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2023 Keynote Speakers

Jason Mauck

Jason is obsessed with narrowing the gaps of agriculture. An apostle of relay cropping, Mauck, is blazing a new path using cash and cover crops in unison. One middle at a time, the maverick grower is uncovering clues and running wide open toward greater farming efficiency. Jason works 3,000 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat, in addition to 25,000 hogs per year. His company, Constant Canopy, is developing cutting edge farming methods and currently holds the Indiana state record for the highest yield per acre for soybeans and has developed scalable systems for corn yields that surpass most high-test plots.

Jim Gerrish

Jim Gerrish, is an independent grazing lands consultant providing services to farmers and ranchers on both private and public lands across five continents. He currently resides in the Pahsimeroi Valley of Idaho.

He received a BS in Agronomy from the University of Illinois and MS in Crop Ecology from University of Kentucky. From there he went on to serve 22 years of beef-forage systems research and outreach while on the faculty of the University of Missouri. The University of Missouri-Forage Systems Research Center rose to national prominence as a result of his research leadership. His research encompassed many aspects of plant-soil-animal interactions and provided foundation for many of the basic principles of Management-intensive Grazing.

Don Day Jr.

President and Chief Meteorologist of DayWeather, Inc. in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Don Day Jr. has provided customized broadcast weather services to over 70 radio stations across Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska for over 25 years. He also provides long range and seasonal weather forecasts for agriculture and other private industries with an emphasis on long-term and
known historic trends in ocean temperature and ocean circulation changes.