2009 Agenda
(Updated 10/15/2009)
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Monday, November 9
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| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Opening Reception |
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Tuesday, November 10
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 7:50 a.m. |
Welcome - Bellagio Ballroom
Bill Newham, Farm Journal Media
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Recovering from the Recession
Michael Swanson, VP, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo
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| 8:50 a.m. |
Busting Through Regulatory Chokeholds
John Jeter, CEO/President, Hilmar Cheese
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| 9:40 a.m. |
Morning Break |
| 10:10 a.m. |
More Ways to Move Milk
Alex Conti, Director, Menu Management, McDonald's Corporation
Brandon Solano, VP Brand Innovation, Domino's Pizza
Chris Ross, VP Marketing, HP Hood
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| 11:20 a.m. |
Control What You Can - Focus on Four Key Areas of Management
Greg Steele, Vice President, Agri-Business Capital, AgStar Financial Services
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| Noon |
Lunch - Bellagio Ballroom 5-7 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Turn Manure into Green and Gold
Lee Jensen, Five Star Dairy, Elk Mound, WI
Doug Young, Spruce Haven Farm, Union Spring, NY
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Saving Today's Technology (for Tomorrow's Production Needs)
Bob Collier, Professor Environmental Physiology/Director of the Agricultural Research Complex in the Animal Sciences Department, University of Arizona
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| 3:20 p.m. |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:50 p.m. |
Real Farms, Real Futures
John Phipps, Host, U.S. Farm Report, Illinois Farmer
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| 4:45 p.m. |
Adjourn Day 1 |
| 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Networking Reception – Monet Room |
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Wednesday, November 11
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast - Bellagio Ballroom 5-7 |
| 7:50 a.m. |
Welcome - Bellagio Ballroom
Bill Newham, Farm Journal Media
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Immigration Relief
Craig Regelbrugge, VP Government Relations, American Nursery and Landscape Association
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| 8:50 a.m. |
2050: 9 Billion Mouths to Feed – What Agriculture Must Do Now to Prepare
Doug Southgate, Professor of Environmental/Development Economics,
The Ohio State University
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| 9:40 a.m. |
Morning Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Price Stabilization - or Supply Management?
Rob Vandenheuvel, General Manager, Milk Producers Council
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| 10:45 a.m . |
The Hard Lessons of $10 Milk
Randy Gross, Prairie Gold Dairy, Elkton, SD
Louie Kazemier, Rickreall Dairy, Rickreall, OR
Kevin Phillips, North Point Farm, Waynesboro, VA
Mark Rodgers, Anderson Dairy, LLP, West Glover, VT
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| Noon |
Adjourn |
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Thank you to the following EPBC sponsors.
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