2021 Soil Management Summit
2021-12-14 - 2021-12-15 | Mayo Civic Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Minnesota, 56001
The Soil Management Summit emphasizes proven farmer experience and applied science. Straight from the fields, learn how heavier, colder soils aren’t necessarily the challenge they’re made out to be. Hear from long-time no-till, reduced tillage, and cover crop farmers as they share their experiences, so you can be spared the same hard-learned lessons.
The Summit features presentations and Q&A with researchers, farmers and agricultural advisors, information from sponsors, and conversations with farmers experienced in different soil health practices.
Attendees who attend the entire conference will be offered 9.5 CCA continuing education units (CEUs).

Cost
Early bird registration for this event is $155 and includes all sessions for the two days. After November 30, the cost will be $185.
Scholarships are available to help with the registration cost. For more information, contact Shane at sbugeja@umn.edu.
Registration
When you register for the Soil Management Summit, you’ll be prompted to create a UMN account. This will be your login for all UMN related events and SMS recordings and materials. Your password needs to be 16 characters long. For ease, you can use a sentence as spaces are allowed.
Register here.

2022 MN Ag Expo
2022-01-19 - 2022-01-20 | Mayo Civic Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Minnesota, 56001
https://mnagexpo.com/
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19TH

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 pm. Registration Open
8:00 a.m. MSGA Delegate Session & Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m. Trade Show Opens
10:00 a.m. Learning Session
11:00 a.m. Learning Session
Noon Boxed Lunch in Trade Show
2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker Amanda Radke
4:00 p.m. Trade Show Closes
4:00 p.m. MCGA Reception & Silent Auction
5:30 p.m. Dinner featuring comedian Todd Andrews
7:00 p.m. MSGA Carnival at the Loose Moose*
Schedule is draft and subject to change
*$25 ticket needed for the fundraiser event

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH

7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Registration Open
7:30 a.m. MN Corn PAC Breakfast*
8:00 a.m. Morning Markets
8:00 a.m. Trade Show Opens
9:00 a.m. MCGA Delegate Session & Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m. Learning Session
11:00 a.m. Learning Session
12:00 p.m. Food For Thought – Lunch featuring speaker Jack Zimmerman
3:00 p.m. Trade Show Closes
Schedule is draft and subject to change
*Must be a MN Corn member. Additional cost to attend – contact Amanda Bilek at abilek@mncorn.org.

14th annual Nutrient Management Conference
2022-02-08 | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Minnesota, 56001
Registration Required. Attend in person or via Zoom! In-person attendance will be limited to 100, with a fee of $20 payable at time of registration. Virtual attendance is free- but requires registration. To register for in-person attendance, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/211114728837 To register to participate via Zoom, go to https://tinyurl.com/4wy9nwb9. For more information please contact Warren Formo (warren@mawrc.org; 952-237-9822) or Fabian Fernandez (fabiangf@umn.edu; 612-625-7460).
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8th Annual Nitrogen: Minnesota's Grand Challenge & Compelling Opportunity Conference
2022-02-15 | Holiday Inn & Suites St. Cloud, 75 37th Avenue South, St. Cloud, 56301, United States
Registration Required. Attend in person or via Zoom! In-person attendance will be limited to 100, with a fee of $20 payable at time of registration. Virtual attendance is free, but requires registration. To register for in-person attendance, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/211131348547 To register to participate via Zoom, go to https://tinyurl.com/kxvvw35f. For more information please contact Warren Formo (warren@mawrc.org; 952-237-9822) or Fabian Fernandez (fabiangf@umn.edu; 612-625-7460).
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Corn Trade School
2022-03-16 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center, 2100 Arrowwood Lane NW, Alexandria, Minnesota, 56308
The Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council, North Dakota Corn Utilization Council, U.S. Grains Council, National Corn Growers Association and Northern Crops Institute are scheduled to host a regional trade school event for their farmer members and stakeholders in Alexandria, Minnesota, on March 16. We invite you to attend this free informative and interactive event!
Register here: https://www.northern-crops.com/events-calendar/corn-trade-school-031622
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center
Address: 2100 Arrowwood Lane NW, Alexandria, MN 56308
Cost: Free
Topics:
During this one-day event, attendees will explore a host of topics including:

The structure and benefits of global trade for U.S. grains

Hot topics in trade

Local topics

Farmer perspectives on working with trade policy and market development

Transportation:
Both the North Dakota Corn Utilization Council and the Minnesota Corn Promotion and Research Council will be providing transportation for attendees to carpool to the event in Alexandria. Below are details for each state.
North Dakota – depart at 7:20 a.m. from the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center parking lot at 2001 44th St S, Fargo, ND 58103. Arrive back to Fargo at about 7:00 p.m. Contact Heidie Haugo with any questions.
Minnesota – depart from the Marshall Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot with a 7:20 a.m. departure. Address is 1221 E Main St, Marshall, MN 56258. Tentative return around 6:45 p.m. Contact MacKenzie Boubin with any questions.
Hotel Block:
Arrowwood has a block of room available. They can be reserved the for March 15 or 16. Interested parties can call Arrowood at (320) 762-1124 and ask for a room in the ND/MN Corn block. The address for the Arrowood Resort and Conference Center is 2100 Arrowwood Ln, Alexandria, MN 56308.
Questions:
For questions about the event, please contact Ellen Zimmerman, director of industry relations for the U.S. Grains Council, at ezimmerman@grains.org or 202-794-0455.

