Plan to Attend the Prairie Grains Conference & Expo

Plan to attend the Prairie Grains Conference & Exposition set for December 4-5 at the Ramada Plaza in Fargo, ND.

The event is sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, Minnesota Barley Growers Association, the North Dakota Grain Growers Association, and the NCTC Farm Business Management Program.

The following includes more information about the conference.  If you have questions, or would like additional information, feel free to give us a call in Minnesota at 1-800-242-6118 and in North Dakota at 1-800-932-8822.

Program at a Glance

Tuesday, December 4, 2001

  7:30   Registration & Breakfast

  8:30   Research Reporting Session

10:00  Can Our Wild, Wild Weather Get Any Wilder?--Leon Osborne,                  Meridian Weather

11:00  Prairie Grains Trade Expo Opens

11:00  Are Green Payments in Your Farm’s Future?--Susan Keith of 
           Senator Tom Harkin’s Staff

11:45  Lunch in the Expo Area

  1:30   Breakout Sessions #1

  2:15   Coffee Break

  2:30   Creating Agriculture’s Future with Legislation on Farm Programs
           and World Trade-- Timothy Galvin, Senior Agriculture Analyst and
           Budget Committee Staff Member-- Jeff Harrison, House Ag       
           Committee Staff  member-- Susan Keith, Senate Ag Committee

  4:00   Marketing Panel-- Scott Cordes, Minneapolis Grain Exchange     
           Board Member
           -- Mike Krueger, Agri-Mark
           -- Mike Lockhart, Marketing Group Leader and Producer

  5:30   Reception

  7:30   Banquet with Guest Speaker Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple

Wednesday, December 5

  7:30   Breakfast

  8:15   Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, Minnesota Barley
           Growers Association and North Dakota Grain Grain Growers
           Association Annual Meetings

10:00  The Nuts and Bolts of the New Farm Bill: What it Will Mean for 
           Minnesota and North Dakota Farmers

11:15  Breakout Sessions #2

12:00  Lunch in the Expo Area

  2:00   Breakout Sessions #3

  2:45   Coffee Break

  3:15   Use the Plan-Ahead Method When Marketing Your 2001 and
           2002 Wheat, Barley and Oilseed Crops

  4:15   Closing Reception