GeoGeographer to discuss emerging strategic significance of North Dakota agriculture John C. Hudson, Northwestern University, will discuss how high crop prices, developing international markets, and advances in grain transportation technology have contributed to a new strategic significance for northern Great Plains agriculture. Hudson will deliver his keynote lecture at 12:30 p.m Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The lecture is a part of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers Conference being held on the UND campus. For more information, contact Brad Rundquist, Department of Geography, at 777-4589.