AGENDA
U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc.
January 26 - 29, 2013
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Time
Event
Place
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
USW Audit Committee
USW Arlington
Office
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
USW/NAWG Registration
Columbia Lobby
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Officers Meeting (closed)
Capitol Suite
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Nominating Committee (closed)
Regency Suite
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
USW/NAWG Registration
Columbia Lobby
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wheat Lounge (coffee, tea, internet)
Columbia C
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Long Range Planning
Columbia Foyer
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Wheat Quality
Columbia A
10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Hard White Wheat Committee
Columbia A
11:00 AM – 12 Noon
SPS Committee
Columbia Foyer
12:00 noon
Lunch on own
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Food Aid Working Group
Columbia Foyer
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
USW Board Orientation
Columbia A
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
USW/NAWG Joint Biotechnology
Committee
Regency B
Saturday January 26, 2013
Sunday January 27, 2013
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Monday January 28, 2013
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wheat Lounge (coffee, tea, internet)
Columbia C
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Budget Committee
Columbia B
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Communications Working Group
Columbia Foyer
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
USW/NAWG Joint International Trade
Policy
Regency A
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch on own or Bayer CropScience
Luncheon (registration required)
Columbia B
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
USW/NAWG JOINT BOARD
MEETING
Regency A
Welcome & Call to Order
- Darrell Davis, USW Chairman and
- Erik Younggren, NAWG President
Panel: “National Check Off”
- John Baize, John C. Baize & Associates, Moderator
- Jeff Casten, farmer from Kansas (Sorghum), Panelist
- Don Latham, farmer from Iowa (Soybeans), Panelist
Joint Committee Reports
Joint Biotechnology Committee
- Chris Tallman, Chairman
Joint International Trade Policy Committee
- Randy Suess, Chairman
3:15 PM
Break
Panel: “US and Canadian Perspectives on Cross-border Trade
Opportunities”
- Shannon Schlecht, USW Vice President of Policy, Moderator
- Richard Phillips, Grain Growers of Canada, Panelist
- Richard Wansbutter, Viterra, Panelist
- Neal Fisher, North Dakota Wheat Commission, Panelist
- Gary Martin, North American Export Grain Association, Panelist
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Guest Speakers:
Christine Cochran, Executive Director, Grain Foods Foundation
Judi Adams, President, Wheat Foods Council
Farm Bill/USW Funding Update (Tentative)
- Dana Peterson, NAWG
- Alan Tracy
Wheat Leader Award –
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, Senator from Michigan
- Erik Younggren, Presenter
Adjourn
Tuesday January 29, 2013
USW BOARD SESSION
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Welcome & Call to Order
Columbia A/B
Darrell Davis, USW Chairman
Introduction and Announcements
Invocation
Roll Call
Adoption of Agenda
Minutes of Fall 2012 Board Meeting
Officers’ Reports
President’s Report
Guest Speaker: Mark Newman, President Market Solutions LLC,
“Lessons from Strategic Evaluations of U.S. Wheat Associates
Programs in Taiwan, Europe and Egypt”
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Guest Speaker: Darci Vetter, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services, US Department of Agriculture,
“FAS Policies, Priorities and Programs That Impact Wheat Exports”
Rick Callies, USW Vice President of Planning, Retired
“Thirty-four Years of Service to USW”
Break
Committee Reports
Budget Committee Report –
Randy Suess, Past Chairman
Food Aid Working Group – Blaine Jacobson, Chairman
Joint International Trade Policy Committee –
Randy Suess, Chairman (if action needed)
Joint Biotechnology Committee –
Chris Tallman, Chairman (if action needed)
Long Range Planning - Doug Goyings, Chairman
Discussion of Two versus Three Board Meetings
SPS – Janice Cooper, Chairman
Hard White Wheat – Gordon Gallup, Chairman
Wheat Quality – Jim Peterson, Chairman
Communications Working Group – Steve Mercer
12:00 N – 2:00 PM
Lunch on Own
2:00 PM
Michigan Wheat Program, Dave Milligan, Chairman
Guest Speaker: Shawn Campbell, USW Assistant Director, Portland
“PNW Port Situation”
2:40 PM
Break
NAWG Update - Erik Younggren, President
Latin American Board Team Update - Chris Kolstad, MT
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Foreign Office Update: Vince Peterson, USW Vice President of
Overseas Operations
Nominating Committee Report/Election of Officers
Randy Suess, Chairman
Guest Speaker: Tom Sleight, President & CEO, U.S. Grains
Council, “Key Issues and Opportunities in World Corn, Barley and
Sorghum Trade”
Announcement of Next USW Board Meeting
and Closing Remarks, Darrell Davis, Chairman
5:00 PM
Adjourn
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