You can now register for the 2021 commodity classic https://commodityclassic.com/2021-schedule

The registration fee is waived for the first 5,000 farmers thanks to the generous support of sponsors. All other registrants and farmers after the first 5,000 will be charged $20. The registration covers all online educational sessions and events as well as access to all archived sessions through April 30, 2021.

2021 Commodity Classic Tentative Schedule at a Glance

(as of 2/8/2021)

Note: All times are Central Standard Time

 

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm    Opening General Session, Sponsored by Corteva Agriscience

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm    Learning Center Session: A Step Ahead – Enlist Applicator Training, Sponsored by Corteva Agriscience

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm    What’s New Session: John Deere Advanced Technology Adds Value to Your Farm, Sponsored by John Deere

 

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm    What’s New Session: Vault IP Plus – New Inoculant that Treats in 3D, Sponsored by BASF

 

2:30 pm – 3:30pm     Learning Center Session: Agronomy Insights: Drive Profitability with Soil Management Systems and Technology, Sponsored by Case IH

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm    What’s New Session: Harvesting Convenience Reimagined–Leaving the Steering Wheel Behind, Sponsored by AGCO

 

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm    Learning Center Session: Strategies for Success in 2021, Sponsored by Successful Farming

 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm    Learning Center Session: State of US Soy, Sponsored by United Soybean Board/Soy Checkoff

 

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm    Learning Center Session: New Seed Traits, Resistant Weed Control, and How to Make Dicamba NOT Drift, Sponsored by Successful Farming

 

 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am    Learning Center Session: 2020 Soy Innovation Challenge Finalists & Winner,

Sponsored by United Soybean Board/Soy Checkoff

 

8:30 am – 9:30 am    Learning Center Session: Working to Get the Global Animal Feed Industry to Change How It Values Soy Protein, Sponsored by U.S. Soybean Export Council

 

8:30 am – 9:30 am     Learning Center Session: Corn and Carbon: Farming’s New Double Crop, Sponsored by WinField United

 

10:00 am – 11:00 am    Executive Round Table #1, Ag Equipment Industry Outlook: What do the next 20 years look like in American Agriculture? Sponsored by Commodity Classic

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Driving Profit Through Productivity: The True Impact of Pests on Yield, Sponsored by Syngenta

 

11:30 am – 12:00 pm    What’s New Session: The Road to Autonomy: Connectivity from Planning to         Post-harvest, Sponsored by CASE IH

 

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm    What’s New Session: XtendFlex® Soybeans, Sponsored by Ready® Xtend Crop System, Bayer

 

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm    What’s New Session: Managing Tough-to-Control Weeds with A Post-Emergence Solution, Sponsored by Valent

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Keys to Guiding Your Farm Through an Era of Tight Margins and Increased Risks, Sponsored by Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture and CME Group

 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm    What’s New Session: Hydro Bullet™ Liquid Fertilizers: New Bioactive and Complexing Technologies, Sponsored by Compass Minerals

 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm    What’s New Session: All-Out Efficiency, Sponsored by New Holland

 

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm    What’s New Session: John Deere Easier Planter Applied Fertilizer, Sponsored by John Deere

 

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Cover Crop=Cash Crop: How Economic and Environmental Sustainability Can Co-exist on Advanced Farming Operations, Sponsored by Corteva Agriscience

 

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Conservation’s Impact on the Farm Bottom Line, Sponsored by Soil Health Partnership

 

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm    Learning Center Session: The Important Role Nitrogen Plays in Photosynthesis and Yield Potential, Sponsored by Sound Agriculture

 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm    Learning Center Session: When the Weather Waltz Stops, Sponsored by DTN

 

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Courage over Comfort – Finding Your Confidence in Constant Change, Sponsored by Successful Farming

 

 

Thursday, March 4, 2021

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am    Learning Center Session: The Great Grain Challenge: Profit Strategies for a New Marketing World, Sponsored by Farm Progress – Farm Futures & Corn+Soybean Digest, Farm Progress, Channel Seed

 

8:00 am – 9:00 am    Learning Center Session: The Faces of Ag Innovation, Sponsored by Farm Credit

 

9:00 am – 9:30 am    What’s New Session: SmartStax PRO Technology, Sponsored by Bayer Traits

 

9:00 am – 10:00 am    Learning Center Session: Communicating Outside Our Circle: Positioning U.S. Soy in a Changing Marketplace, Sponsored by United Soybean Board/Soy Checkoff

 

10:00 am – 11:00 am    Executive Round Table #2, Crop Production Industry Outlook: What do the next 20 years look like in American Agriculture? Sponsored by Commodity Classic

 

11:00 am – 11:30 am    What’s New Session: John Deere AutoPath™: Guidance lines for every pass, Sponsored by John Deere

 

11:30 am – 12:00 pm    What’s New Session: Smart Contracts for a Smarter Agricultural Supply Chain, Sponsored by GrainChain

 

11:30 am – 12:00 pm    What’s New Session: Turning Data into Actions: Learn Why Granular Insights is the Fastest Growing Farm Management Tool in Agriculture, Sponsored by Granular

 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture, Sponsored by Commodity Classic

 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm    Learning Center Session: From Data to Insight – Providing High-Quality Rations Every Day for Your Herd, Sponsored by New Holland

 

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm    What’s New Session: Corn Herbicide Innovation: Longer Residual, Higher Yield Potential, Sponsored by Syngenta

 

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Managing Resistance in Auxin Trait Systems, Sponsored by Valent

 

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm    What’s New Session: New Pivot Bio Nitrogen-Producing Microbes for Small Grains And 2020 Corn Performance, Sponsored by Pivot Bio

 

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm    Learning Center Session: View from the Field: Ag Media’s Outlook on the 2021 Crop Year, Sponsored by BASF

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm    What’s New Session: What Does Hybrid Tillage Mean for the Way You Farm?, Sponsored by Great Plains

 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Grain Marketing 101, Sponsored by Farm Progress – Farm Futures & Corn+Soybean Digest, Farm Progress, and Channel Seed

 

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm    Learning Center Session: Challenging Agriculture’s Thinking, Sponsored by Successful Farming

 

 

Friday, March 5, 2021

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am     Learning Center Session: U.S. Farm Report: How to Thrive in Today’s Bull Market, Sponsored by Farm Journal

 

8:00 am – 8:30 am    What’s New Session: Digital Solutions for Carbon Sequestration, Sponsored by The Climate Corporation

 

8:00 am – 9:00 am    Learning Center Session: Mending the Stress Fence, Sponsored by American Soybean Association and Farm Credit

 

8:30 am – 9:30 am    What’s New Session: Depth from the Driver’s Seat, Sponsored by Precision Planting – brought to you by AGCO

 

9:30 am – 10:30am    Executive Round Table #3, Agriculture Industry Outlook: 2020 Challenges bring 2021 Opportunities Sponsored by Commodity Classic

 

10:30 am – 11:00 am    What’s New Session: When Racing, Don’t Lose Spacing:  Getting Precision Spacing and Singulation from High-Speed Planters, Sponsored by FarmTalc  

 

10:30 am – 11:30 am    Learning Center Session: Biologicals: How and Where Do They Work?, Sponsored by Calmer Corn Heads    

 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm    Closing General Session, Sponsored by Corteva Agriscience