Concurrent Breakouts
Full Agenda Plenary Sessions Site Visits
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
9:15 am to 10:30 am
State Ethanol Efforts | Senator Jason Frerichs, South Dakota
Furandicarboxylic Methyl Ester (FDME) | Paul Bloom, ADM
Paul Bloom:Renewable Innovation - FDME
Solar Efforts | Representative Norine Hammond, Illinois
State and Provincial Energy Efforts
Whitmore Project | Senator Donovan Dela Cruz
State Incentives for Small/New Farms | Representative Jay Edwards, Rhode Island
Small Farm Accelerator Program | Minister Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia
From Family Farm to Retail Sales | Ray Price, Sunterra Farms
Farm Succession | MNA Carlos Leitão, Quebec
Growing Small and New Farms Session Summary
What Language Does Your Dog Speak? Dog Importations | Senator Jean Leising, Indiana
Antibiotic Usage, Veterinary Usage | Ron Phillips, AHI
Roadkill Bill | Senator Bill Hansell, Oregon
Hansell - From Grill to Grill
State and Provincial Animal Issues Session Summary
Extra, Extra, Read All About It | Dr. Liza Dunn, Bayer
Dunn-Extra, Extra, Read All About It Presentation
Chlorpyrifos | Elisha Kemp, Corteva
Regulatory Challenges | Pierre Petelle, Croplife Canada
A Growers Perspective | Dr. Rebecca Lee, Canadian Horticulture Council
10:45 am to 12:00 pm
Iowa | Senator Annette Sweeney
Idaho | Senator Jim Patrick
North Carolina | Senator Brent Jackson
Animal Confinement Bills | Gary Baise, OFW Law
Indiana | Representative Don Lehe
North Dakota, Representative Dennis Johnson
Canada’s Experience | Ted Haney, Canada Hemp Trade Alliance
Haney Presentation: Hemp $1 Billion Blueprint
Industrial Hemp Session Summary
Carbon Farming | Assembly Member Didi Barrett, New York
Soggy springs, scorching summers: Higher temperatures taking toll on US staple crops
State and Local Efforts to Increase Resiliency | Rona Cohen, CSG-East
Cohen, Backgrounder on Resilience in the Northeast
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Connecticut’s Rural Health Care | Representative Kevin Ryan, Connecticut
Rural Mental Health | Representative Jeanne Poppe, Minnesota
Cooperative Efforts | James Gray, Gray Executive Direction
Minnesota's Cooperative Health Insurance | Representative Tim Miller, Minnesota
Rural Health Care Session Summary
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Food Sovereignty | Representative Maggie O’Neil, Maine
Truth in Labeling, Beef | Representative Jay Houghton, Missouri
Truth in Labeling, Beef and Rice | Senator Francis Thompson, Louisiana
Louisiana Act # 273
Impact of FSMA on Growers in My District | Representative Lynn DeCoite, Hawaii
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Setting Aside Marginal Farmland for Wildlife Habitat | MLA Toby Barrett, Ontario
Hunting Policy | Ches McDowell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Domestic Disease Transmission | Senator Shelley Hughes, Alaska
The Protein Highway | Christina Connelly, Consulate of Minneapolis
How Manitoba Attracted a Billion Dollars in Private Investments! | Minister Ralph Eichler, Manitoba
Gene Editing and Agriculture | Gene Harrington, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Texas Knows Agriculture Needs Broadband | Representative Doc Anderson, Texas
Rural Education Efforts | Representative Terry Goodin, Indiana
Rural Workforce and Immigration | Senator Janne Myrdal, North Dakota
Hawaii Efforts at Rural Education | Senator Mike Gabbard, Hawaii
Rural Education: Training to be an Urban Teacher | Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, Colorado
Ohio Efforts at Rural Education | Representative John Patterson, Ohio
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Road Trains | Senator Larry Luick, North Dakota
A New Way to Think About Paying for Roads | Representative Brad Witt, Oregon
Wildfire Response | Representative Tom Dent, Washington
Aspen Pre-Suppression Fire Technique | Representative Stewart Barlow, Utah
Volcano and Hurricane Response | Senator Clarence Nishihara, Hawaii
Disaster Response | Commissioner Sid Miller, Texas
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Importance of Rural Communities and Agriculture | Senator Dan Lauwers, Michigan
One Small Change | Representative Maggie O’Neil, Maine
Is Broadband Driving the Urban-Rural Divide? | Representative Beau Baird, Indiana
Rural Urban Divide Session Summary
Colorado’s Experience | Representative Dylan Roberts, Colorado
New York’s Experience | Assemblyman William Magnarelli, New York
Canada’s Experience | Allan Rewak, Emerald Health Therapeutics
Impact of Marijuana Legalization Session Summary