  August 4 - 6, 2009Gilfillan Estate Redwood County, Minnesota
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 | Join us each day in the Forum Tent for educational topics that will help you strengthen your operation. The Farmfest® Forums are coordinated by Kent Thiesse and supported by the Linder Farm Network. |
Forum schedules will be updated closer to the show dates. Check back frequently for updated information.
| August 4, 2009 | | 9:00 AM |  Weather Patterns and Market Trends... Finding the Balance
Bryce Anderson, DTN Senior Agriculture Meteorologist
Darin Newsome, DTN Senior Marketing Analyst
| | 9:30 AM | The Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 10:30 AM | Beyond the New Farm Bill... Shaping the Future of Rural America
Panel Members:
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee (Invited)
Congressman Collin Peterson, Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Congressman Tim Walz, Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee
| | 12:00 PM | Linder Farm Network Noontime Ag Jamboree
With Lynn Ketelsen of Linder Farm Network
Entertainment by the Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 1:15 PM | Climate Change... Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture
Panel Members:
Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union President
David Ladd, Manager of Government Services, AgriBank
Bryce Anderson, DTN Senior Agriculture Meteorologist
Charles Souhle, Country Hedging Carbon Credit Trading Analyst
Staci Bohlen, National Issues Specialist, Minnesota Farm Bureau
Doug Albin, Clarkfield, MN, President of the MN Corn Growers Assn.
| | August 5, 2009 | | 9:30 AM | The Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 10:30 AM | The Minnesota Ag Industry... Where Are We At and Where Are We Going?
Keynote Address: Tom Scott, Informa Economics President
Response Panel Members:
Gene Hugoson, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture
Brad Finstad , Director of MN Rural Policy Center
Kevin Paap, Minnesota Farm Bureau President
Doug Peterson, Minnesota Farmers Union President
| | 12:00 PM | Linder Farm Network Noontime Ag Jamboree
With Lynn Ketelsen of Linder Farm Network
Entertainment by the Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 1:15 PM | Keeping the Livestock Industry as a Cornerstone of Minnesota’s Economy
Panel Members:
Mark Greenwood, Vice President of Agri-Business Capital, AgStar (Invited)
Randy Spronk, Edgerton, MN, National Pork Producers Assn. Board
Jim Dickrell, Editor, Dairy Today Magazine and Web Site (Invited)
Bill Zimmerman, National Cattlemans Assn. Region III Vice President (Invited)
Bruce Schmoll, MN Soybean Growers Assn. Secretary
| | 2:45 PM | The Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 3:00 PM | 2nd Annual Farmfest Auctioneering Championship
Hosted by Lynn Ketelsen, Farm Director, Linder Farm Network
Featuring music by The Great Pretenders
| | August 6, 2009 | | 9:00 AM | Grain Marketing Decisions in Volatile Times
Al Kluis, Marketing Analyst, Kluis Commodities | | 9:30 AM | The Great Pretenders
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 10:30 AM | Making Minnesota Strong for the Next Decade and Beyond
Keynote Address: Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (Invited)
Panel Members:
Carol Molnau, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor (Invited)
Colleen Landkamer, Incoming USDA Rural Development State Director (Invited)
Linda Hennen, Incoming State Farm Service Agency Director (Invited)
Bev Durgan, Dean and Director of the University of Minnesota Extension Service
Jim Mulder, Executive Director, Association of Minnesota Counties (Invited)
| | 1:30 PM | “Farm Family of the Year” Recognition Program
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota,
Farmfest, and the Minnesota Farm Network
*** Program will include several Special Guests *** |
* Schedule subject to change.
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