Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference
Agenda
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | ||
| 8:30 AM | Registration | |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome |
Dr. Robert Gilbert (UF/IFAS Interim Sr. VP and Dean for Research) and Dr. Lisa House (Dept Chair, UF Food and Resource Economics) |
| State Agricultural Policy | ||
| 9:30 | Update on State Agriculture Policy | Jim Spratt (Owner at Magnolia Strategies LLC and Chair) - Florida Ag Coalition |
| 10:00 | AI and GCREC Update | Dr. Jack Rechcigl (Center Director) UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center |
| 10:20 | Break | |
| Agriculture Policy and Research Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury | ||
| 10:40 | USDA Science & Research Strategy | Dr. Deirdra Chester (Dir, Office of the Chief Scientist) - USDA |
| 11:10 | Water Policy: Research | Carole Estes (Manager, FARMS Program) – Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| 11:35 | Damage Assessments & Risk Management: Research | Dr. Christa Court (Assistant Professor/Director of Economic Impact Analysis Program) - UF Food and Resource Economics |
| 12:00 | Lunch Lunch speaker: Senator Jay Collins – (Senator, Florida 14th District and Chair of Ag Committee) |
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| 1:15 | Welcome and Reconvene: Dr. Derek Farnsworth | |
| 1:15 | Disease Detection and Solutions Panel | Moderator – Dr. Rosa Walsh (Scientific Research Director, Florida Department of Citrus) William “Gee” Roe III (Florida citrus grower and Chair, USDA National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board citrus disease subcommittee); Dr. Ute Albrecht (Assoc Prof, Plant Physiology, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center); Dr. Skylar Simnitt (USDA Economic Research Service) and Dr. Derek Farnsworth (UF Food and Resource Economics) |
| 2:15 | Break | |
| 2:30 | Agriculture Labor Policy Panel | Moderator – Dr. Kim Morgan (UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center), John Walt Boatwright (Dir, Govt Affairs American Farm Bureau Federation); Jaime Fussell (Dir, Labor Relations Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association); Dr. Nathan Palardy (UF Food and Resource Economics) |
| 3:30 | Wrap up and evaluations | Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury |