While the arrival of new vaccines for COVID-19 should enable a return to in-person events, the sheer mechanics of their mass distribution mean that early 2021 events are still primarily virtual. Thatâs certainly true for the Fourth Annual MonDak Agricultural Research Summit, typically held late in the year, but now moved online and converted to a webinar series, beginning Thursday, Jan. 14. Webinars will be held on Zoom every other Thursday, with one Tuesday thrown in, and all will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m. MT. According to organizers, the virtual format, while not allowing for face-to-face interaction between scientists and producers, does allow for broader discussion on some topics of interest through the addition of several keynote speakers, with soil fertility expert Dr. Clain Jones of Montana State University first up. Each webinar in the series will feature a different keynote speaker, followed by three shorter reports on research of use to farmers and ranchers in this region by scientists working in the âMonDak Research Triangle.â The triangle, which originated and hosts the Summit each year, includes Montana State Universityâs Eastern Agricultural Research Center and the USDA Agricultural Research Serviceâs Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab, in Sidney; and North Dakota State Universityâs Williston Research Extension Center in Williston.