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Agenda

February 28

7:30 am

Shuttle bus service from The Peabody, Doubletree, and other downtown hotels to Convention Center

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8:30 am

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Ag Outlook Meeting - Cannon Center Stage 

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Cotton Issues 

Patrick Johnson, Jr, Chairman, National Cotton Council

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Outlook for U.S. and World Cotton

Joe Nicosia, Senior Head, Cotton and Merchandising Platforms and Executive Vice President of Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC, Cordova, TN

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9:00 am

Mid-Farm & Gin Show trade show floor is open

11:00 am

Mid-South Agricultural Trade Conference – Room 115 Level 1 Lobby
Hosted by University of Tennessee Martin, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and University of Tennessee Extension

The 2025 Mid-South Agricultural Trade Conference seeks to inform farmers, agribusinesses, and agricultural leaders in Tennessee and the Mid-South about the role and significance of international trade on local agricultural production, global markets and economies, as well as increase awareness of agricultural exporting tools and resources. Experts on trade as well as State and National commodity leaders will provide context on today’s changing trade landscape. 

2:00 pm

Mid-South NAMA Student Competition – Room 102A Level 1 Lobby

2:30 pm

Integrating Gin Technology for the Farmer & Ginner – Room 109 Level 1 Lobby
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Hear discussions, challenges and success stories of ginners, farmers, ag equipment dealers and others.

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5:00 pm

Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Closes

Agenda

March 1

7:30 am

Shuttle bus service from The Peabody, Doubletree, and other downtown hotels to Convention Center

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8:30 am

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Ag Outlook - Cannon Center Stage

Richard Brock, Brock Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 

Brock will provide a grain market outlook and his unique insight into grain marketing and the challenges farmers will face in the year ahead
 

Special $500 cash attendance prize. Prize will be awarded by end of seminar. Must be present to win

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Sponsored by:  

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9:00 am

Mid-Farm & Gin Show trade show floor is Open

11:00 am

Southern Cotton Ginners Association Safety Luncheon –

Room 114 Level 1 Lobby

12:00 pm

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4-H Mid-South Food Pantry Competition​

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4-H members from five states will compete in a food challenge at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show to demonstrate their knowledge and skills as it relates to preparing a healthy meal with items commonly found in a local food pantry. Contest will emphasize limiting food waste, food efficiency, and healthiness of a meal. Attend the award ceremony to see the winning recipes and the top three 4-H Chopped teams!

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12:30 pm

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Rice Marketing Educational Seminar 

Room 101 Level 1

Milo Hamilton, Co-founder and Senior Agricultural Economist of Firstgrain, Inc. 

and John Anderson, Rice Consultant for Firstgrain, Inc.

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Rice rules of thumb may not work so well in 2025. Is the price of rice shaking your world? Is the cost of growing it shaking your world? This workshop looks at the rice price as trapped between uncertain input costs and other factors you may never have thought about before. We will be in Memphis to help you sort through your new crop rice price outlook.

4:30 pm

Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Closes

9:00 pm

The Jamboree (Adults only, please) Everyone Welcome! Cash Bar - The Peabody Hotel, Grand Ballroom 

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Music by: The Krackerjacks, the party band of the South  

 

Brought to you by Jamboree Sponsors: 

Agriculture Guaranty, AZA Import & Export Co., Bank First, Barnhardt Natural Fibers Group, Chem Cotton, Egon Keller, Inc., Indianola Electric Co, Langston Companies, Inc, Lubbock Electric Co, Lummus Ag Solutions, McCleskey Saw & Machine, MTS Kimbell, Olam Agri, Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Samuel Packaging, Signode, Square Weber, LLC, Tannehill Industries, Vandergriff American

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