2015 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Conference
Double Tree Hotel, Annapolis
December 16, 2015
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome, Dean Craig Beyrouty, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 9:15 a.m. | Commodity Price Prospects for 2016, Kevin McNew, President, GeoGrain and Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland |
| 10:00 a.m. | Dairy Outlook: Industry-Wide and Farm Level, Howard Leathers and Dale Johnson, AREC |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee |
| 11:00 a.m. | 2016 Outlook on Farm Incomes in Maryland and Nationally, Jeff Hopkins, Chief, Farm Economy Branch, USDA-ERS |
| 11:45 a.m. | 2015 Developments at Maryland Department of Agriculture, Secretary Joe Bartenfelder, MDA |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2015–16 Maryland Legislative Update, Colby Ferguson, Maryland Farm Bureau |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Riparian Programs and Water Quality in Maryland
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| 2:30 p.m. | Trends in Non-GMO Food Labeling and Implications for Field Crop Production, Aaron Adalja, AREC |
| 3:00 p.m. | Drones and Your Rights as a Landowner, Paul Goeringer, AREC |
| 3:30 p.m. | Concluding Thoughts |
