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Agenda:

• 9:00 am -  Welcome - Jerry Costello, IL Ag Director
• 9:15 am - Corn Yield Gap Reduction Strategies for Cover Crop Systems- Dr. Shalamar Armstrong, Purdue University
• 10:05 am - Break & Refreshments
• 10:20 am - Making Money with Soil Health- Mitchell Hora, Continuum Ag
• 11:10 am - Using Stewardship Practices in Indiana to Improve On-Farm Sustainability - One Retailer's Experience- Betsy Bower - Agronomist, Ceres Solutions Cooperative
• 12:00 pm - Lunch in the IL Dept. of Ag Building 
• 12:45 pm - Roots of Climate Mitigation - Philip Benfey, Hi Fidelity Technologies
• 1:35 pm - Break & Refreshments
• 1:50 pm - Farmer Panel Discussion - Illinois farmers discuss their operations, lessons learned; Q&A
• 2:35 - 3:00 pm - Illinois Climate Smart Initiative - Dr. Michael Woods, Manager, Division of Natural Resources, IL. Dept. of Ag 

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