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Webinars

Webinars

Over the years, NCFAR has hosted tens of thousands of attendees at hundreds of seminars and webinars. The goal of these signature events is to educate and empower staff on Capitol Hill and policy stakeholders about the value of public investment in food and agricultural research. NCFAR’s popular "Lunch-n-Learn" series and webinars feature experts from institutions across the country sharing expertise on a wide range of topics. 


Review recent topics and presentations in the below archive. Click here to nominate a speaker for future events.

  • 2022

  • 2021

    • Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time

      Animal Protein: From Pen/Feedlot/Barn Or From a Petri-Dish/Lab?

      Ken Olson, FASS
      Keith Belk, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Science and Adjunct Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health

    • Monday, July 26, 2021 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time

      Hacking Photosynthesis

      Charlie Messina, Corteva Agriscience
      Lisa Ainsworth, Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, USDA, ARS

    • Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

      The Role of Agricultural Science and Technology in Climate 21 Project Implementation

      CAST Webinar, Co-Hosted By NCFAR

      David Baltensperger, Texas A&M University
      Zhengxia Dou, University of Pennsylvania
      Marty Matlock, University of Arkansas
      Debbie Reed, Ecosystem Services
      Alex Thomasson, Mississippi State University
      Juan Tricarico, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

    • Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time

      Strengthening Climate Change Adaption, Mitigation, and Resilience through Cooperative Extension

      Roslynn Brain McCann, Utah State University, Moab, Utah

    • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

      USDA Research Investments - ERS/NASS

      Spiro Sterfanou, USDA, ERS Administrator, Washington, D.C.
      Herbert Hamer, USDA, NASS Administrator, Washington, D.C.
      Barb Glenn, NASDA CEO, Arlington, Virginia

      NASS Presentation NASDA Presentation ERS Presentation

    • Monday, March 22, 2021 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

      USDA Research Investments - ARS

      Chavonda Jacobs-Young, USDA, ARS, Washington, D.C.
      Alice H. Lichtenstein, USDA, ARS, Washington, D.C.
      Russell W. Jessup, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

    • Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

      USDA Research Investments - NIFA

      Carrie Castille, USDA, NIFA, Washington, D.C.
      Bret Hess, Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, Reno, Nevada
      Susan Ballabina, Texas A&M AgriLife, Stephenville, Texas
      Jason Henderson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
      Vonda Richardson, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
      Alton Thompson, Executive Director, Association of 1890s Research Directors, Tuskegee, Alabama
      Brian Kowalkowski, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, Wisconsin

  • 2020

    • Monday, July 13, 2020

      Catching Up With the CRISPR Craze, Applications of Genome Editing in Ag and Beyond

      Rodolphe Barrangou, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

    • Wednesday, June 17, 2020

      Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020 - 2030

      David Stern, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
      Samantha Shoaf Miller, Beck's Hybrids, Atlanta, Indiana

    • Monday, June 8, 2020

      Slowing the Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms

      Ken Wagner, Water Resource Services Inc. Wilbraham, Massachusetts
      Presentation

    • Wednesday, May 13, 2020

      Advancing Farm Animal Management with Improved Methods to Recognize and Manage Pain

      Hans Coetzee, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
      Presentation

    • Thursday, February 20, 2020

      Plant Breeding for Food Safety

      Allen Van Deynze, University of California, Davis, California
      Presentation