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CHANGES AND TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RURAL POLICY
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| 2003 Mississippi Agricultural
Economics Association Annual Meeting
June 26-27, 2003
Bost Auditorium
Mississippi State University
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Tentative Program
Thursday, June 26
1:00 PM
Tee time,
Annual MAEA Golf Tournament
6:00 PM (approx.)
Annual MAEA
Social and Dinner
Friday, June 27
7:30-8:30 AM
Registration
and Coffee
8:30-9:00 AM
Welcome
Mr. Bo Kennedy, President, MAEA
Dr. Vance Watson, Interim VP,
Division of Ag., Forestry, and Vet. Med.
9:00-9:45
“Current
Implementation and Future Directions in Environmental Policy”
Bruce Knight (Invited)
Chief, Natural Resource Conservation
Service, USDA
9:50-10:35
“Trends and
Implications of Rural Development Policy”
Alan Barefield
Associate Director, Southern Rural
Development Center
10:50-11:35
“Changes
and Trends in U.S. and World Cotton Markets”
Mr. William Dunavant (Invited)
Cotton Merchant, Memphis, TN
11:35-11:50
Questions
of the Panelists
11:50
Lunch
“Future Trends
in Agricultural Policy”
Mr. Hunt Shipman (Invited)
Chief of Staff, U.S. Senate
Agriculture Committee
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| Mississippi Agricultural
Economics Association
Annual Meetings, 2002 |
| Dr. John Anderson, Extension Economist, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
"Concentration in the Beef Industry: Perceptions and Issues" |
Dr. Anderson outlined the structural changes that have been
taking place in the meat and meat packing industries. He discussed
several of the driving factors such as economies of size and pointed out
the perceived problems with bidding practices and manipulation of cattle
prices by meat packers. Finally, Dr. Anderson raised critical
questions for policy-makers and meat producers. For more information
on this subject, contact Dr.
John Anderson. |
| Dr. Tim Hammonds, President, Food Marketing Institute,
Washington, DC
"Supply Chain Management and the Food System" |
Dr. Hammonds discussed the emerging food industry and how
consumer demand issues such as traceability and food safety and quality
are driving the system. The food customer is demanding an ever
increasing array of products and services, which places demands on the
food system to produce foods of a given quality. In addition,
consumer concerns about animal welfare and production techniques is
forcing the system to be able to preserve identity and track production
processes. Finally, Dr. Hammonds said "If you are producing a
commodity, you are in a race to the bottom" referring to the fact
that commodity-based systems are purely cost driven. For more information
on this subject, contact Dr.
Tim Hammonds. |
| Dr. Joe Parcell, Director of the Missouri Value Added
Center, University of Missouri (presented by Darren Hudson)
"Value Added Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges for
Producers" |
Dr. Parcell's presentation focused on identifying and
clarifying the term value added. He points out that there are
opportunities for producers in the areas of product bundling, target
marketing and branding, and downstream integration into processing.
An increasing focus on product value will likely mitigate some of the
economies of size aspects of commodity production. However,
producers wishing to enter the value added system should be aware of
obstacles such as capital requirements, infrastructure needs, availability
of markets, and a need for a change in attitude. For more
information on this subject, contact Dr.
Joe Parcell. |
| Dr. Jim Newsome, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission
"The Post-Enron World: Implications for Options, Derivatives, and
Risk Management" |
Chairman Newsome's remarks focused on the role of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission in regulating futures and derivatives
markets. The collapse of Enron had led to questions by Congress and
the media about the role of derivatives in Enron's failure, and indeed,
the role of derivatives in the economy. Chairmen Newsome quoted Fed
Chairman Alan Greenspan that derivatives have been an engine of growth for
our economy by allowing the shifting of risk to people willing to take on
that risk. Chairman Newsome believes that the Enron incident will
lead to the equalization of regulation between on- and off-exchange
options, but that off-exchange options are crucial to the survival of many
large businesses that have products and risks that do not fit well into
the standardized contracts found on exchanges. |
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STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE EMERGING FOOD INDUSTRY
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2002 Mississippi Agricultural
Economics Association Annual Meeting
June 14, 2002
Bost Auditorium
Mississippi State University
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7:30-8:30
Registration
8:30-9:00
Welcome
Dr. Darren Hudson, President, MAEA
Dr. Charles Lee, Interim
President, Mississippi State University
Dr. Vance Watson, Interim
Vice-President, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine,
and Interim Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Sara Freedman, Dean, College
of Business and Industry
9:00-9:45
"The Post-Enron World:
Implications of Options, Derivatives, and Risk Management"
Dr. Jim Newsome, Chairman,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
9:50-10:35
"Supply Chain Management in
an Emerging Food Industry."
Dr. Tim Hammonds, President, Food
Marketing Institute, Washington, DC
10:35-10:50
Break
10:50-11:35
"Supply Chains: How Can
Producers Buy into the Value Chain?"
Dr. Joe Parcell, Assistant
Professor and Director, Value Added Center, University of Missouri
11:35-11:50
Questions
11:50
Lunch
"Regulatory Responses to
Concentration of Power in Food Industries."
Mr. Bill Hawks, United States
Undersecretary of Agriculture (Invited)
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