agInnovation North Central
A Regional Land-grant University Agricultural Experiment Station Network
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Upcoming Events
(see also APLU's events: https://www.aplu.org/meetings-and-events/)
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Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) Leadership Meeting, July 13-15, 2026, Portland, Oregon. Registration now open!
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agInnovation National Fall Meeting, September 21–25, Grand Junction, CO. More information to come.
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Annual APLU Meeting, TBA (November 2026)
News and Updates
Congratulations to our 2026 agNC award winners!
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Excellence in Leadership Award: Dr. Shibu Jose, University of Missouri
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Lifetime Agricultural Research Innovation Award of Excellence: Dr. Ed Cahoon, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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Mid-Career Agricultural Research Innovation Award of Excellence: Dr. Ozan Ciftci, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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Early Career Agricultural Research Innovation Award of Excellence: Dr. Barney Geddes, North Dakota State University
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Excellence in Multistate Research: NC1181, Optimizing Forage and Grazing Cattle Management
New! Featured NC Land-grant Impacts!
Check out our agNC and regional center impact 1-pagers!
agInnovation's FFY2026 National Chair, Dr. Chandra Reddy, formally announced his organizational initiatives.
New agNC email lists! Contact chamilton@wisc.edu to be added.
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Private list for only directors: agncdirectorsonly@g-groups.wisc.edu
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Directors and their assistants: agnc_dirs_and_assistants@g-groups.wisc.edu
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Both lists are moderated and do not allow direct posting by non-list members.
NC246, Ecology and Management of Arthropods in Corn, was selected as our regional Excellence in Multistate Research Award! Great job, NC246!
Congrats to Dr. Germán Bollero of the University of Illinois for being selected as our agNC winner of the 2025 agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award!
We've made an impact! Check out our agNC Research Impact Report.
We are now agInnovation North Central! On October 11, 2024, NCRA directors unanimously voted for a name change to agInnovation North Central to better align with our national and sister regional associations.
The agInnovation MRF (Multistate Research Fund) Impacts social media monthly toolkits are available here. Please share and use the materials as you see fit.