All registrations must be confirmed and paid by Thursday, June 11, 2025. NO cancellations will be accepted and NO refunds will be given after Thursay, June 11, 2025.
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Ag Economy & Crop Demand Chad Hart – Iowa State University Professor of Economics
Batch & Build Program & Central Iowa Cover Crop Partnership Will Hoffman – Heartland Co-op Conservation Agronomist
11:00 AM | Lunch & Check In for Golf
Noon | Golf Shotgun Start
LOCATION
Veenker Memorial Golf Course | Ames, Iowa
All registrations must be confirmed and paid by Thursday, June 13, 2024. NO cancellations will be accepted and NO refunds will be given after Thursay, June 13, 2024.
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The Iowa Seed Annual Meeting and Seed Forum are held in conjunction with the 2024 Agribusiness Showcase & Conference hosted by the Agribusiness Association of Iowa. As a registered attendee at the Showcase, you receive access to everything during the two days of the event, including the Seed Forum.
Registration and information site for the Showcase & Conference – Click Here
All registrations must be confirmed and paid by Wednesday, June 15, 2023 . NO cancellations will be accepted and NO refunds will be given after Wednesday, June 15, 2023.
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11:30 Lunch | Iowa Seed Association Scholarship Presentation
The Iowa Seed Annual Meeting and Seed Forum are held in conjunction with the 2023 Agribusiness Showcase & Conference hosted by the Agribusiness Association of Iowa. To view the main event’s webpage and to register for the Seed Forum – Click Here
All registrations must be confirmed and paid by Wednesday, June 15, 2022 . NO cancellations will be accepted and NO refunds will be given after Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
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All registrations must be confirmed and paid by Tuesday, July 27 , 2021 . NO cancellations will be accepted and NO refunds will be given after Tuesday, July 27 , 2021 .
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This year, seven $1,000 “Iowa Seed Scholarships” are awarded. One of these students is also selected as the “Manjit Misra Outstanding Senior Scholar,” and will receive $500 in addition to the $1,000 seed scholarship.
Bill Latham Memorial Scholarship
For the fifth year, the ISA will also award the $1,000 “Bill Latham” Memorial Scholarship in his honor. Bill was a former president of the Iowa Seed Association, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), the Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA), and was a former President of his family company, Latham Seed. Bill passed away in 2015.
Lisa Shepherd Jenkins Memorial Scholarship
For the fourth time, the “Lisa Shepherd Jenkins” Memorial Scholarship is awarded by the ISU Seed Science Center to an undergraduate student engaged in seed science and seed technology. The $1,000 scholarship honors Lisa who served as Seed Health Testing Coordinator for the Seed Science Center and as Co-Director of the Administrative Unit of the National Seed Health System. Lisa headed one of the most active phytosanitary seed testing programs in the country and served as a chair on committees for both the American Seed Trade Association and the American Phytopathological Society. Lisa passed away in 2015.
Iowa Seed Association Scholarships
Louis Burton Rogers, Minnesota Son of Chad and Lisa Burton He is a junior in agricultural business. Louis works at the ISU Seed Science Center where he has developed an interest in the seed business. He has completed internships at Domnick Seeds (a Dekalb Asgrow dealership) in western Minnesota, and CHS Co-op, also in western Minnesota. He hopes to work as a sales agronomist after graduation with the opportunity to work with farmers on a day-to-day basis. Louis has been on the dean’s list four of the five semesters he has attended Iowa State. He is also a member of the Agricultural Business Club.
Madeline Frischmeyer Reinbeck, Iowa Daughter of Chris and Julie Frischmeyer Madeline is a junior in Agronomy with a Seed Science secondary major. Madeline has spent time working at Pioneer and Heartland and will be doing field-exploration this summer with Syngenta as a corn production intern. Madeline is actively involved in the ISU Farm Operations Club, where she has served as secretary and volunteers to help her fellow students who have special needs. She has received two academic scholarships based on her GPA of 3.7 or above and has been awarded recognition on the Dean’s list. She says she is interested in the field of seed science because she knows it is a field where her education will never stop.
Malcolm St. Cyr Washington, DC. Son of Donna Tracey and Alioune Badara M’Backe’ He is a freshman in Agronomy. Malcolm grew up in Senegal, West Africa in a farming community. Malcolm worked as a farm laborer for 10 years where he watched the impact that limited food yields have on an entire community. This experience has fueled his interest in Agronomy. He says seeds, along with soil are the foundation of agricultural sciences. He is an APEX Scholar and was selected to attend the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences Conference last semester. He is actively involved in several campus organizations and will be presenting at two conferences over the next year. Malcolm says he is interested in the science applied to seed selection, breeding, and the seed industry. He hopes to someday help the community he grew up in, as well as assist with solving international and regional food quality, security, and systems problems.
