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Thursday, February 23
1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Food Prices & Farm Income Track
Food Price Outlook
This session will provide the latest USDA outlook for food price inflation along with discussion of the factors that contribute to food volatility.
Moderator: Jason Huffman, Editor in Chief, Food Chemical News, Arlington, VA
Explaining Recent Patterns of Food Price Inflation
This will be an informed discussion of the various factors that have contributed to recent volatility in food and commodity prices, including global growth in population and per capita incomes, increasing world per capita consumption of animal products, rising energy prices and growing global biofuel production, depreciation of the U.S. dollar, and slower growth in agricultural productivity.
Speaker: Ron Trostle, Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Outlook for U.S. Food Prices and Inflation in 2012
USDA’s forecast for food price inflation, including recent historical trends in food expenditure patterns and the relationship between food prices and inflation in the general economy.
Speaker: Richard Volpe, Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Food Industry Perspective on Food Price Inflation
A discussion of recent food price trends from the perspective of the food manufacturing industry, including the causes of rising food costs, strategies used by firms to manage price risk, and implications for consumer demand.
Speaker: Scott Faber, Vice President of Federal Affairs, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC
International Track
Export Opportunities and Competition in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC)
Countries Brazil, Russia, India, and China will be global drivers of food consumption and production over the next decade. Indian and Chinese demand for food is expected to continue to impact global commodity prices and Russia’s accession to the WTO could provide new opportunities for U.S. exports. Meanwhile, Brazil is among only a few global producers with significant potential to expand production and exports, in part due to untapped planted area. Session speakers will address consumption trends in the major importing nations of China and India as well as the impact of food inflation and barriers to trade in these countries. Presenters will also discuss potential for expanded export competition from Brazil and factors that could limit Brazilian export potential.
Moderator: Mike Dwyer, Director, Global Policy Analysis Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Growth in China’s Domestic Meat Consumption and Implications for Trade
Speaker: William Westman, Vice President International Trade, American Meat Institute, Washington, DC
India’s Food Price Inflation: Is Demand Outpacing Policy?
Speaker: Rip Landes, Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Domestic Consumption’s Impact on Export Potential in Brazil
Speaker: Seneri Kernbeis Paludo, Director Executivo, Estado de Mato Grosso, Brazil
Russia: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Speaker: Eric Trachtenberg,
Director, Food and Agriculture Sector, McLarty Associates, Washington, DC
Renewable Energy Track
Making Markets for Biomass
The demand for biomass for fuel, heat and power, biobased products, and other end uses is expected to expand dramatically in the future. Several studies have indicated that the United States can produce biomass, but less certainty is known on the demand side. This session looks at the potential end use markets for biomass and the factors driving those markets. In addition, a discussion of the biomass production capacity of the United States might be included.
Moderator: Harry Baumes, Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA, Washington, DC
Biomass Potential – The Billion-Ton Study Update
Speaker: Bryce Stokes, Senior Advisor, CNJVLLC., Contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, Washington, DC
Biomass – Potential for Biobased Products
Speaker: Adam Malofsky, Bioformix, Inc., Blue Ash, OH
Advanced Biofuels – Biomass Needs
Speaker: Robert M. Ames, VP of Fuels Commercialization, Solazyme, South San Francisco, CA
Agricultural Science Track
Preventing Disease from Crossing the Border: SPS Initiatives for Global Food Security
This session focuses on the important contribution of animal health to global food security. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is charged with protecting American agriculture from plant and animal pests and diseases, working with international organizations, academia, and international trading partners. Because of the speed of travel, problems in one part of the world can quickly spread across international borders. A coordinated response to outbreaks is vital to protecting American animal agriculture. APHIS works with USTR, industry groups, and international counterparts to reach agreements providing for adequate mitigation measures for risks associated with agricultural trade.
Moderator: Rebecca Blue, Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Washington, DC
Global Emergency Response Mechanisms for Addressing Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) Issues
The Veterinary Services National Center for Animal Health Emergency Management manages the APHIS animal health emergency activities. The center develops strategies and policies for effective incident management, and helps coordinate incident responses. As a liaison to outside emergency management groups, they ensure that the Agency's animal health emergency management policies, strategies, and responses are current with national and international standards.
Speaker: Jose Diez, DVM, Associate Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services Emergency Management and Diagnostics, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Enhancing International Capacity to Meet SPS Standards
APHIS has worked with several universities to provide overseas training to government officials and industry representatives. We enhance food security by raining officials to recognize diseases and implement regulatory structures that enable effective response to animal health emergencies.
Speaker: Mo Salman, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University; Author: Animal Disease Surveillance and Survey Systems: Methods and Applications, Fort Collins, CO
SPS Issues and Free Trade Agreements
In 2009, USTR entered into negotiations with Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries with the objective of shaping a high-standard agreement with a membership and coverage that provides economically significant market access opportunities for America’s farmers, ranchers, service providers, and small businesses. The TPP negotiating partners are Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The U.S. objective is to expand this group to countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. SPS measures are important in these negotiations, as well as other free trade agreements. APHIS works closely with USTR and international counterparts to address the risks associated with agricultural trade and devise appropriate mitigation measures.
Speaker: Jason Hafemeister, Allen F. Johnson and Associates, Formerly Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agriculture, Washington, DC
Can Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Feed the World?
