Presentations from the 2016 Farmer Cooperatives Conference held November 2-4, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN.
- Capacity Building in Rural and Indigenous Communities
Glen Tully, former President/Chair of the Board, Federated Co-operatives Limited, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Creating Economic Impact Across Michigan
Mollie Woods, Director, Michigan Cooperative Development Program, Agricultural Economist, Michigan State University
- Drones Take Flight: Privacy and Intellectual Property Issues
Jamie Nafziger, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
- Food Safety Modernization Act Update
Shawn Stevens, Global Safety Attorney, Food Industry Counsel
- Governance: Focus on Sodiaal
Damien Lacombe, Board Chair, Sodiaal
- Growth in Global Agricultural Trade
Joseph W. Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
- IC-DISC Opportunties
Michael L. Weaver, Partner, Lindquist & Vennum
- IT Risk Management
Tony Taylor, Sr. Director, IT infrastructure & Security (CISO), Land O'Lakes, Inc.
- Policy Update 2016
Chuck Conner, CEO & President, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- Strategic Cooperative Growth: FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative
David Cooper, General Manager, FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative
- Strategic Cooperative Growth: MFA Oil Company
Mark Fenner, President & CEO, MFA Oil Company
- Trends in Cybersecurity Risk
Randall Romes, Principal, Information Security Services, CliftonLarsonAllen
- Update on the New Department of Labor Overtime Regulations
Adam S. Belzberg, Partner, Stoel Rives
- Who Owns the Data?
Dave Swain, Manager, Precision Agriculture, Southern States Cooperative