USDA?s 2011 Agricultural Outlook Forum

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Media Advisory No. PENDING

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623

  USDA’s 2011 Agricultural Outlook Forum Today’s Strategies & Tomorrow’s Opportunities   Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Virginia Thursday, February 24, 2011   

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2011—During the Thursday session of the USDA 2011 Agriculture Outlook Forum for security reasons, no one, including press, may stand or leave their seats during the plenary sessions.  Press will be admitted to designated seating in the Arlington Ballroom entered through the Press entrance.  Admittance requires that you must have your press credentials and Forum Press badge obtained at either the pre-registration or onsite registration desks.  Two monitors in the Arlington Ballroom Foyer will broadcast the plenary live.  The Alexandria Room and McLean Room (Press room) will offer live audio of the plenary sessions for press overflow.  Twelve wireless connections will be available for press in the McLean Room only.  Online Press registration closes at 4 p.m. Feb. 23.   

 

USDA Forum Photos will be posted online here: Link

Plenary Broadcast posted after 6 p.m. here: Link 

 

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8:00	Welcome: Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan
8:05	2011 Agricultural Economic & Foreign Trade Outlooks   Chief Economist Joseph Glauber Speaks Presentation will be available in press room (McLean Room/2nd floor) and online at 8 a.m. Feb. 24: www.usda.gov/oce/forum
8:30	Forum Keynote Address Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack               Speech transcript will be posted online later in day on USDA Web site.
8:55	U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Speaks Speech transcript will be posted online the following week.
10:05	Former President William Clinton Speaks Speech transcript will be posted online the following week.

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10:45  Plenary Panel (90 minutes)

Speech transcripts will be posted online the following week.

Moderator: Christine Cochran, President, Commodity Markets Council

 

Critical Issues Shaping the Global Economic Outlook

Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS Global Insight

 

Electronic Trading and the Globalization of Grain Markets

Charles Whitman, Founder and CEO, Infinium Capital Management

 

A Brokerage Firm’s Approach to Risk Management

Pete Nessler, President, FCStone, LLC

Friday, February 25

USDA Commodity Outlook Speeches will be posted online at 7 a.m. at www.usda.gov/oce/forum  and simultaneously available at the Forum in the press room and on a table outside the Arlington Ballroom.   

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