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2008 Risk and Profit Conference
August 14-15, 2008
K-State Alumni Center
Manhattan, Kansas
 

SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008
10:30 am – 12:00 pm                 REGISTRATION
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
                 LUNCH
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
                   KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Economic Outlook: A Fed’s Eye View”
            
Dr. Jason Henderson,  Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

 

2:00 pm  –  3:00 pm                   SESSION I

Mike Woolverton & Dan O’Brien - Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? Part I

Kevin Dhuyvetter & Terry Kastens - A New Risk Era? How Will Crop Rental Arrangements Be Impacted?

Orlen Grunewald - Livestock: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why?

Michael Langemeier - Labor Efficiency and Productivity

Duane Hund & LaVell Winsor - Financial Planning and FINPACK Analysis

 

3:10 pm  –  4:10 pm                   SESSION II

Mike Woolverton & Dan O’Brien - Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? Part II

Terry Kastens & Kevin Dhuyvetter - Super-Sized Crop Farms: What Does It Take?

Vincent Amanor-Boadu - Food Crisis or Malthus Apologists? Explaining Global Food Price Inflation

Jason Bergtold & Lucas Maddy - Cover Crop Economics: Costs, Risks and Adoption

Bill Golden & Jeff Peterson - Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigated Agriculture in Northwest Kansas

 

4:20 pm  –  5:20 pm                     SESSION III

Josh Roe & Dan O’Brien - Kansas Ethanol Production and Its Effects

Kevin Dhuyvetter & Ted Schroeder - A New Risk Era? Are Traditional Risk Management Tools Still Effective?

Paul Clark, Kara Ross, & Kelly Chen - Strong Dollar/Weak Dollar

Rodney Jones - Cost of Gain and Death Loss Trends in the Cattle Feeding Sector

Rich Llewelyn - Web Ways: Intelligent Internet Interaction

 

5:30 pm  -  6:30 pm                     Social & Cash Bar

 

6:30 pm  -  7:30 pm                     DINNER

 

7:30 pm  -  8:30 pm                     EVENING SPEAKER “The 2008 Farm Bill: A New Era in Farm Policy?”
                   
Troy Dumler,  Kansas State University

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
6:45 am  -  7:30 am                      BREAKFAST
7:30 am  -  9:10 am
                      GENERAL SESSION
                   James Mintert: Livestock Outlook
                    Michael Woolverton:
Grain Outlook

9:20 am - 10:20 am                       SESSION IV

Art Barnaby - Managing the Threat of $3 Corn

Michael Boland - Current Issues Affecting Retail Agribusinesses and Cooperatives

Vincent Amanor-Boadu - Food Crisis or Malthus Apologists? Explaining Global Food Price Inflation

Michael Langemeier - Labor Efficiency and Productivity

Paul Clark, Bill Golden & Leah Tsoodle Assessing the Risk of Limited Irrigation in Northwest Kansas

 

10:30 am - 11:30 am                      SESSION V

Josh Roe & Dan O’Brien - Kansas Ethanol Production and Its Effects

Michael Boland - Current Issues Affecting Retail Agribusinesses and Cooperatives

Allen Featherstone & Michael Langemeier - Credit Scores of Kansas Farmers

Kent Miller &  Lynn Hennigan - Farm Tax and Retirement Planning in Good Economic Years

Duane Hund & LaVell Winsor -Financial Planning and FINPACK Analysis

 

11:40 pm -  12:40 pm                      LUNCH, DISCUSSION/Q&A
 

12:50 pm  -  1:50 pm                      SESSION VI

Mike Woolverton & Dan O’Brien - Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? Part I

Terry Kastens & Kevin Dhuyvetter - Super-Sized Crop Farms: What Does It Take?

Allen Featherstone & Michael Langemeier - Credit Scores of Kansas Farmers

Rodney Jones - Cost of Gain and Death Loss Trends in the Cattle Feeding Sector

Bill Golden & Jeff Peterson - Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigated Agriculture in Northwest Kansas

 

2:00 pm  -  3:00 pm                        SESSION VII

Mike Woolverton & Dan O’Brien - Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? Part II

Kevin Dhuyvetter & Terry Kastens - A New Risk Era? How Will Crop Rental Arrangements Be Impacted?

Orlen Grunewald - Livestock: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why?

Jason Bergtold & Lucas Maddy - Cover Crop Economics: Costs, Risks and Adoption

Paul Clark, Bill Golden & Leah Tsoodle - Assessing the Risk of Limited Irrigation in Northwest Kansas

 

3:10 pm  -  4:10 pm                        SESSION VIII

Art Barnaby - Managing the Threat of $3 Corn

Kevin Dhuyvetter & Ted Schroeder - A New Risk Era? Are Traditional Risk Management Tools Still Effective?

Paul Clark, Kara Ross, & Kelly Chen - Strong Dollar/Weak Dollar

Kent Miller &  Lynn Hennigan - Farm Tax and Retirement Planning in Good Economic Years

Rich Llewelyn - Web Ways: Intelligent Internet Interaction

END OF CONFERENCE

 
 
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