Idaho Ag Outlook Seminar, Dec. 18
The 2024 Idaho Ag Outlook Seminar provides supply, demand and price outlook presentations for most of Idaho’s major commodities and key production inputs.
Beef — Dairy — Financial Condition of Idaho Ag — Global Trade & U.S. Macro Trends
Grains — Hay — Input Cost Trends — Potatoes — Water — Weather
Wednesday, Dec. 18
Join us at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Boise; 348 S. 13th Street. The seminar will be presented concurrently online with a $35 registration that covers in-person or online attendance.
Agenda
- 8-9 a.m. — Registration Table Open
- 9-9:05 a.m. — Welcome, Opening Remarks
- 9:05-9:30 a.m. — Financial Condition of Idaho Ag
Speaker: Brett Wilder, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator - 9:30-10 a.m. — Idaho Ag Policy Outlook
Speaker: Dexton Lake, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation - Government Affairs - 10-10:30 a.m. — U.S./Global Macro Trends
Speaker: Doug Robison, AgWest Farm Credit - Idaho President - 10:30-10:45 a.m. — Break
- 10:45-11:30 a.m. — Weather/Water Outlook
Speaker: Troy Lindquist, National Weather Service - Senior Service Hydrologist - 11:30 a.m. to Noon — Grains
Speaker: Norm Ruhoff, University of Idaho - Clinical Associate Professor - Noon-1 p.m. — Lunch (Buffet Style)
- 1-1:30 p.m. — Input Cost Trends
Speaker: Xiaoli Etienne, University of Idaho - Associate Professor and IWC Endowed Chair in Commodity Risk Management - 1:30-2 p.m. — Hay
Speaker: Steve Hines, University of Idaho Extension Educator - 2-2:30 p.m. — Potatoes
Speaker: Patrick Hatzenbuehler, University of Idaho - Associate Professor, Extension Specialist - 2:30-2:45 p.m. — Break
- 2:45-3:15 p.m. — “Other Major Crops”
Speakers: Colby Field, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator & Timothy Nadreau, University of Idaho - Assistant Professor - 3:15-3:45 p.m. — Beef
Speaker: Brett Wilder, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator - 3:45-4:15 p.m. — Dairy
Speaker: Dustin Winston, StoneX Group Inc. - Commodity Analyst - 4:15 p.m. — End