PCBC - 2013 Ag Tour

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The Agri-Business Committee of the Portage County Business Council invites you and your business associates to attend Ag Tour 2013.  This is your opportunity to learn more about what makes the local agri-business industry a great success.  Ag Tour begins at noon at Wisconsin Public Service Corporation in Plover with a picnic lunch.  
 

Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsors: Del Monte Foods and Roberts Irrigation Company, Inc.

The theme for this year’s event is “Specialized Animal Agriculture”.  The event begins at noon with a picnic lunch and guest speaker, Jennifer Pape, Founder and Executive Director of the Willow Creek Ranch.

After the picnic lunch, a tour of an aquaculture business called the Central Wisconsin Fish Farm will take place.  Our audience will see the complete fish farming business in action located on 138 acres with 21 fish ponds and 4 drilled wells.  Then it is off to one of Wisconsin’s finest board and show facilities – Heartland Stables located in Custer, Wisconsin.  They host some of the state’s largest horse shows, including the Wisconsin State Horse Council Champion Show, Mounted Shooting Championship, POA shows and many others. Owners Alysia Makuski and Jason Claussen will show participants what the business is all about.

Our third and final stop will be off to the Lake Elaine Game Farm in Amherst Junction to experience for yourself the care taken to raise pheasants.   This farm tour consists of seeing their egg washer, hatchery, brooding barns, outside flight pens and learn about the complexity of hatching and raising pheasants in Portage County.

Cost is only $20 person and includes tours, bus transportation, picnic lunch, socializing and education. Register soon as space is limited. Casual attire, no sandals, no jewelry.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Agenda

Noon:        Picnic lunch and guest speaker at WPS Corporation

1:15 pm:    Arrive at Central Wisconsin Fish Farm
2:20 pm:    Arrive at Heartland Stables

3:30 pm:    Arrive at Lake Elaine Game Farm
5:00 pm:    Return to WPS Corporation

Space is limited.  Sign up now.

Click on photo gallery below to see some of last year’s visits.