Vilsack also joined the Iowa Soybean Association to sign the Midwest Climate Smart Commodities Project, which also includes other partners such as PepsiCo, Cargill, Renewable Energy Group, Ingredion, Target, JBS, Coca-Cola, Mano y Ola, FarmRaise, Rural Community Assistance Partnership.

Secretary Vilsack and USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie joined the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and farmer-leaders with Farmers for Soil Health (FSH) to sign a $95 million USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant, officially launching the Farmers for Soil Health initiative.

AEM and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) presented the sixth-annual Davidson Prize to the top three innovative products

Paul Minehart, Syngenta Head Crop Protection Communications North America 

Mark Kitt, Technical Product Lead for Corn Herbicides - Storen

Jonathan Furasek, Product Lead for Soybean Herbicides - Tendovo

Steven Wall, Development Manager for Sustainability - Cropwise app

Mary Kay Thatcher, Head of Federal Government Affairs and Industry Relations

Jason Sparks, Global Seeds Communications Lead

Paul Morano, Head of Cereals at Syngenta-AgriPro

Jon Rich, Hybrid wheat Operations Head Syngenta-Agripro

Christy Schrader GHX Brand Marketing Manager at Syngenta

Wade Wiley Head of Customer Experience Strategy & Business Intelligence at Syngenta

GHX certified advisor Jason Gumbart, Apex Seed

Go for the Gold Winner Rye Randolph from Canton, Illinois