2022 Agricultural Economics Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome
Cody Stone
MSU Extension, Executive Director

9:15 - 9:35

2022 Montana Agriculture in Review
Kate Fuller
MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

9:40 – 10:00

Rebalancing Cattle Inventories After Drought
Eric Belasco
MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

10:05 – 10:35

Agricultural Subsidies for Farmers and Ranchers
George Haynes
MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

10:35 – 10:50

Break

10:50 – 11:00

Montana Department of Agriculture Update
Christy Clark
Montana Department of Agriculture

Future of Farm Policy
Vince Smith
MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

11:25 - 12:40

M.L. Wilson Lecture: Macroeconomic Crosswinds in U.S. Agriculture
Nathan Kauffman, Omaha Branch Executive, Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

12:40 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 1:40

Montana Department of Livestock Update
Mike Honeycutt, Montana Department of Livestock

1:40 - 2:00

Introduction to Precision Ag and Vision for Precision Ag at MSU
Shirin Ghatrehsamani, MSU Precision Ag Faculty
Gaurav Jha, MSUPrecision Ag Faculty

2:05 - 2:25

Leveraging Precision Ag Tools to Support Farm Decisions in Montana
Jasmine Neupane, MSU Precision Ag Faculty

Precision Ag Tools for Early Detection of Soil Acidification
Paul Nugent, MSU Precision Ag Faculty