December 15-15, 2011

Snake River Sugarbeet Conference

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Best Western Plus Burley Inn & Convention Center - Burley, ID, United States

Will feature a session with chemical company representatives to offer growers updates on pesticide label and use changes. Will review strip tillage studies on crop residue and nitrogen application rates and placement.

December 15-15, 2011

WEBINAR - 2011 Social Media Training

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National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

Online - , United States

Will address the goals of the series and why growers should engage in social media. Presenters will define the objectives and review “return on investment” of engaging in social media and how it fits within the context of agriculture.

December 14-14, 2011

WEBINAR - Enabling private sector led seed industry policy perspectives

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Iowa State University

Online at 9:30 am Eastern U.S. time - Washington, DC, United States

The three key points of the briefing include setting up a legal and regulatory framework and removing unnecessary barriers to private seed sector growth; beginning policy interventions in order to increase market capacity for the private seed industry; and requiring gov...

December 14-16, 2011

2011 Field Crops Rust Symposium

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Targeted at the scientific community, but commodity leaders, crop consultants, and others will also benefit from attending.

December 14-15, 2011

COURSE - An introduction into data management & data integration

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Wageningen University & Research

Hof van Wageningen - Wageningen, Netherlands

Plant breeding research nowadays deals with a lot of data, resulting from phenotyping in field and greenhouse trials but also from high-throughput analysis of molecular markers, RNA transcripts (microarrays & RNA seq), proteins, metabolites and whole genome (re)sequenci...

December 12-15, 2011

North Central Weed Science Society - Annual Meeting 2011

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Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)

Hyatt Regency - Milwaukee, WI, United States

December 11-13, 2011

Grain Conference - Operating Successfully in a New Grain Marketing Environment: Issues Facing Farmers

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Saskatoon Inn Hotel & Conference Centre, 2002 Airport Drive - Saskatoon , SK, Canada

The purpose of the conference is to lay out key issues that farmers, agribusiness firms, and government will face in the grain marketing, handling, and transportation system that will emerge after the passage of Bill C-18.

December 11-13, 2011

Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference

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University of California

Las Vegas Hilton - Las Vegas, NE, United States

Comprehensive educational meeting for growers, industry members and interested parties, covering critical new areas for alfalfa, corn silage, and many other forages.

December 9-9, 2011

Symposium - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Plantenbiotechnologie en -Weefselkweek (NVPW)

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Hotel de Nieuwe Wereld - Wageningen, Netherlands

December 8-9, 2011

Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Innovation 2011 - 5th International Conference

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CIOPORA

Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport - Amsterdam, Netherlands

‘Greenstar Kanzi’ and other recent plant variety right cases; Essentially derived varieties post-Blancanieves; The Myriad case: patentability of isolated genes and native traits; Enforcement of IP rights for plant innovation in Bresil; Evaluation of the Community Plant ...

December 7-7, 2011

International Grains Forum

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Renaissance Moscow Hotel - Moscow, Russian Federation

The theme for the Forum is “World grain market – prospects, challenges, risks, threats”

December 7-9, 2011

USA Rice Outlook Conference

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USA Rice Federation

Austin, TX, United States

The program will cover the U.S. rice situation and outlook, including farm policy and market outlooks, state production outlooks, and state and national research reports.

December 6-8, 2011

WORKSHOP - Nuts and Bolts of US Regulatory Dossiers for Genetically Engineered Crops

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USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

USDA APHIS Center, 4700 River Road - Riverdale, MD, United States

An opportunity for public sector scientists and public and private sector crop developers to spend two days with regulatory officials and to learn the specifics of putting together an actual dossier for regulatory approval.

December 6-6, 2011

HGCA Agronomists Conference

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Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA)

Hellidon Lakes, Hellidon - Daventry, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

The latest information on disease control, growing threats from insecticide resistance, new approaches to Soil Mineral Nitrogen, controlling Alternaria in potatoes, carbon accounting and the implications for agronomy.

December 6-8, 2011

V Simpósio Sul de Pós-colheita de Grãos

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Cotriel de Espumoso, RS, Brazil

O tema do evento é Qualidade e confiança no grão armazenado.

December 6-6, 2011

HGCA Agronomists' Conference 2011

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Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA)

Hellidon Lakes, Hellidon - Daventry, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

This annual conference, specifically for agronomists and advisors will provide an in-depth look at a range of topical issues. Presentations are based on current HGCA research and trials, equipping you with the most up to date information for the season ahead.

December 6-8, 2011

Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association (RMRTA), 58th Annual Conference and Trade Show

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Crowne Plaza DIA - Denver, CO, United States

December 6-8, 2011

Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market Expo

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DeVos Place Convention Center and the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel - Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Informative education program for fruit, vegetable and greenhouse growers, and for farm marketers - 63 sessions and workshops over 3 days. Trade show with 400 exhibitors covering four acres of exhibit space in one hall.