Haley Stahl Marshalltown, Iowa Daughter of Jon and Julie Stahl She is a junior in Agronomy with a Seed Science secondary major. Haley studies in agronomy strongly emphasize seed science, crop development and funding, and management decisions and considerations within the seed industry. She has spent a considerable amount of time studying and identifying multiple varieties of seeds and plants, impacts on yield, and the genetics behind producing grain. She is an active member of the Agronomy Club and has worked as a research assistant and research intern for Beck’s Hybrids. She says these experiences have enabled her to utilize her classroom knowledge in a practical setting. She also plans to eventually pursue a graduate degree in seed science. In the future, she hopes to develop new ways to help the seed industry succeed and work to develop seed technologies to help plant breeders create better lines. Lisa Shepherd Jenkins Scholarship
Brandyn Chapman Ames, Iowa Brandyn previously received his B.S. in agricultural studies and has returned to school to earn another degree in Horticulture. Brandyn started working at the Iowa State University Seed Science Center in the fall of 2012 as a student. Post-graduation in 2015 he served as production management supervisor trainee at Remington Seeds in Hastings Minnesota. After completion of that program, he decided to return to Iowa State University, and eventually to the Seed Science Center where he has been for three years working as a Seed Analyst III. He volunteers his time assisting Dr. Susana Goggi with her Agronomy 338 lab every fall semester. He says hopes to someday be in a student advising position which involves teaching opportunities. Whether it is in the lab, or in the field, or in the classroom, Brandyn has a robust love and passion for plant science.
Bill Latham Memorial Scholarship Erin Stichter Erie, Illinois Daughter of Brandon and Casey Stichter She is a junior in Agronomy. Erin has interned in seed corn production at Wyffel’s Hybrids where she experienced production of seed corn, field operations, bulk seed processing, warehousing, and distribution. She also works in the ISU soybean breeding research lab where she has gained insight on the development of new seed genetics. Erin served as a delegate to the National American Society of Agronomy – Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences conference just this past November where her research, based on assessing the potential for soybean yield improvement through plant architectural modification, achieved second place in the National Darrel S. Metcalfe Journalism Contest. She says this experience is a prime example of the outstanding opportunities Iowa State offers to supplement education and learning in and out of the classroom environment.
Manjit Misra Outstanding Senior Award & Iowa Seed Association Scholarship Eric Heick West Branch, Iowa Son and Russell Heick Eric is senior in Agronomy. Last year he received the Bill Latham Memorial Scholarship. Eric works at the Seed Science Center with Alan Gaul which he says has confirmed his interest in seed conditioning. He has also interned with Syngenta Parent Seed in Slater where he assisted with planting, standing counts, and detasseling. He has been on the ISU Dean’s list from the fall of 2017 to the fall of 2019, a member of the University Honors Program, served as secretary of the Ag Markets Club, and a member of the Agronomy Club. His goal is to graduate debt-free with a double major in agronomy and seed science in just 4 years. He would like to work in Seed Corn Production and is considering attending graduate school.
Instructions:
Attendees visiting the Seed Science Center are asked to park at the Memorial
Union on Lincoln Way and walk to the Seed Science Center.
It’s a 10 to 15-minute walk from the parking lot. Please arrive early to park and attend the session on time. Google maps walking directions from the parking lot: https://goo.gl/maps/qJYvZSMpxP11VVZs9
Schedule of
Events:
9:00 AM Check-in | ISU Seed Center, coffee and refreshments
9:15 AM Dr. Chad Hart, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
Topic: The latest on tariff and trade issues with QA session
10:15 AM Dr. Kan Wang, Professor Plant Biotechnology, Co-Director Crop Bioengineering Center
Topic: The CRISPR Technology with QA session
11:00 AM* Check-in for golfers who did not attend morning sessions (*at Golf Course)
11:15 AM Tour of Seed Lab (optional) and depart for luncheon at Veenker Clubhouse
Memorial Union, ISU Campus, 2229 Lincoln
Way, Ames, IA 50012 Seed Science Center, 2115 Osborn
Drive, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Veenker Memorial Golf Course, 2916,
Veenker Dr, Ames, IA 50011
Contacts:
Joan O’Brien, Iowa Seed
Association Office joanoagribizorg (joanoagribizorg) or 515-262-8323\
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