Aug 10, 2023Online forum to provide 2023 Farm Bill forecast
An upcoming 2023 Farm Bill online forum will provide an updated forecast into current factors and likely policy outcomes.
The two-hour Zoom presentation at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sept. 26 will provide an overview into what is shaping the next farm bill and what observers expect to develop out of farm bill discussions.
The forum will include an opportunity for the audience to participate in a live Q&A with the panelists, according to a news release.
Moderator and presenter Jonathan Coppess, director of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Gardner Agriculture Policy Program and associate professor of law and policy, will host a roundtable discussion. Panelists will include:
- John Newton, chief economist with the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry and Round Table Fellow.
- Joe Outlaw. a Regents Fellow, professor and Extension economist with Texas A&M.
- Emily Pliscott, an economist/senior policy analyst with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture.
Farmers, ranchers, food and agribusiness leaders, government officials and staff, industry representatives, non-governmental organizations representatives, academics, students in agricultural disciplines, and the media are encouraged to attend.
The forum is free but registration is required.
Farm Foundation is an agricultural policy institute founded in 1933 cultivating non-partisan collaboration to meet society’s needs for food, fiber, feed and energy.
