Last Updated: 10/18/2017

Annual Agriculture Conference

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will hold its Annual Agriculture Conference on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. This conference will inform and bring together those interested in issues surrounding agricultural trade and the global economy. A Chicago Fed Letter is available that summarizes the sessions at the conference.

Agenda

Tuesday, 11/28/17

8:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

David B. Oppedahl, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

9:15 AM

Session I: Trends in Agricultural Trade and Drivers of Global Demand for Agricultural Products

C. Parr Rosson, Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Presentation

Katherine R. Baylis, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presentation

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Session II: The Evolution of U.S. Agricultural Trade Policy and the Impacts of Trade Barriers

Joseph W. Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Presentation

Peyton Ferrier, Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Presentation

12:00 PM

Lunch

Introduction

Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Keynote Speaker

Tom Vilsack, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Dairy Export Council and former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:30 PM

Session III: Agricultural Trade’s Exposure to Deteriorating Infrastructure

Scott J. Sigman, Transportation and Export Infrastructure Lead, Illinois Soybean Association

Presentation

2:15 PM

Break

2:30 PM

Session IV: Panel Discussion – How Will the Midwest Economy and Agriculture Adjust to Changing Trade Patterns?

Moderator

Philip I. Levy, Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Panelist

James Hansen, Senior Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Presentation

Ernest P. Goss, Professor and Jack MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics, Creighton University

Presentation

Steven Elmore, Chief Economist, Agriculture Division, DowDuPont

Presentation

4:00 PM

Adjournment

Accommodations

The Club Quarters, Central Loop

111 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60604

Chicago , IL 60613

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Hotel rate: $177.00 plus tax

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