Michigan Farm Bureau’s home office in Lansing hosts the 2024 Issues & Outlook Conference Feb. 6. The event is designed as an update and orientation for members of the organization’s 13 Commodity Advisory Committees:
- Aquaculture & Commercial Fishing
- Dairy
- Direct Marketing & Agritourism
- Dry Bean & Sugar Beet
- Economic Development
- Equine
- Feed Grains, Oilseeds & Wheat
- Forestry
- Fruit & Vegetable
- Labor
- Livestock & Poultry
- Natural & Environmental Resources
- Nursery & Greenhouse
“The information we’ll be sharing at this conference will help shape discussions our Commodity Advisory Committees will have later in the year,” said Theresa Sisung, who helps coordinate the event in her role as MFB’s Industry Relations Specialist. “We’re also building in time that afternoon for committees to meet individually to discuss issues and plan for future meetings.”
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the conference will start promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Sessions include a discussion on the impact recent Supreme Court decisions will have on agriculture, an economic outlook, Farm Bill updates, labor updates and a panel discussion with purchasers on sustainability program implementation. See more details below.
While the conference is intended primarily for CAC members, other interested regular Farm Bureau members are welcome to attend for a nominal fee.
All prospective attendees are asked to R.S.V.P. here by Jan. 15.
2024 Issues & Outlook Conference
- 8:30 a.m. — Registration
- 9:00 a.m. — Welcome; MFB President Carl Bednarski
- 9:15 a.m. — Orientation & Policy Development Overview; MFB Industry Relations Specialist Theresa Sisung, MFB Grassroots Policy Outreach Specialist Emily Reinart
- 9:45 a.m. — Supreme Court Decisions and the Impact on Agriculture; Elizabeth Rumley of the National Agricultural Law Center
- 11:00 a.m. — Break
- 11:15 a.m. — Economic Update; MFB Lead Economist Loren Koeman and Dr. Alan Ker, MSU Elton R. Smith Chair in Food and Agricultural Policy
- 12:00 p.m. — Lunch & Legislative Update
- 12:45 p.m. — Purchaser Sustainability Programs; Loren Koeman, moderator; panelists TBD
- 1:30 p.m. — Farm Bill & Labor Update; MFB National Legislative Council John Kran and Dr. Zach Rutledge, MSU Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Assistant Professor
- 2:00 p.m. — Individual Committee Meetings & Issue Surfacing
- 3:30 p.m. — Adjourn
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