VCTGA Annual Conference and Farm Tour
Aug 1-3, 2024
Floyd Eco Village
Floyd, VA
COST $179 / PERSON
VCTGA Program 2024
Thursday, August 1
11:45 – 12:45
VCTGA Board Meeting
12:45 – 1:00pm
Break
1:00 – 3:00pm
Wreath & Bow Workshop
3:00 – 3:15pm
Sweet Providence Farm Introduction
3:15 – 4:00pm
Farm Tour (Sweet Providence Farm)
4:00 – 4:15pm
Break
4:15 – 5:00pm
Pest Inspection – Field Walk
Kyle Peer & Eric Day – Virginia Tech
5:00 – 5:45pm
Social & Drone Field Demonstration
Bodhi Beal, Elevation Aerial Application
6:00pm
Dinner
Friday, August 2
Sweet Providence
3313 Floyd Hwy N.
Floyd, VA 24091
8:00 – 9:00am
Tree and Wreath Contest Setup, & Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10am
President’s Welcome
Ryan Clouse
9:10 – 10:00am
Utilizing Drones for Your Farm
Mark Vakarchuk – Databird Solutions
10:00 – 10:15am
Break
10:15 – 11:015am
Panel Discussion – Special Interest Groups & Impacts on Our Industry
Panel Members: Beck Stanley, Independent Lobbyist, Kevin
Spurlin, Va Tech Cooperative Extension, Grayson County,
Ronnie Richardson, Mount Rogers Tree Farm, Earl Deal,
Smokey Holler Tree Farm
Session Moderator: Jeff Gregson, Bees and Trees
11:15 – 12:00pm
Panel Discussion – 2023 Recap: What Did We Learn?
Jonathan McGuire, Spruce Ridge Farm, Erik Biebighauser, Haven Wood Farm
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch (catered) w/ Guest speaker Joe Guthrie – Commissioner of VA Ag & Consumer Services
1:00 – 1:45pm
Everything You Need to Know about
Christmas Tree Record Keeping and Taxes (Virtual)
Andrew Bosserman, CPA and Attorney, Charlotte, North
Carolina.
1:45 – 2:30pm
Panel Discussion- Exploring the Wholesale
and Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Market in Virginia and
Beyond
Panel Members: Earl Deal, Smokey Holler Tree Farm, Kyle
Peer, Va Tech Cooperative Extension
Session Moderator: John Carroll, Claybrooke Farms
2:30 – 3:00pm
Member Meeting
Phil Woods, Woods Tree Farm
3:00 – 3:15pm
Break
3:15pm
Tree & Wreath Awards, Auction & Social
Danny Neel, Auctioneer
Dinner on Your Own
Saturday, August 3
White Horse Farm
405 Redfield Lane.
Calloway, VA 24067
9:00am – 12:00pm
Farm Tour – White Horse Farm, Calloway VA
11:00 – 11:45
Drone Demonstration
Mark Vakarchuk – Databird Solutions
12:00pm
Lunch (Catered)
Travel Home!
LODGING RESERVATIONS (CLICK HERE)
PLEASE BOOK YOUR ROOM A.S.A.P!! WE HAVE A BLOCK OF ROOMS RESERVED FOR VCTGA AT THE FLOYD HOTEL AND AT THE ECO VILLAGE, UP UNTIL 6 WEEKS OUT. (MID JUNE) WE HAVE AN AMPLE NUMBER OF ROOMS PRESENTLY, BUT THAT FIGURE WILL GO DOWN THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE MEETING.
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