GEAPS webinars provide educational and innovative content. Presented by industry experts and designed for professionals in the grain and grain processing industries, these interactive webinars cover topics you care about.
We welcome you to join us for these webinars to learn, ask questions, and connect with the presenter and others.
Upcoming Webinars
Drying Grain for Quality, Safety, and Profit: What Operators Need to Get Right Every Time
September 2, 2026
12:00 p.m. CDT
Grain drying is one of the most critical steps in preserving grain quality, maintaining safe storage conditions, and protecting profitability. Drying decisions made during harvest can have lasting impacts on grain quality, energy costs, storage life, and operational efficiency. This webinar explores the key principles of effective grain drying, from managing moisture variability and optimizing dryer performance to avoiding quality loss and preparing grain for long-term storage. Attendees will gain practical insights they can apply to improve drying operations, reduce risk, and maximize the value of every bushel.
Key Takeaways:
- Moisture Management Fundamentals
Understanding target moisture levels for different crops and storage durations, managing variable incoming grain, and balancing drying efficiency with grain quality. - Optimizing Dryer Performance and Energy Efficiency
Identifying opportunities to improve airflow, burner performance, and dryer settings to reduce energy consumption while maintaining consistent drying results. - Protecting Grain Quality During Drying
Examining how drying temperature, retention time, and overdrying can contribute to stress cracks, shrink loss, and reduced grain value—and how to avoid these common pitfalls. - Preparing Grain for Safe Storage
Exploring the relationship between drying, cooling, and aeration to minimize moisture migration, mold development, insect activity, and spoilage throughout the storage season. - Reducing Operational Risk Through Best Practices
Reviewing common operational challenges, routine maintenance considerations, and dryer safety practices that help improve reliability, reduce downtime, and lower the risk of fires during harvest.
About the Speakers
Rodie Jelleberg
Grain Drying Manager
Superior Grain Equipment
Bio coming soon.
Midwest Crop Quality and 2026 Harvest Updates
September 23, 2026
1:00 p.m. CDT
As harvest gets underway, crop quality and condition can have a major impact on grain handling, storage and processing operations. This webinar will examine the 2026 corn and soybean crops, including how growing and harvest conditions may affect grain quality, storage characteristics and handling throughout the marketing year. Attendees will gain practical insights to help evaluate this year’s crop and make informed decisions about managing grain as it moves from the field into storage and beyond.
Key Takeaways:
- Crop Quality and Condition
What current harvest conditions could mean for corn and soybean quality, including moisture, maturity, test weight and other key characteristics - Corn and Soybean Outlook
How this year’s crop conditions may affect handling, storage and processing considerations - Storage and Handling
Potential challenges related to moisture, fines, kernel quality, aeration and grain deterioration - Practical Management Strategies
Actions facilities can take to monitor, cool and manage grain to help maintain quality through storage and the marketing year
About the Speakers
Dr. Gretchen Mosher
Professor, Ag and Biosystems Engineering
Iowa State University
Dr. Gretchen Mosher is a professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, where she holds a research and teaching appointment. She also directs the Grain Quality Testing Laboratory at Iowa State, which provides chemical and physical testing of primarily corn and soybeans. Dr. Mosher teaches university courses in Total Quality Management and Grain and Feed Safety and Quality Analytics. She has published over 85 research articles, conference papers, and book chapters, and given approximately 200 scientific presentations.
Beyond the Grain: Series Topic to be Announced
TBD
12:00 p.m. CDT
Back by popular demand following the last year’s DDGS webinar, Dr. Kurt Rosentrater will join us again. Registration opening shortly.
About the Speaker
Dr. Kurt Rosentrater
Professor
Iowa State University
Dr. Kurt Rosentrater is a professor at Iowa State University. He has built a career spanning industry, government, and academia, focused on advancing sustainability in the grain processing, food, feed, bioproduct, and bio-renewable industries. His work applies physics, chemistry, and engineering to biological systems, developing and optimizing supply chains through techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) to maximize value while minimizing environmental impact. With projects ranging from lab to ecosystem scale, he conducts research, outreach, and training across the Midwest and the globe.
Previous Webinars
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