December 31, 2013
USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum brings together leadership and more than 100 speakers from throughout the agricultural community, Feb. 20-21, 2014 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA.
USDA’s 90th annual outlook forum features Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack moderating two plenary sessions exploring the future of agriculture.
The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance will host a live streamed Food Dialogues session: Nutrition – Who is Shaping America’s Eating Habits?
Twenty-nine sessions cover:
New agricultural census
Agriculture supporting our veterans
Women in agriculture
U.S. and foreign agricultural trade outlooks
Food price and farm income outlooks
Commodity and weather outlooks
Agriculture and social media
U.S. farmland
Conservation
Nutrition and food safety
Nanotechnology
Invasive pests
Know your farmer, know your food
Agroforestry
Climate variability
Rural economics
Citrus disease challenges
Extension’s 100-year anniversary.
Early registration of $375 ends on Jan. 21, 2014; thereafter registration is $425. Register online at www.usda.gov/oce/forum.
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