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Friday, February 24

COMMODITY OUTLOOK SESSIONS

Grains & Oilseeds Outlook
Moderator: Derrick Williams III, Director, Office of Global Analysis, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington, DC

USDA Grains & Oilseeds Outlook
Speaker: Ed Allen, Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Presentation

Corn Production and Export Prospects for Brazil Over the Next 5 Years
Speaker: Mariano Marques, Director of Commodity Analysis for Oilseed, Corn, Coffee & Meat Products, CONAB, Brasilia, Brazil

Policy and Production for Grains and Oilseeds in Argentina - The Next 5 Years
Speaker: Pablo Adreani, Market Analyst and Agribusiness Project Manager, Director of AgriPAC Consultants, Consultant for United Soybean Board for South America, Buenos Aires City, Argentina

Cotton Outlook
Moderator: Louis W. Rose IV, Global Cotton Commodity Analyst, Cargill Cotton, Cordova, TN

The World and U.S. Cotton Outlook
Speaker: Leslie Meyer, Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC

U.S. Cotton Planted Area in 2012 and Beyond
Speaker: Jason Ward, Director of Economic Research and Sales Associate, Staple Cotton Cooperative, Greenwood, MO

Record Cotton Prices: Effects on the Textile Supply Chain
Speaker: Jon Devine, Economist, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC

Price Volitility in the World Cotton Market: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation
Speaker: Terry Townsend, Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington, DC

Livestock & Poultry Outlook
Moderator: Joel Greene, Analyst in Agricultural Policy; Resources, Science, and Industry Division, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC

USDA Livestock & Poultry Outlook
Speaker: Shayle Shagam, Livestock & Poultry Analyst and ICEC Chair, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA, Washington, DC

Outlook for Southern Plains Cattle Supplies
Speaker: Don Close, Marketing Director, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Amarillo, TX

A Producer Perspective of the Hog Sector
Speaker: Jon Caspers, General Manager, Pleasant Valley Pork Corporation, Swaledale, IA

Sugar Outlook: HFCS-The Wildcard in the U.S.-Mexico Sweetener Market
Moderator: Barb Fecso, Economist, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Group, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Washington, DC

Outlook for Mexico as a Supplier of Sugar to the U.S. Market
Speaker: Oscar Cruz-Barney, Cruz Abogados, S.C., Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Integration of Two National Sugar Markets – Competing Interests of Surplus and Deficit Producers
Speaker: David Berg, President, American Crystal Company, Moorhead, MN

The Importance to Sweetener Users of an Integrated North American Sugar Market
Speaker: Randy Green, Senior Government Relations Representative, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, Washington, DC

Dairy Outlook
Speaker: Milton Madison, Senior Economist, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Group, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Washington, DC

Economic Issues Underlying Proposals for New Dairy Policy
Speaker: Andrew M. Novakovic, Ph.D., The E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics, C.H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Senior Economist, Office of the Fhief Economist, USDA

Meeting the Challenges of the Dairy Sector
Speaker: John Noble, President, Noblehurst Farms, Inc., Linwood, NY

 

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Updated: 02/06/2012