Itinerary

SDSU China Ag Study Tour

(from 05/11/15 to 05/24/15)

Subject to Minor Changes in China

 

May 11^th   (Monday) 

Seminar Leaders: Amanda Cross & Dr. Bott

Bloggers: Amanda Cross & Dr. Thaler 

Departure from Sioux Falls for Hong Kong

5:05 AM         UA 5580 

May 12^th  (Tuesday)  

Seminar Leaders: Spencer Jorgenson & Katie Robinson

Bloggers: Noah Thaler & Elizabeth Johnson 

Arrival in Hong Kong at 6:10 PM and check into the hotel 

Group supper 

The VELA Hong Kong Causeway Bay

84 Morrison Hill Road, Hong Kong

(+852) 3755-1755 

May 13^th (Wednesday)

Seminar Leaders: Sara Maloney & Clayton Johnson

Bloggers: Christ Christopher & Kylee Whitehill 

-        US Meat Export Federation briefing

-        USDA Ag Trade office briefing

-        Change into comfortable clothes

-        Happy Valley Race track

-        Ocean Park

-        Supper on your own 

May 14^th  (Thursday)

Seminar Leaders: Noah Thaler & Renae Harrison

Bloggers: Tyler DeRouchey & Alis Golombeski 

Leave Hong Kong  for Guangzhou via bus 

-        Tour fish farm

-        Check into hotel

-        Group supper 

Hotel Landmark Canton 

8 Qiaoguang Road, Yuexia District, Guangzhou

(+86-20) 8335-5988 

May 15^th  (Friday)

Seminar Leaders: Ernest Weston & Jade Kampsen

Bloggers: Kelly Morrison & Dan Bechen

-        US Consulate - Agricultural Trade Office briefing

-        Guangzhou Port

-        Group supper

-        Pearl River cruise 

May 16^th  (Saturday) 

Seminar Leaders: Erin Beck & Dakota Boerhave

Bloggers: Clayton Johnson  & Cheyenne Edmundson 

-        Visit to Fish Market

-        Visit to Fruit & Vegetable Market

-        City Tour

-        Go to airport for flight to Xi’an

-        Supper on your own at airport 

Arrive in Xi’an at 10:00 pm

Check into hotel 

Xian Qujiang Yinzuo Hotel 

982 South Cuihua Road, Xi’an

(+86-29) 6569-0000 

May 17^th  (Sunday) 

Seminar Leaders: Christ Christopher & Cheyenne Edmundson

Bloggers: Jade Kampsen & Hayden Feist 

-        A local family farm

-        Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses

-        Yinqiao Dairy Group

-        City Wall tour

-        Supper on your own 

May 18^th  (Monday) 

Seminar Leaders: Kelly Morrison & Hayden Feist

Bloggers: Ben Choudek & Erin Beck 

-        Beef feedlot

-        Beef cow/calf operation

-        Swine farm

-        Dairy farm

-        Northwest Ag & Forestry University

-        Dumpling supper with Tang Dynasty show 

May 19^th  (Tuesday) 

Seminar Leaders: Carson Glasnapp & Elizabeth Johnson

Bloggers: Dakota Boerhave & Katie Robinson 

-        Meat wholesale market 

Leave for Beijing via high speed train 

Arrive in Beijing at 5:55 pm 

Check into hotel 

Rosedale Hotel

8 Jiangtai W Road, Chaoyang District

(+86-10) 5960-2288 

May 20^th  (Wednesday) 

Seminar Leaders: Jordan Nichols & Tyler DeRouchey

Bloggers: Sara Maloney & Carson Glasnapp 

-        Visit Pioneer headquarters

-        Briefing by the US Soybean Export Council

-        Equestrian facility

-        Silk Market

-        Hot Pot for supper

 

May 21^st   (Thursday) 

Seminar Leaders: Caitlyn Brandt & Andy Becker

Bloggers: Jordan Nichols & Spencer Jorgenson

-        Artex Barn Solutions

-        Soybean crushing facility

-        Group supper 

May 22^nd  (Friday) 

Seminar Leaders: Ben Choudek & Kylee Whitehill

Bloggers: Renae Harrison & Andy Becker

-        Tiananmen Square

-        Forbidden City

-        Charoen Pokphand Group

-        Chinese acrobatics show

-        Supper on your own 

May 23^rd  (Saturday) 

Seminar Leaders: Alis Golombeski & Dan Bechen

Bloggers: Ernest Weston & Caitlin Brandt 

-        Olympics Village

-        Femur Head Hospital

-        Great Wall

-        China Agricultural University

-        Banquet hosted by China Agricultural University 

May 24^th  (Sunday) 

Seminar Leaders: Amanda Cross & Nic Uilk
Bloggers: Nic Uilk & Dr. Bott

Leave hotel for airport 

UA 888 leaving at 12:00 PM 

UA 3342 arriving in Sioux Falls at 6:47 pm  !  J