The OSU Agricultural Economics Department is hosting the Rural Economic Outlook Conference at the ConocoPhillips Alumni Center located on the OSU campus, Wednesday, October 16, 2024. The excellent lineup of speakers includes Randy Daniels, Chief Risk Officer, Triangle Insurance, and Kenny Burdine, Extension Professor in Livestock Economics, University of Kentucky. The registration fee is $75, which includes breakfast, lunch and breaks on Wednesday.

 

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2024 Agenda

Rural Economic Outlook Conference Agenda

 

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2024 Presentations

• Ag Finance Topic Updates
  Rodney Jones, Ph.D. Oklahoma Farm Credit Agricultural Finance Chair, OSU Dept. of Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Economics Department Research Update
  K. Aleks Schaefer, JD Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
• Cattle Market Update: Looking Ahead to 2025
  Derrell S. Peel, Breedlove Professor of Agribusiness and Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist
• Livestock Risk Protection (LRP)
  Kenny Burdine, Extension Livestock Economist, UK Agricultural Economics
• Rural Economic Outlook Conference
  Randy Daniels, CIC Chief Risk Officer 
• Value-Added Enterprises: State of the Food Industry
  Rodney B. Holcomb, Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics McLaughlin Chair & Assistant Director, Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center