Friday, October 15th |
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All Day |
Cal Poly CAFES Fall Preview for prospective students and their families
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1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Dairy and Dairy Processing Plant tours |
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
BBQ at the Cal Poly Dairy (Ticket required - see registration information) |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Cal Poly Classic Sale at the Cal Poly Dairy Pavilion |
Saturday, October 16th |
Fall Symposium Program at the San Luis Obispo Embassy Suites Hotel
Moderator, Dr. B. L. Golden |
8:30 AM – 8:35 AM |
Welcome – Doug Maddox, Past President of Holstein USA |
8:35 AM – 9:05 AM |
New Market Realities for California Dairy: What Policy Can and Cannot Address
Duane Banderob - Managing Director
Blimling and Associates |
| 9:05 - 9:35 AM |
What ‘s it going to take to make a profit?
Gary Genske - Partner
Genske Mulder and Company, LLP. |
9:15 AM – 9:45AM |
The Global Market for US Ag Products - What Can the US Dairy Industry Learn from Others
Mr. Dan Basse - President
Ag Resource Company |
9:45 – 10:00 AM |
Break |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM |
Presentation of the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 - The Specter-Casey Bill S. 1645
Mr. Arden Tewksbury - Manager, Progressive Agriculture Organization |
10:30 – 11:15AM |
National Milk Producers Federation Foundation for the Future Program
Mr. Jim Tillison - Senior V.P. National Milk Producers Federation , and COO of Cooperatives Working Together |
11:15 – 11:45 AM
11:45 AM- 12:15 PM |
H.R. 5288 and S 3531 - Dairy Price Stabilization Act of 2010
Representative Jim Costa (CA 20th)
Mr. Rob Vandenheuvel - General Manager
Milk Producers Council |
12:15 – 1:00 PM |
KEYNOTE:Can Proposed Programs Reduce Milk Price Variation?
Dr. Chuck Nicholson
Assistant Professor, Agribusiness Department, Cal Poly, SLO |
| 1:00PM |
Open Panel Discussion -Moderated by Doug Maddox |
