Presentations from the 2014 Farmer Cooperatives Conference held November 6-7, 2014 in Minneapolis, MN.
Presentations
- AGree: Identifying Key Challenges and Opportunities for Partnership and Transformative Change in Food and Agriculture
What's Happening in Agriculture? Trends, challenges and opportunities for cooperatives on a local, regional and national level.
Deborah Atwood, Executive Director, AGree: Transforming Food & Ag Policy, Meridian Institute - Assessing & Managing Risks in the Global Market
Risk management has become an essential part of managing a cooperative. Increasing your cooperative’s capacity to identify and manage risk is imperative to effectively protect your brand and reputation. In this session, participants will assess risks faced by cooperative firms and will leave with the tools to better understand and act on these risks. Andrea Bonime-Blanc, CEO & Founder, GEC Risk Advisory
- Equity Management: Farmway Co-op
Exploring Non-Qualified & Unallocated Equity - Art Duerkson, CEO, Farmway Cooperative, Beloit, KS
- Exploring Non-Qualified and Unallocated Equity
Phil Kenkel, Regents Professor and Bill Fitzwater Cooperative Chair, Oklahoma State University
- Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
Rod Snyder, President, Field to Market
- Members’ Equities: Non-Qualified, Qualified, Unallocated
Doug Ohlson, General Manager, Frenchman Valley Cooperative
- National Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture
Paul Mitchell, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison
- New Meets Old: Fusing generational knowledge and new technology to enhance soil health and sustainability
Bill Buckner, President & CEO, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
- Sustainability – Dairy Industry Perspective
Greg Wickham, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Dairy Farmers of America
- Sustainability & Farmer Co-ops
Chuck Conner, CEO, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives