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    2022 Colorado Agriculture Forum
    March 2, 2022, Renaissance Stapleton Hotel, Denver
    ​7:00 AM to 4:30 PM

    Agriculture, Our Wisest Pursuit 
    Promising a day full of networking and discovering what lies ahead for our state's second-largest economic driver.


    2022 Program of Events

    Agriculture, Our Wisest Pursuit

    7:00 AM


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    8:00 AM


    ​8:10 AM

    ​8:20 AM

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    ​8:30 AM

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    ​8:50 AM - 10:00 AM


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    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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    ​10:15 AM - 11:30 AM 














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    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM  


    12:30​ PM

    12:40 PM



    12:45 PM  

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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM





    2:00 - 2:15 PM

    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
















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    ​3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
     REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN
    presented  by National Western Stock Show
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    BREAKFAST - LOWER LEVEL
    presented by Colorado Department of Agriculture

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    WELCOME - COLORADO BALLROOM
    Jerry Sonnenberg, CALP President
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    EXCELLENCE IN CALP AWARD

    AGRICULTURE, OUR WISEST PURSUIT OPENING REMARKS

    President Joyce E. McConnell, Colo. State University

    ZACH DUCHENEAUX, ADMINISTRATOR- COLO. BALLROOM
    ​Farm Service Agency, USDA

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Presented by Nutrien
    ​ Leading in a Time of Severe Polarization - Leading with Why
    Steve House, Braver Angels

    BREAK

    BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
     Ag Labor Law Q&A Session
    Daniel Waldvogle, Foreman
    Everett Ranch

    Garin Vorthmann, Partner/ Lobbyist
    Colorado Legislative Strategies

    Austin Vincent, State Policy Director
    Colorado Farm Bureau

    Learning from the Oil & Gas Industry
    Dan Haley, Colo. Oil and Gas Association

    Urban & Rural Allies for Colorado Agriculture
    Melody MIchel, Co-Founder
    Urban & Rural Allies for Colorado Agriculture

    An Overview of Colorado's International Markets and Collaborations
    John Addison, Colo. Dept. of Agriculture Markets Director
    Kerri Wright Platais, Director, International Agriculture, Spur Campus
    Wallace Ip, Consular for Trade in Canadian Consulate

    ​LUNCH
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    Presented by Sakata Farms

    GOVERNOR JARED POLIS, STATE OF COLORADO

    COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UPDATE​

    Kate Greenberg, Commissioner of Agriculture
    ​Colo. Department of Agriculture 

    COLO. AG EXPORT AWARDS
    presented by Colo. Department of Agriculture

    RURAL AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION V. URBANIZATION DEBATE
    Steve House, Braver Angels 
    v. 
    Jerry Sonnenberg, CALP Board President
    Moderated by: Randy LIoz

    BREAK

    ​BREAKOUT SESSIONS
    Water Demand Management
    Karen Kwon, Assistant Program Director
    Colorado River Sustainability Campaign

    Climate Change and Its Effects on Agriculture
    Nathan Mueller, Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences
    Colorado State University
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    Innovations in Agriculture 
    presented by American AgCredit

    Quint Redmond, Co-Owner
    Agriburbia
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    Jason Suntych, COO and EVP
    Xiant Technologies

    Eric Gostenik, Vice President of Operations
    Farmbox Foods

    Investment in Agriculture
    Paul Pittman, Executive Board Chairman, President, CEO
    Farmland Partners

    NETWORKING BREAK

    BREAKOUT SESSIONS
    ​Animal Welfare Extremists and Colorado's Livestock Industry
    presented by VitaFerm

    Terry Fankhauser, Executive Vice President
    Colo. Cattlemen's Assoc. 

    Shawn Martini, Vice President of Advocacy
    Colo. Farm Bureau

    The Bootstraps are Broken - What's Next?
    Becca Edlund, Director of Technology and Membership
    ​Colo. Farm Bureau

    Learning From our Neighbors
    Jason Fearneyhough, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture
    State of Texas

    Dough Miyamoto, Director of Agriculture
    State of Wyoming 

    GROWING OUR FUTURE: THE INTERSECTION OF WATER, HEALTH AND AG INNOVATION AT CSU SPUR
    ​presented by DairyMAX

    ​Kathryn Venzor, Director of Education
    Colo. State University Spur Campus

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    ​Speaker Biographies, click below​
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