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2020 Ag & Food Policy Summit

2020 Ag & Food Policy Summit 

September 21, 2020

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET

Click Here for the agenda

Click here to read bios of the speakers

See below for videos of individual panels and speakers:

GLOBAL HUNGER AFFECTS US ALL: FOSTERING FOOD SECURITY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY -

Kip Tom, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

PERSPECTIVES FROM HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN COLLIN PETERSON

: Philip Brasher - Collin Peterson, House Ag Committee Chairman

PANEL: IS THE U.S. FOOD SUPPLY REALLY SECURE? A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURE BIOSECURITY AT HOME AND ABROAD

Moderator: Spencer Chase -

Alan Rudolph, Vice President for Research, Colorado State University -

Everett Hoekstra, President, U.S. Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim -

Liz Wagstrom, Chief Veterinarian, National Pork Producers Council

HEALTHY ANIMALS: THE INTERSECTION OF FOOD SECURITY, NATIONAL SECURITY AND BEYOND -

Jeff Simmons, President and CEO, Elanco

AGRICULTURE SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY -

Mike Conaway, Ranking Member, House Committee on Agriculture

PUTTING THE “FARM” BACK IN FARM TO FORK -

Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, USDA -

Ted McKinney, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, USDA

TELL ME WHAT YOU EAT: A CHEF’S VIEW ON THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN FOOD POLICY -

José Andrés, Chef and Founder, World Central Kitchen

SENATOR STABENOW ON THE ISSUES FACING THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE -

Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture

PANEL: INNOVATIONS IN ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND SECURING FOOD PRODUCTION

Moderator: Jeff Nalley -

Laura Wood Peterson, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Indigo Agriculture -

Teddy Bekele, Chief Technology Officer, Land O’Lakes -

Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation -

Rob Larew, President, National Farmers Union

A GENERAL’S PERSPECTIVE ON FOOD SECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY -

William “Kip” Ward, Retired U.S. Army General, Inaugural Commander, U.S. Africa Command

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING BATTLE -

Pat Roberts, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES FROM OUR GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS:

American Farm Bureau Federation

Boehringer Ingelheim

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative

Farm Credit

FLM Harvest

International Dairy Foods Association

National Pork Producers Council

Nutrien

2020 Summit sponsors:

Gold:

              AFBFlogo EDGEad Farmcredit logo

             FLMlogo                              IDFA logo NPPC logo Nutrien logo

Silver:

AimpointagBI logo

Bronze:

                    ASAlogo  DMI logo        farmer mac      GPG logo            Deere logo              LOL logo  

             NASDA logo  NFU logo               FFA logo   Nationwide logo

            NCIS logo     Pivot Biio logo     Syngenta logo  NMPF logo