The Danville/Boyle county chamber of commerce conducts a leadership program every two years for local business people. In February the ANR agent set up two meetings with producers to discuss the ag day plans for April 16th. There were 14 participants and 4 chamber leadership committee members that attended the day long event. Tour stops included three beef producers, one cow/calf and the other two were backgrounders and they explained their business and their marketing strategies, and one producer is a grass fed operation where their product winds up in whole food stores under the Marksbury Farms label. Leadership participants asked a lot of questions concerning the beef business. Other stops included a grain operation supplying a local distillery, large animal veterinarian

clinic, horse breeding and foaling facility, local feed mill, and an ag supply dealer. Lunch was provided by the Boyle county Cattlemen's Association and the lunch speaker was Warren Beeler from the Governors office of ag policy. The day started at 7:30 a.m.and ended at 5:00 p.m.. The survey results taken at the end of the day showed that many of the participants gained a better understanding of agriculture and what it means to the local economy. A theme on all the surveys and what was said to me all day was "I've driven by this place a thousand times and didn't know what they did here".