Starved Rock and Interests 5:00 p.m. 5:15 p.m. – Kathy Casstevens, Starved Rock Lodge 5:15 p.m. Announcements 5:20 p.m. CENTRAL PLANT BOARD PHOTO 6:30 p.m. 9 p.m. Awards Banquet (Meal Provided) – Wednesday April 4, 2017 Time Topic 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Provided) Moderator: Megan Abraham, IN 8:00 a.m. 8:25 a.m. State Reports: IL, IN, IA, KS – CBP Quarantine Interception Trends 8:25 a.m. 9:00 a.m. – Mark Grzeszkowiak, Chief, Customs and Border Protection Systems Approach to Nursery Certification (SANC) 9:00 a.m. 9:20 a.m. Project Update – Aurelio Posadas, Executive Secretary, National Plant Board Thousand Cankers Disease Update 9:20 a.m. 10:00 a.m. – Matt Ginzell, Purdue University 10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Morning Break – 10:15 a.m. 10:35 a.m. State Reports: MI, MN, MO, NE – Palmer Amaranth Panel Discussion 10:35 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Tony Cortilet, MN, Garth Kaste, Kaste Seed Co, Kim – Alberty, Agassiz Seed, Brandon Soldner, FSA Central HIS REPORT 11:35 a.m. 12:00 p.m. – Charles Elhard, North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. LUNCH (Provided) – Moderator: Tom Gere, SD State Reports: ND, OH, SD, WI 1:00 p.m. -1:20 p.m. Phytosanitary Sample Processing U of IL – Plant Clinic 1:20 p.m. 1:50 p.m. – Diane Plewa, University of Illinois
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Starved Rock and Interests Kathy Casstevens, Starved Rock Lodge 5:15 p.m. Announcements 5:20 p.m. CENTRAL PLANT BOARD PHOTO 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Awards Banquet (Meal Provided) Wednesday April 4, 2017 Time Topic 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Provided) Moderator: Megan Abraham, IN 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. State Reports: IL, IN, IA, KS 8:25 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. CBP Quarantine Interception Trends Mark Grzeszkowiak, Chief, Customs and Border Protection 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Systems Approach to Nursery Certification (SANC) Project Update Aurelio Posadas, Executive Secretary, National Plant Board 9:20 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Thousand Cankers Disease Update Matt Ginzell, Purdue University 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Morning Break 10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. State Reports: MI, MN, MO, NE 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Palmer Amaranth Panel Discussion Tony Cortilet, MN, Garth Kaste, Kaste Seed Co, Kim Alberty, Agassiz Seed, Brandon Soldner, FSA 11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Central HIS REPORT Charles Elhard, North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH (Provided) Moderator: Tom Gere, SD 1:00 p.m. -1:20 p.m. State Reports: ND, OH, SD, WI 1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Phytosanitary Sample Processing – U of IL Plant Clinic Diane Plewa, University of Illinois