Agriculture Business Association And The National Association of Cereal Producers of Poland Texas Agriculture and Oil & Gas Study Tour February 26 March 10, 2014 Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Meet at Lubbock Pr Polish zloty can be exchan are generally accepted. 5:30 p.m. Arrive at Hotel
The Overton Hilton Hotel Overton Hotel & Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, Texas 79401 Phone: 806-776-7000Fax: 806-776-7003 6:30 p.m. Dinner Thursday, February 27, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast in Hotel 8:00 a.m. Depart by bus to USDA Plant Stress Lab Burke, John J, Laboratory Director and Research Leader, john.burke@ars.usda.gov, (806) 749-5560 USDA, ARS, SPA, CROPPING SYSTEMS RESEARCH LAB, 3810 4TH STREET (LUBBOCK, TX 79415) Lubbock TX 79401 8:30 a.m. Arrive at USDA Plant Stress Lab 9:00 a.m. Overview of Texas Tech University 10:00 a.m. Responsibilities of the Plant Stress Lab 11:00 a.m. Agriculture Commodity Panel Discussion Commodity Trading Corn Cotton Sorghum Overview of South Plains Agriculture 12:30 p.m. Leave for Bayer Crop Sciences Bayer Crop Science, 6508 E FM 40 Lubbock, TX 79403, (806) 762-6021 1:00 p.m. Lunch at Bayer Crop Sciences 2:00 p.m. Bayer Crop Science Research and Technology 4:30 p.m. Leave for Hotel 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Reception at the National Ranching Heritage Center The National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth Street, Lubbock, Texas 79409, Phone: 806-742-0498 Friday, February 28, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast in hotel 8:00 a.m. Board bus, depart for Littlefield, TX 9:00 a.m. Tour American Cotton Growers Denim Mill 1926 FM 54, Littlefield, TX 79339, (806) 385-6401 10:30 a.m. Board Bus, depart for Hart, TX 11:30 a.m. Tour Spandet Dairy- Owners Lawrence &Ilona Schilderink 1970 County Road 622, Hart, TX 79043, (806) 647-1889 12:30 p.m. Lunch hosted by Spandet Dairy 1:30 p.m. Board bus and depart for Herford, TX 2:15 p.m. Tour Caviness Packing Co. 3255 U.S. 60, Hereford, TX 79045, Phone:(806) 357-2443 4:15 p.m. Board bus, depart for White Energy Ethanol Plant 3748 S Progressive Rd, Hereford, TX 79045, Phone:(806) 360-7400 4:30 p.m. Tour White Energy Ethanol Plant 5:30 p.m. Leave for Hotel Holiday Inn Express Hotel 1400 W 1st St, Hereford, TX 79045, Phone:(806) 364-3322 Saturday March 1, 2014
7:00 a.m. Breakfast in Hotel- complimentary breakfast in hotel 8:00 a.m. Board bus and depart for Beef Feedlot 8:15 a.m. Tour Beef Feedlot and Feed Mill (Location TBD) 10:00 a.m. Tour Hereford By-Products- Pet Treats 11:15 a.m. Board bus and depart for lunch 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Chamber of Commerce Program Deaf Smith County Chamber Of Commerce, 701 Main, Hereford, TX 79045, Phone: 806-364-3333 1:00 p.m. Board Bus and depart for Vega, TX 1:30 p.m. Tour Wind Farms 2:30 p.m. Board bus and depart for Amarillo, TX 3:00 p.m. Tour American Quarter Horse Museum 4:30 p.m. Leave for Panhandle, TX 5:30 p.m. Arrive in Panhandle, TX 6:30 p.m. Mass with Father Mieczyslaw Mitch Przepiora 7:30 p.m. Dinner and Reception in church hall with Texas Host Families Program- US/Texas Wheat in a Global Economy Introduction of Texas Host Families 9:30 p.m. Guests Depart with host families Sunday, March 2, 2014 Life on a Texas Farm/Ranch Monday, March 3, 2014 6:00 a.m. Arrive at Amarillo Airport 7:00 a.m. Depart for San Antonio, TX 10:00 a.m. Arrive in San Antonio Bus pick up 11:00 a.m. Tour the Alamo 12:30 p.m. Lunch on the San Antonio River Walk 2:00 p.m. Board bus to tour San Jose Mission 3:30 p.m. Board Bus to tour Hall of Horns 5:00 p.m. Board bus to depart for Hotel San Antonio Comfort Suites 505 Live Oak San Antonio, TX 78202 6:30 p.m. Dinner with Father Frank and John Bellinger Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast in hotel- complimentary 8:00 a.m. Board bus and depart for Karnes City, TX 9:00 a.m. South Texas Gas Producetion in the Eagleford Shale Tour drilling site Visit with key production experts Meet with Marathon Oil 12:00 p.m. Lunch at Panna Maria Catholic Church Farm Road 81, Panna Maria, TX 78144 US, (830) 780-2748 1:00 p.m. Tour of Panna Maria Museum 2:00 p.m. Meet with landowners in the Eagleford Shale On site visits Agriculture and Gas production on the same land
