Join the Brown County Corn & Soybean Growers for their annual meeting on November 24 at the Sleepy Eye Brewing Company! Hear updates from Sergio Cabella Levia, Steve Commerford and Bruce Potter.

Schedule:

5:30pm Social Hour

6:00pm Annual Meeting, Dinner & Speakers

Location: Sleepy Eye Brewing Company

121 Main St. W, Sleepy Eye, MN 56085

Speaker: Sergio Cabella Levia – Director of Research, Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council

He brings his infectious energy to the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council as Director of Research. In his role, Sergio oversees soybean research, education and outreach to enhance farmer profitability across the state. Originally from central Chile, Sergio grew up surrounded by mountains, crops and excellent food. From a young age, he recognized that his future was in agriculture. He earned his degree in Agronomy and a Master’s in Soil Science, focusing on precision agriculture and also studied and worked in Spain in vegetable greenhouse production. His professional journey began in seed production in Chile, where he worked as an agronomist, researcher and assistant manager. Later, he moved to the U.S. where he completed a summer internship and earned a Ph.D. in Plant Sciences from North Dakota State University, conducting research on corn, wheat, sugar beets, cover crops and nutrient cycling. Before joining Minnesota Soybean, Sergio served as a Soil Scientist in Carrington, N.D., leading crop fertility research across diverse cropping systems in the Northern Great Plains.

Other Speaker Topics:

Test Plot Summaries – Steve Commerford

Year in Review – Bruce Potter

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