“Opportunities & Optimism” 2023 MABA-MGEA Convention and Pesticide Workshop January 25 – January 27, 2023
Tuesday, January 24th 1:00 Trade Show Set Up Begins in Convention Area at Heritage Inn Registration Desk Open until 5 p.m. by Lobby Entrance to Trade Show 4:30 MABA/MGEA Boards of Directors Meeting Wednesday, January 25th 7:15 Registration Desk Open 7:30 Rolls, Coffee and Juice in Trade Show Pesticide Recertification Agronomic Workshop American-Britain-Canadian Rooms SPONSOR: Corteva AgriScience CCA-3 IPM/ Pesticide Credits – Dlr-3, Ag Plant-3, Seed Treat – 1, ROW-2,D&R-3, Reg Weed-2, Private Ag Pest-3 Moderators: Tanner Hoversland 8:00 Insecticide 101 – Insecticide recommendations for grasshoppers, wireworms and pyrethroid resistant alfalfa weevils, Kevin Wanner 9:00 Drought Impacts to Herbicide Carryover – Spencer McIntosh 10:00 Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Nutrien Ag 10:30 Improving the management of chickpea, field pea, and lentil diseases - Michael Wunsch Plant Pathologist, NDSU Carrington 11:30 BUFFET LUNCH in Trade Show SPONSOR: Heartland Ag Moderator: Jake Yates Congressional Updates – Senator Daines, Senator Tester, Congressman Rosendale 12:30 Joint Session American-Britain-Canadian Rooms – Moderators: Jake Yates CCA-1 CM HIGH IMPACT METEOROLOGY - ERIC SNODGRASS, THE WEATHER GUY 1:30 MABA ANNUAL MEETING Grain Session, Montana/Alberta Rooms Moderator: Gordon Holt Pesticide Credits – Dlr-1, Ag Plant-1, Forest-1, O & T-1, ROW-1, D&R-1, SU-1, Reg Weed-1, Private Ag Pest-1 1:30 Pesticide Safety - Cecil Tharp, MSU Joint Session, American-Britain-Canadian Rooms – Moderators: Katelin Standley CCA-1 PD 2:30 Security Hardening Isn’t Tough (S.H.I.T) - Chris Sellers, Central Services Director, FirstCall Afternoon and Evening: 3:30 Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Novozymes Social Hour SPONSOR: SPONSOR: MolsonCoors and Helena AgriEnterprises Raffle of a pistol and an ammo gift card before 5:30 p.m. SPONSOR: Centrol and Winfield United 7:00 Evening on Your Own Thursday, January 26th 6:30 Prayer Breakfast – Willow Creek Restaurant 7:30 Registration Desk Open by Lobby Entrance to Trade Show Rolls, Coffee and Juice in Trade Show Agronomy Sessions, American-Britain Rooms Moderators: Marcus Weatherhead 8:00 Soil Water Measurement and Irrigation Management - Kent McVay SARC Cropping Systems Specialist CCA-1 SW 9:00 Canola Challenges and Opportunities - Mark Torno, Winfield United CCA-1 CM 10:00 Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Koch Agronomic Services 10:30 Biologicals/BioStimulants - Karl Wyant CCA-1 SW Grain Sessions, Montana/Alberta Rooms – Moderators: Reed Gibson 8:00 PNW Update - Kurt Haarmann, Senior Vice-President, Grain & Oilseeds, CGI 9:00 BNSF Update – Jim Titsworth, General Director, Agricultural Development, BNSF 10:00 Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Koch Agronomic Services 10:30 MGEA Annual Meeting – Montana/Alberta Rooms 11:30 MABF Annual Meeting, Montana/Alberta Rooms TRADE SHOW TIME 12:00 BUFFET LUNCH SPONSOR: Bayer 12:00 New Agriculture Professionals Meet and Greet - Lewis and Clark Rooms, Moderators: Johnnie Scott Joint Session American-Britain-Canadian Rooms Moderators: Trevin Likens 1:00 Employee Recruitment and Retention - John Caldwell, State of Montana Agronomy Sessions American-Britain Rooms Moderators: James Baguley Pesticide Credits – Dlr-1, Ag Plant-1, D&R-1, Private Ag Pest-1 2:00 Nutrient Management Impacts of Drought - Alan Blaylock, Nutrien CCA-.5 NM 2:30 Ice Cream Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Montana Metal Fabrications 3:00 Strategies for Replanting Winter Crops - Christopher Graham, Associate Professor Manager, West River Research Farm, South Dakota State University CCA-1 CM Grain Sessions, Montana/Alberta Rooms Moderators: Greg Thayer 2:00 Railyard Safety – Michael Hughes, Superintendent of Safety and Operating Practices, BNSF 2:30 Ice Cream Break in Trade Show SPONSOR: Montana Metal Fabrications 3:00 OSHA Update – Anthony Castillo, Assistant Area Director 4:00 Trade Show Social Hour: SPONSOR: Busch Ag Evening Event, American-Britain-Canadian SPONSOR: BASF and Nutrien Moderator: Jake Yates and Katelin Standley 5:00 Doors Open – Silent Auction Items and Social -- 5:15 Evening Kick Off By 5:30 Banquet Begins – Silent Auction Throughout 6:00 Keynote Speaker: Jerry Carroll SPONSOR: Syngenta 7:00 Live Auction of Major Items –Willie Krueger Friday, January 27th Agronomy Sessions, American-Britain - SPONSOR: CHS Moderators: Jeff Farkell Pesticide Credits – Dlr-1, Ag Plant-1, D&R-1, Private Aquatic Pest-1 8:00 Warm Season Crops – Jeff Jackson, Winfield United CCA-1 CM 9:00 Fungal Pathogens of pulse crops, sugar beets and cereals - Frankie Crutcher, EARC Assistant Professor Plant Pathology CCA-1 IPM 10:00 Developing an Irrigation Decision Support System for Montana’s Crops - Jasmine Neupane, Assistant Research Professor at MSU CCA-1 SW 11:00 Long-term Rotation Studies related to cover crops, winter dicot crops, no-till and organic systems - Perry Miller, Professor Cropping Systems CCA-1 CM 12:00 Convention Concludes Board Meetings, Montana-Alberta 9:00 Montana Grain Elevator Association 11:00 Montana Agricultural Business Association 12:00 MABA-MGEA Joint Board Meeting Evaluating Convention
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