Northeast Research Farm 50th Anniversary Celebration
Sep 10, 2026 - 2:00 PM
to Sep 10, 2026 - 7:00 PM
Location
3327 290th St. Nashua, IA 50658
Join the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association (NEIAEA) Celebration!
Schedule
2:00 pm: Field Tours
- Shuttle transportation service provided
- AgriTalk Radio Show
- Chip Flory
3:00 pm: Exhibit booths and hot topics
- Heritage plots–historic corn and soybean plots
- John Deere’s E98 ethanol tractor
- Iowa Corn Mobile Education Trailer
Hot Topics:
- 4-H events
- Kendra Crooks
- Water quality
- Planter U and Combine efficiency
- Ben Covington
- Digital Ag, drones
- ISU drainage school and conservation drainage school
- Kapil Arora
- Perennial cover crops, manure application projects
- Iowa Nitrogen Initiative, N-Fact
- Mike Castellano & Melissa Miller
- Plant pathology, entomology, microbiology
- Rashelle Matthiesen-Anderson
- Weed science
- Use of AI for pest identification
- Arti Singh
4:00 pm: Celebration Program
- Welcome and announcements
- Tim Burrack - President, NE IA Ag Experimental Association
- Video presentation of research farm history
- David Cook - President, Iowa State University
- Stephen Vaden - Deputy Secretary, USDA
- Jason Henderson - Vice President, ISU Extension and Outreach
- Kendall Lamkey - Associate Dean, ISU Facilities and Operations
- Closing remarks
- Tim Burrack
5:30 pm: Dinner
Sponsored by Innovative Ag Services
6:00 pm: Field Tours
Shuttle transportation service provided
Logistics
RSVP to Farm Superintendent Ken Pecinovsky at kennethp@iastate.edu or 641-330-6555