NIAA Annual Conference * March 26-29, 2012 * Denver, Colorado
Living in a World of Decreasing Resources & Increasing Regulation:
How to Advance Animal Agriculture
Living in a World of Decreasing Resources & Increading Regulation: How to Advance Animal Agriculture
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Tour Information

Participants on the optional tour will leave the Renaissance Denver Hotel at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 29th and travel via motorcoach to Greeley, CO for a full tour of the JBS packing plant, a tour of Five Rivers Kuner Feedlot and a tour of Guttersen Ranches.  Lunch will be provided.  The participants will be returned to the hotel by 4:30 p.m. The cost to join the tour is $75/participant.

Itinerary:
7:30 am Meet in the Renaissance Denver Hotel Lobby
7:45 am Depart the Renaissance Denver Hotel (1 hour 15 minutes travel)
9:00 am Arrive at JBS Greeley Packing Plant for Tour
10:30 am Depart Packing Plant for Five Rivers Kuner Feedlot (30 minutes travel)
11:00 am Arrive at Feedlot for Lunch and Tour
1:00 pm Depart Feedlot for Guttersen Ranches (30 minutes travel)
1:30 pm Arrive at Guttersen Ranches for Tour
2:30 pm Depart Guttersen Ranches for Hotel (1 hour 30 minutes travel)
4:00 pm Arrive Back at the Renaissance Denver Hotel
   

"I think NIAA has begun a new era in agriculture and we have an opportunity to do this together. Building consensus among many groups is going to be a great opportunity for us all." — Jim Fraley, Associate Director of Commodity Activities, Illinois Farm Bureau, NIAA Member Since 2000
National Institute for Animal Agriculture * 13570 Meadowgrass Drive, Suite 201 * Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
Phone: (719) 538-8843 * Fax: (719) 538-8847 * Email: niaa@animalagriculture.org