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2016 Legislative Ag Chairs

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Denver, Colorado | January 8-10, 2016

Supporting Growth and Innovation

Friday, January 08, 2016  

Afternoon

Site Visits

4:00 pm

State efforts on Water Quality

 

States have been working on meeting water quality goals in a wide diversity of ways.  We will hear from Peggy Hall, a field specialist in Agriculture and Resource Law from Ohio State, Julia Anastasio, the Executive Director of the Association of Clean Water Administrators and Roger Wolf of the Iowa Soybean Association about different state efforts.  Special Guests Gary Baise or OFW law, Richael Young of Mammoth Trading and Senator Judy Warnick of Washington will comment on the water quality issue from their areas.

8:30 pm

Opening Keynote: Dan Glickman -The Challenges and Opportunities facing Agriculture

 

Executive Director of the Aspen Institute, former USDA Secretary and former Kansas Congressman

Saturday, January 09, 2015

8:00 am   

Plenary on Food

 

Consumer focus group and psychologist Drew Weston on consumers concerns about food. 

9:45 am

Breakout  I: Concurrent sessions

 

Farmland Taxation

 

Indiana Senator Jean Leising, Moderator

 

Katrina Hall, Director, State Government Relations, Indiana Farm Bureau

 

Peggy Hall, J.D. , Field Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Law, Ohio State University

 

Dr. Larry Janssen, South Dakota State University Agriculture Economics

 

The Opportunities and Challenges of an “All of the Above” Energy Policy

 

North Dakota Representative Wes Belter, Moderator

 

Hannah Breul, U.S. Energy Information Agency

 

Dave Lock , Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.

 

Steve Bleyl, Executive Vice President, Green Plains Energy.   

 

Growing the Winery, Cider and Brewery Industries

 

Illinois Representative Norine Hammond, Moderator

 

Dr. Bart Watson, Brewers Association

 

Mike Beck, President, United States Cider Association

 

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, Texas 

 

Enhancing Trade and International Marketing, TPP and Trade Restrictions

 

North Carolina Senator Brent Jackson, Moderator

 

Jason Hafemeister, USDA-FAS Trade Policy Coordinator

 

Nathalie Durand, Director, Americas Division Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

 

Tony Clayton, President Clayton Agri-Marketing, Inc.

11:30 am

Lunch –   Agriculture Trade, Let’s Keep a Good Thing Growing

1:00 pm

Breakout II: Concurrent Sessions

 

Water Scarcity

 

Kansas Senator Carolyn McGinn, Moderator

 

Richael Young, president Mammoth Trading

 

John Stulp, ‎Special Policy Advisor to the Governor for Water and Chairman of the IBCC 

 

Assemblyman James Perea, California

 

Emerging Threats; Avian Influenza, Citrus Greening and…"by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”

 

Iowa Senator David Johnson, Moderator

 

Dr. Beth Thompson, Minnesota Board of Animal Health

 

Dr. Leland S. Pierson, Professor and Head, Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M  

 

What Limits Rural Growth and How to Address It

 

Representative Kevin Ryan, Moderator

 

Diane Smith, President American Rural

 

Loren Howard, Chief Executive Officer, San Luis Valley Rural Electric Co-op

 

Legalizing Marijuana and Hemp, Impacts and Issues

 

Alaska Representative Shelly Hughes, Moderator

 

Matty Mangone- Miranda, GenCanna CEO (Hemp)

 

Lewis Koski, Director, Marijuana Enforcement Division Colorado Dept. of Revenue

 

Ron Kammerzell, Senior Director, Marijuana Enforcement Division, CO Dept. of Revenue

 

Jenny Dresler, Director of State Public Policy, Oregon Farm Bureau

2:30

Breakout III: Concurrent Sessions

 

Animal Agriculture Challenges

 

Tennessee Representative Andy Holt, Moderator

 

Eric Parks, former undercover videographer

 

Dan Frank, Frank Law Office, Wyoming

 

Dan Murphy, Columnist

 

Dr. Egan Brockhoff Prairie Swine Health

 

Dealing with the Drug Issue in Rural Communities

 

 New Hampshire Representative Tara Sad, Moderator

 

Marisa Hebble, Director, Opioid Task Force 

 

Dr. Shannon M. Monnat, Pennsylvania State University

 

On the edge of rural: Forestry and Aquaculture and Value Added Products

 

Vermont Representative Carolyn Partridge, Moderator

 

Commissioner Michael C. Snyder, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

Donald B. Kent, President, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute

Sunday, January 10, 2015

9:00 am   

Federal Update

 

Michael Taylor, Deputy Director, FDA

 

Ron Carleton, Agriculture Liaison, EPA