Thursday, February 21, 2008 ■ Chesapeake College, Wye Mill, MD

Higher Education Center  located on Route 50 

8:30     Registration and Coffee 

9:30     Welcome and Introduction

            Cheng-i Wei, Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland

            Lori Lynch, Director, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, University of Maryland

 9:45     The State of the State – Maryland Agriculture begins 2008

Bruce Gardner, Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics.

 10:30   2007 Farm Bill, Farm Policy, and Implications for Maryland

            Elizabeth Anderson, Farm Service Agency - Maryland

11:15   The Energy Bill, Biofuel Markets and the Implications for Agriculture

            Daniel de la Torre Ugarte, Professor and Director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee 

12:00   Lunch

 1:15     Sustaining Agricultural Operations Via Value Added Product Development

            Martin Lo, Associate Professor of Food Bioprocess Engineering, Extension Specialist of Food Processing Safety, Nutrition and Food Science, Department of Nutrition and Food Science

 2:00     What is Water Quality Credit Trading, What is the Status of the Maryland Program, and Implications for Agriculture

Doug Parker, Assoc. Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

 2:45     2008 Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Outlook now and beyondMike Roberts, Extension Agent, Farm Business Management and Unit Coordinator, Prince George Cooperative Extension Service, Virginia

3:15     Wrap-up

3:30     Adjourn