New Trends in Agriculture Seminar Comes to the Cottonwood

The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow Implement Dealers and Montana Wheat & Barley Committee present New Trends in Agriculture seminar to be held in Glasgow. This will be the tenth agriculture seminar sponsored by the Chamber Agriculture Committee.

Keynote speakers for 2016 are Damian Mason and Matt Roberts. “Trends, Topics and Tomorrow” will be the focus of Damian Mason’s presentation. Damian has a degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He is a professional speaker with a message for the people of agriculture. He has also studied comedy writing and improvisation at The Second City in Chicago. He understands the business of food, fuel, and fiber production because he’s lived it. He had his first job at the age of 8, bottle feeding calves on the Indiana dairy farm where he was raised. Since 1994, he’s spoken to over 1,600 audiences in 50 states and eight foreign countries.

Our other keynote speaker is Matt Roberts. “Grain, Petroleum & Biofuel Markets will be Matt’s focus in his presentation. Matt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Developmental at the Ohio State University. Dr. Roberts is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on grain and energy markets. He is an active speaker, appearing approximately 50 times per year around the nation on grain, petroleum, and biofuels markets, and he is also an active consultant to the commodity industry. He has been at the Ohio State University since 2001.

Janet Knodel has been the Extension Entomology and Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University in Fargo. She provides program leadership for the North Dakota integrated pest management program and co-edits the NDSU Crop & Pest report.

The seminar is Jan. 13. For more information contact the Chamber at 406-228-2222 or [email protected]