DOMESTIC
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Holiday
Inn Capitol/American Farm Bureau Federation Offices
Wednesday,
November 14
3:00
- 5:00 p.m. Registration,
Thursday, November 15
7:30
a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:30
- 9:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Senator
Saxby Chambliss (R–GA), Ranking
Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry,
9:00
- 10:00 a.m.
American
Farm Bureau Federation Perspective
Bob
Young, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation
Canadian
Perspective
Chris Leggett,
Agricultural Counselor,
European
Union Perspective
Dan Rotenberg,
Counselor–Agriculture, European
Union, Delegation of the European Commission
10:00
- 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30
- 12:00 p.m. Industry Perspective on US Domestic Agricultural Policy
Becky
Doyle, Owner, Hickory Grove Pork Farm
Rob Robinson, Business Transformation Lead, Syngenta
Seed, NAFTA
Harry
Kopp, Harry Kopp LLC,
12:00
- 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30
- 3:00 p.m. Developing Countries and
Tim Josling, Professor
Emeritus, Forum on Contemporary Europe,
Country Perspectives
Carlos
de Abreu, Minister–Counselor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of
Manoj Joshi, Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of
3:00
- 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30
- 5:00 p.m. Selected Paper Session I (2
concurrent sessions)
Selected Papers IA-WTO
Impacts on Policy
The
Potential Effects of WTO on Structural Change in Dairy Policy and Industry
Structure
James Oehmke, Al Mussell,
and Chistopher Wolf, George Morris Centre
Implications
of WTO Domestic Support Commitments for Future
David Blanford,
WTO
Decoupling and Domestic Farm Program Design:
Suzanne Thornsbury, David
Schweikhardt, and Mollie Woods,
Equity
Considerations of Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
Edwin Young and Barry Krissoff,
Economic Research Service–USDA
EU Member
Country De Facto Moratoria on Genetically Engineered Corn
Rick Gilmore, President
and CEO of GIC Group
Selected Papers
IB-Agricultural Policy and Energy
The Impact
of
Charlotte Hebebrand and
Kara Laney, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council
Andrew Schmitz and
Charles Moss,
Analyzing
the Impacts of Bio-Fuel Mandates on World Grain, Livestock, and Oilseed Sectors
Richard Stillman, Jim
Hansen, Ralph Seeley, Dave Kelch, Agapi Somwaru, and Edwin Young, Economic
Research Service–USDA
Impacts of
Caroline
Saundersa, Liz Marshallb, William Kaye-Blakea,
Suzie Greenhalghc, and Mariana de Aragaopereiraa, aAgribusiness
and Economics Research Unit (AERU) - Lincoln University, bWorld Resources Institute, cLandcare
Research
5:30
- 7:00 p.m. Reception, Sponsored
by AFBF
Friday,
November 16
8:30
- 10:00 a.m. Selected Paper Session II (2 concurrent sessions)
Selected Papers
IIA-International Effects of Farm Policy
Modeling Free Trade Demand Systems: Case of South
Korean Beef Market
Young–Jae Lee and Lynn Kennedy,
Impact of
the
Sachin Chintawar, Lynn
Kennedy, and John Westra,
Charting a
New Direction for
Emmy Simmons, Partnership
to Cut Hunger and Poverty in
Selected Papers
IIB-International Agreements and Tools
Bilateral
Trade in Textiles and Apparel in the
Osei Yeboah, North
Carolina A&T, Saleem Shaik, North
Dakota State University, Victor Ofari–Boadu, North Carolina
A&T, and Albert Allen, Mississippi State University
U.S.-Korea
Free Trade Agreement: Potential Gains for
Anita Regmi, Ralph
Seeley, and John Dyek, Economic Research Service–USDA
Getting Out
of the Box: Transitioning Out of Direct Payments
David Abler and David
Blanford,
Implications
of
Thomas Reardon, Michigan
State University, Thomas Wahl, Washington State University, and Mickey Paggi,
California State University–Fresno
10:00
- 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30
- 12:00 p.m. Selected Paper Session
Selected Papers
IIIA-Domestic Policy Effects
Domestic
and Trade Impacts of the 2007 Farm Bill on the
Eric Wailes, Ed Chavez, Bradley Watkins and Jeffrey
Hignight,
Analyzing
the Impact of Changes in Trade and Domestic Policies: The Case of the Soybean
Complex
Yan Xia, Rafael Costa,
Dwi Susanto, Parr Rosson, and Flynn Adcock,
International
Trade and Budgetary Considerations of the 2007
Bashir Qasmi and Evert
Van der Sluis,
Larry Sanders,
Selected Papers
IIIB-Domestic Policy Effects
Agricultural
Policy Effects on Land Allocation
Allen Featherstone and
Terry Kastens,
Decoupled
Farm Payments and the Role of Base Updating Under Uncertainty
Arathi Bhaskar and John
Beghin,
The
Capitalization of Decoupled Government Subsidies into Agricultural Land Rents
James Whitaker, Economic
Research Service–USDA
The Impacts
of Alternative Farm Bill Design on
Keith Coble and Barry
Barnett,
12:00
- 1:30 p.m. Lunch – Charles W. Stenholm, Senior Policy
Advisor, Olsson Frank Weeda, and Former U.S. Representative (TX)
1:30
- 3:00 p.m. Adjustment in
Gary
Adams, VP, Economics & Policy Analysis, National Cotton Council
Jackie
Theriot, Director, American Sugar Cane League and Mexican Trade Taskforce,
Secretary/Treasurer,
Jon
Doggett, VP of Public Policy, National Corn Growers Association
Darren
Coppock, CEO, National Association of Wheat Growers
Robert
Guenther, Senior VP, Public Policy, United Fresh Produce Association
3:00 p.m. Final Comments and Adjourn
DOMESTIC
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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Competitiveness and Performance of Southern Agriculture (S-1016)
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American
Farm Bureau Federation
Center
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