2008 Annual Meeting
The 2008 Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Annual Meeting was Oct. 30, at the River Centre in St. Paul. The event featured a comprehensive program, including some of the country’s top political figures, including U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Congressman and House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Nearly 400 attended the Annual Meeting entitled, “American Agriculture – Feeding the World.” Congressman Peterson was also honored as the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding efforts in making the recent farm bill a reality.
Program speakers are listed below. Some presentations are available for download.
- Agriculture Economy Outlook, Michael Swanson, Ph.D., chief agriculture economist, Wells Fargo. Presentation (PDF)
- U.S. Congressman and House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson
- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
- American Agriculture – Feeding the World Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Michael Yost, administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA
- Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, president, The World Food Prize Foundation
- Randy Russell, partner, Lesher, Russell & Barron, and chair of the Friends of the World Food Program. Presentation (PDF)
- Jack Bernens, head of industry relations, Syngenta. Presentation (PDF)
- Former Senator Rudy Boschwitz, humanitarian/hunger relief advocate
- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
The full schedule (PDF) is also available for download.
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2007 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2007 Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Annual Meeting took place on November 8, 2007, at the St. Paul River Centre. The annual event featured a diverse program, including panel discussions, members of congress, luncheon program, vendor fair, social hour and an evening banquet with keynote speaker, former Congressman Charlie Stenholm.
The 40th annual meeting entitled, "Food, Agriculture and Energy: What a Partnership!" highlighted the inter-relationship of these three key areas and how they affect each other and Minnesota’s economy as a whole.
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