First Annual HPMA Meeting 2017
First Annual HPMA meeting photos and slideshows in Sterling, CO, December 8, 2017.
90 Producers, Handlers and Industry Attend First Annual Meeting of High Plains Millet Association
Christopher Stum "Welcome and Call to Order" by Chris Stum, HPMA President. President Stum presented "It is time to bring greater awareness to this crop: Millet!"
90 attended the HPMA First Annual Meeting in Sterling CO, December 8th, 2017.
HPMA Annual Meeting (2017) Stum.pdf
Don Brown, Colorado Agriculture Commissioner, presenting at HPMA First Annual Meeting
Don Brown, Colorado Agriculture Commissioner, presented "Status of Colorado agriculture, the Commissioner’s role in administering Colorado Marketing Orders and process for establishing a “Colorado Millet Marketing Order” at HPMA First Annual Meeting in Sterling, CO.
Dr. Dipak K. Santra, Alternative Crop Breeder at University of Nebraska -Scottsbluff, presented, "Millet Breeding, Genetics, Genomics and Agronomic Research is Significantly Lacking in U.S." at HPMA First Annual Meeting.
Dr. Dipak Santra ppt.pdf
Dr. Mark Brick, Head of CSU Soil and Crop Sciences Department
Dr. Mark Brick, Head of CSU Soil and Crop Sciences Department, presented "CSU’s mission in agricultural research as part of Land Grant Mission and potential for developing a millet breeding and research program" at the HPMA Meeting.
Left to right: Nathan Northrup (producer) and Christopher Stum (producer), open panel discussion
HPMA First Annual Meeting held in the Hays Student Center Ballroom at NJC in Sterling, CO, December 8th, 2017.
HPMA was organized March 11, 2017, with a mission “to provide sustainability to the millet industry through research, production and marketing.” 87 attend the event.