Registration is available at mnwheat.org
Wednesday, December 9 Schedule
9:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m. – ND Crop Improvement Meeting – Eastern Regional
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – North Dakota Barley Council County Representatives Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Minnesota & North Dakota Malting Barley Program
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Frontier Genetics Kick Off Meeting
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – MAWG Resolutions Committee Meeting
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Minnesota Soybean Growers County Association Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – North Dakota Grain Growers Annual Meeting
Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers Annual Business Meeting
Social, Banquet & Live Auction
5:00 p.m. – Social – Hors d’oeuvres & Refreshments
6:00 p.m. – Welcome & Banquet
6:45 p.m. – Banquet Speaker – Hunter Pinke, Keynote Speaker & Leadership Coach
7:30 p.m. – Recognition & Awards
7:45 p.m. – Concluding Remarks, Hospitality & Auction
Thursday, December 10 Schedule
6:30 a.m. — Registration & Breakfast
7:00 a.m. — Wheat & Soybean Research Reporting Sessions
8:00 a.m. — Trade Show opens
8:50 a.m. — Welcome
9:00 a.m. — Opening Remarks THOM PETERSEN, Commissioner, MN Department of Agriculture
9:10 a.m. — How to Bring Structure and Discipline to Your Grain Marketing in 2027, JIM EMTER, CEO, Van Ahn & Associates
9:50 a.m. — Spray Drones in Agriculture: Technology, Regulations, and the Road Ahead, COLIN DEAN, CEO & Co-Founder, Key Aviation Drones, LLC
10:30 a.m. — Visit Trade Show / Break
11:15 a.m. — Educational Breakout Sessions
11:45 a.m. — Lunch in Arena / Refreshments in Trade Show hall / Visit Trade Show
12:45 p.m. — A Climate Game Changer: How One Volcano has Changed Everything, MARK EWENS, Meterologist, KNOX-FM
1:30 p.m. — Rapid Fire Product Launch
1:30 p.m. — Nemasphere™ a Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance Trait from BASF
1:45 p.m. — Helena Agri-Enterprises: Feed the Leaf, Fuel the Yield
2:00 p.m. — Bayer Weed and Disease Control Cornerstones for the 2027 Season
2:00 p.m. — Visit Trade Show / Break
2:30 p.m. — Educational Breakout Sessions
2:45 p.m. — Closing Reception
4:00 p.m. — Conference Closes
