2009 Meeting Information

2009 North Central Branch
Annual Meeting
July 22-24, 2009

Kalahari Resort
Wisconsin Dells, WI

The 2009 meeting of the ASA North Central Branch took place July 22-24, 2009 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells.  Although typically held in March, the branch leadership piloted a new time for the meeting to encourage attendance in this scientific meeting, with a family vacation opportunity.

The focus of the meeting was a forum for crop advisors, retail agronomists, crop consultants, university research/extension personnel and other practicing professionals to interact and discuss the hottest new opportunities and challenges in modern farming systems and provide career information and interactions with graduate students.

Agenda
The planning committee worked to bring attendees a well-rounded program with many timely and interesting speakers and topics.  The Thursday morning talks featured training for success in plant breed, genetics and academia and a panel discussion on success in industry.  Friday morning featured a variety of talks and poster viewing. 

View the Detailed Agenda (pdf)

CEUs Provided
The following CEU credits were approved for this meeting and were assigned as follows:
7/23/2009 - Soil & Water Management - 1.0, Crop Management - 2.0, Professional Development - 2.5
7/24/2009 - Nutrient Management - 2.0, Crop Management - 1.0, Professional Development - 0.5

Tours
The tour was of the Arlington Research Station on Thursday afternoon where attendees heard from eight researchers on topics ranging from corn agronomy research, to soybean response to plant stress, and the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial.  Also featured was a barbeque at the station.

Many Thanks
To North Central Branch President Tony Vyn for organizing the meeting.