Track: AgTech

Tuesday

AgTech TrackCCA TrackPARP Track
4:30 pm-5:00 pm - Rooms: Salon C and Salon D

Why we need GMOs and other new technologies for horticultural crops – Dr. Peter Goldsbrough

Excerpt: Genetically modified organisms have been one of the most controversial topics in food and agriculture over the last twenty five years. This presentation will discuss how GMOs are made and used, compare these methods to others that are used to develop new varieties, and present the case for why these and other new methods of >>> Read More.

Wednesday

Agronomic Crop Production TrackAgTech TrackBusiness / Marketing / AgriTourism / Succession Planning TrackFarm 360 TrackFood Safety TrackFresh Vegetables TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production TrackHemp TrackJoint Plenary Session TrackUrban Agriculture TrackWine Grape Track
8:00 am-8:30 am - Rooms: Salon 4 and Salon 5

Joint Plenary Session

Excerpt: -Updates from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture – Dr. Aaron Patton, Department Head, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University -Purdue Extension Update – Dr. Jason Henderson, Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Director of Purdue Extension -Update from the College of Agriculture at Purdue University – Dr. Karen Plaut, Glenn W. >>> Read More.
Agronomic Crop Production TrackAgTech TrackBusiness / Marketing / AgriTourism / Succession Planning TrackFarm 360 TrackFood Safety TrackFresh Vegetables TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production TrackHemp TrackJoint Plenary Session TrackUrban Agriculture TrackWine Grape Track
8:30 am-10:00 am - Room: Salon 4

Joint Plenary Session

Excerpt: -Keynote: Suzanne Crouch,  Lt. Governor, State of Indiana -Keynote:  Promoting Horticulture and Inspiring People to Pursue Careers in Plants – Susan Yoder, Seed Your Future -Keynote:  Hemp Renaissance: the fusion of an ancient plant, 21st-century technology and Yankee ingenuity – Michael Bowman, Co-founder of First Crop, Inc.     >>> Read More.
All Tracks
10:00 am-10:30 am - Rooms: Freedom Hall and Tradeshow - Liberty Hall

Coffee Break & Expo