Major Trends Driving Change in North American Agriculture

 Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Group

 

Millennial Food Behavior and What it Means for the Ag Supply Chain

Eve Turow Paul, Author & Consultant, ETP Insights, LLC

Presentation:  Part 1 --- Part 2 --- Part 3

 

Breakout Sessions

 

Room A: Animal Protein Outlook

Deborah Perkins, Managing Director, Rabobank

 

Room B: Transportation and Logistics - A Supply Chain Perspective

Panelists:

Jim Mikel, International Cargo Ops Specialist, Paxton Van Lines Incorporated

Rob Keller, Director of Feed Grains and Oilseeds, BNSF Railway Company

Marcel van Dijk, Manager Cargo Marketing, Port of Los Angeles

Moderator: 

David Headley , Senior Manager, HighQuest Group

 

Room A: Overview  of Soybean Crush Feasibility for Manitoba, Canada

Marlene Boersch, Owner & Managing Partner, Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc.

                           

Room B: Trends and Outlook for Animal Feed

Panelists:

Eduardo Galo, Managing Director - North America, Novus International, Inc.

Mark Schuett, ,CEO and Owner, American Natural Soy

Rick Spellins, Managing Director of Commodity Purchasing, Tyson Foods, Inc.

Moderator:

Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Group

 

 

Surplus Grains & Oilseeds in 2016, But What Lies Ahead for 2017

Bill Lapp, President and Founder, Advanced Economic Solutions (AES)

 

Managing Commodity Risk in Today’s CPG World

David Brown, VP Commodity Price & Risk Management, Mondelēz International

 

 

Breakout Sessions

Room A: An Update and Outlook for High Oleic Soy

Richard Galloway, Oilseed Industry Consultant, QUALISOY

 

Room B: Prospects for Increased Competition from Brazil and Argentina

José Gobbée, Director, GOAGRO

 

Room A: Novel Proteins for Animal Feed 

Panelists:  

Will Kusch, Project Manager, TerViva

Xingen Lei, Professor of Molecular Nutrition, Cornell University

Moderator:

Paul Smolen, Principal, Agri Networks Management, LLC

                         

Room B: Food Safety Modernization Act:  Practical Tips for Implementation

Rachael Dettmann Spiegel, Associate, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

 

 

AgTech Along the Oilseed & Grain Supply Chain

Patrick Christie, President and CEO, Conservis Corporation

 

Risk Management 

Panelists:

Doug Prohaska, Senior Commodity Risk Manager, INTL FCStone

Kevin Shriver, Chief Procurement Officer, Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Edward Woodford, CEO, Seed SEF                                     

Moderator:

Daniel Hofstad, Director, Cargill Risk Management

 

 

Weather Variability and Its Impact on Global Agriculture

 John Corbett, Ph.D., Agricultural climatologist and Co-Founder and CEO, aWhere, Inc.

     

Keynote: What to Expect for AG Prices in 2017 and the Key Issues Driving Them

David Hightower, Founding Principal of The Hightower Report

 

 

 

Questions? Email Kaitlin at kmathews@highquestgroup.com