On behalf of UTIA and TSU, the West Tennessee Grain Conference Planning Committee invites you to attend the annual West Tennessee Grain and Soybean Producers Conference.
West Tennessee Grain & Soybean Producers Conference
Date: February 5th 2026
Location: Dyer Co. Fairgrounds, Dyersburg, TN
*On-Site Registration to Begin at 8:00 AM
Topics to be covered:
Building 1:
9:00 – “Weed Management Before and After the Crop”
Larry Steckel, Ph.D., Field Crop Weed Specialist, UT Extension
10:00 – “Tariffs, Trade, and the Shifting Landscape of Corn and Soybean Demand”
Andrew Muhammad, Ph.D., Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, UTIA
Aaron Smith, Ph.D., Professor & Interim Assistant Dean of UT Extension
11:00 – “Weather Outlook”
Drew Lerner, World Weather, Inc.
Building 2:
9:00 – “Ag Law Updates”
Rusty Rumley, National Ag Law Center
10:00 – “Entomology and Pathology Essentials in a Down Grain Market”
Sebe Brown, Ph.D., Field Crops Entomologist, UT Extension
Heather Kelly, Ph.D., Field Crops Pathologist, UT Extension
The West Tennessee Grain Conference Planning Committee is also pleased to host Missy Bauer of B & M Consulting for another Planter Clinic in the early Spring of 2026. Further details regarding this event will be forthcoming.
Jake McNeal
Extension Corn & Soybean Specialist
jmcneal4@utk.edu
931 993 4578
