Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Please see attached file below for the NCCC_old31 annual report for 2025.

MEETING AGENDA AND BUSINESS MEETING NOTES

Monday April 28

Arrivals / Check-in at the hotel

Dinner on your own

Tuesday April 29

Field Tours

9:00-9:30: Meet in front of the main office (1000 Main Entrance Dr., Spring Hill, TN 37174)

9:30-11:00 Tour experimental sites at MTREC

1. Organic Corn – Living Mulch
2. Alfalfa/Fescue
3. Triticale
4. Precision Livestock

11:00-12:30: Lunch

1:00: Meet in front of the main office for farm tour

Address:

Deer Valley Farm

11 Fred Clark Lane

Fayetteville, TN 37334

2:00: Arrive at Deer Valley Farms

4:30: Back in vehicle

State Reports

9:00-9:05 – Welcome and Introductions – Renata Oakes

9:05-9:25 – Administrative Advisor Report – James Kells

9:25-9:45 – Project Renewal Proposal Edits – Bill Lamp

9:45-10:45 – Business Meeting

[1] Recruit more participants to NCCC31. Several participants have changed positions, and in addition, there are many new hires across the US who would greatly contribute to this group. This committee has also been historically composed of members from various states outside the North Central region, and recently, we noted some states under the North Central region do not have a representative in NCCC31, or the current representative is not registerd. These factors are driving the NCCC31 to act intentionally in recruiting new members.

We are seeking representatives from the states listed below, accompanied by a possible nominee and a current NCCC31 member volunteering for a direct invite.

Alabama (LeAnn Dillard; Renata Oakes will contact her)

Arkansas (Dirk Phillipp will be contacted by Marisol Berti)

Florida (Marcelo; Marta Kohmann will contact him)

Georgia (Forage weed scientist Robert Stougard; will be contacted by Jim. Lisa Baxter and Jennifer Tucker will be contacted by Renata Oakes)

Idaho (Pramod Acharya; will be contacted by Marilia Chiavegatto)

Iowa (not registered; Shelby Gruss)

Kansas (Doo-Homg Min, suggested by Marison Berti and will be contacted by Marisol Berti. In addition, Romulo Lollato will also be invited by Renata Oakes)

Maine (Juan Romero is the University of Maine representative; we will also invite Jaime Garzón as an to contribute)

Minnesota (not registered; Jake Jungers),

Missouri (Carlson Robbins, suggested by Jenniffer McAdam)

Montana (Hayes Goosey, will be contacted by Jennifer)

Nebraska (not registered; John Guretzky)

New Mexico (Mark Marsalis; include Anwar in the email; will be contacted by Renata)

North Carolina (Miguel Castillo; Marta Kohmann will contact him)

Oregon (Sarkan Ates is interested; will be contacted by Jennifer McAdam)

South Carolina (Liliane Silva; Marta Kohmann will contact her)

South Dakota (Sarah Baulder; and Christopher Graham;  will be contacted by Marisol Berti)

Tennessee (not registered)

Texas (Jamie not registered)

Virginia (Ben Tracy – should we contact John Fike?)

Washington (currently recruiting)

Wyoming (Clint Beiermann; Guojie will contact him)

We propose writing an invitation email to invite new members.

We will invite Juan Romero (Maine) to be secretary. Backup secretary is Guojie Wang. Juan accepted the nomination.

Location for the next meeting: Marilia Chiavegato volunteers to host at Ohio (Columbus). We will target the weeks of 8^th June , 15^th June, of the 20^th July, and 27^th July. Marilia will send a doodle pool. Marisol and Renata will share the budget for their events to help Marilia plan the costs associated with hosting.

10:50-11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00-11:20 – Kentucky State Report, Rebecca McCulley

11:20-11:40 – Maryland State Report, Bill Lamp

11:40-12:00 – Michigan State Report, Kim Cassida (zoom)

1:30 – Meet back at the conference room

1:40-2:00 – Iowa State Report, Shelby Gruss (zoom)

2:00-2:20 – Indiana State Report, Jeff Volenec (zoom)

2:20-2:40 – North Dakota State Report, Marisol Berti

2:40-3:00 – Ohio State Report, Marilia Chiavegato

3:00-3:20 – Pennsylvania State Report, Goujie Wang

3:20-3:40 – Tennessee State Report, Renata Oakes

3:40-4:00 – Maine State Report, Juan Romero (zoom)

4:00-4:20– Utah State Report, Jennifer Macadam

4:20-4:40 - Wisconsin State Report, Marta Kohmann