Registration is open for Agricultural Outlook Forum

(USDA)

Registration is open for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2022 Agricultural Outlook Forum.

The virtual event, slated for Feb. 24-25, will feature USDA and other industry leaders, according to a news release.

Topics covered at the event will include:

  • Food price and farm income outlooks;
  • U.S. trade and the global marketplace;
  • Supply chain resilience;
  • Climate mitigation and adaptation;
  • Frontiers in ag production and technology;
  • U.S. food price outlook;
  • Effects of shipping disruptions on U.S. agriculture;
  • Building resilience through extreme event preparedness;
  • New opportunities in the biobased economy;
  • U.S. farm income forecast and the state of the farm economy;
  • China: Factors upholding a high agricultural import demand;
  • Buffering the supply chain from shocks; and 
  • Transforming climate science into action assessing and managing production risk:

Registration is free but required to attend the Forum.
 

 

 

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