USDA’s 97th Outlook Forum will be held on February 18-19, 2021. We will announce information and details on the program as soon as possible.
USDA’s 96th Outlook Forum
February 20-21, 2020
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel Arlington, Virginia
Presentations of the 2020 Agricultural Outlook Forum can be downloaded by browsing the session details and clicking on the topic title.
To view the commodity outlooks, you may visit the Commodity Outlooks page.
Morning Session
Thursday, February 20, 2020
8:00 am – 12:15 pm
Welcome
Steve Censky
Deputy Secretary, USDA
2020 Agricultural Economic
and Foreign Trade Outlook
(Speech (PDF, 307 KB) / Slides (PDF, 2.6 MB))
Robert Johansson
Chief Economist, USDA
Keynote and Fireside Chat
The Future of Agriculture
Thursday, February 20, 2020
8:40 am – 9:30 am
Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
John Harnett
Founder and CEO, SVG Ventures
Plenary Panel
Innovation as a Solution for Farmers
Thursday, February 20, 2020
10:15 am – 12:15 pm
(Slides by Moderator John Newton)
Feeding the World
Feeding the World through Innovation
Friday, February 21, 2020 at 8:30am-9:30am
For more information, please contact Mirvat Sewadeh at 202-720-5447.