over 1,000 attendees to hear creative solutions and ideas from fellow farmers; share in good conversation; make new connections; and enjoy hearty meals.
Highlights for this year's conference include:
- 70-plus sessions featuring over 100 speakers
- Over 90 sponsors and exhibitors
- Preconference short courses
- Storytelling
- PFI supper and cocktails
- NEW Legacy Lounge
Keynote Address
Three farmers on the Des Moines Lobe have used strip-till, no-till, cover crops and in-season nitrogen for more than a decade. Their yields, profitability and soil have all improved.
Meanwhile, Iowa's water quality is still among the nation's worst, and has improved little since the state launched its Nutrient Reduction Strategy over 13 years ago. That contradiction is what led Zack Smith, James Hepp and Matt Bormann to found the Lobe Rangers.
In this keynote, these three conservation farmers tell how they ended up publicly at odds with the agricultural groups that claim to speak for them. They also share what they've learned about why more than a decade of voluntary efforts to reduce fertilizer pollution has not led to meaningful improvements in water quality.
The keynote address will take place on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 1:15 p.m.
