INTERSECTION OF AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AND AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS: THE CASE OF BIOFUELS
Organizers: Deacue Fields, Auburn University; Duncan Chembezi, Alabama A&A University; Blondel Brinkman; USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Impact of Biofuels Production and Commercialization on Small/Medium-Size Farms, Enefiok Ekanem, Tennessee State University
The Adjustments within the U.S. Agriculture Sector to Ethanol Expansion, Paul Westcott, USDA Economic Research Service
Extension/Outreach Efforts in the Biofuels Industry: The Role of Extension Economists, Clark Garland, University of Tennessee
Background, Advances and Trends in the Biofuels Industry, Wallace Tyner, Purdue University
EXTENSION SECTION LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK
Organizer: James Robb, Livestock Marketing Information Center
Cattle and Beef, Curt Lacy, University of Georgia
Hogs and Pork, Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics and National Pork Board
Dairy, Scott Brown, University of Missouri
Poultry, James Robb, Livestock Marketing Information Center
Consensus forecast, Ron Plain, University of Missouri
EXTENSION SECTION POLICY OUTLOOK
Organizers: Larry Sanders, Oklahoma State University; James Novak, Auburn University
Panelists: Joy Harwood, USDA Farm Service Agency; Craig Jagger, Majority Staff, House Agricultural Committee; Stephanie Mercier, Majority Staff, Senate Agricultural Committee
An Overview of Key Commodity Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill: Implementation Issues and Processes, Joy Harwood, USDA Farm Service Agency
MANAGING FARM AND FARM HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL RISK
Organizer: Jane Schuchardt, USDA CSREES
Farm Family Consumption and Investment Patterns: Relationships to Farm and Nonfarm Income, Paul Ellinger, University of Illinois
Household Perspective, John Grable, Kansas State University
Extension Example, Tim Eggers, Iowa State University
EXTENSION SECTION CROPS OUTLOOK
Organizers: Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University
Wheat, Mark Welch, Texas A&M
Cotton, Steven Martin, Mississippi State University
Corn, John Anderson, Mississippi State University
Soybeans, Pat Westhoff, University of Missouri
Premier Forecaster, Ron Plain, University of Missouri
GRADUATE STUDENT EXTENSION COMPETITION
Organizers: Larry Sanders, Oklahoma State University; Ross Pruitt, Louisiana State University
What do we know about Minnesota’s Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ) Program?, Tonya Hanson, University of Minnesota
Optimal Conservation Strategies for Landowners: An Extension Program to Address Conservation Decision on Agricultural Land, Keri Perez, North Carolina State University
Water Leases: Attitudes of South Platte Farmers, Jennifer Thorvaldson, Colorado State University
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