  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
| | 10:00 AM | Music by "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
? Senator Al Franken
? 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.
| | 3:00 PM | FarmersOnly.Com Event Live "On-Stage"
| | August 5, 2009 | | 8:00 AM | Minnesota Farm Bureau Pancake Breakfast
Entertainment by "The Great Pretenders"
Sponsored by United FCS
| | 8:00 AM | Music by "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
? Steve Meyer, Livestock Economist for Paragon Economics
? Randy Spronk, Edgerton, MN, National Pork Producers Assn. Board
? Ed Welch, CEO, AMPI, New Ulm, MN
? National Cattleman?s Assn. Representative(Invited)
? Bruce Schmoll, MN Soybean Growers Assn. Secretary
| | 2:30 PM | Music by "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 | | 10:00 AM | Music by "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
Panel Members:
? Carol Molnau, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor
? Colleen Landkamer, Incoming USDA Rural Development State Director (Invited)
? Linda Hennen, Incoming State Farm Service Agency Director
? Bev Durgan, Dean and Director of the University of Minnesota Extension Service
? Jim Mulder, Executive Director, Association of Minnesota Counties
| | 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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