New details for post-Congress Tours

We have updated details on the tours that will start after the Congress is over. There are three different ones to choose from with the West Texas and South Texas tours starting on Wednesday morning (August 5th) and returning to Fort Worth on Saturday August 8th). There is also a tour that is one day shorter for those of you who need to get back home earlier. That tour will go to the beautiful Central and East Texas area including Texas A&M University to see the latest ag research projects.

•Two of the post-Congress tours (West Texas and South Texas) will start on Wednesday, August 5 and go through Saturday, August 8. Your post-Congress tour fee includes hotel accommodations through Saturday as well as airfare and transportation to the location of the tours. Cost for either of these tours is $950 per person single occupancy or $750 per person double occupancy.

•The third tour (Central/East Texas) is one day shorter and will start on Wednesday, August 5, and conclude on Friday night, August 7. This tour includes hotel accommodations through Friday night. Cost for this tour is $700 per person single occupancy or $550 per person double occupancy. If you wish to stay through Saturday night, we can help you with arrangements.

You can download the latest pdf of the Post Congress Tours here: Post Congress Tours Document (pdf)

IFAJ/AMS Program Update

The program for the upcoming Ag Media Summit is really coming together. This is the program that takes place after the IFAJ Congress. Well, the two programs sort of overlap actually.

I’m hoping that our IFAJ attendees will find some great professional improvement opportunities at the Ag Media Summit and stay if they can. To learn more about the program for the AMS I interviewed Joann Alumbaugh, program co-chair during a planning meeting we held in Ft. Worth at the hotel we’ll be staying in. She says they’ve put even more emphasis on the program this year due to IFAJ members who will be attending.

To start things out we’re going to have a debate between former Congressman from Texas, Charlie Stenholm and Barry Flinchbaugh, Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University. That should be not only an entertaining but thought provoking session. We’ve got sessions over several days on a variety of topics from photography to writing and you can find the schedule here on the website.

You can listen to me talk with Joann about the program here:

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I’m a little behind on getting some items posted but hope to have some more new information on by the end of the week.

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Map of Tours

Here is a small map that shows where the tours will be going for the post-Congress tours. The West Texas tour is in blue and will cover the Panhandle of Texas including Amarillo and Lubbock. The South Texas Tour is marked in green and you will fly to San Antonio and travel to Corpus Christi. The Central/East Texas tour will go to the College Station area where Texas A&M University is located and then through Austin which is the capital of Texas. Lots of tour information will be posted soon.