Thank you to everyone who helped to make the Legislative Ag Chairs Summit a success.
Presentations and handouts from the Conference are available below:
Friday, January 6
Congressional Briefing at Russell Building
- USDA Undersecretary Michael Scuse, Farm Services Agency and Foreign Agricultural Service
- Senate Minority Agriculture Staff
- House Energy Committee Staff
- Senate Majority Agriculture Staff
Executive Branch Briefing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
- Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
- Issi Siddiqui, U.S. Trade Representative Chief Agriculture Negotiator
- Doug O'Brien, Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development
- David White, Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Services
- Elisabeth Hagen, Undersecretary for Food Safety
- Larry Elsworth, Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator, U.S. EPA
Saturday, January 7
Plenary I: How state/provincial policy makers can support our producers and communities?
- Dr. Jude Capper, Washington State University
- Laura Barringer, Global Harvest Initiative
- Dr. Bruce Chassey, University of Illinois
- Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs
Breakouts I
Nutrient Management and Water Quality
- Rich Budell, Florida Department of Agriculture
- Marc Ribaudo, USDA, ERS
- Brent Paterson, Alberta Department of Agriculture
Valuation and Taxation of Farmland
- Ray Starling, North Carolina Department of Agriculture (handout)
Trade-A Federal-State Partnership
- Peter Thorton, North Carolina Department of Agriculture
- Anne Evans, U.S. Dept of Commerce
State/Provincial Meat Inspection Programs
- Dr. Steve Crawford, NH State Veterinarian
- Dr. Steve Ingham, Wisconsin
- Jason Krips, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
- Al Almanza, FSIS Administrator
Plenary II: Animal Welfare, State and Provincial Response
- The European Perspective: Michael Sheldon, Greenway Farms
- Randy Green, United Egg Producers (handout)
Brief State Updates:
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Missouri (Senator Brian Munzlinger)
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Iowa (Representative Annette Sweeney)
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UEP (Randy Green)
Breakouts II
- Robert Lestz, GasFrac
- Douglas Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition
- Lori Williams, Department of the Interior
- Dr. K. George Beck, Colorado State University
- Commissioner Leonard Blackham
Building Trust in our Food System
- Charlie Arnot, CMA consulting
Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
- Jason Henderson, Kansas City Federal Reserve
- Joe Black, Southern Bancorp Community Partners
Plenary III: Food Safety and Certification Programs for Producers
- Miyun Park, Global Animal Partnership
- Dr. Christopher Walsh, University of Maryland
Photo galleries
Photos from the conference are available through the galleries below.
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| Russell Building Briefing | Eisenhower Executive Office Building | Plenaries and Panels | Breakout Sessions |
The following resolutions were passed at the 2012 AgChairs Summit:
Resolution on Pesticide Certification Reciprocity
Resolution in Support of the Dairy Industry
Resolution on a Comprehensive Farm Bill
Resolution on Country of Origin
Resolution on Interference with GPS
Resolution on Invasive Species
Resolution on Regulation of Equine Processing Plants