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Great Plains Growers Conference
Associations & Other Organizations

 

     When the Great Plains Vegetable Growers Conference was started in 1996, it was designed to be the annual meeting of three state vegetable growers associations - Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.  Since state university extension vegetable specialists serve on the grower's association boards, they were charged with organizing this conference.  While Iowa's Vegetable Grower's Association kept their annual meeting separate, the state specialist from there became involved with the conference.  In 2000, the South Dakota State University vegetable specialist was invited to be involved in the conference.  In 2010, committee members were approached by the Mid-America Fruit Growers conference organizers to try a joint conference venture.  Hence, the new name and logo for the 2011 conference.  We hope you enjoy the new program!
     The Great Plains Growers Conference has been a great success due to the excellent collaboration of may different people coming from an array of organizations - each of them passionate about one thing - growing quality produce efficiently. This Great Plains Growers Conference would not be possible without the organizations listed below.  Each have assisted in their own way!
   
State Associations: Others:


Errol Ahlers, President
errolahlers@juno.com   (660)287-2400


Mercedes Taylor-Puckett
mercedes.taylorpuckett@GMAIL.COM

(785) 840.6202

   

Mid America Fruit Grower's Association
Jared Beckner of
Beckner’s Orchard
jaredbeckner@hotmail.com
(660) 232-4044


Lynn Byczynski
lynn@growingformarket.com
(800) 307-8949

   


Ryan Pekarek
They are on Facebook!

 
   


Ron Brown
randbproduce@hotmail.com
(620) 547-2544

 
   
   

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