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2010
Risk & Profit Conference
August 19-20, 2010 Manhattan, KS
| Risk and Profit is an annual conference hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics that provides an opportunity for key agricultural decision makers to interact with each other and with faculty. |
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2010 Risk and Profit Conference Proceedings |
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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SESSION I: Washington Update: The Good,
The Bad, and The Ugly |
Sara Wyant Agri-Pulse Communications |
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| SESSION II: A Conversation With A Kansas Producer |
Jay Armstrong Armstrong Global |
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| SESSION III A: Grain Outlook |
Dan O'Brien Kansas State University |
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| SESSION III B: Livestock Outlook |
Glynn Tonsor Kansas State University |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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| 1. HRW Wheat Basis and Cash/Futures Convergence Issues | Dan O'Brien | |
| 2. . Bubble Troubles: Asset Bubbles, Stock Market, Land Values, Interest Rates and Storing Wealth | ||
| 3. Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstock Production and Contracting: An Interactive Survey Building Session | Jason Bergtold, Jeff Williams | |
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4. Efficiency of No-Till Production in Central Kansas |
Aaron Gasper, Michael Langemeier |
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5. Understanding Credit Quality |
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| 6. Analyzing Calf Market Price Incentives at Video Auctions |
Lance Zimmerman, Ted Schroeder |
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| 7. Machinery Costs and Efficiency of Field Size and Shape | Kevin Dhuyvetter, Terry Kastens, Craig Smith | |
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8. What We Do and Don’t Know: Economic Impacts and Drivers of U.S. Animal Welfare Oriented Changes |
Glynn Tonsor | |
| 9. Marketing Grain Using a Storage Hedge | ||
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10. ACRE: The Future of Farm Programs? |
Troy Dumler | |
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11. Inflation, Interest Rates, Deficits and You |
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12. Politics, Policies, Profits: Enhancing Competitiveness in an Uncertain Global Economy |
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13. Biomass Production in Kansas |
Michael Langemeier, Richard Nelson | |
| 14. A New Live Animal Traceability System Regime: Lessons from the Past, Current Overview, and Implementation | Lee Schulz, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Glynn Tonsor | |
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15. Measurement of Carbon Emissions by Kansas Agribusiness Retailers |
Mike Boland, Elizabeth Canales |
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16. Effect of Historically Wide Wheat Basis on Crop Insurance: Are Cash Settlement Prices the Answer? |
Art Barnaby | |
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17. MAB Australia-New Zealand Trip |
Leah Tsoodle | |
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18. Using a Spreadsheet to Manage Expenses |
Robert Burton, Jr. | |
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19. Ethanol Markets and the Development of a Cellulosic Ethanol Industry |
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20. Farming: The Next Generation (Making Transition Actually Happen) |
Kent Miller |
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(Slides) (Employment Agreement) (Corporate Buy/Sell) (Stock Purchase Agreement) |
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21. K-State International Ag Development and Its Ties and Benefits to Kansas |
Timothy Dalton | |
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22. Flexible Cash Rents: The Devil’s in the Details |
Kevin Dhuyvetter | |
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23. The Impacts of Cap and Trade Legislation on the Agriculture Sector of the Economy |
Bill Golden |
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| 24. The New Farm Management Challenge: Pricing in Volatile Markets | Todd Ziegler, Arlo Biere, Michael Langemeier |
| Previous Risk & Profit Conference Proceedings (2002-2010) |
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committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to
all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical,
vision or hearing disability, call the telephone number listed for the
conference location you wish to attend or Clyde Howard, Director of
Affirmative Action, Kansas State University, TTY - (785) 532-4807.
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, as amended. Kansas State University, County Extension Councils, Extension Districts and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Fred A. Cholick, Director. |
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