Speakers for your event
Dynamic and engaging speakers with relevant information
We have numerous great speakers on staff that present on a variety of topics.
Executive Director
Ken Coles can speak about his recent Nuffield Scholarship trips and experiences, Precision planters, ag policies and politics, leadership, and non-profit governance.
Research Scientist
Dr. Thierry Fonville can bring the knowledge from our research trials to your event. Insights from our observations and in-depth analysis of collected data, with a specialty in soil sciences.
Research Manager
Mike Gretzinger can share information related from our trials on maximizing barley while minimizing lodging, rotation studies, novel crops including hemp, quinoa, and grain corn.
Field Tested Manager
Lewis Baarda will bring years of experience to talk about on-farm research and innovation, precision agriculture, field mapping and the practical application of ag technologies. His project presentations include seed alfalfa, spore trapping, VRI, GR kochia, flea beetles & neonics and variable rate technology.
Custom Research Manager
Trevor Deering manages our Custom Research Projects. Call him if you have a project where you need third party results or simply want done on your terms. He makes sure clients get solid results by making sure everything happens when it should in the field and carefully analyzing the data.
Field Operations Lead
Carlo Van Herk can talk about strip tillage, seed canola or ARD strip till canola project.
Communications Coordinator
Sean can speak about communications, knowledge & technology extension activities, and reaching ag communities