2022 MGGA Conference Agenda

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28

1:00–5:00 PM – Exhibitor Setup

5:30 PM – NPGA/PNWCA Convention Welcome Reception with Shaun Haney, RealAgriculture

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

7:30 AM – Breakfast

8:00 AM – Opening Session
                – Welcome from MGGA
                – Welcome from NPGA
                – Welcome from PNWCA
                – Fireside Chat with MGGA Officers

9:00 AM – Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Year in Review – Jason Laird, MWBC

9:15 AM – 6%: How Technology, Humans, and Agronomy Have Changed the 5% Rule – Evan
                   Shout, Maverick Ag Ltd.

10:15 AM – Tax and Estate Planning Trends – Dana Springer & Ryan Tangedal, Wipfli

10:30 AM – State Hail Board Meeting

11:00 AM – Tradeshow Break

12:00 PM – Lunch

1:00 PM – Technology Panel with Growers
                   -Moderator: Darrin Boss, MSU
                   -Tony Fast, Lustre, MT
                   -Tyler Streit, Chester, MT
                   -Franck Groeneweg, Three Forks, MT
                   -Hardy O’Hara, Fort Benton, MT

2:00 PM – Fireside Chat with Associations
                   -Moderator: Courtney Kibblewhite, Northern Ag Network
                   -Tryg Koch, MGGA
                   -Dale Flikkema, PNWCA
                   -Gary Steier, NPGA

2:45 PM – Tradeshow Break

3:45 PM – The Next Generation of Agriculture with NEXAT – Samantha Jandrisch, NEXAT

5:00 PM – Partnerships in Ag Reception

6:00 PM – The Actions Impacting Agriculture – Damian Mason, Ag Commentator & Comedian

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

8:00 AM – Breakfast

8:30 AM – Crop Rotation Panel
                   -Moderator: Nathan Keane, MGGA
                   -Rich Bronec, Carter, MT
                   -Tony Fast, Lustre, MT
                   -Vince Mattson, Chester, MT
                   -Erik Engellant, Geraldine, MT

9:30 AM – High Impact Meteorology – Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions

10:30 AM – MGGA Committee Meetings

12:00 PM – Northern Ag Network Lunch

1:00 PM – Bet the Farm: Using Data and Technology to Win at Farm Management – Evan Shout,
                   Maverick Ag Ltd.

2:00 PM – Biological Products and Soil Health – Robert Kremer, University of Missouri

2:45 PM – Tradeshow Break / Research Poster Session Opens

3:15 PM – Get To Know Your Fields – How Soil Analytics Can Change the Relationship with your 
                   Dirt – Dan Owen, ATP

4:00 PM – Research Panel
                   -Moderator: Mary Burrows, MSU
                   -Don Wysocki, OSU
                   -Tim Seipel, MSU
                   -Dave Branson, USDA ARS
                   -Nonoy Bandillo, NDSU

5:30 PM – Research Meet & Greet with Molson Coors

6:00 PM – Dinner & Pie & Dessert Auction

7:30 PM – Live Inspired – John O’Leary, Rising Above, LLC

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

8:00 AM – Crop Insurance Industry Breakfast

8:20 AM – Insurance Panel
                   -Moderator: Tryg Koch, MGGA
                   -Korey Fauque, KW Insurance
                   -Don Nagy, Sunburst, MT
                   -Jennifer Dees, NWFCS

9:20 AM – What is Climate FieldView? – Jeff Hamlin, The Climate Corporation             

10:00 AM – MGGA Resolutions / Tradeshow Break / NPGA-PNWCA ‘Shop Talk’

12:00 PM – Lunch
                  – Fireside Chat with National Associations
                    -Moderator: Russell Nemetz, Western Ag Network
                    -Chandler Goule, NAWG
                    -Andrew Moore, US Canola
                    -Tim McGreevy, USA Dry Pea And Lentil Council

1:00 PM – MSU Update – Sreekala Bajwa, MSU / Winifred Asbjornson Plant Sciences Endowed 
                   Chair Update – Venu Mendu, MSU

2:00 PM – Value Added Panel
                   -Moderator: Raylee Honeycutt, Montana Stock Growers Association
                   -Ron Colwell, Montana Renewables, LLC
                   -Kari Evans, Pasta Montana
                   -Jillien Streit, Stricks Ag
                   -Morgan Tweet, IND HEMP
                   -Shauna Farver, Farver Farms
                   -Hannah Turner, MSU

3:00 PM – Tradeshow Break

4:00 PM – Geopolitics and Agriculture – Jacob Shapiro, Cognitive Investments

5:00 PM – Closing Session

5:30 PM – MSU Reception

6:30 PM – MGGA President’s Banquet