2016 MGGA Annual Convention and Trade Show
November 29 – December 1, 2016
Contact: Emily Robinson, Event Coordinator,
406-761-4596, erobinson@mgga.org
All events at Best Western Heritage Inn, 1700 Fox Farm Road, Great Falls, MT (for sleeping rooms call 406-761-1900)
Agenda
| Tuesday – 11/29/16 | ||
| 8:00-5:00 | Montana Pulse Day | Presented by Northern Pulse Growers |
| 5:30-7:00 | Partnerships in Ag Reception | Northern Ag Network / MGGA / NPGA |
| 5:30-8:00 | MGGA Exhibitor Set-Up | |
| Wednesday – 11/30/16 | ||
| 7:00 | Welcome Breakfast Buffet | Welcome Breakfast |
| 7:15 | Fundamentals of Gene Editing | Dr. James Radtke, Cibus – sponsored by MT Wheat & Barley Committee |
| 8:15 | Next Generation Technologies for Wheat and Barley | Dr. Hikmet Budak, MSU |
| 9:00 | Trade Show Opening | |
| 10:00 | MGGA Committee Meetings | Committee Chairs, Membership |
| 10:00 | State Hail Board Meeting | MT Department of Ag |
| 12:00 | Northern Ag Network Lunch | Russell Nemetz / Taylor Brown |
| 1:10 | The Politics of the Next Farm Bill–What Changed on November 8th? | Dr. Stephanie Mercier, Farm Journal Foundation |
| 2:00 | Preview of the 2017 Legislative Session | Taylor Brown, Ch Senate Ag; Brian Hoven, VCh Senate Ag; Llew Jones, VCh Joint Finance Subcom Ed |
| 2:30 | Montana Field Trials for On Combine NIR Analyzer | Phil Clancy, Next Instruments |
| 3:00 | Trade Show Break | |
| 3:30 | Practical Pros and Cons of Cover Crops | Susan Tallman, NRCS |
| 3:30 | Montana Ag Safety | Les Graham, MT Ag Safety Program |
| 4:00 | Disease Risk Following Corn Rotation | Mary Burrows, MSU |
| 4:30 | Optical Detection of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds: The Convergence of Optical and Ag Technologies in MT | Dr. Joe Shaw, MSU |
| 5:00 | NAWG’s Efforts to Develop a Meaningful Farm Bill | Josh Tonsager, NAWG |
| 5:30 | Trade Show Reception | |
| 7:00 | Advocacy Auction | |
| Thursday – 12/1/16 | ||
| 7:00 | Crop Insurance Industry Breakfast | |
| 7:30 | Record World Production vs Record World Demand – Who Wins? | Mike Krueger, The Money Farm |
| 9:00 | Trade Show Break | |
| 10:00-12:00 | Yong Farmer Program – Farming Forward | Farming Forward – Young Farmer Program |
| 10:00 | Cost of Production | Shawn Fladager, NWFCS; Kate Fuller, MSU; Anton Bekkerman, MSU |
| 10:30 | Budgeting | Farrah McGregor, NWFCS |
| 10:50 | FSA & NWFCS Loan Programs | Amanda Johnson, NWFCS; Janet Smith, FSA |
| 11:20 | Crop Insurance | Shawn Fladager, NWFCS |
| 12:00 | KMON-RadioLunch | Rick Haines, KMON |
| 1:10 | Moving Montana’s Grain | John Miller, BNSF |
| 1:45 | Big Data Under the Big Sky | Neil McCormick, FBN |
| 2:15 | Grain Markets & Charting | Brett Wilson, BW Futures |
| 3:00 | Closing Trade Show Break | |
| 3:30 | MGGA Resolutions | President Rob Davis |
| 5:30 | MSU Reception | |
| 6:30 | MGGA President’s Banquet | Entertainment by Plowed Under Band |
| 8:30 | President’s Reception | |
