Idaho Ag Outlook Seminar, Dec. 18

The 2024 Idaho Ag Outlook Seminar provides supply, demand and price outlook presentations for most of Idaho’s major commodities and key production inputs.

Beef — Dairy — Financial Condition of Idaho Ag — Global Trade & U.S. Macro Trends
Grains — Hay — Input Cost Trends — Potatoes — Water — Weather

Wednesday, Dec. 18

Join us at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Boise; 348 S. 13th Street. The seminar will be presented concurrently online with a $35 registration that covers in-person or online attendance.

Agenda

• 8-9 a.m. — Registration Table Open
  
• 9-9:05 a.m. — Welcome, Opening Remarks
  
• 9:05-9:30 a.m. — Financial Condition of Idaho Ag
  Speaker: Brett Wilder, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator
• 9:30-10 a.m. — Idaho Ag Policy Outlook
  Speaker: Dexton Lake, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation - Government Affairs
• 10-10:30 a.m. — U.S./Global Macro Trends
  Speaker: Doug Robison, AgWest Farm Credit - Idaho President
• 10:30-10:45 a.m. — Break
  
• 10:45-11:30 a.m. — Weather/Water Outlook
  Speaker: Troy Lindquist, National Weather Service - Senior Service Hydrologist
• 11:30 a.m. to Noon — Input Cost Trends
  Speaker: Xiaoli Etienne, University of Idaho - Associate Professor and IWC Endowed Chair in Commodity Risk Management
• Noon-1 p.m. — Lunch
  
• 1-1:30 p.m. — Grains
  Speaker: Colby Field, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator
• 1:30-2 p.m. — Hay
  Speaker: Steve Hines, University of Idaho Extension Educator
• 2-2:30 p.m. — Potatoes
  Speaker: Patrick Hatzenbuehler, University of Idaho - Associate Professor, Extension Specialist - Crop Economics
• 2:30-2:45 p.m. — Break
  
• 2:45-3:15 p.m. —Sugarbeets and Onions
  Speakers: Colby Field, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator
• 3:15-3:45 p.m. — Beef Cattle
  Speaker: Brett Wilder, University of Idaho - Area Extension Educator
• 3:45-4:15 p.m. — Dairy
  Speaker: Dustin Winston, StoneX Group Inc. - Commodity Analyst
• 4:15 p.m. — End