Strategic Farming series: Field Notes #1
2022-05-11 08:00 - 08:30 | North Dakota
The growing season is filled with a host of challenges, including insect, disease, and weed pests, resistance concerns, agronomic issues, and soil fertility questions. The Field Notes program is designed for farmers and agricultural professionals as a weekly webinar program addressing all your crop-related questions in real-time in an interactive, discussion-based format.
The weekly Wednesday program will feature a live webinar with interactive discussion with attendees, addressing in-season cropping issues as they arise. Weekly sessions may include topics related to soil fertility, agronomics, pest management, equipment, and more.
Can’t make the live session? No problem. The discussion-based series will be posted immediately following the webinar to your favorite podcast-streaming service to listen at your convenience.
Do you have questions you’d like addressed during Field Notes? Add them here!
Visit the course page to see all of the events offered in this series.

Audience
Crop producers, consultants, ag professionals, Extension and agency personnel, and other interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Cost
There is no charge to attend any of the webinars.
Registration
Please register using the link below. Once you register for a webinar in the Strategic Farming: Field Notes series, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
Register here
You’ll also receive reminder emails with a link to the webinar prior to the event. There’s no need to download any apps or programs to join. Simply click on “Launch from my browser” in the “Join the webinar” window. However, if you plan to join from your smart phone, you may need to download the Zoom app.
You are welcome to attend any and all of the Strategic Farming: Field Notes webinars in the series. You only need to register once.

2022 Young Leaders in Agriculture Conference
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-22 | Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, 2111 N LaCrosse Street, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57701
This year’s conference continues the development of young leaders by exposing them to the diversity of today’s challenges and ideas surrounding food and farming while building advocates and expanding professional networks. The event is tailored to agricultural leaders aged 18-22 from all agricultural sectors. Because of generous sponsors and donors, there is no registration fee or accommodation costs to attend the Young Leaders in Agriculture Conference.

https://www.mnpork.com/pork-youth/youngleadersconference/

Agronomy Field Tour
2022-06-21 08:00 - 12:30 | University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center, 35838 120th St., Waseca, MN, 56093, United States
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the SROC Administration Building with Ed Usset speaking on Commodity Outlook. The program will then move outside to the field on tour wagons. The field tour will conclude at approximately 11:30 a.m. with lunch and time for Q & A. The tour will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held in the SROC Administration Building.
TOPICS & SPEAKERS
Commodity Outlook – Ed Usset, UM Dept. of Applied Economics
Ed is a grain marketing specialist for the Center for Farm Financial Management. He provides training programs designed to improve the marketing sills of crop producers. Ed will share his thoughts on the current situation with corn and soybean prices.
Weed Management – Ryan Miller, UM Regional Extension Educator
Ryan will discuss results from weed management research conducted across the state by U of MN researchers. The focus will be on early season weed control and how to control escaped weeds.
Corn Growth and Development – Jeff Coulter, UM Extension Agronomist
The 2022 planting season has been challenging for many corn producers. Jeff will look at the current stage of corn development in Minnesota with the goal of assessing yield potential.
Cover Crops – Ethan Ley, Graduate Student, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
Ethan’s graduate thesis research examines how implementing a cover crop into corn and soybeans effect weed management in both crops. He will summarize results of this research.
Quantifying the Benefits of Soil Health – Bailey Tangen, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate
Bailey is conducting research to put an economic value to strategies performed on farm that have potential to improve soil health.
Side-Dressing Liquid Manure into Corn – Melissa Wilson, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate
Dr. Wilson will discuss results of research that involves applying liquid manure in-season to corn at early growth stages.
The Agronomy Field Tour will provide research-based information for crop producers, crop consultants, agribusiness staff, farm managers, Extension educators, government agency personnel and anyone involved in agricultural crop production.
The Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC) is located one mile west of downtown Waseca on Elm Avenue (across from Loon Lake). 35838 120th Street, Waseca, MN 56093. (507) 837-5629
https://sroc.cfans.umn.edu/events/agronomytour

Soil Management Summit
2022-12-15 08:30 - 2022-12-16 12:15 | Park Event Center, 500 Division St., Waite Park, MN, 56387
The Soil Management Summit emphasizes proven farmer experience and applied science. Straight from the fields, learn how heavier, colder soils aren’t necessarily the challenge they’re made out to be. Hear from long-time no-till, reduced tillage, and cover crop farmers as they share their experiences, so you can be spared the same hard-learned lessons.
The summit features presentations and Q & A with researchers, farmers and agricultural advisors, information from sponsors, and conversations with farmers experienced in different soil health practices.
Those who attend the entire conference will be offered CCA continuing education units (CEUs).

