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2012 Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the Legislative Ag Chairs Summit a success.

Presentations and handouts from the Conference are available below:

Friday, January 6

Congressional Briefing at Russell Building

  • USDA Undersecretary Michael Scuse, Farm Services Agency and Foreign Agricultural Service
  • Senate Minority Agriculture Staff
  • House Energy Committee Staff
  • Senate Majority Agriculture Staff

Executive Branch Briefing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

    Are corporations taking over America’s food supply?

    Farm

    Family farms.  The foundation of America’s food security.  According to the USDA, 97 percent of farms are family farms, and they grow 90 percent of the food produced. But national policies to keep food affordable (American’s spend less than 7 percent of their paycheck for food) and the boom and bust cycles of farming have resulted in larger, more concentrated farming practices.  [node:read-more:link]

    Agenda

    The twelfth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit was held at the Delta VancouverAirport Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Namesunderlined below indicate linked materials. [node:read-more:link]

    Agenda 2014 AgChairs

    The thirteenth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Summaries of sessions and materials from presentations can be found below. [node:read-more:link]

    Sponsorship Information

    Sponsorship Information

    Consistently reported as the most important meeting of the year by attendees, the Summit expects to have the agricultural and rural legislative leadership from approximately 47 states, 5 Canadian provinces and 2-3 U.S.territories.  SARL provides all on-site expenses for invited state legislators and even funds travel for those in agriculture leadership from states with travel bans. Our sponsors must find the Summit rewarding because we have a 98% return rate and as a result have not generally needed to secure new sponsors.   [node:read-more:link]

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