The Minnesota Crop Improvement Association (MCIA) will convene its 119th annual meeting on January 12, 2022. The meeting, which MCIA encourages all its members to attend, will be held virtually, via Zoom. This virtual venue will be accessible to MCIA’s entire membership, who are located throughout the Upper Midwest.
MCIA staff and board members will lead the meeting from the MCIA office in St. Paul, Minnesota. An informative, 3-hour program is planned for seed producers, conditioners, and representatives from agricultural industries. Along with MCIA’s annual business meeting, the meeting program will include presentations by two guest speakers and MCIA’s Organic Services manager. The announcement of MCIA’s annual Premier and Honorary Premier Seed Grower awards and the Achievement in Crop Improvement Award will conclude the program.
Program Topics and Speakers
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture Update
Thom Petersen, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Seed Supply Issues, Unblock the Blockages
Dr. Michael Boland, Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of MCIA’s Organic Program
Michelle Menken, Manager, MCIA Organic Services
Meeting registration is free. Non-MCIA members are welcome to attend. A Zoom meeting registration link and meeting documents are available on the Annual Meeting page of the MCIA website: www.mncia.org/annual-meeting.
Since 1903, Minnesota Crop Improvement Association (MCIA) has provided programs and services to meet the needs of an ever-changing agricultural world. These services include seed certification, organic certification, foundation seed production, and a variety of customized third-party verification programs for seed and identity-preserved grains. MCIA operates from facilities on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus with field staff located throughout Minnesota.
