Sunday, October 30th

Registration

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Won Koo, Director and Professor, Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, NDSU

Dr. D.C. Coston, Vice President for Agricultural Affairs, NDSU

Opening Remarks
Introduction - Roger Johnson, North Dakota Agricultural Commissioner

Budget Implications for U.S. Agricultural Policy
The Honorable Kent Conrad, United States Senate

Panel Discussion: The Political Environment for Farm Policy- Then and Now
Moderator: Roger Johnson, North Dakota Agricultural Commissioner

The Honorable Larry Combest, Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee

The Honorable Kent Conrad, United States Senate

Coffee Break

General Session: Impact of Trade Negotiations and Disputes on U.S. Farm Policy
Moderator: Dr. Walter Armbruster, President, Farm Foundation

Dr. Tim Josling, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

Dr. Patrick Westhoff, Program Director, International Affairs, FAPRI - Missouri

General Session: Structural Adjustments and Competitiveness under a Globalizing Trade Environment
Moderator: Dr. Walter Armbruster, President, Farm Foundation

Dr. Neil Harl, Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University

Dr. Mary Bohman, Director, Resource and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Dr. William Heffernan, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia

Adjourn General Session

Banquet (Holiday Inn)
Master of Ceremonies: The Honorable Kent Conrad, United States Senate

Prospects for a New Farm Bill
Dr. Neil Harl, Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University

Adjourn

Monday, October 31st

Continental Breakfast (Fargodome)

General Session: Policy Alternatives - Should We Look Outside the Box?
Moderator: Dr. Fred Kirschenman, Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. David Demcey Johnson, Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Dr. David Orden, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dr. Bruce Babcock, Professor and Director, Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University

Dr. Daryll Ray, Professor and Director, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee

Coffee Break

General Session: Will the Public Continue to Support Agriculture?
Moderator: Mr. Bill Patrie, Rural Development Director, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives

Mr. Jean-Marc Trarieux, Agriculture Attache, Delegation of the European Commission

Dr. Joseph Molnar, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Mr. Ralph Grossi, President, American Farmland Trust

Lunch (Fargodome)
Master of Ceremonies: Mr. James Horvath, President and CEO, American Crystal Sugar Company

Do the Customers Get What They Want?

Ms. Patricia Jensen, J.D., Consultant on Food Safety and Public Policy Issues

General Session: Alternative Policies or the Status Quo?
Moderator: Mr. Tim Galvin, Former Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriulture

Mr. Robert Carlson, President North Dakota Farmers Union

Dr. Robert Young, Director of Economics, American Farm Bureau Federation

Mr. Dale Thorenson, President, Gordley Associates

Mr. Lynn Tjeersdma, Initiatives Manager, Theodore Roosevelt Consercation Partnership

Mr. Bill Gillon, National Cotton Council

Concluding Remarks
The Honorable Kent Conrad, United States Senate