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November 10, 2009 • Holiday Inn, Riverside, Minot, ND
7:30 a.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. Welcome: Building Bigger Better Markets
Harlan Klein, Chairman, N.D. Wheat Commission, Elgin
8:10 a.m. 2009 U.S. Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Crop Quality Survey
Durum Review
Ms. Erica Olson, Marketing Specialist, N.D. Wheat Commission
Hard Red Spring Review
Jim Peterson, Marketing Director, N.D. Wheat Commission
8:50 a.m. Trends in Wheat Products and Research
Dr. Frank Manthey, NDSU Durum Quality Specialist
Dr. Senay Simsek, NDSU HRS Quality Specialist
9:30 a.m. BREAK
9:50 a.m. World and U.S. Wheat Situation and Price Outlook
Dan Manternach, Editor, Doane’s Agricultural Report
10:50 a.m. World Financial Situation & Impact on Grain Trade
Ms. Candace Roper, Senior Vice- President, CoBank
11:50 a.m. Marketing the 2009 Crop
Delane Thom, Manager,CHS-Southwest Grain
Brad Haugeberg, Manager, CHS-SunPrairie Grain
12:15 p.m. NDWC & U.S. Durum Growers Joint Luncheon
Dan Manternach, Editor, Doane’s Agricultural Report
U.S. Durum Growers
INTERNATIONAL DURUM FORUM
1:15 p.m. Welcome and Review of 2009
Larry Neubauer, USDGA President
1:30 p.m. North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
1:45 p.m. Durum Wheat Breeding in North Dakota
Dr. Elias Elias, Durum Breeder, NDSU
2:10 p.m. 2009 Fungicide & Other Research Studies
Kent McKay, Research Director, Vision Research Park LLC
2:35 p.m. Weather Outlook & 2010 Projections
Leon Osborne, President & CEO of Meridian Environmental Technology Inc.
3:20 p.m. Networking Break
“Sponsored by Ag Country Farm Credit Services and
Farm Credit Services of Mandan and North Dakota.”
3:35 p.m. Average Crop Revenue Election Program
Aaron Krauter, FSA State Director
4:05 p.m. U.S. Durum Growers Association Annual Meeting
5:00 p.m. Social
5:30 p.m. Banquet – Free to USDGA members; $20 non-members
“Sponsored by Dakota Growers Pasta Company”
Washington AG Outlook
Will Hollier, Hollier & Associates
· Durum Contest Winners
“Sponsored by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Syngenta
and North Dakota Department of Agriculture.”
· You Tube Pasta Contest Winners
· Amber Award
· Durum Person of the Year
· Keynote Speaker – Senator Byron Dorgan Invited
