Great Lakes Crop Summit
Agenda
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Welcome Reception – Sponsored by Great Lakes Crop Summit and Michigan Farm Bureau
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
8:00 a.m.
Registration, Exhibit Area Open, Hot Breakfast – Sponsored by Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.
9:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
The Global Ag Geopolitical and Trade Landscape
Gregg Doud, Aimpoint Research
10:30 a.m
Exhibit Area Open
11:15 a.m.
Exhibit Area Open and Lunch
Saginaw Room
Swan Creek Room
Black River Room
Three Fires Room
1:30 p.m.
Tar spot management experience: a farmer panel
Dr. Marty Chilvers, Michigan State University; Jacob Faist, farmer; Mark Kies, farmer
Sponsored by Crystal Flash
Effectiveness of nitrogen stabilizers based on three years’ worth of unbiased, on-farm research trials
Heather Rindler and Rob McGuire, Brookside Labs
Impossible soybean yields made possible!
Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Come to the table: Michigan Agricultural Mediation Program
Shannon Taylor and Cory Martin, Michigan Community Mediation Association
2:30 p.m.
Fertilizer market overview
Josh Linville, StoneX
Sponsored by: Michigan Agricultural Commodities
Soybean checkoff research: planting agronomics and fertility
Drs. Kurt Steinke and Manni Singh, Michigan State University
What is ESG?
Amanda Bahn-Ziegler, Land O’Lakes
Field meals: a panel
Cara Holysz, Rachel Brink, Tracy Frostic
3:30 p.m.
The two “F’s” of wheat: fertility and fungicide
Drs. Kurt Steinke and Marty Chilvers, Michigan State University
Does it take big fertility to make big soybean yields?
Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Protecting farmland for the next generation
Becky Huttenga, Ottawa County
4:30 – 7 p.m.
Exhibit Area Open
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Michigan Corn Growers Association & Michigan Soybean Association Annual Meetings – Saginaw Room
5 – 6 p.m.
GreenStone Farm Services Connect Reception – Exhibit Hall
6 – 7 p.m.
Buffet Dinner – Ice Cream Social – Sponsored by FMC – Exhibit Hall
8 p.m.
Evening Reception – Sponsored by BASF
Thursday, January 26, 2023
7:30 a.m.
Exhibit Area Open, Hot Breakfast – Sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions
8:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
The Ations of Agriculture — addressing the words ending in “ation” that impact the industry. Immigration, population, regulation, confrontation, inflation, threats from other nations
Damian Mason, Speaker for Business and Agriculture
Saginaw Room
Swan Creek Room
Black River Room
Three Fires Room
9:15 a.m.
Systems approach to no-till
Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska
Navigating the biological market
Dr. Connor Sible, University of Illinois
Global trade perspectives
Gregg Doud, Aimpoint Research
Sponsored by Crystal Flash
Harnessing technology to boost the bottom line with conservation
Rich Price and Fahimeh Baziari, Michigan State University; Marc Hasenick, Hasenick Brothers Farm
10:15 a.m.
Wind and solar contracts: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Michael J Fraleigh, Fraleigh Law Firm, PLLC
Developing new tools for detecting and mitigating Late Maturity Alpha-Amylase (LMA) and Preharvest Sprouting (PHS) in wheat
Dr. Amber Hauvermale, Washington State University
Trends and opportunities in North American grain trade
Ryan Olson, U.S. Soybean Export Council
Cyber 101
Kelley Goldblatt, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
11:05 a.m.
Exhibit Area Open, Buffet Lunch & Master Farmer Awards – Exhibit Hall
Master Farmer Awards sponsored by Michigan Farmer, Michigan Agricultural Commodities, Wilbur-Ellis, Brownfield Ag News, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, Michigan Soybean Committee, and Michigan Wheat Program.
12:45 p.m.
The pillars of a marketing plan
Zach Jans, Thomas Butcher, and Jennifer Poling – ADM
Sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland Company
Hot Sauce for Consuming Data
Kevin Shelle, Hutson, Inc.
Sponsored by Hutson, Inc.
2023 Farm Bill commodity priorities and outlook
Wayne Stoskopf (NCGA); Taylor Williamson (NAWG); Ariel Wiegard (ASA)
No-till planting equipment, adjustments and operation
Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska
1:45 p.m.
Land values 2023 and beyond
Mark Williams and Dave Mielnicki, Peoples Company Sponsored by: Equitable Agrifinance and The Peoples Company
Genetics X Environment X Management: Are you getting the most out of your bag of corn seed?
Stephanie Smith, Golden Harvest
Managing Risk with effective crop insurance strategies
David Moll and Devin Roth, GreenStone Farm Credit Services
NRCS Farm Bill programs overview
Nicholas Williams, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
2:30 p.m.
Adjourn
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