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Monday, December 4, 2023
8:00 AM - 4:00 PMFarm Market Bus TourFarm Marketing
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMAgBiome - Women in Ag Fireside ChatGeneral
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMGreenhouse Lighting During PropagationGreenhouse
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMPlants Are Experiential Goods - Ways To Increase Customer Engagement And Boost SalesGreenhouse
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMAdoption in the Ag Tech SpaceGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMAsparagusVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMBerriesFruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMBrassicasVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMGrants and Other Government ProgrammingGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMGrape 1Fruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMLavender 1General
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMPickles and Vine CropsVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMSweet CiderFruit
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMBeginning Farmer Meet and Greet With Trade Show TourGeneral
10:00 AM - 10:45 AMValent - Smart Tree Fruit Thinning, featuring Accede® and all Valent PGR’sGeneral
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMBest-Performing Plants In The 2023 Michigan Garden Plant TourGreenhouse
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMSowing Your Success: Solutions For SeedGreenhouse
10:00 AM - 11:30 AMFarm Market 1 Keynote: Storytelling in Agriculture: Develop a Voice that Shifts NarrativesFarm Marketing
12:00 PM - 12:45 PMFirst Genesis Inc. - Demystifying Plastic Packaging in the Produce IndustryGeneral
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMAutism Spectrum Individuals - An Untapped Potential Employee PoolGeneral
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMTiger - Sul Products, LLC - Managing Sulphur Nutrition in Specialty Crop ProductionGeneral
1:00 PM - 4:00 PMIntro to Organic PracticesGeneral
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMKemin - Kemin’s new botanical oil-based biopesticides and novel plant growth technologies.General
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGreenhouse Disease Management UpdateGreenhouse
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMLeveraging Native Plants To Boost SalesGreenhouse
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMApple 1Fruit
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMEnterprise Budgets for Beginning FarmersGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMFarm Market 2 Digital Dispersal of Your BrandFarm Marketing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMGrape 2Fruit
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMLavender 2General
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMOn-Farm Produce SafetyGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMRoot VegetablesVegetable
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMSweet CornVegetable
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMAchieving Plant Growth Management I – Success With PGRsGreenhouse
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMGreenhouse Events That Work: A Grower PanelGreenhouse
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM40 Under 40 AwardsGeneral
5:30 PM - 7:00 PMFarm Market RoundtableFarm Marketing
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMFarmWise - Automated Weed Control in Vegetables with State-of-the-Art Computer VisionGeneral
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMA Systems Approach To Greenhouse Biological ControlGreenhouse
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMFrom Selection To Success: Optimizing Production With The Right FertilizerGreenhouse
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMProducing High-Quality Anemone And Ranunculus In MichiganGreenhouse
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMBlueberry 1Fruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMCherriesFruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMEmerging Technologies 1 - Digital Tools to Improve Efficiency and Decision-MakingGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFarm Market 3 - Community Connections to Build BusinessFarm Marketing
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMIPM Investigator TrainingGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMLabor 1 - Ag Labor PolicyGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMLarge Scale OrganicVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMOnionVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMPeach/PlumFruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMTomato, Pepper, EggplantVegetable
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMBeginning Farmer 2General
10:00 AM - 10:45 AMHead Honchos, LLC - What could possibly motivate someone to utilize the H2-A program?General
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMA Deeper Discussion On BeneficialsGreenhouse
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMRecruiting And Retaining Workers From Select Sources Of The Local Labor MarketGreenhouse
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMTips For Growing Foliage Plants In The NorthGreenhouse
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMPeterson Farm BrosGeneral
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMMichigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) - More than Just a SignGeneral
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMHectre - Five Benefits Growers and Packers Are Gaining From Early Fruit Sizing AIGeneral
1:00 PM - 4:00 PMCider JudgingFruit
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMHead Honchos, LLC - Workforce Warehouse – A new and more efficient way to EXPLORE, ENGAGE, & EMPLOY seasonal farm workersGeneral
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMAchieving Plant Growth Management II – Non-Chemical Growth ControlGreenhouse
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMWeed Management Recommendations For Specialty Cut Flower ProductionGreenhouse
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM21st Century Tools and Tactics for Specialty Crop IPMGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMApple 2Fruit
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMBlueberry 2Fruit
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMCeleryVegetable
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMEmerging Technologies 2 - Improving Food System Sustainability Through Automation, Imaging and Biorefining TechnologiesGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMFarm Market 4Farm Marketing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMIrrigationGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMLabor 2 - Forming and Caring for Effective Farm Worker TeamsGeneral
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMLatest And Greatest: Michigan State University Floriculture Research UpdateGreenhouse
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMPotatoesVegetable
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMSoil Health and Cover CroppingGeneral
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMResearch Poster PresentationGeneral
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMThe Ins And Outs Of Cooperatives And CollectivesGreenhouse
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMWhat’s In Your Water And How To Get The Bad Stuff OutGreenhouse
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMCarbon Robotics - Laserweeding: The Future of Weed ControlGeneral
4:30 PM - 5:00 PMMichigan Vegetable Council Annual MeetingGeneral
Thursday, December 7, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMOrganic Vegetable ProductionVegetable
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMAgrivoltaics: Growing Crops Under And Around Solar ArraysGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMA Whole-System Approach to Sustainable Fruit ProductionFruit
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMBiocontrol and BiopesticidesGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFarm Market Workshop 1 - Improving Customer And Employee Experience At The Farm Through Cultural CompetenceFarm Marketing
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFarm Market Workshop 2 - Organizational Development and Team BuildingFarm Marketing
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFarm Market Workshop 3 - Making Food on the FarmFarm Marketing
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMFarm SuccessionGeneral
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMHard CiderFruit
9:00 AM - 2:30 PMAg Tech SymposiumGeneral
9:00 AM - 4:00 PMWorkshop and Tour, Greenhouse Biological Control Essentials: Setting Yourself Up For Success (Pre-Registered Only)Greenhouse
10:30 AM - 12:00 PMOrganic and Small-Scale MarketingGeneral