Registration is open for the 2025 Iowa Specialty Producers Conference, Feb. 11-12, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Session topics include viticulture, enology, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and business and marketing.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will give the welcome on Tuesday and the complete conference schedule is available on the conference website.
Conference registration is available online. Registration for both days is $220 for non-members and single-day registration is $150 for non-members. Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association members and Iowa Wine Growers Association Members receive a member registration discount. In addition, the Iowa Wine Awards Social will be Tuesday evening beginning at 5 p.m. at the FFA Enrichment Center ballroom. Tickets for the Iowa Wine Awards Social are $40.
The Iowa Specialty Producers Conference is organized by the Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association, the Iowa Wine Growers Association and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, with assistance from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Funding for the 2025 conference was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service through grant SCBG24000621. The conference content is solely the responsibility of the conference organizers and does not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
For more information, email ispc@iowawinegrowers.org.
Authors:
Suzanne Slack
Extension Fruit Crops Specialist
515-294-2751
slacksuz@iastate.edu