Event Detail



120th Annual Convention
November 1-November 4, 2019
Westin Crown Center Hotel

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019                                                             

   2:00pm-6:30pm         Registration                                                                 Century AB                                                                                                               

   5:30pm-6:30pm         WSA Reception                                                           Century AB      

  

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019

  6:30am-7:30am        Board Meeting & Breakfast

    7:30am-8:00am        WSA Business Meeting

                                      With Scholarship & Award Presentations                  Pershing South

  7:30am-6:30pm        Registration                                                                Century B Foyer

  7:30am-6:30pm        Attendee Meeting Room & Table Top Displays          Century AB

  3:00pm-4:00pm        CSTA Forage & Turf Committee Meeting                   Washington Park 1

  5:30pm-7:00pm        WSA Reception                                                           Century AB

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019

  7:30am-5:00pm        Registration                                                                Century B Foyer

  7:30am-5:00pm        Attendee Meeting Room & Table Top Displays          Century AB

  10:00am-10:30am      Combined Church Service                                          Pershing South

  5:30pm-7:00pm        WSA Reception                                                          Century AB

                                    Farm and Lawn Seed Conference

 8:00 am – 9:00 am    Noxious Weed Seed Working Group*                           Pershing East/West

 9:00 am – 10:00 am   Cover Crop Working Group*                                         Pershing East/West

10:00 am – 11:30 am  Environmental & Conservation Seed Committee Meeting*       Pershing East/West

                                   BREAK FOR LUNCH

 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm    ASTA Programming                                                     Pershing East/West

              NRCS Update: Kevin Norton, Acting Associate Chief - NRCS

Future of the Sorghum Industry--John Duff, National Sorghum Producers 

               “Hemp Seed Challenges and Opportunities” – Frank Curtis, New West Genetics

Grass Seed: Issues Update--Pat Miller, ASTA

Washington and State Issues Update--Virginia Houston, ASTA & Pat Miller, ASTA

*Committee and working group meetings are limited to ASTA members only

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2019

7:30am-5:00pm          Registration                                                                Century B Foyer

7:30am-5:00pm          Attendee Meeting Room & Table Top Displays          Century AB