December 5-9, 2011

VIII Curso sobre Cultura de Tecidos de Plantas

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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)

, Brazil

O curso tem como objetivo capacitar estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação, profissionais nas áreas de ciências biológicas, botânica e ciências agrárias e empresários ligados ao setor de biofábricas e produção de muda em laboratório no domínio da metodologia de Cultura...

December 5-6, 2011

2011 Texas Plant Protection Conference

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Texas A&M AgriLife

Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive - Bryan, TX, United States

Program to feature outlook on agricultural economy, new technological practices.

December 5-9, 2011

ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance in Seed Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Shanghai , China

Presenting and discussing basic principles of quality management and it focuses on the needs of seed testing laboratories that wish to comply with the ISTA Accreditation Standard and prepare for attaining and maintaining ISTA Accreditation.

December 5-6, 2011

University of Illinois AGMasters Conference

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University of Illinois

Champaign, IL, United States

The emerging issue of resistance to herbicides, fungicides and Bt rootworm corn across the Corn Belt will highlight the conference.

December 5-9, 2011

ISTA Biotechnology Trait Detection Workshop

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Shanghai, China

Sampling principles, testing plan design, assessment of GMO content, SeedCalc, Uncertainty. Theory of PCR methodologies; testing through-put and turnaround time, challenges specific to GMO testing. Hands-on practice of samples processing; Qualitative and qPCR testing an...

December 5-7, 2011

Conference on Agricultural R&D in Africa with the theme Investing in Africa's Fuiture: Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Accra, Ghana

By invitation only.

December 5-7, 2011

Regional Workshop "Field Trials and Post-Release Monitoring of GMOs"

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International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

Zagreb, Croatia

December 1-1, 2011

WEBINAR - Corn Test Methods: Accurately Predicting Performance

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online 10:00 AM Central - Brookings, SD, United States

Review of four corn warm germination methods illustrating normal and abnormal seedling appearances - Cold vigor test methods (tray and saturated) and the stresses imposed by each test and their relationship to field performance - The silent killer - field population

December 1-1, 2011

Il Bioencuentro con medios

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Tres Cantos - Madrid, Spain

Se trata de un foro de formación, opinión y debate que pretende reunir a expertos y periodistas del sector para poder profundizar en los aspectos más importantes y novedosos de la Biotecnología, fomentando la indispensable y estratégica transmisión de comunicación entre...

December 1-1, 2011

WEBINAR - Online Resources for Plant ID and Management

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Texas A&M AgriLife

Online from noon until 1 pm Central U.S. time - College Station, TX, United States

December 1-4, 2011

Growtech Eurasia 2011 - 10th International Horticulture, Agriculture, Floriculture and Technologies Fair

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Antalya Expo Center - Antalya, Turkey

November 30, 2011 - December 1, 2011

Iowa State University Integrated Crop Management Conference

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Iowa State University

Iowa State University campus - Ames, IA, United States

Conference attendees can choose from 34 different workshops that offer the latest information on crop production and protection technology in Iowa and surrounding states.

November 30, 2011 - December 2, 2011

35th International Carrot Conference

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Misty Hills - Muldersdrift, Johannesburg, South Africa

November 30, 2011 - December 1, 2011

CropWorld South East Asia Conference

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Balai Kartini Exhibition and Convention Center - Jakarta, Indonesia

Encompassing every aspect of the crop production value chain, this conference is one of the few in the world to incorporate the global picture, focusing not only on science and technology, but also on finance and investment, research and development, sustainable farming...

November 29, 2011 - December 1, 2011

Midwest Food Processors Association - 107th Annual Convention and 84th Processing Crops Conference

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Kalahari Resort - Wisconsin Dells, WI, United States

November 29, 2011 - December 1, 2011

107th Annual Midwest Food Processors Association Convention

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Kalahari Resort - Wisconsin Dells, WI, United States

November 28, 2011 - December 1, 2011

World Agricultural Forum, World Congress 2011

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Renaissance Hotel - Brussels, Belgium

Rethinking agriculture to sustain a growing global population.

November 28, 2011 - December 2, 2011

8th Solanaceae and 2nd Cucurbitaceae Joint Conference (SOL & ICuGI 2011)

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Kobe Convention Center - Kobe, Japan

Broad area of Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae research, including genomics, physiology, breeding, horticulture, pathology, evolution, and nutrition.

November 28, 2011 - December 3, 2011

Biotecnología Habana 2011

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Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) - Havana, Cuba

November 27, 2011 - December 1, 2011

17th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation

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Murdoch University

Fremantle , WA, Australia

Research aimed at maximising the profitability of legume crops and pastures will be under the spotlight.

November 7, 2011 - December 2, 2011

30th International Vegetable Training Course

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World Vegetable Center

Regional Office for East and Southeast Asia - Bangkok, Thailand

Module III: Vegetables for Sustainable Development

November 3, 2011 - December 8, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers standard breeding methods and theories associated with population movement of cross-pollinated crops and self-pollinated crops that are forced to cross-pollinate.