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Itinerary at a Glance
Sunday, August 23 – Friday, August 28
Sunday, August 23
| 6:30 PM | Welcome Gathering, Midnight Shift at Cotton Court Valencia Hotel (Casual, Dutch treat. Come meet the group.) |
Monday, August 24
| 8:00 AM | Bus departs MCM
Elegante, 801 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79401. Breakfast on your own.
Guests at the Cotton Court and DoubleTree, please plan to be at the MCM Elegante by 7:50 AM.
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| 8:50–11:00 AM | Bingham Family Farms & Vineyards |
| 11:30 AM–2:15 PM | Lunch and presentations at The Armory, Brownfield Program ends 2:00. Bus departs 2:15. |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Peanuts and Processing Tour, IPG, Brownfield |
| ~5:20 PM | Return to hotels |
| 6:30–8:30 PM | Dinner at Escondido Grill, 701 Regis St, Lubbock — individual cars (seating is limited; sponsored by Cotton, Inc. and NDrip) |
Tuesday, August 25
| 8:00 AM | Meet the bus at the MCM Elegante, 801 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79401. Breakfast on your own.
Guests at the Cotton Court and DoubleTree, please plan to be at the MCM Elegante by 7:50 AM.
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| 9:00–11:00 AM | Barry Evans Farm tour — Kress, TX |
| 12:00–2:00 PM | Lunch and TAMU AgriLife Research & Extension Center tour — Lubbock, TX |
| 3:00–4:15 PM | Broadview Agriculture tour — Lamesa, TX |
| 4:15–5:00 PM | Travel via bus to Vardeman Farms |
| 5:00–8:00 PM | Roundtable dinner at Vardeman Farms — Slaton, TX |
Wednesday, August 26
| 8:00 AM | Check out — depart by 8:15 AM in individual vehicles |
| 8:30–10:30 AM | TTU Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute tour |
| 11:00 AM | Drive northeast into Oklahoma |
| 4:00–6:00 PM | Guided tour of Bergen Ranch by chartered bus — 12,000 acres of regenerative grazing |
| 6:00–8:30 PM | Dinner and roundtable at Bergen Ranch with Oklahoma's federal, agency, research and industry leadership |
| 8:30 PM | Depart for The Artesian Hotel, Sulphur, OK |
Thursday, August 27
| 8:00 AM | Depart Sulphur, OK for Alva with Kent Martin — breakfast and lunch on the road |
| 1:30 PM | Arrive Alva, OK |
| 2:00–3:30 PM | NASA presentations and Q&A — Dr. Karen St. Germain and Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft |
| 3:30 PM | Farm tour and research farm north of Dacoma, OK, with area farmers and the NASA team |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner — Alva Brewing Company |
| 8:00 PM | Travel to Hutchinson, KS — overnight at the Hilton Garden Inn |
Friday, August 28
| 8:00 AM | Load bus at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hutchinson |
| 8:10 AM | Depart for Flickner Innovation Farm |
| 8:45 AM | Field tour west of Moundridge — tech demo, combine rides, soil pit, and more |
| 11:30 AM | Depart for the Hilton Garden Inn |
| 12:10 PM | Return to the Hilton Garden Inn |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch and Learn at the Kansas Cosmosphere — lunch, poster presentations, and time to explore the facilities |
| 3:00 PM | Event concludes |