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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