Thursday, January 16, 2025
Dr. Guilherme Anghinoni, commonly referred to as “Big G,” is a soil and plant nutrition specialist based in Brazil. He holds a PhD in Agronomy, and is interested in soil science and especially in soil physics, management and conservation, as well as efficient and sustainable crops production.
Dr. Anghinoni will present a general overview of Brazilian agriculture production regions, production practices, challenges/advantages, markets, and logistics.
There will be ample time for questions and answers following his presentation.
AGENDA All times are CST
7:00 a.m. Early Riser Session with breakfast Dr. Guilherme Anghinoni
8:30 a.m. Registration & Trade Show Opens
9:30 a.m. Marketing Session
11:00 a.m. Lunch & Keynote Andrew Pritchard
Remarks from Kentucky Ag Commissioner Jonathan Shell
1:00 p.m. Ky. Soybean Association Annual Meeting
2:00 p.m. Ky. Corn Growers Association Annual Meeting, Council Report
3:00 p.m. Ky. Small Grain Growers Association Annual Meeting, Council Report
3:45 p.m. Deep Dive into Sustainable Aviation Fuel Paul Bertels
6:00 p.m. Grower Appreciation Reception
6:30 p.m. Awards Celebration
Andrew Pritchard is an operational meteorologist focused on disruptive weather and weather safety, and an award winning weather risk communicator. He helps people make decisions based on weather impacts.
At Nutrien, he focuses on high-impact, disruptive weather events, weather risk mitigation and severe weather safety. As a member of our Atmospheric Sciences team, he works closely with Nutrien’s Safety Health & Environment department, and helped establish and lead Nutrien’s internal Severe Weather Safety and Disaster Response team by providing modern weather safety training, monitoring weather forecast information and issuing critical weather safety bulletins to the Nutrien retail team before severe weather strikes, and facilitating disaster response after a damaging weather event. Finally, he frequently travels and presents to audiences of 50-1,000 people across North America speaking on severe and hazardous weather and mitigating weather risk in production agriculture.
As an independent meteorologist and video journalist, Andrew has spent the last two decades documenting tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms across Tornado Alley.
Paul Bertels is a senior agricultural consultant with Farmgate Insights, LLC. Formerly a VP with National Corn Growers Association, Bertels will speak on all things Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
See you in bowling green!
Thursday, JanuaRY 16, 2025
KY COMMODITY CONFERENCE