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89th MFBF Annual Meeting at Mansfield Holiday Inn Dec. 4th & 5th Minimize

Mark your calendars for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. Bristol & Norfolk will be co-hosting this year’s activities at the Mansfield Holiday Inn, Mansfield MA on December 4 & 5.


There will be a Hunter Style Chicken Breast & Roast Pork Loin Buffet Luncheon on Thursday for $27.50, then a Social Hour late afternoon sponsored by Farm Family Insurance Co., followed by a Steak Tip and Seafood Newburg Buffet Dinner for $39.95. To prepay online please click here


Friday, December 5th will start off with Delegate Members Breakfast, Gold Member Breakfast and the Women’s Committee Breakfast, followed by the Delegate Session and business meetings.

This year’s Spouse Tour will be a tour of the New Bedford Whaling Museum  with lunch  included. The cost will be $30 per person to register please call the Ashland Office at 508.881.4766.

Staying overnight? Farm Bureau Members can book accommodations for Wednesday, December 3rd &Thursday, December 4th at a rate of $89.95 for a single or double room at the Mansfield Holiday Inn. Taxes are extra. Contact the Mansfield Holiday Inn at 508.339.2200 for reservations and mention that you are with Mass Farm Bureau to receive the group rate.

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Session Time

Workshop Name

Workshop Presenter

Function Room

9:00 am

Welcome /Hospitality

Continental Breakfast

Ballroom foyer

9:00am –

5:00pm

Silent Auction-Ongoing

MAC

Coronet

10:00am – 11:15am

Overview of Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

 

Dept of Transportation-

Richard Bates

Steven Hanley

Greenwood

10:00am – 11:15am

Livestock & Poultry Best Management Practices

Masoud Hashemi, UMass Extension Educator

Westwood

10:00am – 11:15am

Farm Financial Uncertainty – Making Informed Decisions for Long-Term Survival

 

John Mangus

Terrace


10:00am – 11:15am

GAP Certification
pesticide credit

Bob Rondeau, DAR

 

Veranda

11:30am –12:40pm

Lunch Buffet-The Foxboro Buffet Hunter Style Chicken Breast & Roast Pork Loin

 

 

Speakers:
Custom Ag Solutions

Farm Family

Farm to School

DAR

Parliament

12:45pm    2:30pm

General Session- Alternative Energy

Panel Discussion-Glenn Cook, Frank Diluna, Richard Burke-USDA

Bill Jorgenson-SJH & CO

Westminster

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Taste of the County

Items donated by Norfolk & Bristol County

Coronet

2:45 pm

New Member Reception Doug Gillespie & Cheryl Lekstrom Terrace

3:30pm – 4:45pm

From  Harvest to Market

 

Mass Specialty Foods-Bonita Oehlke

Veranda

3:30pm – 4:45pm

Small Fruit & Orchard Best Management Practices
pesticide credit

Sonia Schloemann and Jon Clements

Wedgewood

 

3:30pm – 4:45pm

Emergency Animal Preparedness