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Food and Resource Economics Department

Food and Resource Economics Department

Conference Agenda


Conference Agenda


Agenda

 

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Thursday, May 8, 2025
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM

Welcome 

  Dr. Scott Angle (UF/IFAS SVP) and Dr. Lisa House (Dept Chair, UF Food and Resource Economics) 
9:30 AM State Agricultural Policy 
  Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development Secretary J. Alex Kelly, Florida Department of Commerce 
  Priority Issues and Updates  Tripp Hunter, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Florida Farm Bureau Federation 
10:15 AM Break & Graduate Student Poster Session
10:30  AM Federal Agricultural Policy 
  Priority Issues and Updates: Farm Bill  Dr. John Newton, Executive Head, Terrain 
  Priority Issues and Updates  John Walt Boatright, Director, Government Affairs, American Farm Bureau Federation 
11:15 AM Legislative Perspective 
  Representative J.J. Grow, Florida State House of Representatives  
11:45 AM Overview of the Plant Science Research and Education Unit 
  Dr. James (Jim) Boyer, Center Director, Plant Science Research and Education Unit 
12:00 PM Lunch & Graduate Student Poster Session
1:00 PM Welcome and Reconvene
  Dr. Derek Farnsworth, Associate Professor, UF Food and Resource Economics 
1:15 PM Agricultural Research and Extension Partnerships 
 

Panel chaired by Dr. Damian Adams, UF/IFAS Associate Dean for Research 

Panelists: 

  • Brittany Lee, Vice President, Florida Blue Farms, Inc and member, USDA Agriculture Trade and Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Fruits and Vegetables 
  • Dr. LaKisha Odom, Scientific Program Director, Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research 
2:30 PM Break & Graduate Student Posters Session
2:45 PM Artificial Intelligence Applications for Agriculture
 

Panel chaired by Dr. Nathan Boyd, Associate Center Director and Professor of Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC 

Panelists: 

  • Martha Montoya, Chief Executive Officer, Ag Tools 
  • Dr. Weizhe Weng, Assistant Professor, UF Food and Resource Economics Department 
  • Guest Expert from Globe Tracker, Speaker TBD
3:45 PM

Wrap-Up, Evaluations, and Poster Results 

  Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury, Professor, UF Food and Resource Economics Department 
4:00 PM Optional Tour of Plant Science Research and Education Unit

 

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