2004 ASU Agriculture-Business Conference
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Presented and Sponsored by:
Arkansas State University College of Agriculture
Judd Hill Foundation * Arkansas Farm Bureau
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services * Farm Credit Midsouth * Liberty Bank
Riceland Foods * USA Rice Federation * Busch Agricultural Resources

8:00 Registration: Fowler Center Lobby

8:30 General Session I: Fowler Center Riceland Hall
Dr. Bert Greenwalt, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Director of ASU Agriculture-Business Conference

8:45 Agricultural Biotechnology: The Agribusiness and Consumer View
Dr. Harvey Glick
Director of Scientific Affairs, Monsanto Company

hoban1.jpg (12417 bytes) Dr. Thomas J. Hoban Conference Presentation Download Presentation (right click on link to save it)
Extension Sociologist, North Carolina State University

9:45 Break and Refreshments: Fowler Center Grand Hall

10:10 General Session II: Fowler Center Riceland Hall
Agricultural Biotechnology: The Food System View and Government Policy Implications

Ms. Karil Kochenderfer Conference Presentation Download Presentation (right click on link to save it)
Director of Environmental Affairs and New Technologies, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.

Mr. Dan Glickman
The 26th Secretary of Agriculture
Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government

11:20 Panel Discussion with General Session Speakers
Moderated by Dr. Bert Greenwalt and Dr. David Schweikhardt

12:00 Lunch: Convocation Center, Red Entrance, Arena Mezzanine

Welcome
Dr. Gregory Phillips, Dean, College of Agriculture
Dr. J. Leslie Wyatt, President, Arkansas State University

Luncheon Address: Humor in American Politics
Mr. Dan Glickman
The 26th Secretary of Agriculture
Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government

1:30 Concurrent Sessions: Convocation Center, Red Entrance, Lower Level

Auditorium Rice Market Outlook and Industry Issues	Room A Cotton Market Outlook and Industry Issues	Room B Livestock Market Outlook and Industry Issues
Mr. Stuart E. Proctor, Jr. USA Rice Federation	Dr. Hal Lewis Scientific Seeds, Inc.	Dr. D. Scott Brown University of Missouri-Columbia Presentation
Mr. Richard Bell Riceland Foods, Inc.	Ms. Sharon Johnson Frank Schneider & Company, Inc.
	Presentation Speech

3:00	Auditorium Precision Agriculture Technology	Room A Business Structure and USDA Farm Program Eligibility
	Dr. William Baker Arkansas State University	Mr. Mike Cone (Contact Mr. Cone for copies of his presentation) Lyons, Emerson & Cone, PLC

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