agInnovation North Central
A Regional Land-grant University Agricultural Experiment Station Network
The 2019 ESCOP Science Roadmap briefs are here! Click to access the files for viewing and printing.
Upcoming Events
(see also APLU's events: https://www.aplu.org/meetings-and-events/)​​​​​​​
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2025 CARET/BAA Washington Conference, February 23-26, 2025, Washington, DC. More details to come.
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NCRA Spring Meeting, April 7-9, 2025, Marriott Aloft San Juan, PR. More details to come.
News and Updates​
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​The 4th annual AI in Agriculture conference is being hosted by Mississippi State University (MSU) and its Agricultural Autonomy Institute. The conference will run from Monday, March 31, through Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The theme of this 4th annual conference is "The role of AI in autonomous agricultural systems and socioeconomic effects," but abstracts from all fields of AI in agriculture are welcome.
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Leaders from agInnovation, our national network of agricultural experiment stations at the nation’s Land-grant universities, have shared a draft of our 10-year Research Roadmap. This is intended to be a living document, so please take a look and reach out with your thoughts and feedback!
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We are now agInnovation North Central! On October 11, 2024, NCRA directors unanimously voted for a name change to agInnovation North Central to better align with our national and sister regional associations.​
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Great job North Central region! Our regional nominees for the 2024 agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence (Dr. Barbara Valent) and the Excellence in Multistate Research Award (NCERA101: Controlled Environment Technology and Use) won the national competition, as well! Way to represent, NC!
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Congrats to Dr. Karen Plaut of Purdue University for being selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Excellence in Leadership Award!
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Dr. Barbara Valent of Kansas State University was selected as our NCRA winner of the 2024 agInnovation Research Innovation Award of Excellence! Congrats!
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​The agInnovation MRF (Multistate Research Fund) Impacts social media monthly toolkits are available here. Please share and use the materials as you see fit.
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We now have a LinkedIn page! Please check it out and follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncra-saes
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Strong work, NCERA137, Soybean Diseases! Congrats on being the 2023 winner of the National Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award!
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Not sure how we all fit and work together? Check out the updated Association for Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources organizational chart.
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The national Experiment Station Section (ESS), of which the NCRA is one of five member associations, is now agInnovation! Read more about our brand and national impacts at https://www.aginnovation.info/. We do science that feeds the world! #agInnovation
Congrats to Dr. Jeff Jacobsen, retired NCRA Executive Director, on being selected for the 2023 NC Excellence in Leadership Award!
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Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030 report released: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25059/science-breakthroughs-to-advance-food-and-agricultural-research-by-2030
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