2025 Short Course and MCPR Trade Show
The 2025 CPM Short Course and MCPR Trade Show was held December 2-4, 2025 at the Minneapolis Hilton hotel. The 3-day event is a collaboration between MCPR and University of Minnesota Extension.
Save the date for the next event, Dec. 8-10, 2026!
2025 Short Course Schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 2:
7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Registration open
10 a.m.-1 p.m.: TSP Training
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: CCA Overview and Exam Prep Session
1 p.m.: Welcome
1:30 p.m.: Federal and state policy: Implications for the ag sector with Jacqui Fatka, CoBank
2:30 p.m.: Navigating ag Markets during oversupply and geopolitical uncertainty with Ben Buckner, AgResource Company
3-6:30 p.m.: Trade Show open
3:30 p.m.: Ice breaker reception in trade show
Pesticide Applicator Trainings:
Category C: Tuesday sessions 1:30-4:45 p.m.
Category A: Wednesday sessions 7:40-11 a.m.
Category H: Wednesday sessions 1-4:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 3:
7 a.m.-5 p.m.: Registration open
8 a.m.- 5 p.m.: Trade Show open
8 a.m.: Welcome with Whitney Place and Bev Durgan, University of MN Extension
8:30 a.m: High impact meteorology with Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien
9:20-10 a.m.: Break - Visit trade show
10 a.m.: Leveraging new technologies to drive product performance with Andy Baumgarten, Corteva
10:50 a.m.: CCA recognition and CCA of the Year award
11 a.m.: MCPR Annual Meeting
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Lunch/Visit trade show
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Women in Ag Special Interest Group during lunch
1-1:50 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions 1
2-2:50 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions 2
2:50-3:30 p.m.: Break - Visit Trade Show
3:30-4:20 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions 3
4:30-5:20 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions 4
Thursday, Dec. 4:
7-11 a.m.: Registration desk open
8:30-11 a.m: MCPR Student Day Registration
8-8:50 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions 5
9-11 a.m.: Trade Show Floor Open
9-9:50 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions 6
9:50-10:30 a.m.: Break - Visit Trade Show
10:30-11:20 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions 7
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Closing keynote: Are AI-driven novel weed management tools ready for your farm? with Jed Colquhoun, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Student Day Panel Discussion with Sarah Kenz, David Voller, Justin Schroeder, Cameron Addington and Isaac Striemer. Moderated by Curt Yoose.
For Student Day participants only.
12:20 p.m.: Event ends. Lunch on your own.
2025 Short Course Sponsors
