Cultivating Resilience

July 27-28, 2017

Cultivating resilience is an ongoing process. In this program, we bring tools to managers and supervisors to help them grow themselves and their teams beyond the basics of leadership.

Precision Selling: Building Relationships with Large Farmers

August 2-3, 2017

Learn strategies for working with large-scale producers in the evolving agricultural marketplace. Explore complexities of working with growers and delve into sales strategy.

Accelerate Your Management Potential 2017-2018

Oct. 3-5, 2017 & Feb. 13-15, 2018

Accelerate Your Management Potential (AMP) is designed for rising professionals in agribusiness, farm, processing or food companies.

Turning Trust to Loyalty

October 4, 2017 (webinar); January 23-24, 2018 (campus workshop)

Grow trust and gain loyalty with clients and learn techniques to be more intentional and authentic in your interactions with customers. Learn to overcome barriers that take away from trust and leave with tools for measure satisfaction and loyalty.

Strategic Agri-Marketing

October 10-12, 2017

Creating an integrated and cohesive marketing strategy has many moving parts. How do you efficiently allocate your company's limited resources with confidence across multiple functions related to your company's marketing plan? Every marketing decision made has implications on the overall marketing strategy.

National Conference for Food and Agribusiness 2017

November 7-8, 2017

Large Commercial Producer Project

The center has conducted five major studies of commercial producers' buying behaviors over the past 25 years. The sixth iteration of the study will be presented in November 2017.

ARA Management Academy 2018

January 29 - February 1, 2018

Sharpen management, leadership and decision-making capabilities by engaging in faculty-led presentations, interactive exercises and small-group discussion with your peers.

ASTA Management Academy 2018

March 5-9, 2018

Focus on the practical application of general management concepts critical to the long-term success of seed companies. Special seminars throughout the program give an in-depth look at current seed industry issues.