Agenda

*Agenda Subject to Change*

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

 

Session

 

8:00 AM

IGPA Board of Directors, Breakfast

 

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

IGPA Board of Directors, Fall Meeting

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Promenade Desk

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

IGPA Board of Directors, Lunch

 

1:15 PM - 4:00 PM

IGPA Policy Resolutions & Annual Member Meeting

 

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Social: Bar & Appetizers

Continental

6:00 PM

Welcome Dinner & Casino Night

Limelight AB

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

 

Session

 

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Promenade Desk

8:00 AM 

Exhibitor Hall Opens

Continental

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

Limelight AB

8:00 AM

Breakfast with the National Grower Associations |

Tom Hance, National Barley Growers Association

Limelight AB

8:20 AM

Tom Hance, US Canola Association

Limelight AB

8:40 AM

Sam Kieffer, CEO, National Association of Wheat Growers

Limelight AB

9:30 AM

Keynote Speaker Damian Mason

Limelight AB

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exhibitor Hall Break

Continental

12:00 PM

Lunch & National Yield Contest Winners |
Scott Brown, Chair, National Wheat Foundation; Sydney Anderson,
Communications & Programs Manager, Idaho Barley Commission

Limelight AB

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions A: Track 1 - Wheat Research, Topic TBD |
Dr. Juliet Marshall

 

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions A: Track 2 - Idaho Nitrogen Crop Calculator | 
Dr. Jared Spackman, Dr. Pat Hatzenbuehler, and Dr. Christopher Rogers

 

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions A: Track 3 - Safflower, Mustard and Canola - Grower Panel |
TBD

 

2:30 PM

Snack Break

Continental

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Breakout Session B: Track 1 - Court’s Ruling: Impacts to River Reliability, Power Production and Grain Trade | 
Leslie Druffle

 

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Breakout Session B: Track 2 - Anheuser-Busch, Topic TBD |
Kenny Rounds

 

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Breakout Session B: Track 3 -  Safflower, Mustard and Canola: Marketing, Logistics & End Use - Panel |
Erika Meadows, James Barker 

 

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM 

Exhibitor Hall Break

Continental

5:00 PM

Exhibitor Hall Closes

Continental

5:00 PM

Social Hour

Limelight AB

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Awards Dinner & Auction

Limelight AB

Thursday, November 19, 2026

 

Session

 

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Promenade

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

Limelight AB

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Breakfast with Idaho Farm Bureau Federation 

Limelight AB

8:45 AM

Breakfast with USDA, Risk Management Agency (RMA) |

Ben Thiel

Limelight AB

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

General Session

Managing Your Most Valuable Farm Asset: You |

Sara Hiatt, LCSW

Limelight AB

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

General Session 

21st Century Succession Planning for Farms and Ranches |

Joseph D. Popplewell, J.D., LL.M.

Limelight AB

12:00 PM 

Lunch

Limelight AB

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Lunch Session: Water Forcasting |

Erin Whorton

Limelight AB

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch Session: Water Use Findings in Small Grains | 

Clarence Robinson

Limelight AB