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Sunday,
Dec. 3 |
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
Leadership conference for State/Regional Affiliated Associations |
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
NGFA Trade Rules Committee Meeting |
Noon - 4 p.m. |
Trade Show Setup |
2:30 - 5 p.m. |
NGFA Country Elevator Committee Meeting |
4 - 7 p.m. |
Trade Show Open |
5:30 - 7 p.m. |
Welcome Reception in Trade Show |
Monday,
Dec. 4 |
6:30 - 8:10
a.m. |
Networking Idea-Exchange Continental Breakfast (Trade Show
Open )
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7 - 8:10 a.m. |
NGFA GrainPAC Breakfast |
8:15 a .m.
| “Welcome to Country Elevator/Feed Industry Conference”
Remarks: Eric Wilkey
Vice President, Arizona Grain Inc., Casa Grande , Ariz.
Chairman, NGFA Country Elevator Committee
Ron Olson (Confirmed) , Vice President, Grain Operations
General Mills Inc., Minneapolis , Minn.
Chairman, National Grain and Feed Association |
8:23 a.m. |
“Welcome to Kansas City ”
Speaker: Jeff Borchardt (Confirmed)
President, Chief Executive Officer
Kansas City Board of Trade, Kansas City , Mo.
|
8:30 a.m. |
“The 2007 Farm Bill – Will It Allow for U.S. Agriculture to Grow?”
Speaker: The Honorable Jerry Moran (Invited) , R-Kan.
Chairman, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, House Agriculture Committee, Washington, D.C.
|
9 a.m. |
Focus on Ethanol and Biofuels – The Next Five Years:
“Ethanol/Biofuel Production – A Real World Look at Row Crop Impacts and Grain Utilization”
Speaker: To be Invited
|
9:45-10:05 a.m. |
Break |
10:05 a.m. |
"Cutting-Edge Technology -- How It Will Improve Ethanol Plant Efficiencies”
Speaker: Dave Vander Griend , President and Chief Executive Officer, or Greg Krissek , Director of Governmental Affairs (Confirmed)
ICM, Colwich , Kan.
10:45 a .m. |
Panel Discussion |
10:45 a .m. |
“Biofuel Seed Genetics – How Will Crop Traits Change?”
Panelist: Dr. Mike Edgerton (Confirmed)
Technical Lead for Corn Ethanol and Quality Traits
Monsanto Co., St. Louis , Mo.
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11:10 a .m. |
“Quality Characteristics and Nutritional Profiles of DDGs”
Panelist: Dr. Gerald Shurson (Confirmed)
Professor, Department of Animal Science
University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minn.
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11:45 a .m. |
“Transportation and Logistics Implications of Biofuel Production”
Panelist: To be Invited |
Noon |
“Implications for NGFA Trade Rules”
Panelist: Michael Malecha , Senior Vice President (Confirmed)
US Bioenergy Corp., Inver Grove , Minn.
Chair, NGFA Feed Trade Rules Committee and NGFA DDGs Task Force
|
12:15 p .m.-2 p.m. |
Walkaround Trade Show Buffet Luncheon |
Noon-1:45 p .m. |
Feed Manufacturing and Technology Committee Meeting |
| 2-2:50 p.m. |
“Challenges Confronting U.S. Animal Agriculture – And
What We Can Do About It!”
Speaker: Trent Loos (Confirmed)
Producer/Host, Loos Tales Radio Program,
Columnist, FEEDSTUFFS, Loup City , Neb.
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| 3 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions Begin |
| 3-3:45 p.m. |
Grain/Oilseed Breakout : “Does Wheat Have a Future in the United States ?”
Speaker: Ron Olson (Confirmed)
Vice President, Grain Operations
General Mills Inc., Minneapolis , Minn.
Chairman, National Grain and Feed Association |
| 3:45-4 p.m. |
Break |
| 4-4:50p.m. |
“Transportation Capacity Challenges – The New Paradigm for
Grain Shippers?”
Speaker: To Be Invited |
| 4:50-5:30 p.m. |
“A Top 10 List of Grain and Feed Safety Priorities for 2007”
Speaker: To Be Invited |
| 3-4 p.m. |
Feed Industry Breakout:
“Feed Safety and Biosecurity Issues for 2007”
Panelists:
Dr. Daniel McChesney (Confirmed) Director, Office of Surveillance and Compliance Center for Veterinary MedicineFood and Drug Administration, Rockville , Md.
Eric Nelson (Confirmed) President, Association of American Feed Control Officials Feed Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Madison , Wis.
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| 4-4:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 4-4:40 p.m. |
“The Growth and Future of the Liquid Feed Industry”
Speaker: Cory Berg , President and Chief Executive Officer, or
George Barr , Vice President, Technical, Marketing and Sales (Confirmed)
Quality Liquid Feeds Inc., Dodgeville , Wis.
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| 4:40-5:30 p.m. |
“Advanced and Emerging Technologies in Feed Mill
Maintenance and Operations”
Speaker: Randy Springer (Confirmed)
Vice President, Pepper Maintenance, Mackinaw, Ill. |
Tuesday,
Dec. 5 |
6:30 - 7:45 a.m. |
Networking Idea-Exchange Breakfast |
6:30 - 8 a.m. |
Feed Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee Meeting
|
8 a.m. |
“An Update on NGFA's Long-Range Plan”
Speaker: Kendell Keith , NGFA President (Confirmed) |
8:15 a.m. |
Focus on Human Resources:
“Battling Rural Out-Migration – Strategies for Keeping Qualified
Workers in Grain, Feed Industry"
Speaker: Dr. Frank Dooley (Confirmed)
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
Purdue University , West Lafayette , Ind.
“Prospects for Immigration Reform and Legal Obligations on Employers when Hiring Immigrant Labor”
Speaker: Michael Stevens (Confirmed)
Arent Fox PLLC, Washington , D.C.
|
9:45 a.m. |
Focus on Grain, Oilseed Basis and Futures/Cash Market Performance:
“Marketplace Changes Influencing Basis Levels”
Moderator: Rod Clark (Confirmed)
Chair, NGFA Risk Management Committee
General Manager, CGB Diversified Services, Mount Vernon , Ind.
|
10:00 a .m. |
“Impact of Transportation Costs on Basis Levels” Mark
Stopple, Memco Barge Line, Chesterfield , Mo. (Invited) |
10:15 a.m. |
“Impact of Funds, Swap Investors”
Panelist: Diana Klemme (Confirmed) First Vice Chairman, NGFA
General Manager, Chicago & Illinois River Marketing LLC, Chicago , Ill.
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| 10:30 a.m. |
“Futures and Cash Market Performance”
Panelist: Tom Coyle (Invited) Vice President, Grain Service Corp., Atlanta , Ga. |
| 10:50 a.m. |
“Basis Risk – Explaining Changes and Basis Risk to Farmer-Customers” Panelist: Dennis Inman (Invited) Vice President, Cargill Ag Horizons, Minneapolis , Minn. |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Questions and Answers with Panelists |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Country Elevator/Feed Industry Conference Adjourns |
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