List of Event Group
Educating Nebraska on the 2008 Farm Bill
This program is targeted to Extension personnel, agency personnel, agricultural organization and industry leaders, and other stakeholders as a training session on the programs and issues, the educational needs, and the opportunities and strategies for collaboration in delivering farm bill education to Nebraska producers, landowners, rural communities, and others. This program is an initial opportunity to consider the wide scope of the farm bill and complexities of the new programs and policies. This program highlights key issues in a number of program areas and discusses the educational needs and the opportunities to collaborate on educational efforts in each local area. Also view the 2008 Farm Bill Education Conference
2008 Farm Bill Education Conference
Extension specialists and educators across the country discuss the implementation of the 2008 farm bill and deliver presentation material and other resources that can be utilized in educational efforts across the country throughout the farm bill implementation process. Also view Educating Nebraska on the 2008 Farm Bill
2007 Farm Bill Forum Issues & Options
The new Congress is at work and debate on the 2007 farm bill is poised to kick into high Gear. Congress has already hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns to hear the Administration’s recommendations for the new farm bill. Congress likely will convene several hearings to receive testimony and recommendations in the next few month .
This forum provides essential information on the setting in which the legislation will be crafted, the rationale for having farm bills and explore three directions the new farm bill could take.
The major points discussed in this meeting were: What are the driving factors in the current debate? What are the major policy alternatives being considered and how would those alternatives affect producers, landowners, and other agricultural interests?
IANR Spring Forum "The Institute In 2030"
The goal of this forum is to project into the future and stimulate thinking about how the institute, its clientele, and its students should look in 2030. Specifically, what are the issues we need to address as we move forward and what should the institute be monitoring to determine direction and success of our progress? We have invited presenters who come from different backgrounds who should give different perspectives about the future, IANR and the state of Nebraska.
Clayton Yeutter- Experiences With Agricultural Trade
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Clayton Yeutter, expresses his views on a wide variety of issues affecting international trade and domestic agricultural policy. He then shows how the policies in these two arenas may play out in drafting the new 2007 farm bill.
Agriculture at the Crossroads Conference 2003
sessions will address general trends and legislative and government initiatives related to the livestock industry, production and marketing alternatives and country of origin labeling. There also will be an audience discussion of production and marketing alternatives.
Agriculture at the Crossroads Conference 2002
Adapting to Change
Speakers will address trends and issues in agriculture and how changes in state and national ag policies are likely to affect the future of agriculture for Nebraskans. Guest speakers will include a USDA administrator, state senators, UNL professors, and a psychologist who deals with rural issues.
2002 Farm Bill Computer Training
Learn to correctly use Texas A&M University’s Base and Yield Analyzer Program, a powerful, Web-based decision making tool.
