DOMESTIC AND TRADE IMPACTS OF U.S. FARM POLICY:
FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CHALLENGES
November 15-16, 2007
Holiday Inn Capitol/American Farm Bureau Federation Offices
Washington, DC
Wednesday, November 14
3:00- 5:00 p.m. Registration, Holiday Inn– Capitol
Thursday, November 15
7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:30- 9:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Senator Saxby Chambliss (R–GA), Ranking Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, U.S. Senate
9:00- 10:00 a.m. US Domestic Agricultural Policy and Linkages to International Trade
American Farm Bureau Federation Perspective
Bob Young, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation
Presentation
Canadian Perspective
Chris Leggett, Agricultural Counselor, Canada
Presentation
European Union Perspective
Dan Rotenberg, Counselor–Agriculture, European Union, Delegation of the European Commission
Presentation
10:00- 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30- 12:00 p.m. Industry Perspective on US Domestic Agricultural Policy
Becky Doyle, Owner, Hickory Grove Pork Farm
Rob Robinson, Business Transformation Lead, Syngenta Seed, NAFTA
Presentation
Harry Kopp, Harry Kopp LLC, Washington, DC
Presentation
12:00
– 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30
– 3:00 p.m. Developing Countries and U.S. Farm Policy
U.S. Farm Bill Options:
Implications for Developing Countries
Tim Josling, Professor
Emeritus, Forum on Contemporary Europe, Stanford University
Country Perspectives
Carlos
de Abreu, Minister–Counselor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of Brazil
Manoj Joshi, Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of India
3:00
– 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30
– 5:00 p.m. Selected Paper Session I (2
concurrent sessions)
Selected Papers IA-WTO
Impacts on Policy
The
Potential Effects of WTO on Structural Change in Dairy Policy and Industry
Structure
James Oehmke, Al Mussell,
and Chistopher Wolf, George Morris Centre
Implications
of WTO Domestic Support Commitments for Future U.S. Farm Policies
David Blanford, Penn State University, and Tim Josling, Stanford University
WTO
Decoupling and Domestic Farm Program Design: U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restriction
Suzanne Thornsbury, David
Schweikhardt, and Mollie Woods, Michigan
State University
Equity
Considerations of Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
Edwin Young and Barry Krissoff,
Economic Research Service–USDA
EU Member
Country De Facto Moratoria on Genetically Engineered Corn
Rick Gilmore, President
and CEO of GIC Group
Selected Papers
IB-Agricultural Policy and Energy
The Impact
of U.S.
and E.U. Biofuels Policies on Developing Countries
Charlotte Hebebrand and
Kara Laney, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council
U.S. Agricultural Policy and
Energy
Andrew Schmitz and
Charles Moss, University of Florida, and Troy Schmitz, Arizona State
University
Analyzing
the Impacts of Bio-Fuel Mandates on World Grain, Livestock, and Oilseed Sectors
Richard Stillman, Jim
Hansen, Ralph Seeley, Dave Kelch, Agapi Somwaru, and Edwin Young, Economic
Research Service–USDA
Impacts of U.S. Biofuel Policies on
International Trade in Meat and Dairy Products
Caroline
Saundersa, Liz Marshallb, William Kaye-Blakea,
Suzie Greenhalghc, and Mariana de Aragaopereiraa, aAgribusiness
and Economics Research Unit (AERU) – Lincoln University, bWorld Resources Institute, cLandcare
Research
5:30
– 7:00 p.m. Reception, Sponsored
by AFBF
Friday,
November 16
8:30
– 10:00 a.m. Selected Paper Session II (2 concurrent sessions)
Selected Papers
IIA-International Effects of Farm Policy
Modeling Free Trade Demand Systems: Case of South
Korean Beef Market
Young–Jae Lee and Lynn Kennedy, Louisiana State
University
Impact of
the CAP Reforms on the U.S.-E.U.
