Crowne Plaza Hotel, Annapolis | December 12, 2017
8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
8:50 a.m. | Welcome, Paul Goeringer, Extension Legal Specialist, AREC |
9:00 a.m. | Commodity Price Prospects for 2018, Kevin McNew, President, GeoGrain and Adjunct Professor, AREC |
10:00 a.m. | Using Nontraditional Waters on the Farm, Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Goldstein, AREC |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Agricultural Conservation Practices and Water Quality, Jason Keppler, Watershed Implementation Program Manager, Maryland Department of Agriculture |
11:15 a.m. |
2017–18 Maryland Legislative Update, Colby Ferguson, Maryland Farm Bureau |
11:45 a.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m. |
Dairy Panel, Dr. Howard Leathers, Associate Professor and Dale Johnson, Farm Management Specialist, AREC |
2:00 p.m. |
2017 Census of Agriculture, Dale Hawks, Delaware and Maryland State Statistician, USDA-NASS |
2:30 p.m. | 2018 Farm Bill Discussion, Dr. Vincent Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Montana and Director of the AEI National Agricultural Studies Program |
3:15 p.m. |
Ag Law Evaluation Review, Mayhah Suri and Paul Goeringer, AREC |
3:45 p.m. |
Concluding Thoughts |