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
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