Georgia Farm Bureau's Leadership Alert - December 26, 3012

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December 26, 2012

www.gfb.org

Vol. 30 No. 52

2013 AG FORECAST MEETINGS TO FEATURE GLOBAL TRADE DISCUSSIONS With an eye on international trade developments, including trade agreements, Russia joining the WTO and projects to expand the capacities of the Panama Canal and the Port of Savannah, the 2013 Ag Forecast Meetings will take place under the theme, “Farm to Port: Maximizing the global impact of Georgia agriculture.” Keynote presentations will come from Kathe Falls, director of international trade for the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Falls, who has been with the GDEcD since 1984, leads the department’s international trade team in facilitating the expansion of Georgia exports and retention of export-related jobs, as well as performing matching services between Georgia companies and international buyers. The Ag Forecast Meetings are scheduled for Jan. 25 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, Jan. 28 at the ECO Center in Rome, Jan. 29 at the Georgia Farm Bureau home office in Macon, Jan. 30 at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Jan. 31 at the Decatur County Livestock Complex in Bainbridge and Feb. 1 at the Toombs County Agri-Center in Lyons. Each session will also feature an overview of the coming year and a regional speaker will discuss their experience in exports. Regional speakers include USA Poultry and Egg Export Council President Jim Sumner, who will speak in Athens; Certified Angus Beef Executive Account Manager Maggie O’Quinn, who will speak in Rome; Al Pearson of Pearson Farms, who will speak in Macon; National Cotton Council Delegate Jimmy Webb, who will speak in Tifton; Mazur and Hockman Peanut Brokers President Richard Barnhill, who will speak in Bainbridge; and Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Director of Operations Jon Schwalls, who will speak in Lyons. UGA economists to speak in the series include Dr. Kent Wolfe of the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development (Athens), Livestock Extension Economist Dr. Curt Lacy (Rome and Macon), Professor and Economist for Cotton Dr. Don Shurley (Tifton), and Associate Professor and Extension Economist Dr. Nathan Smith (Bainbridge and Lyons). Check-in for all sessions, except Tifton, begins at 9:30 a.m. Seminars run from 10 a.m. to noon followed by lunch. The Tifton event is a breakfast that runs from 7:30 a.m to 10 a.m. Cost is $30 per person or $200 for a table sponsorship, which includes eight seats. Advance registration is required by January 23. For more information or to register, visit http://www.georgiaagforecast.com call 706-583-0347 or email carlam@uga.edu. These meetings are a UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences program endowed by Georgia Farm Bureau and supported by the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture and Georgia Agribusiness Council.


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