University of Illinois Tent Stage Schedule | Wednesday

The University of Illinois tent is about 1 block to the right of the Main Gate as you enter. You will see the large orange College of ACES banner on the end of the tent. Our stage schedule can be fluid. Here you’ll find today’s schedule. Other day’s are posted in the calendar at willag.org. I’m lookng forward to meeting you at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur.

Todd Gleason

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University of Illinois Tent Stage Daily Schedule

Wednesday, August 27

8:45am TNational Corn to Ethanol Research Center
– Yan Zhang, National Corn to Ethanol Research Center Director

9:00am New Markets for Illinois Crops Biomanufacturing and the Future of Ag
– Rodney Weinzierl – Executive Director, Illinois Corn
– Ismael Nieves – General Manager, iPROOF – Primient
– Germán Bollero – Dean, U of I College of ACES
– Beth Conerty – Regional Innovation Officer, iFAB

9:30am A Conversation with the Illinois Farm Bureau President
– Brian Duncan, President of the Illinois Farm Bureau

10:00am Commodity Week Live
– Curt Kimmel, AgMarket.net
– Brian Stark, AndersonsGrain.com
– Jerry Gidel, Midland Research
– Kelly Hunt, CEO Farm Credit Illinois

11:00am Managing Weeds in a Changing Agricultural Landscape
– Aaron Hager, Field Crops Weed Scientist

11:30am farmdoc Live: Policy, Markets, and the Future of Illinois Agriculture
– Gary Schnitkey, Crop Insurance – University of Illinois
– Scott Irwin, Biofuels – Univesity of Illinois
– Luke Worrell, Worrel Land Services
– Nick Paulson, Farm Managment – University of Illinois
– Jonathan Coppess, Policy Specialist – University of Illinois

2:00pm The Center for Digital Agriculture: Transforming Farming Through
– Vikram Adve, Co-Director of the Center for Digital Agriculture, University of Illinois
– Tami Craig Schilling, former Vice President and Agronomic Digital Innovation Lead, Bayer