Joshua Still jas20@uark.edu;
Richard Bond rbond@uark.edu;
Darin Joos joos@illinois.edu;
Clarence Watson cwatson1@uark.edu;
Rick Mascagni hmascagni@agcenter.lsu.edu;
Kathy Glass glasskm@auburn.edu;
Fred Allen allenf@utk.edu;
Monty Malone monty.malone@bayer.com ;
Stephen Guy sguy@wsu.edu;
Brad Stancil bstanci@clemson.edu;
Carrie Brinton carrie_brinton@ncsu.edu;
Robert Calhoun robert.calhoun@okstate.edu;
Debra Ahrent dahrent@uark.edu;
John D. Gassett gassett@uga.edu;
Chris McKone mckonec@almaco.com;
Reuben Moore reubenm@mafes.msstate.edu;
Brad Burgess brad.burges@msstate.edu ;
Anna Sprinzl anna.sprinzl@haldrup.net;
Jeff Stone jeff.stone@haldrup.net;
Charlie Faggard charles.faggard@bayer.com;
Josh Mayfield josh.mayfield@bayer.com;
Sally Sauer sally.sauer@colostate.edu;
Allen Wilson alen@junipersys.com;
Todd Vincent vincentt@almaco.com;
Steve Sick steve.sick@nutechseed.com;
Matt Knori matt.knorri@okstate.edu;
Mark Antle mea5@psu.edu;
Jim Breining jab94@psu.edu;
Hanna Wells hlw5004@psu.edu;
Scott Harkcom wsh1@psu.edu;
Bill Boone web17@psu.edu;
Phil DeVillez pld@purdue.edu;
Marty Hale mhale@terralseed.com;
Don Dombek ddombek@uark.edu;
Barry Brecke bjbe@ufl.edu;
Keith Ames kaames@Illinois.edu;
Bill Bruening Bruening@email.uky.edu;
Cam Kenimer ckenimer@uky.edu;
Ron Curd rcurd@uky.edu;
William Schelp schelpw@missouri.edu;
Elizabeth Rucker egrucker@vt.edu
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting
2015 National Variety Testing Information Exchange Group Annual Meeting
February 2 - 4, 2015
Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, Destin FL
Monday, February 2
5:00 – 7:00 pm - Registration/Meet and Greet
Tuesday, February 3
8:00am - Welcome and Introductions - Monty Malone & Fred Allen
8:30am - History of SCC 33 Coordinating Committee & Status of Project Renewal - Dr. Clarence Watson, Admin. Advisor
9:00am - Value of Disease Ratings in Variety Testing Programs (University view) - Bill Bruening
9:30am - Value of Disease Ratings in Variety Testing Programs (Company view)- Monty Malone
10:00 – 10:30am Break
10:30am Does Yield Ranking of Corn Hybrids in a Variety Test Depend on Plant Population - Fred Allen
11:00am Examples of Equipment & Procedure Innovations in Variety Testing Programs - Carrie Brinton
11:45 – 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - HarvestMaster Update - Allen Wilson
2:15pm ALMACO – New research Equipment Technologies - Todd Vincent
3:00 – 3:30 pm - Break
3:30pm - HALDRUP Field Research Equipment - Anna Sprinzl
4:15pm - Variety Testing Fee Protocols - Bill Bruening
4:45 - Adjourn
Wednesday, February 4
8:00am - MAFES Variety Testing - Reuben Moore
8:15am - Variety Mixes vs. Component Varieties - Stephen Guy
8:45am - Consistency in reporting Variety Names In Different Stat’s Yield Test Reports - Charlie Faggard
9:00am - Business Meeting:
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Presiding: 2015 Industry and University Co-Chairs (respectively):
Monty Malone, Bayer CropScience;
Fred Allen, University of Tennessee
Monty Malone (Bayer CropScience) received the 2015 SCC-33 Service Award
Debbie Ahrent (University of Arkansas) received an award for her years of service as Secretary/Treasurer for the SCC-33 group.
Presentations, by permission, will be added to the SCC-33 website (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/wheatvarietytest/SCC-33.htm ) .
Darin Joos with the University of Illinois stated the 2015 UCTA meeting will be held the second week of August. Colorado or Michigan State will host.
Nominations for the 2016 SCC-33 co-chairs: John Gassett (University of Georgia), Darin Joos (University of Illinois), and Todd Vincent (ALMACO) were nominated and elected by acclamation.
Darin Joos will serve as Liaison to the UCTA.
The new chairmen will begin working on the 2016 agenda and meeting location as soon as possible.
Adjourn