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Wed, Sept 3rd<\/sup><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • 3:00 \u2013 6:00pm Registration at Hilton Garden Inn-Tifton (<\/strong>201 Boo Drive, Tifton GA) (<\/strong>2 min walking distance from SpringHill Suites,401 Boo Dr, Tifton, GA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 6:00 – 7:00pm Social Hour at Hilton Garden Inn-Tifton<\/strong>
    Welcome remarks
    Dr. Timothy Grey, Interim Assistant Dean – Tifton Campus, University of Georgia
    Dr. Wayne Parrott, Director of Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia
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  • 7:00 \u2013 9:00pm Dinner at Hilton Garden Inn \u2013 Tifton, GA<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Thu, Sept 4th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • 7:30am Bus leaves from Hilton Garden Inn for Plains, GA<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 9:00am Arrive in the UGA Southwest Research and Education Center, Plains, GA (<\/strong>108 Experiment Station Rd, Plains, GA)<\/strong>\n
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      • Welcome remark and overview of the UGA Southwest Research and Education Center \u2013 Scott Rogers, Superintendent and Eric Elsner, Executive Superintendent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 9:30am Tour starts<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Station 1: Office front area (45 min total)<\/strong>\n
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        • Soybean breeding technologies, advanced yield trials & releases \u2013 Zenglu Li<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Soybean insect resistance discovery and breeding \u2013 Wayne Parrott<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Soybean herbicide technologies and tolerance \u2013 Eric Prostko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Station 2: Area 4 (55 min total, 15 min for each speaker)<\/strong>\n
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          • Soybean nematode resistance \u2013 Melissa Mitchum<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • UGA Soybean Preliminary and Advanced Yield Trials \u2013 Brian Little<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • UGA Drone-based phenotyping \u2013 Dallas Kreisa and Emily Powell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Station 3: Area 2 (35 min total, 15 min for each speaker)<\/strong>\n
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            • Insect management in ultra-late soybeans and bee pollinators \u2013 David Buntin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Soybean production system \u2013 Nicholas John Shay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Zurn Combine Display \u2013 Shop front area, <\/strong>Brian Ward (15 min total)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
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            • 12:00pm Catered lunch at the UGA Southwest Research and Education Center, Plains, GA (<\/strong>108 Experiment Station Rd, Plains, GA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 1:15pm Travel to Georgia Seed Development facility in Plains (<\/strong>1547 U.S. 280 W, Plains, GA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 1:30pm ALMACO \u2013 Rotary Technology Plot Research Combine Display \u2013 Todd Vincent<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 1:50pm Tour Georgia Seed Development facility in Plains<\/strong>\n
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              • Roger Boerma, Caleb Warrington, and JT Tanner
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              • 2:40pm Bus leaves for Harrell\u2019s Farm (<\/strong>295 Smithville-Leslie Hwy, Smithville, GA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 3:10pm Tour Alex Harrell\u2019s (2024 World Soybean Yield Record Holder) soybean production farm – <\/strong>Alex Harrell and Chelsea Lee Lopez
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              • 3:40pm Bus leaves for Hilton Garden Inn in Tifton<\/strong>
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              • 5:45pm Bus leaves for the Georgia Museum of Agriculture (<\/strong>1392 Whiddon Mill Rd, Tifton, GA)<\/strong>
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              • 6:00pm Social hour at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture<\/strong>\n
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                • Welcome remark by Dr. Harsha Thippareddi, Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Lifetime Achievement Award recognition by Dr. Roger Boerma and others  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • 7:00pm Dinner at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • 8:45pm Bus returns to Hilton Garden Inn in Tifton (<\/strong>201 Boo Drive, Tifton Georgia) and SpringHill Suites-Tifton (<\/strong>401 Boo Dr, Tifton, GA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                  Fri, Sept 5th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                  • 7:30am Bus leaves from Hilton Garden Inn for the tour<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 8:00am Tour State Seed Testing Lab, Georgia Department of Agriculture (<\/strong>3150 U.S. Hwy. 41 South, Tifton, GA (30 min)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 8:45am Tour Bayer\u2019s Soybean Plots \u2013 Sam McDonald<\/strong> (GPS, 31.3936303, -83.5559607) (30 min)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 9:45am Tour UGA Lang Farm (<\/strong>276 Rigdon Aultman Road, Tifton, GA)<\/strong>(60 min total)<\/strong>\n
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                    • Soybean irrigation SMART app \u2013 George Vellidis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Robotics for Phenotyping and Other Ag Technologies \u2013 Luan Oliveira<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • GA State Variety Tests \u2013 Danial Mailhot <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Soybean Advanced Yield Trials \u2013 Zenglu Li<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • 11:15am Bus returns to Hilton Garden Inn and box lunch (Chick-fil-a<\/em>) to go<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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