2016 Great Lakes Crop Summit

Your Farm. Your Future. January 27 - 28, 2016

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, Mt. Pleasant

A joint effort of the

Corn Marketing Program of Michigan

Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee

Michigan Wheat Program

More information available atwww.GreatLakesCropSummit.com

Exhibit Hall

Saginaw Room

Swan Creek Room

Black River Room

Three Fires Room

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

8:00 a.m. Registration, Exhibits Open and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.500 Bushel Corn - National Corn Yield Contest Winner

A first generation farmer talks about professional results in daily efforts, a motto that has worked for him. Randy Dowdy, Farmer, Valdosta, Georgia (1 CM)

10:15 a.m.

Stop the Fighting on the Way to the Funeral HomeFrom conversations to contracts, from assumptions to clarifications, from complaints to celebrations, eyes will be opened and people will be saved from fighting on the way to the funeral home. Jolene Brown, motivational speaker

and Iowa farmer (1 PD)

11:15 a.m. Lunch, Exhibits Open and Soybean Yield Contest Awards

1:30 p.m.

Maximizing Soybean Demand Through

Exports and New UsesJohn Campen, USB; Phil Sarnacke, OMNI-Tech, Mark Seamon, MSPC

(1 PD)

In-depth Look at 500 Bushel CornQuestions and

conversation with Randy Dowdy. What Michigan farmers can take home

from a high yield winner.Randy Dowdy (1 CM)

Not All Fields are the Same

When and where do N & P leave fields via tile drains

or surface runoff.Kevin King,

USDA-ARS, Ohio (1 SW)

Farmer Brown on Family Business

Tested take-home tools to create a positive transition

for labor, management, leadership and ownership.

Jolene Brown (1 PD)

2:30 p.m.

Wheat and Soybean Disease Management White mold & SDS in

soybeans; management of wheat diseases with

fungicides and N.Dr. Marty Chilvers, MSU

(1 PM)

Ethanol’s Impact on the Future of Corn

A perspective from local to national to internationalLacey Dixon, American

Coalition for Ethanol and Jeff Sandborn, NCGA Corn

Board member and past ethanol committee chair

(1 CM)

Managing Soil Quality in a Corn Soybean

RotationDr. George Bird, MSU (1

SW)

Herbicides & New Crop Resistance

TechnologiesUsing new skills for

success. Enlist & Xtend will be discussed.

Dr. David Hillger, Dow AgroSciences and Rod Stevenson, Monsanto

(1 PM)

3:30 p.m.

Critical Times in the Life of a Corn Plant

Achieving your environmental yield

potential.Dr. Dewey Lee, Univ. of

Georgia (1 CM)

Soil Fertility Incorporating what you

know into what you do for best use of P & K in crop

production.Dr. Robert Mullen,

PotashCorp (1 NM)

Farmer Brown on Family Business

Tested take-home tools to create a positive transition

for labor, management, leadership and ownership.

Jolene Brown (1 PD)

4:30 p.m. Exhibits Open Michigan Corn Growers Association and Michigan Soybean Association Annual Meetings

5:00 p.m. GreenStone Connect Reception - Exhibit Hall

6:00 p.m. Dinner - Exhibit Hall

8:00 p.m. Reception Sponsored by BASF - Sagniaw Room

Available Credits• Four RUP recertification credits available per day. Eight available for full attendance.• CCA credits are listed on the agenda above for PM, SW, NM, CP and PD. Ten credits available for full attendance.• One Phase 1 MAEAP Credit

Lodging is not included in the registration for the Great Lakes Crop Summit. A block of rooms is available at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort at a reduced rate. Reservations must be made prior to January 4, 2016 using the group code MCMP012516. (Please note that is a zero in the code) To make a reservation, visit www.GreatLakesCropSummit.com or call 877-232-4532

and mention that you are with the Corn Marketing Program.