Global food security may prove to be among the defining issues of the 21st century. With up to 9 billion people on the planet by 2050, global agricultural production will need to increase by at least 70 percent. Since competition for land by other human activities makes agricultural expansion an unrealistic proposition, particularly when the need for other ecosystem services are taken into account. While intensification is the only viable option, opinions differ on how it should be conducted. Some call for “redoubled efforts to repeat the approaches of the Green Revolution” by focusing on economies of scale, GM technologies, and reliance on global markets. Others contend that low-input, local, polycultural methods of production are more appropriate. This session explores how these alternative perspectives differ and where common ground exists via a point-counterpoint discussion between leading thinkers in global development, conservation, and agriculture.
Moderator: Jill Auburn, Senior Advisor for Sustainability, Office of the Chief Scientist and Research, Education and Economics, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
Washington, DC
Competing Narratives for Sustainability: Is Less More or Must We Do More With Less?
Speaker: Neil Conklin, President, Farm Foundation,
Oak Brook, IL
Transforming Key African Farming Systems through Sustainable Intensification
Speaker: Jerry Glover, Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Agriculture, Research, & Technology, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Transforming U.S. Agriculture in the 21st Century
Speaker: John P. Reganold, Regents Professor of Soil Science, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences,
Washington State University,
Pullman, WA
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Food Prices & Farm Income Track
The Farm Income Outlook for 2012
This session will focus on general measures of the financial well-being of the farm economy, including USDA’s official outlook for farm income, the distribution of income across farm households, and the competitiveness of the rural economy.
Moderator: Gary Blumenthal, President, World Perspectives, Inc.,
Washington, DC
Income Outlook for the U.S. Farm Sector in 2012
A presentation of USDA’s most recent estimates and forecasts of U.S. farm sector value added, net farm income, and other financial characteristics for 2012.
Speaker: Timothy Park, Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Farm and Farm Household Income Trends
A presentation that discusses the distribution of income across farm households grouped by various characteristics including on- and off-farm income, the tenure of the operation, farm typology, farm size, etc.
Speaker: Mary Ahearn, Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Agriculture’s Role in Rural Economic Growth
A discussion about the economic health of rural America and the prospects for rural communities to lead the U.S. recovery.
Speaker: Jason Henderson, Vice President and Omaha Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Omaha, NE
International Track
Trends in Agricultural Development & Trade in the Americas
Agricultural policy and rural development in the Americas impacts U.S. trade flows, regional food security, and global food prices. Session presenters will examine issues in agricultural policy and rural development throughout the region and implications for trade, stability, market potential and competition.
Moderator: Robert Riemenschneider, Deputy Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Perspectives on Agriculture and Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Speaker: Victor M. Villalobos, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation of Agriculture,
San Jose, Costa Rica
Changes in Canadian Agricultural Policy
Speaker: Al Loyns, President, Prairie Horizons Ltd, Former Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada and James Rude, Associate Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Cuban Agricultural Development and Implications for U.S. Exports
Speaker: William Messina, Agricultural Economist, Coordinator of Economic Analysis, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
Renewable Energy Track
Moving Renewable Energy Forward
This session will focus on how the industry will move forward.
Moderator: Sarah Bittleman, Senior Advisor to Secretary, USDA, Washington, DC
Assessment of Where Renewable Energy and Technologies Are Now
Speaker: Andy Aden, Professional Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Infrastructure Challenges and Needs
Speaker: Douglas Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, Bethesda, MD
Does the Buck Stop Here? An Assessment of Investment Opportunities
Speaker: Alejandro Zamorano, Lead U.S. Bioenergy Analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, New York, NY
Agricultural Science Track
Fighting Foodborne Illness
Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacilli that can cause sometimes life-threatening illness in humans. With over 2,300 serotypes of bacteria, the Salmonella family is diverse and all too common in our food supply and food animals, especially poultry. This session will be examining the most recent progress and efforts made at fighting this threat to public health.
Moderator: Brian Ronholm, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Research Perspective
Speaker: Dayna Harhay, Research Microbiologist, Meat Safety and Quality Research, U.S., Meat Animal Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD
Academic Perspective
Speaker: Guy Loneragan, Professor, Epidemiology and Animal Health, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Industry Perspective
Speaker: Dane Bernard, Vice President, Food Safety and Quality, Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, PA
Conservation Track
Conservation and Environmental Markets
Through its conservation programs, USDA makes public investments in the protection and enhancement of the nation’s natural resources. In a climate of belt-tightening, maximizing the return on this investment is an important concern. Participants will explore ideas to enhance the performance of conservation programs by doing more with less. These include: “pay for performance” to reward producers for achieving specific conservation outcomes; and the support of environmental markets to attract private sector investments in environmental quality. Speakers will discuss the relative merits and limitations of these approaches, how pay for performance can help promote environmental markets, the role of the investor in environmental markets, and the potential for enhancing the performance of conservation programs in the 2012 Farm Bill.
Moderator: Carl Lucero, Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Markets, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA, Washington, DC
Paying for Environmental Improvements: Government and Market Approaches
Speaker: Mitch Hunter, Federal Policy Manager for Conservation, American Farmland Trust Washington, DC
Speaker: Jonathan Winsten, Agricultural Economist, Program Office, Winrock International, Arlington, VA
Markets and Regulation: Alternatives or Complements?
Speaker: Catherine Kling, University of Iowa, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA
Environmental Markets as Investment Opportunities
Speaker: Patrick Coady, Senior Advisor, Coady Diemar Partners, Washington, DC
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