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2017 Draft Session Topic List

  1. Ag Tourism, Rural tourism, boutique travel 
  2. Roads (funding, implements of husbandry) sustainability on road infrastructure -
  3. Animal Issues, Animal Health Issues (antibiotics, Delmarva’s Good Neighbor Policy )
  4. Water Quality Issues, Nutrient Runoff , Dead Zone, Disappearing wetlands, Manure work as identified by Carleton, Water Quality Technology, erosion control, how to pay for conservation, Hypoxia Dead Zone   
  5. Food safety Changes needed to state Laws for FSMA   
  6. Food Deserts   
  7. Helping small communities thrive, maybe combine with 8-  9   
  8. Rural Technology Challenges, Broadband  -  maybe combine with 9   
  9. Access to health services , Physician & healthcare professional shortage in rural areas, solutions   
  10. Trade  
  11. Endangered Species and Invasive Species  
  12. Casino/Racinos
  13. Rural Prisons, justice reform/county jails 
  14. State Efforts to take back control/ownership of federal lands, lessons learned in federal standoffs 
  15. FFA and 4H, Ag Education, Veterans into ag, Beginning farmers programs  combine with 18  
  16. Truths and myths, jihad training in rural America
  17. Bio or eco terrorism, do we need to be concerned  
  18. Loss of Ag Workers – field, technology, young farmers  
  19. Wolf Management, Predator Management
  20. Out of control population growth and urbanization 
  21. Post election future/analysis, What to expect with new admin,      RFS , trade
  22. Market Development  put with trade  
  23. Trade in Forestry sector
  24. Pollinator Health (state pollinator programs)  - combine with? Ag tourism,  
  25. Fish Farming, Aquaculture, land based aquaculture 
  26. Species Breakouts –all
  27. USDA financial help 
  28. Overcoming joblessness in rural America, Immigration, Labor, career, seasonal migrant, domestic, DOL issues with Farm Labor  with 18    
  29. Food Labeling  /  with food safety   
  30. Work with coal and oil industry,
  31. Renewable Energy  
  32. Robotics, Drones, Ag Data, Big Data
  33. Marijuana / Hemp legislation  
  34. Fresh Produce industry – food safety  FSMA   food   deserts  
  35. Industry Sustainability efforts, State Sustainability efforts    
  36. Property Taxes  - lids   - use valuation
  37. What other states are doing    
  38. Hard core partisan and ideological walls
  39. Additional Panels on topics that hit all states
  40. Pending litigation, Regulatory Issues, How federal laws impact states, legal issues- Sunday morning
  41. Topics for collaboration between US and Canada  -   policy session
  42. Importance of Food to America’s National Security  combine for Saturday, collaboration, with Canada