Exhibit Hall

Saginaw Room

Swan Creek Room

Black River Room

Three Fires Room

Thursday, January 28, 2016

7:30 a.m. Exhibits Open and Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m.Food Consumer Personalities

What drives their attitudes, beliefs, intentions and behavior, and what they expect from farmers.Terry Fleck, The Center For Food Integrity, St. Louis, MO (1 PD)

9:15 a.m.

Maximizing Soybean Demand Through

Exports and New UsesJohn Campen, USB; Phil Sarnacke, OMNI-Tech, Mark Seamon, MSPC

(1 PD)

Critical Times in the Life of a Corn Plant

Achieving your environmental yield

potential.Dr. Dewey Lee, Univ. of

Georgia (1 CM)

Not All Fields are the Same

When and where do N & P leave fields via tile drains

or surface runoff.Kevin King, USDA-ARS,

Ohio (1 SW)

Consumer Trends on Farms and Foods

What do consumers really think? Ask questions & learn how the end-

user perceives modern agriculture.

Panel of millennial consumers (1 PD)

10:15 a.m.

Understanding the Yield Components that Drive Soybean Yields

Missy Bauer, B&M Consulting (1 NM)

Soil Fertility Incorporating what you

know into what you do for best use of P & K in crop

production.Dr. Robert Mullen,

PotashCorp (1 NM)

Accelerating Michigan’s Wheat Yields

Key research findings on moving wheat yields

higher.Martin Nagelkirk & Dennis

Pennington, MSU (1 CM)

Elder CareWhat to Know as Parents Age and You Become the

CaregiverSharon Burgess, Smith

Bovill, P.C. (1 PD)

11:15 a.m. Exhibits Open and Lunch Sponsored by Crop Production Services

12:45 p.m.

Eliminate the Weak Links in Wheat Yields

Missy Bauer, B&M Consulting (1 NM)

Technology in the FieldPutting field by field data

to work to make decisions.Jeff Hinen, The Climate

Corporation (1 PM)

Herbicides & New Crop Resistance

TechnologiesUsing new skills for

success. Enlist & Xtend will be discussed.

Dr. David Hillger, Dow AgroSciences and Rod Stevenson, Monsanto

(1 PM)

Using Technology to Compare Land Use

FeaturesTracking DNA of

microbial sources to distinguish human or livestock pollutants in Michigan watersheds.

Dr. Joan Rose, MSU (1 SW)

1:45 p.m.

Population Management for High

Yielding Soybeans Missy Bauer, B&M Consulting (1 CM)

Technology in the FieldPutting field by field data

to work to make decisions.Jeff Hinen, The Climate

Corporation (1 PM)

Corn Diseases Management and foliar

fungicides to reduce stalk and ear diseases.

Dr. Marty Chilvers, MSU (1 PM)

Creative Cropping Systems

Farmer panel TBD

SponSorS

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BASFBayer CropScience

Crop Production ServicesDEKALB/ASGROW

DuPont Pioneer & DuPont Crop Protection

GreenStone Farm Credit Services Helena Chemical Company

SoybeanPremiums.orgWick Buildings

Wilbur-Ellis

prEmiErAgroLiquid

Michigan Agricultural CommoditiesSyngenta

Syngenta Crop ProtectionZook Farm Equipment

SElEct

Carbon Green BioEnergyFoster Swift Collins & Smith PC

Fraleigh Law Firm, PLLCGreat Lakes Hybrids

Mycogen Seeds & Dow AgroSciencesYeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants

Zeeland Farm Services

Great Lakes Crop Summit - January 27 - 28, 2016 Register on line (www.GreatLakesCropSummit.com) or via this form. Space is limited so register by Jan. 8, 2016 for best rates and availability.

Walks-ins are not guaranteed a spot. Make motel reservations separately by calling Soaring Eagle at 877-232-4532 or via www.GreatLakesCropSummit.com. Prior to January 4, the group room rate is $109, with code: MCMP012516.

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