4:30 p.m. Leave for Austin 6:30 p.m. Arrive at Hotel La Quinta Inn Austin I-35 S. Ben White 4200 I-35 South Austin, TX 78745 (512) 443-1774 7:30 p.m. Dinner with Austin Polish Society Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:00 a.m. Leave for the Capital Building- walking 8:30 a.m. Meetings with Texas Elected Officials 12:00 p.m. Lunch in the Capital Restaurant 2:30 p.m. Leave for Bryan/College Station 4:30 p.m. Tour Producers s Cooperative in Bryan 5:30 p.m. Dinner at Producer s Cooperative 7 p.m. Arrive at Hotel Hilton College Station 801 University Drive East College Station, TX 77840 (979) 693-7500 Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:30 a.m. Breakfast in Hotel with vouchers 8:00 a.m. Texas A&M University - Agriculture and Oil & Gas Agriculture Research, Production and Policy Petroleum Research, Production and Policy 12:30 p.m. Lunch at ABC Equipment 2:00 p.m. Tour Sanderson Farms 3:30 p.m. Shopping at College Station Mall and Cavender s 5:00 p.m. Leave for Hotel 6:00 p.m. Leave for Dr. Jim and Kathy Mazurkiewicz home 10:00 p.m. Return to hotel Friday, March 7, 2014 6:30 a.m. Breakfast at Hotel with vouchers 8:00 a.m. Leave for Anderson and visit St. Stanislaus Catholic Church Tour Church Visit with Texas Sheriff 9:00 a.m. Leave for Brenham 9:45 a.m. Arrive at Blue Bell Creameries- Tour 11:15 a.m. Leave for Chappell Hill 11:30 p.m. Lunch in Chappell Hill 1:15 p.m. Leave for Houston 2:45 p.m. Arrive at Hotel and drop off luggage Crowne Plaza River Oaks 2712 Southwest FWY Houston, TX 77098 (713) 523-8448 3:15 p.m. Leave for Reliant Stadium Reliant Pkwy, Houston, TX 77054 (832) 667-1400 3:30 p.m. Greeting from the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo International Committee Agriculture
Oil & Gas 5:30 p.m. Board bus to return to the hotel 7:30 p.m. Travel to Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo International Gala and Dinner 10:30 a.m. Return to Hotel Saturday, March 8, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Leave Hotel for East Bernard and El Campo 9:30 a.m. Arrive in El Campo 9:30 a.m. Tour area agriculture production, grain storage, fertilizer plant 11:30 a.m. Lunch at Prasek s Hillje Smokehouse 1:00 p.m. Leave for Hungerford 1:30 p.m. Tour Goudeau Farms 2:30 p.m. Travel to East Bernard 3:00 p.m. Tour Hlavinka Equipment 4:30 p.m. Travel to Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church 6:00 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church 1731 Blalock Rd, Houston, TX 77080 Phone:(713) 973-1081 7:00 p.m. Dinner 9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel Sunday, March 9, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Free Time 2:30 p.m. Meet at Reliant Stadium in International Room 4:00 p.m. Houston Rodeo performance 9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel Monday, March 10, 2014 7:00 a.m. Breakfast in Hotel 8:00 a.m. Depart for Channelview, Texas 9:15 a.m. Arrive at the Port of Houston and Cargill, Inc. 11:30 a.m. Board bus depart for Bush Intercontinental Airport 2800 N Terminal Rd, Houston, TX 77032 Phone:(281) 230-3100 lunch on bus 1:30 p.m. Arrive at Bush Intercontinental Airport for check-in 4:35 p.m. Depart Texas for Poland