Tuesday Schedule
TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER (TSP) SESSION
December 10th, 10 AM - 1 PM
This training will present the latest information from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) on nutrient and pest management to TSPs certified in these categories in Minnesota. This session will focus on the latest tips for documentation that is needed for Nutrient Management (590) and Pest Management Conservation System (595) in the EQIP and CSP programs. The session will also provide updates on the various Conservation Plan Activities (CPAs), Design and Implementation Activities (DIAs), and Conservation Evaluation and Monitoring Activities (CEMAs) associated with nutrient and pest management. Hear the latest information along with other updates on the TSP website, certification and recertification.
PLENARY SESSION
December 10th, beginning at 1 PM
Welcome remarks from Thom Petersen, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Rick Walker, MCPR Board Chair.
It Starts with Leadership: Building a Culture to Navigate Unchartered Waters
Erin Mies, People Spark
Our businesses are facing changes on many fronts, from the technology and advancements impacting our products and services, to the changes to laws and regulations impacting our business and our customers, to the operational landscape impacting how we operate our businesses, attract and retain talent, engage our teams, and achieve our goals. Our success during these ongoing changes is anchored in our culture and our teams. We, as leaders at all levels, can ensure the success of our businesses and our teams by:
- setting a clear direction,
- defining our culture including what’s acceptable and what’s not, and
- leveraging the culture to attract and engage our teams.
In this session, participants will engage in exploring these topics as they relate to their own organizations and learn concepts to help build the desired culture – despite any storms that arise.
Erin Mies co-founded People Spark Consulting with business partner Kristen Ireland, in 2018. People Spark is a business and human resources consulting company that works with small to mid-size businesses in the ag industry to achieve their goals through their HR strategies.
Erin has more than 20 years of experience consulting and coaching executives, leaders, and managers in human resources and leadership development, specifically in the agricultural and food industries. In addition to her work experience, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music (Harp) from Wittenberg University (Ohio), and her Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Erin resides in Minnesota.
CEU= 1 PD
The Price of Growth: Trends Shaping Global Agricultural Input Markets
Erik Hoegemeyer, Agribusiness Program Coordinator, Midland University
The agribusiness input world has again been rocked by a confluence of internal and external factors: extreme weather, fluctuating prices, geopolitical instability, changing financial and capital flows and new innovations reshaping supply and demand. We will discuss and interpret some key dynamics and trends that every agribusiness professional needs to understand and follow, from new trade flows, macro and microeconomic externalities, the future of globalization (or deglobalization?) and innovations that will shape the input business as we grow into the future.
Erik Hoegemeyer is an Assistant Professor and Agribusiness Program Coordinator at Midland University in Fremont, NE. In addition, Erik performs professional infotainment seminars for Agribusiness firms in the seed, ethanol, ag retail, and livestock industries.
Erik is originally from Everett Township, Dodge County, Nebraska, where his family settled in the early 1870 's. He grew up in his family's corn and soybean seed business, which was founded in 1937 (Hoegemeyer Hybrids) and is currently part of the Corteva family of seed brands.
He attended the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and graduated with a degree in Agricultural Economics in 1999 and has also been awarded a Master of Business Administration from Creighton University, a Master of Legal Studies from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California and is currently finalizing his doctoral thesis in International Business at Liberty University. He also holds Executive Degree Certificates in Behavioral Economics from the Yale School of Management and in Quantitative Business Analytics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to entering academics, he was employed for 25 years in various financial and executive positions in the Commodity Trading, Swine, Seed, Agrichemical, and Transportation industries.
He is married to his wife Kari and has four children: Elisabeth, 18, Andrew, 16, Phillip, 14, and Joseph 12. They currently reside in the Omaha suburb of Elkhorn, NE.
CEU= 1 PD
PESTICIDE APPLICATOR RE-CERTIFICATION
December 10th, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM and December 11th, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
*Please note Category C starts in that afternoon on Tuesday, December 10th!
These MDA-approved sessions are for applicators that need recertification credit in Categories A (Core), C (Field Crop Pest Management), and/or H (Seed Treatment). Workshop topics will include insect, disease, and weed updates, new pesticide safety topics, prevention of off-target movement of pesticides, and more. Please bring your current license card with you.
*Start time on Wednesday, December 11th is 7:30 am!
- Category A + C: Attend December 10th from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm and December 11th recertification sessions from 7:30 am to 11:15 am.
- Category A + H: Attend all December 11th recertification sessions (7:30 am to 4:30 pm).
- Category A + C + H: Attend all December 10th and December 11th recertification sessions.
Do You Need to Recertify? Please refer to your pesticide applicator license for your recertification due date. If the due date is 12/31/2024 then you will need to take a recertification workshop, or retest with MDA, by the end of 2024 in order to renew your license in 2025. You can also check the status of your license, including your recertification date, online at: http://www2.mda.state.mn.us/webapp/lis/default.jsp. For any licensing questions, please contact MDA at: 651-201-6615 or Pesticide.Licensing@state.mn.us. PLEASE NOTE: 2025 RENEWAL NOTICES WILL BE PRINTED PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. AFTER CREDIT IS GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS, THE RETEST FEE WILL BE REMOVED FROM RENEWAL AMOUNT.