Cereal Trade Sector
Sachin Chintawar, Lynn
Kennedy, and John Westra, Louisiana
State University
Charting a
New Direction for U.S.
International Food Aid Outside of the U.S. Farm Policy Framework
Emmy Simmons, Partnership
to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Selected Papers
IIB-International Agreements and Tools
Bilateral
Trade in Textiles and Apparel in the U.S. Under the Caribbean Basin
Initiative: Gravity Model Approach
Osei Yeboah, North
Carolina A&T, Saleem Shaik, North
Dakota State University, Victor Ofari–Boadu, North Carolina
A&T, and Albert Allen, Mississippi State University
U.S.-Korea
Free Trade Agreement: Potential Gains for U.S. Agriculture
Anita Regmi, Ralph
Seeley, and John Dyek, Economic Research Service–USDA
Getting Out
of the Box: Transitioning Out of Direct Payments
David Abler and David
Blanford, Penn State University
Implications
of U.S. Farm Policy on
Supply Chains for Food Trade in Asia
Thomas Reardon, Michigan
State University, Thomas Wahl, Washington State University, and Mickey Paggi,
California State University–Fresno
10:00
– 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30
– 12:00 p.m. Selected Paper Session III
(2 concurrent sessions)
Selected Papers
IIIA-Domestic Policy Effects
Domestic
and Trade Impacts of the 2007 Farm Bill on the U.S. Rice Sector
Eric Wailes, Ed Chavez, Bradley Watkins and Jeffrey
Hignight, University of Arkansas
Analyzing
the Impact of Changes in Trade and Domestic Policies: The Case of the Soybean
Complex
Yan Xia, Rafael Costa,
Dwi Susanto, Parr Rosson, and Flynn Adcock, Texas A&M
University
International
Trade and Budgetary Considerations of the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill Proposals
Bashir Qasmi and Evert
Van der Sluis, South Dakota
State University
U.S. Corporate Agribusinesses
and Farms: A Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Policy
Larry Sanders, Oklahoma State University
Selected Papers
IIIB-Domestic Policy Effects
Agricultural
Policy Effects on Land Allocation
Allen Featherstone and
Terry Kastens, Kansas
State University
Decoupled
Farm Payments and the Role of Base Updating Under Uncertainty
Arathi Bhaskar and John
Beghin, Iowa State University
The
Capitalization of Decoupled Government Subsidies into Agricultural Land Rents
James Whitaker, Economic
Research Service–USDA
The Impacts
of Alternative Farm Bill Design on U.S. Agriculture
Keith Coble and Barry
Barnett, Mississippi
State University
12:00
– 1:30 p.m. Lunch – Charles W. Stenholm, Senior Policy
Advisor, Olsson Frank Weeda, and Former U.S. Representative (TX)
1:30
– 3:00 p.m. Adjustment in U.S.
Agriculture
Gary
Adams, VP, Economics & Policy Analysis, National Cotton Council
Jackie
Theriot, Director, American Sugar Cane League and Mexican Trade Taskforce,
Secretary/Treasurer, Louisiana
Farm Bureau
Jon
Doggett, VP of Public Policy, National Corn Growers Association
Darren
Coppock, CEO, National Association of Wheat Growers
Robert
Guenther, Senior VP, Public Policy, United Fresh Produce Association
3:00 p.m. Final Comments and Adjourn
DOMESTIC AND
TRADE IMPACTS OF U.S.
FARM POLICY:
FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CHALLENGES
Sponsors: Southern Region Research Committee on Impacts of Trade and Domestic Policies on the
Competitiveness and Performance of Southern Agriculture (S-1016)
Farm
Foundation
American
Farm Bureau Federation
Center
for North American Studies, Texas A&M University,
Louisiana State University, Texas Tech University, and New Mexico State
University
National Center
for Peanut Competitiveness, University
of Georgia
Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, North Dakota State University
Conference
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M
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