Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, May 9
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration, Airport Marriott Hotel Lobby
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Opening
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Welcome James R. Baker Administrator, USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Keynote Address Michael V. Dunn Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA PRESENTATION
1: 00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.	Technological and Structural Changes in Agriculture Since 1900 Dr. Otto Doering Professor, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University PRESENTATION
1:20 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Panel: Technical and Market Forces facing Agriculture Now and in the Future -- Outlook for the 21^st Century Panel Moderator David R. Shipman Deputy Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration PRESENTATION Biotechnology Steve Tanner Director, GIPSA Technical Services Division Technological Changes and Vertical Coordination Terry Barr Chief Economist/Vice President, NCFC Production & Marketing Opportunities for Small Farms Marion Long-Bowlan Executive Director, Pennsylvania Farm Link PRESENTATION Market Information: Transparency & Price Discovery Barry Carpenter Deputy Administrator, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Globalization and Trade Policy Dan Amstutz President, North American Export Grain Association PRESENTATION Q&A's
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Public Policies Affecting Consolidation & Structural Changes Should public policies facilitate or impede the structural changes that are occurring in agriculture and agribusiness industries, and what should those public policies be? Panel Moderator John Stencel Assistant to the Administrator, GIPSA Greg Page President, American Meat Institute, Cargill PRESENTATION Terry Medley Vice President for Biotechnology Regulatory and External Affairs, DuPont Company Kathleen Kelley Vice President, R-CALF Tom Tunnell President, Kansas Grain & Feed Association PRESENTATION Leon Crump State Director, South Carolina, Federation of Southern Cooperative – Land Assistance Fund PRESENTATION Charles Kruse President, Missouri Farm Bureau PRESENTATION Lee Swenson President, National Farmers Union PRESENTATION Q and A’s
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	BREAK
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Reception: A Vision for Tomorrow’s Family Farms Hosts Michael V. Dunn Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA James R. Baker Administrator, GIPSA Distinguished guests invited
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 10
8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Market Power and Regulation of Structural Change Panel Moderator Patty Judge Secretary of Agriculture, State of Iowa Role and limitations of antitrust policy in addressing concerns about consolidation in agriculture Douglas Ross Special Counsel for Agriculture, Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice PRESENTATION GIPSA’s role in addressing competitiveness issues Dr. Michael J. Caughlin Director, Office Policy and Litigation Support for Packers and Stockyards Programs, GIPSA PRESENTATION Charles Rawls General Counsel, USDA Federal and State Policies that Affect Structural Change Eric Tabor Assistant Attorney General, State of Iowa John Saunders Director of Agriculture, State of Missouri Steve Holland State Representative, State of Mississippi M. L. "Cap" Dierks State Senator, State of Nebraska PRESENTATION Dr. Sally McCammon Science Advisor, Licensing of Biotechnology, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PRESENTATION Q and A’s
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	BREAK
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Commodity Marketing Trends A discussion of vertical integration pressures, the role of forward sales arrangements, changes in consumer demand for different product characteristics, and other marketing changes facing farmers and agribusiness firms. Panel Moderator Jay Johnson GIPSA Regional Supervisor, Des Moines Commodity Marketing Outlook Keith Collins Chief Economist, USDA Commodity Marketing Trends - E-Commerce Frank Beurskens Development Director, E-Markets, Inc. Cattle Marketing Trends: Marketing for the Future Bob Josserand Chairman of AzTx Cattle, Former President National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Poultry Trends: Past, Present and Future Hugh McClain McClain Farm Hog Trends: Marketing for the Future Jon Caspers Board Member, NPPC PRESENTATION Grain Marketing Trends Parry Dixon Chief Economist, Archer-Daniels-Midland Cereal, Grain, Marketing Trends Richard Bell President, Riceland Foods Meat Marketing Trends – USDA Process Verified, Case Ready Meats Curry Roberts President, PM Holdings PRESENTATION Q and A’s
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.	BREAK
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Closing Luncheon: "A Celebration of the American Farm" *Recognition:* A Century of Farming - Contribution and Commitment
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.	BREAK
1:45 - 2:30 p.m.	Panel: Visions for the Millennium A discussion about the structure of American agriculture in the 21^st century. Remarks to Panel Speaker Richard Rominger Deputy Secretary of Agriculture PRESENTATION Moderator Ken Root Agri-Talk, Kansas City, MO Concentration Implication for Farmers and Consumers Dr. Luther Tweeten Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University PRESENTATION Dennis Avery Director, Center for Global Food Issues PRESENTATION Peter Carstensen Young-Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin PRESENTATION Dr. William Heffernan Professor, Rural Sociology, University of Missouri Closing Remarks: Richard Rominger Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael V. Dunn Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA
2:30 p.m.	Conference Adjourns