Daily Schedules

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
North Dakota Crop Improvement Meeting – Eastern Regional
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Board Leadership Training Program
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
North Dakota Barley Council County Representatives Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group (FDRWG)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Minnesota Wheat Research Committee
12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Register by Nov. 25 to guarantee a meal ticket
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Minnesota and North Dakota Malting Barley Program
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MAWG Resolutions Committee Meeting
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Minnesota Soybean Growers County Association Meeting
4:00 p.m.
TCG Wheat Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
North Dakota Grain Growers Annual Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers Annual Business Meeting
5:15 p.m.
Social – Hors d’oeuvres and Refreshments
6:15 p.m.
Welcome and Banquet
7:15 p.m.
Recognition and Awards
7:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks, Hospitality and Auction

 

6:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Wheat and Soybean Research Reporting Sessions
8:00 a.m.
Trade Show Opens
8:50 a.m.
Break in Trade Show area
8:55 a.m.
Welcome
9:00 a.m.
Thom Petersen, Commissioner, MN Department of Agriculture
9:10 a.m.
Driving Global Demand: How USW Promotes U.S. Hard Red Spring Wheat and Delivers Value to Producers
Mike Spier, President, U.S. Wheat Associates
10:00 a.m.
Strategies for Success in 2026
Alan Kluis, Managing Director, Kluis Commodity Advisors
10:45 a.m.
Break in Trade Show area
11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
12:15 p.m.
Lunch in Arena/Refreshments in Trade Show area
Register by Nov. 25 to guarantee meal tickets
1:00 p.m.
Visit Trade Show
1:30 p.m.
Expected 2026 Weather Conditions
Daryl Ritchison, Director of the ND Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) and ND State Climatologist, NDSU
2:15 p.m.
Break in Trade Show area
2:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
3:00 p.m.
Social in Trade Show area
4:00 p.m.
Conference Closes

Prairie Grains Conference Sponsor List

Prairie Grains Conference Exhibitors

A&S Ag Sales
ABC Seamless
Ag Central Radio/Ag News 890
Agassiz Seed & Supply
AgCountry Farm Credit Services
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
AgriPro/Syngenta
Anchor Ingredients
Anheuser-Busch
Arthur Companies
BASF
Bayer CropScience
Cargill Inc
CHS
CHS Sunflower
Corteva Agriscience
Dakota Peat & Equipment
Duluth Seaway Port Authority
EcoCredit Marketing
Ellingson
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Frontier Precision Agriculture
GK Technology Inc.
Gowan USA, LLC
Helena Agri-Enterprises
Landmark Companies
LHM & Co
Limagrain Cereal Seeds
Litzau Farm Drainage
Meridian Seeds LLC
Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program
Minnesota Ag Weather Network
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Minnesota Department of Agriculture – AMDD
Minnesota Farm Bureau
Minnesota Farmers Union
Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council
MN Ag Rural Leadership
National Wheat Foundation
NCTC Farm Business Management
ND Crop Improvement & Seed Association
North Dakota Ag Mitigation
Northern Crops Institute
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Ohnstad Twichell, PC
Old National Bank
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Plant Power Agriculture
ProSeed
Purple Wave Auction
QA Farmer
R&J Broadcasting
Red River Farm Network
Red River Watershed Management Board
Rinke Noonan
Rivard’s Turf & Forage Inc.
Spray Advantage
Spraytec Fertilizers
Stine Seed Companies
Sunflower Hearts Inc
Syngenta Crop Protection
TCG Wheat
Thunder Seed
University of Minnesota Extension
US Commodities
US Durum Growers Association
USDA Farm Service Agency
Valley Grain Milling, Inc.
Virtue Seeds
WestBred
Widmer Roel
Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness