First Year Schedule (2010-11)

November 20-21, 2010 
Cedar Shore Resort, Chamberlain

• Orientation/Introduction to SDARL
• Leadership Assessment
• Agenda
• Pictures
• Report

December 7-10, 2010
Brookings

• Leadership/Communication Skills
• Agenda
• Report
• Pictures

January 25-27, 2011
Pierre

• Political Process: State Government
• Agenda
• Report
• Pictures

February 19-26, 2011
Washington, DC

• National Study/Travel Seminar
• Various Topics – Social, Political, Economic and Agricultural Issues
• Federal Agencies, Lobbyist Groups, Think Tanks
• Agenda
• Report
• Blog

April 5-7, 2011 
Rapid City

• Rural Demographis of SD
• Generational Differences
• Black Hills Forest issues
• Military Affairs
• Agenda
• Pictures
• Report

June 14-17, 2011
Black Hills

• Natural Resources
• Forestry and Mining, Environment
• Story of a SD Small Town  
• Ranch visit
• Agenda
• Report
• Slideshow of Pictures

July 26-28, 2011
Standing Rock Reservation

• Native American culture, customs, reservation challenges and successes
• Ranch Visit
• Agenda
• Pictures
• Report

Second Year Schedule (2011-12)

November 15-17, 2011
Milbank / Brookings

Tour of dairy, cheese manufacturing plant and egg facility, media training, international travel prep, immigration issues

December 13-15, 2011
Sioux Falls

• Goal Setting and Personality Strengths
• Ag Industry Tours
• Agenda
• Pictures
• Report

January 10-12, 2012
Huron / Mitchell

• Working in a Business-First Family Farm
• Strategic Planning
• Value-Added Ag
• Agenda
• Report
• Pictures

February 4-15, 2012

• Travel to China
• Various Topics – Culture, History, Agricultural and Foreign Policy, Customs
• Report - Visit our blog, www.sdarl.blogspot.com
  

March 24-25, 2012
Chamberlain

• "Digging Wells"
• Looking Ahead – Planning for Your Future - Graduation
• Banquet & Auction
• Sunday Lunch & Graduation Ceremony