| CONFERENCES |
Directors’ Leadership Conference |
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| Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast with Wisconsin Legislators
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome
Bob Topel, Co-Chair, Cooperative Network Dairy Committee, Waterloo, Wis. |
| 8:45 a.m. |
The Opportunities in Risk Management & Utilizing Available Tools
“With Volatility Comes Opportunity” — Getting more producers to use available risk management
tools. |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Animal Well-Being & Why Producers Should Be Concerned
Kim Brown Pokorny, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association, Madison, Wis.
Shelly Mayer, Executive Director, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Slinger, Wis. |
| 9:45 a.m. |
A Strategic Plan for the Upper Midwest Dairy Industry (continued)
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Breakl |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Telling Your Story
How to communicate with non-farm neighbors about your farm.
Matt Joyce, Vice President Communications and Programs, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board,
Madison, Wis.
Stan Erwine, Vice President Producer Relations, Dairy Management Inc., Rosemont, Ill. |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch
A look at the 2010 races for Governor in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Bruce Kleven, Government Relations, Cooperative Network, St. Paul, Minn.
Steve Walters, Senior Producer, WisconsinEye, Madison, Wis. |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Opportunities for Agriculture in Climate Change Legislation
Bill Oemichen, President and CEO, Cooperative Network, Madison, Wis.
Staci Bohlen, National Issues Specialist, Minnesota Farm Bureau, St. Paul, Minn. |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Challenges to Cooperatives & the Capper Volstead Law
Peter Janzen, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel, Land O’Lakes, St. Paul, Minn. |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Discuss next meeting dates and adjourn |
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