| Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
| Morning Sessions |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Al Rider, AEM Vice Chairman-Ag, Vice President, NA New Holland Ag Business |
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AEM Update |
Gary MacDonald, AEM Co-Chairman, Executive Vice President, MacDon Industries Ltd. Emmett Barker, AEM Co-President |
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State Of The Industry Report |
Rex Sprietsma, Chairman, Dairy Farm Products Ag Statistics Committee, Westfalia-Surge |
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A Look At The Ag Business After"Five-Thirteen!", or, "What President Bush Put Into Motion When He Signed The New Farm Bill!" |
Dr. William A. Moats, Senior Vice President, Sparks, Inc., Washington, D.C. |
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Break |
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What Do The New Government Programs And Current Market Conditions Mean To: Grain Farmers? Livestock Farmers? Dairy Farmers? |
Sarah Wyant, vice president, editorial, Farm Progress Publications |
| Afternoon Sessions |
State & Federal Government Relations Report |
Joel Riemer, AEM Coordinator of State Legislation & Nick Yaksich, AEM Vice President, Government Relations |
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How Voluntary Safety & Technical Standards Shape Your Marketing World Tomorrow . . . And A Look At Examples Of Where U.S. Based Manufacturers Are Increasingly At Risk In The Standards Game! |
Doug Durant, Chairman, FEC Engineering Liaison Committee, Staff Engineer PEC, Standards Coordinator, Deere & Company |
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What Should An Ag Equipment Manufacturer Make Of All The Fuss About Soy Diesel & Ethanol? |
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A New Look At An Old Technique--The Use Of Test Demonstration Farms To Sell Dairy Systems & Equipment In A Global Marketplace |
Don Calhoun, President, DeLaval |
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If The Impact Of Societal & Social Engineering Forces At Work Are Transitioning Agriculture Out of California, What Happens To U.S. Agricultural Production If These Forces Don't Stop At The Border? |
Gary Baise, principal, Baise & Miller |