SPEAKERS
USDA APHIS
Assistant Director, Plants for Planting Policy
Dr. Yilmaz Balci is the assistant director for the Plants for Planting Policy program in USDA-APHIS ...(read more)
Dan Basse
Economist
Daniel Basse is an economist who has been in the commodity business since 1979. Raised on a dairy/gr...(read more)
Corteva Agriscience
Global Product Director - Biofuels
Chad Berghoefer, Global Product Director – Biofuels, focuses on establishing new cropping systems in...(read more)
USDA-APHIS-PPQ
National Seed Health Coordinator / Sr. Risk Manager
Scott Blackwood joined the APHIS-PPQ Plants for Planting Policy team in December 2023 as a Senior Ri...(read more)
American Seed Trade Association
VP, Government Affairs
Janae Brady joined the ASTA staff in December 2020 as the Senior Director of Government Affairs. Bra...(read more)
KWS Cereals
Country Manager
Dr. Becca Brattain works as the Country Manager for KWS Cereals USA, LLC and has a life-
long passi...(read more)
Owner of Ag Inspirations, LLC
Kim Bremmer is the mother of two, graduate of UW-Madison and was a dairy nutrition consultant for 15...(read more)
University of Missouri
Agricultural Extension Economist
Ben Brown is an Agricultural Extension Economist with the University of Missouri’s Extension Agricul...(read more)
CoverCress Inc.
VP, Breeding
Kevin Cook is VP of Breeding at CoverCress Inc. He is a crop improvement leader focused on addressi...(read more)
Seed IP Education & Enforcement Program d/b/a Seed Innovation & Protection Alliance
Executive Director
Eloy R Corona is the current Executive Director for the Seed Innovation & Protection Alliance (SIPA)...(read more)
Grain Millers, Inc.
Director of Crop Sciences
Eric DeBlieck is the Director of Crop Sciences with Grain Millers. Eric has been focusing on food-gr...(read more)
National Milk Producers Federation
President & CEO
Gregg Doud is NMPF’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Before arriving at NMPF he served as the...(read more)
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Research Leader
Dr. Anthony Glenn joined USDA-ARS in 2001 as a Research Plant Pathologist, and in 2021 he became the...(read more)
CropLife America
Senior Manager - Federal Government Relations
Brian Glenn is the Senior Manager of Federal Government Relations for CropLife America (CLA). Estab...(read more)
USDA
Senior Advisor, Fair & Competitive Markets
Andy Green is Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets, where he coordinates USDA’s competiti...(read more)
Shawn Hackett
Speaker
A frequent contributor to Barron’s, Futures Magazine, Reuters, Bloomberg, US
Farm Report, Ag-TV, Ma...(read more)
Iowa State University Seed Science Center
Professor, Interim Director Seed Science Center
Dr. Harris possesses almost 40 years of experience working on the physiology, genetics, molecular bi...(read more)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Crop Sciences
am a Professor of Regenerative Agriculture in the Crop Sciences department at the University of Illi...(read more)
Corteva Agriscience
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Heuchelin is the leader of the Corteva Plant Pathology Group at Johnston, IA and is responsible ...(read more)
2Blades
President
Diana Horvath has helped to translate advances in plant science into practical uses for agriculture....(read more)
USDA-ARS
Research Leader / Location Coordinator UDSA ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory
Marshall Lamb serves as Research Leader and Location Coordinator at the USDA/ARS National Peanut Res...(read more)
Kincannon & Reed
Managing Partner
Jon Leafstedt serves as Managing Partner at Kincannon & Reed, the leading retained search firm p...(read more)
Madden Farms Inc
President, Madden Farms Inc, 1978-current
3000 continuous corn and swine finishing
North ce...(read more)
American Seed Trade Association
Director
Martha Malapi joined ASTA in August 2023 as the Director of Seed Health and Trade. Prior to ASTA, Ma...(read more)
J&C Farms
Jeff Mortenson. Graduate of North Dakota State University, Dec "95". Started farming with my brot...(read more)
Iowa State University Seed Science Center
Professor
Gary P. Munkvold is Professor of Plant Pathology at Iowa State University, specializing in Seed Path...(read more)
Corteva Agriscience
Senior Director, Biofuels
Kendall Palmer is the Sr. Director, Biofuels for Corteva Agriscience. He leads the cross-functional ...(read more)
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary
Annie Petsonk serves as the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs. A recognize...(read more)
Bayer
Crop Efficiency Platform Lead
Dr. Lyle Ralston is the Crop Efficiency Platform Lead in Plant Biotechnology R&D for Bayer Crop Scie...(read more)
Organic Trade Association
Sr. Director, Regulatory Affairs
Scott Rice has over 20 years of experience in the organic space, currently serving as OTA’s Senior D...(read more)
USDA APHIS
Senior Risk Manager
I'm a Plant Pathologist, joined the Plants for Planting Policy unit as a Senior Risk Manager in earl...(read more)
Penn State University
Assistant Professor of Global Change Pathology
Dr. Roman-Reyna is an Assistant Professor at Penn State. She is a plant microbiologist focusing on u...(read more)
Purdue University
Assistant Professor
Dr. Yichao Rui is a researcher and faculty member at Purdue University, specializing in soil health,...(read more)
North Dakota Soybean Council
Executive Director
Stephanie Sinner has been with the North Dakota Soybean Council since 2013. In March of 2018, she wa...(read more)
Association of Official Seed Analysts
President
James Smith is the current President of the Association of Official Seed Analysts and also the First...(read more)
Junction Strategies, LLC
Former Senior Advisor for Agriculture to the EPA Administrator
Former Senior Advisor for Agriculture to the EPA Administrator
Rod Snyder served in the Biden-Harri...(read more)
Purdue Univeristy
Project Manager, Diverse Corn Belt
Emily Usher-DeaKyne is the Project Manager for the Diverse Corn Belt project at Purdue University. O...(read more)
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Vice President of Research and Sustainability
Rod Williamson serves as the Vice President for Research and Sustainability for the Iowa Corn Grower...(read more)