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Blackland Income Growth Conference

January 5, 2016 - January 6, 2016

45th Mid-Tex Farm & Ranch Show
Waco Convention Center

January 5-6, 2016
Tuesday 8:00 am—6:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am—4:00 pm

The Mid-Tex Show offers exhibitors a first-rate forum to present their products and services to an expected attendance of more than 3,000 Central Texas farmers and ranchers. Visitors to the Equipment Depot Mid-Tex Farm & Ranch Show will have the op-portunity to view top exhibits of the newest farm and ranch equipment, seed, chemicals and ag-related services and technolo-gies.
Conference facilities are accessible for the physically disabled. Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
From the Ground Up, Connecting Agriculture and Health
The program will be held on January 5, 2016 from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM at the Waco Convention Center. Regis-tration is $40 and includes lunch. Register by logging onto http://agriliferegister@tamu.edu or calling 979.845.2604.

For general questions, please contact Dana Tarter at d-tarter@tamu.edu. Application for the approval 6.0 hours of Clinical Professional Education Activity has been submitted to the Commission on Die-tetic Registration (CDR). All other professionals will be given certificate of attendance.
“From the Ground Up” will introduce professionals and consumers to the vital role agriculture has on health. Experts will share information on the current status of Food Insecurity to define why agriculture is so im-portant to the people of Texas and beyond. Speakers will reinforce the safety of the American food supply through a panel of topics including guidelines of antibi-otic usage of animals, the positive effect of GMOs in food production, and myths versus facts of non-organic foods versus organic foods. Finally, a nutrition and culinary segment will include an update on the USDA Dietary Guidelines and important factors of nutrition as a health benefit.

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Start:
January 5, 2016
End:
January 6, 2016

Venue

Waco Convention Center