Minnesota Pork Congress
2023-02-21 - 2023-02-22 | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, Minnesota, 56001
Minnesota Pork Congress is the Midwest’s BEST swine specific tradeshow and education event that features a wide variety of tradeshow exhibitors, timely seminars and social activities designed exclusively for pig farmers and pork industry stakeholders.
Learn more here.

Ag-Urban Partnership Forum
2023-03-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Gorecki Center at the College of Saint Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph, MN, 56374
Plan to participate in person to learn more about the ways that agricultural and urban partners are working together to prepare for extreme weather events and improve water quality around Minnesota. This fourth annual event will focus on extreme weather resiliency, with keynote speaker, Heidi Roop, Ph.D., director, Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership at the University of Minnesota.
Who should attend?
Agricultural, government, local, and urban partners looking for ideas on how to develop and strengthen their relationships while improving the water quality of Minnesota lakes and streams are encouraged to attend.
Tentative agenda
9 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Keynote presentation: Coordination and collaboration for effective climate risk management in Minnesota (Heidi Roop, Ph.D., director, University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership)

Learn more about the observed and projected impacts of climate change in Minnesota and how to leverage partnerships and collaborate to respond to a range of climate risks challenging Minnesota communities, ecosystems and economy.

10 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Successful partnership perspectives

Municipal weatherproofing. Learn more from the City of Albany and Stearns County Soil & Water Conservation District about their water-based infiltration and wetland restoration project that is helping to manage heavy rain events and prevent flooding.
Building resiliency through soil health. Wilkin County Soil & Water Conservation District is undergoing an extensive soil health study related tillage treatments and adapting to weather changes. Farmer Vance Johnson will share what he’s learned 2 years into the 5 year project, and how soils, water and economics are all being monitored through crop rotations.
Water communities tackling climate change. Hear how Minnesota watersheds are using their local water management plans to build resiliency to climate change, and their ideas for working with local partners.

11:45 a.m. Closing

Registration information

Online registration is open. Registrations are requested before Feb. 24, 2023, to help finalize preparations for the event.
Sponsoring partners
This forum is organized through collaboration among the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program, along with the cooperation of agriculture, community and water partners, including: Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, Minnesota Beef Council, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Minnesota Pork Board, Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts, Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts, Capitol Regional Watershed District, West Polk Soil & Water Conservation District, City of Rochester, City of Renville, and City of Mankato.

Women's Agricultural Leadership Conference
2023-04-12 07:45 - 16:30 | Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska, 55318, United States
View details and registration information here.

NCI weinbar: Global Ethanol Progress through Policy Partnerships with Emily Marthaler
2023-04-19 10:00 - 11:00 | North Dakota
About the Webinar.
https://www.northern-crops.com/everything-ethanol-webinars/everything-ethanol-emily-marthaler
Please join us on April 19th at 10:00 am (CDT) for our “Everything Ethanol” webinar series! This interactive webinar series focuses on advancing global ethanol market development. Topics throughout the series include ethanol marketing factors, policies around the world, human health & ethanol, and more. A new speaker will be featured each month.
This month will feature Emily Marthaler, Biofuels Trade Policy Lead at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who will be presenting on “Global Ethanol Progress through Policy Partnerships”.
A few key topics during her presentation include:

Learn about USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and the role of trade for U.S. ethanol

Hear how FAS collaborates with partners on global ethanol policy

Government, industry and internationally

Past efforts we are building upon for future successes

So, mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss this webinar!

2023 NORA ONLINE SYMPOSIUM
2023-04-27 12:00 - 14:30 | North Dakota
https://umash.umn.edu/2023-nora-symposium/12:00-1:00 – VIRTUAL POSTER SESSION
Presentations by UMASH and MCOHS researchers and students on a variety of public health topics.
1:00-2:30 – PANEL DISCUSSION
A moderated Q&A with a panel of regional and national experts.
REGISTER ONLINE: z.umn.edu/nora2023
2023 NORA Symposium

MDA Down Payment Assistance Grant info session
2023-06-14 14:30 - 15:30 | North Dakota
Details:

Join us to learn more about the Minnesota Down Payment Assistance Grant, which offers up to $15,000 for qualified farmers purchasing their first farm.
We’ll review the first round of the grant program, explain changes for the next round of funding, and hear your questions and comments.
Join June 14 Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 890 1726 5759
Call in: +1 312 626 6799 US
Live interpretation is available by request. If you need translation, contact us by June 5 (Alexandra.Cortes@state.mn.us or 651-895-0315).
Link: Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
