2010
Presentations from the 2010 Farmer Cooperatives Conference held December 6-7, 2010 in Denver, Colorado.
- Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement
Speakers will discuss the issues raised in these workshops and the potential legislative and policy changes. What are the next steps in this process? How are cooperatives responding? Brent Hueth, Associate Professor and Director, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
- Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement: NCFC
Speakers will discuss the issues raised in these workshops and the potential legislative and policy changes. What are the next steps in this process? How are cooperatives responding? Marlis Carson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- Cooperative Advocacy in the National Health Care Reform Debate
William Oemichen, President and CEO, Cooperative Network
- Customers of the Future: Sustainability and Food
Russell Williams, Director, Regulatory Relations, American Farm Bureau
- Customers of the Future:Sustainability and Food
Dr. Chris Peterson, Nowlin Chair of Consumer-Responsive Agriculture, Michigan State University
- Developing Agricultural Commodity Markets Through a Better Trading Platform
Bradley A. Miller, Vice President, Practice Leader of Auctions & Competitive Bidding, CRA International
- Economic Update: Managing Risk in a Deleveraging and Rebalancing Global Economy
Terry Barr, Senior Director of Industry Research, Knowledge Exchange Division, Cobank
- eXtension: A Cooperative Community of Practice
Gregory McKee, Assistant Professor and Director, Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, North Dakota State University
- Strategies for Growth: Access to Capital in Volatile Capital Markets
Stefan Shaffer, Managing Partner, SPP Capital Partners, LLC
- Succession Planning
Robert Engel, President and CEO, CoBank
- Uncertainty and Volatility in Global and Domestic Markets
Robert Engel, President and CEO, CoBank
- What’s Going on in Governance
Cooperative boards face increasingly serious decisions as a generation of leadership nears retirement. They need to build capacity within the board, while monitoring succession planning policies for staff. This session will focus on the board's role in leadership development and strategic planning.
Les Hardesty, Chair, Mountain Area Council, Dairy Farmers of America