
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