Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Montana Grain Growers Association and South
Dakota Wheat, Inc.
Copyright Prairie Grains Magazine January 2010
Prairie Grains Conference in Review
A crowd of over 600 attendees were on hand to listen to topics ranging from weather, marketing, soybean aphids and
wheat fertilization at the 2009 Prairie Grains Conference in December.
Dr. Edward Decker, NDSU Plant Science, gave listeners a quick course in plant physiology, explaining the relationship between wheat
yield and protein
.
Rick Browne, Senior Vice President, CHS Inc. shared his view of factors affecting commodity prices.
Leon Osborne, President and CEO of Meridian Environmental Technology gave attendees his long-term weather outlook.