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Registration is present unfastened for Fresno State’s 43rd yearly Agribusiness Management Conference, taking spot from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. connected Wednesday, Nov. 13, astatine Pardini’s Catering and Banquets (2257 W. Shaw Ave.) successful Fresno).
Themed “The Changing Landscape successful California Agriculture,” the league volition bring unneurotic experts from business, authorities and probe to sermon economical policy, onshore usage changes, agrifood manufacture investments, and evolving regulations impacting the agrifood sector. The lawsuit targets faculty, staff, students and professionals funny successful the agrifood industry.
“As the cultivation scenery continues to evolve, faculty, unit and students indispensable stay adaptable to these shifts,” said Dr. Rolston St. Hilaire, dean of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology astatine Fresno State. “The Agribusiness Management Conference offers a invaluable accidental for them to prosecute straight with manufacture leaders and producers to summation insights connected however they leverage economical forecasts and emerging concern trends to efficaciously navigate these changes.”
The league volition footwear disconnected with an opening league led by Dr. Michael Swanson, main cultivation economist astatine Wells Fargo. Swanson volition present an economical outlook connected some nationalist and planetary markets.
With implicit 2 decades of acquisition astatine the nation’s largest commercialized cultivation lender, helium specializes successful analyzing macroeconomic trends; planetary cultivation production; the vigor sector’s influence, recognition and hazard strategies; and cardinal harvest and livestock markets.
Following Swanson’s presentation, 2 panels volition instrumentality place. Each sheet volition diagnostic concern and commercialized leaders discussing cardinal cultivation economical issues presently astatine the forefront of nationalist discussions. These panels are:
“Changing Land Use, Investment Inflows and Sustainability Issues successful Agriculture”
- Curt Covington, elder manager astatine AgAmerica Lending
- Mike Ming, president of the ASFMRA California Chapter
- Casey Creamer, president of Citrus Mutual
- Dr. Andres Jauregui, Fresno State prof of existent property (moderator)
“Changing Environmental and Regulatory Landscape successful the Food and Agricultural Industry”
- John Chandler, Chandler Farms L.P.
- Trudi Hughes, president of California League of Food Producers
The league volition reason with a keynote code by George Soares, a salient agriculturist, lawyer and adept successful authorities politics, from noon to 1 p.m.
As a spouse astatine Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP, Soares has played a pivotal relation successful shaping thousands of legislative and regulatory proposals, including California’s agriculture taxation alleviation package. A cattle rancher and grower of nuts, maize and wheat successful Hanford, helium besides serves connected the Fresno State Foundation Board of Governors and the California State University Board of Trustees.
Early-bird registration for the league is $125 done Nov. 1. Late oregon walk-up registration volition beryllium accepted for $150 until the time of the conference. The pupil terms is $50.
Fresno State students and assemblage assemblage module should interaction lawsuit organizer Luz Mendoza astatine 559.278.7135 oregon luzmendoza@mail.fresnostate.edu earlier registering.
Event sponsors see platinum level sponsor Wells Fargo, golden level sponsor Farm Credit, metallic level sponsors The Zenith and California Chapter of ASFMRA Western Ag Professionals. Other supporting organizations see American Pistachio Growers, California Food Producers, The Maddy Institute, Steve Moore Farms and the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology and Institute for Food and Agriculture.
Additional sponsorship opportunities are inactive available.
