Minutes of the 24^th Central Alfalfa Improvement Conference

June 18 to 20, 1995
Spearfish, South Dakota

The conference was called to order at 7:59 am on June 19, 1995 by Chair Lanny Rhodes. Those in attendance were welcomed by Kevin Kephart, site host, and David Bryant, Dean of the College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University (SDSU). Jim Gerwing from SDSU presented an overview of forage and alfalfa production in South Dakota. Kevin Kephart chaired a session in honor of N.E. Hansen's 100th anniversary. Kevin presented a history of South Dakota, and how that shaped the framework within which Hansen was to later work at S