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2024 Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference

April 3 @ 8:30 am 3:30 pm

FAPRI-MU will host its 10th annual Womack conference on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Poehlmann Educational Center, Bradford Research Farm in Columbia. It will include discussions on the agricultural market outlook, policy issues, and other topics important to Missouri agriculture.

10th Annual Womack Conference

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8:30-9:00Welcome, Introductions and 2024 FAPRI Baseline Highlights
Patrick Westhoff – FAPRI-MU
9:00-10:00Representative Farm Outlook
Tyne Morgan, Moderator – US Farm Report
Bart Fischer – Texas A&M’s Agricultural & Food Policy Center
Joe Outlaw – Texas A&M’s Agricultural & Food Policy Center
10:00-10:30Break (coffee and refreshments in the atrium)
10:30-11:30International Panel
Mindy Ward, Moderator – Farm Progress
Julian Binfield – FAPRI-MU
Malieka Bordigioni – University of Nevada, Reno
Divan Van Der Westhuizen – Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), South Africa
Trevor Donnellan – Teagasc (Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority)
11:30-12:15Lunch and Networking (in atrium)
12:15-1:00Keynote Presentation
Roy Blunt – Former US Senator
1:00-2:00Policy Outlook Panel
Sara Wyant, Moderator – Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
Carley Esser McLean – US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Joseph Glauber – International Food Policy Research Institute
Rob Johansson – American Sugar Alliance
Emily Pliscott – US House Committee on Agriculture
2:00-2:30Break (coffee and refreshments in the atrium)
2:30-3:30Commodity Panel
Cyndi Young, Moderator – Brownfield & Learfield Ag
Gary Adams – National Cotton Council of America
Scott Gerlt – American Soybean Association
Bob Young – American Farm Bureau Federation retiree
3:30Wrap-up
Abner Womack – Founding FAPRI-MU Director

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Registration Form for the Womack Conference

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Will you be eating lunch? Lunch is FREE but registration is required. Lunch will likely consist of barbecue – full menu will be listed when confirmed. If you have dietary restrictions, please email Lauren Jackson (JacksonLa@missouri.edu) and she will arrange an appropriate meal.

Poehlmann Educational Center, Bradford Research Farm

4968 S Rangeline Rd
Columbia, Missouri 65201
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(573) 884-7945
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