SCHEDULE OF EVENTSTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
7:30 am REGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 Early Riser Session with James Schroeder Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association � Dynamic Hedging: A Balanced Approach to Managing
Uncertainty in Grain Marketing�*(1.0 CM)
8:30 Pork Quality Assurance Plus Certification, UW-Extension Swine Team
9:00 General Session with Chip Flory � Pro Farmer (Professional Farmers of America) 2018: Rebalancing Supply and Demand
State Issues Panel: Presidents of Soybean, Corn and Pork Associations
10:00 TRADE SHOW OPENS (Note earlier opening time)
11:30 BUFFET LUNCH UNTIL 1:00 PM
12:00 pm Annual Meetings Wisconsin Soybean Association & Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Wisconsin Corn Growers Association & Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board
12:30 Wisconsin Pork Association
1:30-2:30 EDUCATIONAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose 1) 1. Putting the Rhizosphere to Work for You – Matt Ruark, Ph.D.,
UW-Madison, Eric Ott and Tim Thompson, Valent USA *(1.0 NM) 2. Corn and Soybean Disease Management with Damon
Smith, Ph.D., UW-Ext. Specialist, Plant Pathology *(1.0 PM) 3. Impacts of Tax Reform on Your Operations
with Patrick Sturz, CPA & Austin Burby, CPA, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
4. Manure & Nitrogen Management with Carrie Laboski, Ph.D., UW-Ext. Specialist, Nutrient Management *(1.0 NM)
5. Watershed Roundtable with Jeff Endres, Yahara Pride Farms & Amber Radatz, Discovery Farms *(1.0 SW)
6. Cooking With Pork – Learn about pork’s versatility in the kitchen with 2017 Taste of Elegance winner Chef Mitchel Weber
* CCA credit available for many sessions – credits listed next to session
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 CONTINUED
2:30 TRADE SHOW & BREAK
3:00-4:00 EDUCATIONAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose 1) 1. Soil Health Panel with Moderator: Nick Goeser, Ph.D,
NCGA & Farmers Casey Kelleher, Jim Zimmerman & Ken Rosenow *(1.0 SW)
2. Current Status of the US Pork Industry 3. Dissecting Dicamba & Other Spray Issues with
Rodrigo Werle, Ph.D., UW-Ext. Weed Specialist *(1.0 PM) 4. Pro-Active Business, Succession & Tax
Planning for Success with Patrick Sturz, CPA & Mark Juedes, CPA, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
5. “Food Evolution” pro-GMO documentary narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson
6. Calcium Management for Wisconsin Soils with Andrew Hoilberg, Ph.D., Calcium Products & Francisco Arriaga, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Soil Science *(1.0 NM)
4:00 TRADE SHOW & BREAK
4:30-5:30 EDUCATIONAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose 1) 1. Systems Approach to Tillage, Jodi DeJong-Hughes,
UW-Ext. Educator, Crops, University of Minnesota & Francisco Arriaga, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Soil Science *(1.0 SW)
2. “Food Evolution” pro-GMO documentary – repeat of 3:00 session
3. Dissecting Dicamba & Other Spray Issues – repeat of 3:00 session *(1.0 PM)
4. Corn and Soybean Disease Management – repeat of 1:30 session *(1.0 PM)
5. Putting the Rhizosphere to Work for You – repeat of 1:30 session *(1.0 NM)
* CCA credit available for many sessions – credits listed next to session
5:30 TRADE SHOW RECEPTION
6:15 Taste of Elegance (Sponsored by Wisconsin Pork Association, Johnsonville, Pork Checkoff)
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2
7:00 am REGISTRATION OPENS
TRADE SHOW OPENS Continental Breakfast (Coffee, Juice, Rolls & Fruit) Corn PAC Breakfast Buffet
(Walk-ins Welcome. Separate $40 fee applies)
7:30 Breakfast & Discussions with the WI Pork Association Board (RSVP requested)
8:00 Early Riser Session with Paul Mitchell, Ph.D., UW-Ext. Farm Policy Update and The New Farm Bill *(1.0 CM)
9:00 General Session with Barry Flinchbaugh, Ph.D., Kansas State University What’s Going on in Washington D.C.
Export Market Outlook Panel with Jim Sutter, CEO US Soybean Export Council, Maria Zieba, Director of International Affairs, National Pork Producers Council and Tom Sleight, CEO US Grains Council
9:00 Transport Quality Assurance, UW-Extension Swine Team
12:30 pm TRADE SHOW CLOSES
12:30 Lunch with Special Guest Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Ph.D., Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker & Documentary Producer of “Food Evolution”
2:00 Bonus Agronomic Session Agronomics of Corn & Soybeans with Shawn Conley, Ph.D., UW-Ext. Soybean Specialist & Jodi DeJong Hughes *(2.0 CM)
* CCA credit available for many sessions – credits listed next to session
MARK YOUR CALENDAR… CORN/SOY EXPO 2019 IS JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 1, 2019
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