7:30 a.m. |
Registration and light breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome – Mike Toews, Assistant Dean, Tifton campus |
| UGA CAES Remarks – Nick Place, CAES Dean and Director | |
| Farmer of the Year announcement | |
Keynote – William Chambers, Deputy Chairperson, World Agricultural Outlook Board |
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9:30 a.m. |
Breakout Session 1 |
Livestock/Poultry – Matt Greer (Truist Bank), Dennis Brothers (Auburn Cooperative Extension Service) |
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Horticulture – Ben Campbell, Greg Fonsah |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break & Session Transition |
10:30 a.m. |
Breakout Session 2 |
Row Crops – Yangxuan Liu, Amanda Smith |
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Timber – Yanshu Li (Associate Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) |
William Chambers, Deputy Chairperson
World Agricultural Outlook Board
William Chambers was appointed Deputy Chairperson for USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB) in 2021. He formerly served as the WAOB Chair for food grains. Chambers oversaw the preparation and release of USDA’s official supply and demand estimates pertaining to wheat and rice, which were released in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report and other USDA publications. He also served ten years as a commodity and policy analyst with USDA's Farm Service Agency where he analyzed commodity markets, farm policies, new program proposals, and budget outlays. Chambers was an agricultural economist at ERS and researched a wide variety of issues affecting agricultural commodity markets. A native of Minnesota, he received his master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota in 1995 and 1999.
