Plenary Session

• LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
  • Kaitlin Hadaway
  • Randall Landry

 Track 1 & 2 – Thursday

• ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: WHERE ARE WE NOW?
  • Critical Role of Crop Consultants: Helping Farms Overcome ESA Challenges, Stanley Culpepper
  • Industry Perspective: Michelle Blickley, Corteva
  • Consultant’s Perspective: James Todd
• EMERGING & EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY SESSION
  • New Launch Products From Albaugh, LLC for 2024-2025
    Albaugh, LLC, Jaime Yanes, Ph.D.
  • Bean Binoculars: Tracking Soybean Production Issues in Real Time
    Better Together Initiative, Haleigh Ortmeier-Clarke, Ph.D.
  • TALC USA Plant Box Products
    Brandt Consolidated, Brad Walker
  • Navigating Volatility: How FarmQA Enhances Agronomic Decision-Making
    FarmQA, Inc., Ben Munson
  • FieldX New Apps for Agronomists
    FieldX, Inc., David Krueger
  • Arc™ Farm Intelligence and Smart Traps
    FMC, V. Bruce Steward, Ph.D.
  • What’s New in ARM?
    GDM Solutions, Inc., Matt Elsinger
  • Pre-development Research Support
    Global Ag Development Corporation, Michael David, Ph.D.
  • How Kynetec is Your Voice to the Ag Industry
    Kynetec, Heather McCarty
  • FieldScout Wireless ISFET pH/EC Meter
    Spectrum Technologies, Inc., Mike Thurow
  • AXIOS™ 20SC: Novel MOA Fungicide for Disease Control in Almond
    and Pome UPL NA, Inc, Scott Ludwig
  • Emerging Technologies in Agriculture: Enhancing Crop Resilience with AgroPlantae’s Biostimulants
    AgroPlantae, Muhammad Ismail Siddiqui, Ph.D.
  • Defining Plant Biostimulants and Their Place in Agriculture Production EarthSol, Nanette Simonian
  • Introduction to the Preceon Smart Corn System
    Bayer CropScience, Devin J. Hammer
  • Vorceed® Enlist® Corn Technology
    Corteva Agriscience, Douglas Nubel
  • Precision Crop Management with Real-Time Plant Tissue Analysis
    Picketa Systems, Inc, Xavier Hebert-Couturier
  • Distribution of Troublesome U.S. Agricultural Weeds Pilot Project
    NAICC, Steve Hoffman

Track 1 – Thursday

• ESA AND BEYOND
  • NAICC WI Farm Tour, Steve Hoffman
  • How Do We Bring ESA Forward: Mitigation Documentation Example, James Todd
  • NRCS and ESA: Where Do They Intersect, Ian Olson

 Track 2 – Thursday

• USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AG RESEARCH
  • The Current State and Use of AI in Agricultural Research, and Predictions for Future Opportunities, Graham Poulton

 Track 3 – Thursday

• HOW TO BETTER THE AUDITOR
  • To the Point…Diplomatically Clear, Concise and Constructive Audit Writing, Jane Forder
  • IYKYK…But What If You Don’t Know How to Audit Unfamiliar Situations, Jenifer Cypher
  • Going From Auditee to Auditor: Making the Transition From Lab to QA, Barbara Lemons
  • The Joy of Presenting, Martin Beran
  • One Sponsor’s Guide to Good Laboratory Practice Training, Kimberly Brown
  • Ethics in GLP Research, Randy Fuller

•  REGULATORY AGENCY UPDATE
  • EPA Perspective and Program Update, Francisca Liem
  • USDA APHIS Compliance and Inspection Updates, Doug Grant
  • Standard Council of Canada Perspective, Christine Scott

Track 1 – Friday

• IPM SESSION-TAKING IPM TO THE NEXT LEVEL
  • Corn Leaf Hopper and Dealing with New Pests, Fernando “Din Din” Martins
  • Critical Steps in Collecting Sufficient Information to Develop an IPM Strategy for an Emerging Pest, Rogers Leonard
  • Bt Resistance, Bruce Tabashnik, Ph.D.

• MICRO NUTRIENTS/SOIL FERTILITY
  • Micronutrients for Row Crops, John S. Breker
  • Successfully Integrating Biologicals into Agronomic Programs, Allen Hubers

Track 2 – Friday

• BIOSTIMULANTS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
  • Microbial Permitting and Importation Process in the United States, George Fountas
  • Exploring Research Opportunities: Working with Insectary Plants in Vegetable Fields, Saul Alba

Track 3 – Friday

• REGULATIONS VS. GUIDELINES VS. INDUSTRY STANDARDS “THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW AS AN AUDITOR”
  • Principles of GLP: EPA vs. OECD, Kimberly Wilder
  • Industry Standards/Best Business Practices, Debra Green
  • GLP Compliance: Myth, Mysteries, Real Regulations or Somewhere In Between, Renee Daniel