SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NECC29 : Corn Improvement Conference
- Period Covered: 10/01/2023 to 09/30/2024
- Date of Report: 04/16/2025
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/06/2025 to 02/07/2025
Participants
List of Participants Name Email Affiliation Auburn, Jacob jauburn@wnycma.com Western NY Crop Management Bumbaugh, Cassidy crb5944@psu.edu Penn State University Bunn, Amanda amanda.bunn@tnc.org The Nature Conservancy Burkholder, Gwen gwnbrk@gmail.com A family farm Burkholder, Jocelyn jociburk@icloud.com family farms Bush, Joseph joseph.bush@uky.edu University of Kentucky Carrijo, Daniela daniela.carrijo@psu.edu Penn State University Correia, Larissa correia2@wisc.edu UW-Madison Crews, Braxton braxton.crews@uga.edu University of Georgia DeGolyer, David ddegolyer@wnycma.com Western NY Crop Mgmt Edwards, Phillip pedwards@uga.edu UGA Extension Ellis, Emily emily.ellis@pioneer.com Pioneer Fernandez, Leidy ljf5448@psu.edu Penn State Fiorellino, Nicole nfiorell@umd.edu University of Maryland Flaherty, Katy katy@ernstseed.com Ernst Conservation Seeds Fry, Kevin kevin.fry@pioneer.com Pioneer Holden, Victoria victoria@imio.co IMIO Technologies, Inc Hoover, Ronald rjh7@psu.edu Penn State University Jones, Jake jake.jones@fmc.com FMC Karsten, Heather hdk3@psu.edu Penn State University Kaur, Harkirat hkaur35@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison Kaur, Navdeep npk5380@psu.edu Penn State University Kebede, Aida aida.kebede@agr.gc.ca Agri-Food Canada Kerr, Konrad konradkerr@yahoo.com Labant, Amy allabant@hotmail.com Lee, Chad cdlee2@uky.edu University of Kentucky Lefever, Andrew AML7322@psu.edu Penn State University Lesko, Tyler tkl5215@psu.edu Penn State University Lewis, Tracy tracy.lewis@thewengergroup.com Risser Grain Lindsey, Alex lindsey.227@osu.edu The Ohio State University Loudy, Quinn qrl5006@psu.edu Penn State University Lyon, Daniel daniel.lyon@uga.edu University of Georgia Extension Marsh, Emily emily.marsh@uky.edu University of Kentucky Mcfeaters, Tyler tsm31@psu.edu Penn State Dept Plant Path Ortez, Osler ortez.5@osu.edu The Ohio State University Panek, Bryan bpp122@psu.edu Penn State University Paudel, Manoj mkp6077@psu.edu Penn State University Porter, Don donp@ernstseed.com Ernst Conservation Seeds Quinn, Dan djquinn@purdue.edu Purdue University Roth, Gregory gwr@psu.edu Penn State Schmoll, Jerron jerron.schmoll@corteva.com Corteva Shahrokhi, Mohsen shahrokhi.4@osu.edu The Ohio State University Shearer, Roy roykenshearer@gmail.com family farms Sigdel, Sailesh sps6639@psu.edu Pennsylvania State University Smith, Adana ars458@psu.edu Penn State University Smith, Bruce bwsmith57@gmail.com Four Seasons Crop Cnsltg, LLC Smith, Margaret mes25@cornell.edu Cornell University Smith, Reuben thereub20@yahoo.com Seedway LLC Spackman, Dayton djs5487@gmail.com PSU Spargo, John jts29@psu.edu Penn State Valent, Jim jim.valent@bayer.com Channel Wallace, John jmw309@psu.edu Penn State University Wang, Guojie gkw5177@psu.edu PSU Welchez, Sergio sergio_cuevawelchez@cargill.com Cargill Anim Nutr Wells, Hanna hlw5004@psu.edu Penn State Plant Science Whitmoyer, Ethan axm1119@psu.edu Penn State University Wilson, Chris chrisw@ntvearth.com Native Earth, LLC Ziobron, Amy amy@imio.co IMIO Technologies, Inc
Business Meeting Minutes
7 February 2025, State College PA
Daniela announcements
- 2026 meeting to be held in Ottawa, hosted by Aida Kebede of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Date will be in early/mid-February
- Volunteers for helping to plan and host please join us for the business meeting!
- Let Daniela know if you would like to be added to our email list.
Business meeting
- The group tried out a shared chair and co-chair role last year. We will continue this in the future, so for 2026 Aida will be chair and Daniela will be co-chair.
- Upcoming chair is responsible for proceedings for the current year. Aida will need to reach out soon to all speakers to request abstracts.
- Daniela will share email list with additions of any new people who attended this year and others who want to be added.
- Will plan on a full day Thursday and half day Friday, with target date range during February.
- Share meeting announcement with Corn Specialists list or other lists to encourage broad attendance. Aida will share with Ontario Corn Growers Association.
- Potential organizer for 2027 in Lexington, Kentucky. Could be scheduled to allow people to also attend the Farm Machinery Show.
Accomplishments
See attached proceedings.