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Agenda

NEBRASKA AGRI-BUSINESS EXPOSITION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
January 27, 2025
8:00 AM-6:00 PM	Exhibitor Move-In	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
11:00 AM-4:30 PM	Exhibitor Registration Open - Pick up badges & tickets	Foyer - Younes Center North
5:00 PM-7:00 PM	Welcome Reception - Awards Presentation	Silver 5-6 - Younes Center North
There are 2 Crop Production Clinic programs. Pest Management & Pesticide Safety Sessions in Green and Crop, Economics, Soil & Water Management Sessions in Blue. A registration fee of $95.00 per person is required to attend the Clinic and Lunch.
January 28, 2025
8:00 AM-8:30 AM	Check-in Pest Management & Pesticide Safety Sessions	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
8:00 AM-8:30 AM	Check-in Crop, Economics, Soil & Water Management Sessions	Silver 7- Younes Center North
8:30 AM-8:40 AM	Pest Management & Pesticide Safety Sessions - Welcome and Introduction	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
8:30 AM-8:40 AM	Crop, Economics, Soil & Water Management Sessions - Welcome and Introduction	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
8:40 AM-9:30 PM	Insect Management Sessions - "Research Update on Western Bean Cutworm" - presented by Julie Peterson "Current Tools and Challenges for Western Corn Rootworm Management" - presented by Julie Peterson "Revisiting European Corn Borer Ecology and Management" - presented by Julie Peterson	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
8:40 AM-9:30 AM	Cropping Systems Session - "On-Farm Research Update" - presented by Talon Mues "Hi-Clearance Interseeding Project Update" - presented by Victor Ferreira	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
9:00 AM-6:00 PM	Trade Show Open - Qualify for Cornhole Tournament	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
9:30 AM-10:20 AM	Disease Management Sessions - "Soybean Disease Update - presented by Talon Mues "Corn Disease Update" - presented by Tamra Jackson-Ziems	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
9:30 AM-10:20 AM	Soil Health Session - "Assessing Soil Health: Guide and Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination" - presented by Caro Cordova and Katja Koehler-Cole	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
10:20 AM-10:50 AM	Pest Management & Pesticide Safety Sessions Break - Visit Trade Show	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
10:20 AM-10:50 AM	Crop, Economics, Soil & Water Management Sessions Break - Visit Trade Show	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
10:50 AM-11:40 AM	Weed Management Session - "Decision-Making for Post-emergence Weed Control in 2025" - presented by Milos Zaric	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
10:50 AM-11:40 AM	Digital Ag Sessions - "FAA Spray Drone Regulations" - presented by Dirk Charlson "DAWN: Dashboard for Agricultural Water Use and Nutrient Management" presented by Dirk Charlson	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
11:40 AM-12:30 PM	Pesticide & Environmental Safety Session - "Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law" - presented by Frank Bright and Greg Puckett	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
11:40 AM-12:30 PM	Agribusiness Management Session - "Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions" - presented by Shannon Sand "Cost of Production, Trends & Outlook for 2025 - presented by Glennis McClure	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
12:30 PM-1:30 PM	Lunch for Crop, Economics, Soil & Water Management Registrants - Visit Trade Show	Silver 4-5-6 (Lunch) -- Gold Ballroom (Trade Show)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM	Lunch for Pest Management & Pesticide Safety Registrants - Visit Trade Show	Silver 4-5-6 (Lunch) -- Gold Ballroom (Trade show)
Noon-1:30 PM	Trade Show Registrants and Exhibitors - Lunch on Your Own
1:30 PM-3:10 PM	What's New In Plant Protection Sessions - "What's New in Entomology: Dectes Stem Borer, Pillbugs, Soybean Gall Midge, and More" - presented by Julie Peterson "What's New in Weed Science" - presented by Milos Zaric and Randy Lloyd	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
1:30 PM-3:10 PM	Water Management & Nutrient Management Sessions - "Demonstration of Digital Nitrogen Calculator" - presented by Javed Iqbal "In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn - presented by Javed Iqbal "Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025" - presented by Steve Melvin and Amy Timmerman	Sliver 7 - Younes Center North
3:10 PM-3:30 PM	Survey & Pesticide License Recertification & CCA Credits	Silver 1-2-3 - Younes Center North
3:10 PM-3:30 PM	Survey & CCA Credits	Silver 7 - Younes Center North
3:30 PM-4:00 PM	Visit Trade Show	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
January 29, 2025
8:00 AM-9:00 AM	Exhibitor Registration Open - Pick up badges & tickets	Foyer - Younes Center North
9:00 AM-Noon	Trade Show Open - Raffle Drawings throughout the morning	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
9:00 AM-10:00 AM	Silent Auctions Open	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
11:00 AM-Noon	Silent Auction Items Awarded to Highest Bidders	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North
Noon	Expo Closes	Gold Ballroom - Younes Center North

Our Top Industry Partner Sponsors:

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Additional Sponsors:

Ag Spray Equipment Inc, Columbus, NE; AKRS Equipment, Grand Island, NE; Agra Liners LLC, Shawnee, OK; Agricultural Services Inc, Archer, NE; AgSource Laboratories, Lincoln, NE; Bayer CropScience, Creve Coeur, MO; Brandt, Kearney, NE; CF Industries, Deerfield, IL; Clay Hills Ag, Richland, NE; CNI, Inc, Leesburg, GA; Country Partners Coop, Gothenburg, NE; EGE Products, Minneola, KS; EuroChem North America, Tulsa, OK; Fairbank Equipment, Wichita, KS; FEI Inc., Valley City, ND; Frit Industries / Pro Sol, Odessa, MO; George Bros.. Propane & Fert, Sutton, NE; Inter-chem, Tulsa, OK; Kahler Automation, Fairmont, MN; KanEquip Inc, Syracuse, NE; Kaup Seed & Fertilizer, West Point, NE; Koch Agronomic Solutions, Aurora, NE; La Crosse Seed, La Crosse, WI; Landmark Implement Inc., Holdrege, NE; Marcus Construction, Willmar, MN; Midwest Laboratories, Omaha, NE;  Nutrien Ag Solutions Wholesale, Fremont, NE; Progressive Fertilizer Co., Callaway, NE; ProValue Insurance, Hutchinson, KS; R W Beckler & Associates, Seward, NE: Sackett Waconia, Norwood Young America, MN; Scribner Grain & Lumber, Scribner, NE; Spraytec Fertilizers, Urbandale, IA; StoneX Financial Inc – FCM Division, Chicago, IL; Tessenderlo Kerley, Phoenix, AZ; The Andersons Plant Nutient, Sioux City, IA; Titan Machinery, West Fargo, ND; Trotter Fertilizer, Arcadia, NE; Valent USA, Lincoln, NE; Van Diest Supply, Webster City, IA; Visjon Biologicals, Atlantic, IA; and Ward Laboratories, Kearney, NE; Winfield United, Wisner, NE.