For more information, contact Rich Llewelyn at the phone or email below:
Phone: 785-532-1504 Email: rvl@ksu.edu
Risk and Profit Conference
Register online: http://commerce.cashnet.com/KSUagecon
See 2018 presentations HERE.
Policy Perplexity: Farm Bill, Trade, and Profitability
An annual conference hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics that provides an opportunity for key agricultural decision makers to interact with each other and with faculty on important topics in agriculture.
Questions? Rich Llewelyn at rvl@ksu.edu or 785.532.1504.
Dates & Location
August 22 - 23, 2019 |
Manhattan
K-State Alumni Center
100 Alumni Center
1720 Anderson Ave
Manhattan
, KS
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Register online: http://commerce.cashnet.com/KSUagecon Questions? Rich Llewelyn at rvl@ksu.edu or 785.532.1504. |
Schedule
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019
10:30 am REGISTRATION
11:30 am – 12:15 pm LUNCH
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm GENERAL SESSION
Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse
1:40 pm – 2:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION I
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION II
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION III
4:40 pm – 5:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION IV
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Social & Cash Bar
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm PRIME-RIB DINNER
7:00 pm – 8:15 pm GENERAL SESSION
A Conversation With a Kansas Producer
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019
7:45 am – 8:15 am ROLLS and JUICE
8:15 am – 9:15 am GENERAL SESSION
Grain Market Situation and Outlook
Dan O’Brien, Kansas State University
9:30 am – 10:20 am BREAKOUT SESSION V
10:30 am – 11:20 am BREAKOUT SESSION VI
11:30 am – 12:20 pm BREAKOUT SESSION VII
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm GENERAL SESSION
Livestock Market Outlook
Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm FINAL QUESTIONS and WRAP-UP
Keynote speakers
Sara Wyant is President of Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., a diversified communications firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Camdenton, Missouri. As a veteran farm policy reporter, she is recognized on Capitol Hill, as well as with farm and commodity associations across the country. Her newsletter and website, Agri-Pulse, include the latest updates on farm policy, commodity and conservation programs, trade, food safety, rural development, and environmental and regulatory programs.
Wyant formerly served as chairwoman on the Farm Foundation's board of trustees and as past president of the American Agricultural Editor's Association. In 2015, Wyant was named to the Folio: "Top Women in Media" recognition in the Entrepreneurs category. She has been awarded a producer communications award from the United Soybean Board, and Oscar in Agriculture award for excellence in agricultural reporting from the American Agricultural Editor's Association and a leadership award from Agriculture Future of America. She is currently President of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) Foundation. In 2013, Wyant was recognized for outstanding service to agriculture by the Missouri Farm Bureau.
Wyant gained first-hand knowledge of crop and livestock production while growing up on a farm near Marengo, Iowa. She and husband Allan Johnson, parents of sons Jason and Jordan, also own the farm where her husband's family originally established a homestead near Almont, North Dakota.
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Registration information
Register online: http://commerce.cashnet.com/KSUagecon
By August 19, 2019
Two-day Fee: $225
Additional member: $200
One-day Fee: $150
Additional member: $125
(Discount available if paying by check, but not by credit card)
After August 19, 2019
Two-day Fee $250
One-day Fee $175
Questions? Rich Llewelyn at rvl@ksu.edu or 785.532.1504.
Trade show
Download trade-show brochure HERE.
More information, contact Rich Llewelyn: rvl@ksu.edu or 785.532.1504 .
Directions
To Manhattan, Kansas and the K-State Alumni Center (17th & Anderson):
From the east: I-70 to exit 313. North on Hwy 177 to Ft. Riley Blvd then west to 17th Street. North (right) on 17th to Anderson Ave.
From the west: I-70 to exit 303. North on Hwy K114/K18 (Ft. Riley Blvd) to 17th St. North (left) on 17th to Anderson.
From the north: Hwy 77 south to Seth Child Rd (Hwy 113). South on Seth Child to Anderson Ave. East (left) on Anderson to 17th St.
Hotel accomodations
| Holiday Inn - Campus 1641 Anderson Manhattan, KS 66502 785.539.7531 Conference Rate: $99.95 + tax / night Single or Double Rates valid August 21, 22, or 23, 2019 Cut-Off Date: August 2, 2019 Use Group Code: RIS | Four Points, By Sheraton 530 Richards Dr Manhattan, KS 66502 785.587.5571 K-State Rate: $80 + tax / night Single or Double No Cut-Off Date: Ask for K-State Rate |
Parking
Parking is available in the parking garage, but costs $1.50 per hour. In other lots, permits are required to park on the Kansas State University campus from 7 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Limited parking is available at the Alumni Center without a permit. A parking permit is included in the registration fee, but does NOT include the parking garage.
Permits will be available 10:00–12:00 on Thursday, August 18 at the Alumni Center driveway and at the entrance to the parking lot west of the Old Stadium or at the registration table throughout the conference. You MUST obtain your conference parking permit before parking your vehicle on campus. Hang this permit on your rearview mirror, facing the front of your vehicle. This permit is not valid in metered lots.
Parking is permitted only in areas designated for parking
Parking is not permitted on campus streets or drives
Please observe HANDICAP, RESERVED and NO PARKING zones; these are TOW ZONES and violators will be towed.
Limited parking is available in the Alumni Parking. Be sure to get an Alumni Center parking tag from the registration desk.
More parking is available in the lot west of Old Stadium (across Denison Avenue), north of the Catholic Church, using the parking permit.