Registration/Check-In: 9:30 AM | Program: 10 AM - 3 PM 

Agenda 

 Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm and Muscatine Island Research Farm Update: A review of 2025 activities and plans for 2026 
Cody Schneider, research farm superintendent 

Update from the Iowa State University Campus
Tim Goode and Kendall Lamkey, Iowa State University Research Farms 

The Future of Crop Disease Management (1.0 PM) 
Alison Robertson, professor and extension field crop plant pathologist, Iowa State University  

Lunch (Free for Association members, $10 for non-Association members) 

No Easy Button for Rootworms: A Sustainable Plan for the Billion Dollar Pest (1.0 PM)
Erin Hodgson, professor and extension entomologist, Iowa State University  

Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: What it is, What it can do, and What Iowa State University is working on. (1.0 PD) 
Karl Kerns, assistant professor, Animal Science, Iowa State University  

Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association Board Meeting to follow 

Registration Details:

Pre-register online  or by calling the Johnson County Extension Office at 319-337-2145. 

Pre-registration is not required, but does help with a headcount for lunch. Walks-in are welcome. 

Questions

Please contact us at seiara@iastate.edu or by calling 319-337-2145.             

About the Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association 

Did you know that the ISU Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm is owned by the Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association, and they have a partnership with ISU to oversee the farm? The association covers 21 counties in southeast Iowa (see the map above) and anyone can be a member and help provide input on local research needs. Each county in the association has a board member that represents that county on the associations board of directors. 

To become a member or renew your membership with the association, the cost is $25 for five years. Checks can be made out to SEIARA and sent to the ISU Extension and Outreach Johnson County Office (3109 Old Hwy 218 S., Iowa City, IA 52246) or can be paid at the meeting.