Mason City Chamber of Commerce recently issued the following announcement.
Ag Breakfast 2022
Date and Time:
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
March 22, 2022
Breakfast - 8AM
Program - 9AM
Location:
16825 300th Street
Mason City, IA 50401
Contact Information:
Noah Harris
Join us for the 2022 Ag Breakfast featuring Iowa State University Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dan Robison!
Dan Robison came to Iowa State from West Virginia University, where he served 2012-2019 as the dean of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. Durin his tenure, the Davis College achieved record student enrollment and retention while adding several new teaching and research facilities, and programmatic initiatives. Prior to that position, Robison served on the faculty at North Carolina State University for 16 years, where he directed the Hardwood Research Cooperative working with forest products industries and agencies across the South. He completed his tenure at NC State as associate dean of research in the College of Natural Resources, with responsibilities that also included service, international and strategic programming. His primary teaching responsibilities were courses in forestry and natural resources, and forest science.
Robison, a forester and forest entomologist by discipline, has published and presented, and trained graduate students in the areas of forest entomology and pest management, silviculture of natural hardwoods, biomass-bioenergy plantation systems, agroforestry and clonal forestry. His international experience includes spending two years in West Africa as a consultant and volunteer for the West Africa Rice Development Association, African Development Bank and U.S.
Peace Corps and Agency for International Development. He also has done field work in countries that include Canada, Myanmar, Israel and South Africa. Robison earned a doctorate in entomology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1993. He earned a master’s degree in silviculture and forest influences in 1986 and a bachelor’s degree in forestry in 1982, both from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry- Syracuse. He was a Fellow of the American Council on Education 2007-2008.
The emcee for the 2022 Ag Breakfast is Mark Dorenkamp, and the invocation will be provided by Pastor Dan Gerriets of Trinity Lutheran Church. Fox Auction Company will provide the door prize.
Ag Breakfast is an annual event to bring farm and business together for an early morning breakfast served by Chamber Volunteers.
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