The 62nd annual meeting of the North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association is scheduled for Feb. 5-6 at the Grand Hotel in Minot, N.D.

Speakers include Alan Slater, Anheuser-Busch InBev Midwest Barley Operations director; Richard Horsley, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences head, professor and barley breeder; Paul Schwarz, NDSU malting barley quality professor; and Al Gustin, author and former agricultural broadcaster.

The conference is free and open to the public. However, registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Toni Muffenbier, association office manager, at 701-231-8067 or toni.muffenbier@ndsu.edu.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.