Senate ag committee chief economist to speak at K-State Risk & Profit Conference

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Livestock and grain outlook, plus ‘Conversation with a Kansas Producer’ among highlights

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Matt Erickson, chief economist with the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, will give his perspective on the next farm bill at Kansas State University’s Risk & Profit Conference set for Aug. 17-18 in Manhattan at the K-State Alumni Center.

 

Prior to his current post, Erickson was an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, specializing in issues related to big data, budget and farm bill policy, and energy markets.

This year’s K-State Risk & Profit Conference, themed “The Ag Economy – New Farm Bill and A Lot More,” starts with registration at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and the program at 12:15 p.m.

 

Bill Came, president of Came Farms, Inc., will provide his insight on current farming conditions during, “A Conversation with a Kansas Producer” and K-State Research and Extension agricultural economics specialists Glynn Tonsor and Dan O’Brien will give their outlooks on the livestock and grain markets, respectively.

 

The two-day conference includes 19 breakout sessions ranging from ethanol and biodiesel market prospects to non-convergence in futures markets to replacing farm equipment. Kansas land values, cattle price discovery, proposed cuts to crop insurance, and farm diversification are among the topics to be covered.

 

More information about all of the sessions and speakers, plus online registration is available at www.agmanager.info/risk-and-profit-conference. Information is also available by contacting Rich Llewelyn at [email protected] or 785-532-1504.

 

K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county extension offices, experiment fields, area extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

 

Story by:

Mary Lou Peter

[email protected]

K-State Research and Extension

http://www.ksre.ksu.edu

 

For more information:

Rich Llewelyn – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]

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