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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NCR Mini Land-grant Meeting, June 16-18, 2025, Ames, IA. Registration is open!
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BAA Leadership Summer Meeting, July 14-16, 2025. Washington, DC.
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Fall Joint agInnovation & Extension Conference, September 15-18, 2025, Location now TBD. Stay tuned for more details.
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APLU Annual Meeting, November 9-11, 2025, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. More information to come.
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agNC/NCCEA Joint Spring Meeting, March 23-25, 2026, Tucson, AZ. More information to come.
News and Updates​
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We've made an impact! Check out our agNC Research Impact Report.
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​The 4th annual AI in Agriculture conference is being hosted by Mississippi State University (MSU) and its Agricultural Autonomy Institute. The conference will run from Monday, March 31, through Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The theme of this 4th annual conference is "The role of AI in autonomous agricultural systems and socioeconomic effects," but abstracts from all fields of AI in agriculture are welcome.
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Leaders from agInnovation, our national network of agricultural experiment stations at the nation’s Land-grant universities, have shared a draft of our 10-year Research Roadmap. This is intended to be a living document, so please take a look and reach out with your thoughts and feedback!
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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.​
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Great job North Central region! Our regional nominees for the 2024 agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence (Dr. Barbara Valent) and the Excellence in Multistate Research Award (NCERA101: Controlled Environment Technology and Use) won the national competition, as well! Way to represent, NC!
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Congrats to Dr. Karen Plaut of Purdue University for being selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award!
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Dr. Barbara Valent of Kansas State University was selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence! Congrats!
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​The agInnovation MRF (Multistate Research Fund) Impacts social media monthly toolkits are available here. Please share and use the materials as you see fit.​
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