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Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Country Elevator Conference Registration 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leadership Conference for State/Regional Associations Affiliated with NGFA (by invitation only) 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. NGFA Country Elevator Committee Meeting (open to NGFA members) 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. New Kid on the Block – FDA Inspections of Grain Elevators (open to all conference registrants at no additional charge; hosted by NGFA Country Elevator Committee) 4 – 7 p.m. Trade Show Open 5:30 – 7 p.m. Welcome Reception in Trade Show 6 p.m. Meet & Greet Social for Relatively New Members to the Industry Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 6:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Country Elevator Conference Registration 6:30 – 8 a.m. Idea-Exchange Continental Breakfast – Trade Show Open 7 – 8 a.m. NGFA Grain and Feed PAC Breakfast |
8 a.m. Conference Convenes • Welcome to Indiana • NGFA Priorities for 2015 • Wrap-up of the 2014 Elections and Congressional Agenda for 2015 9:15 a.m. Overview of the World Grain Situation 10:15 a.m. • NGFA Policy Minute – FDA’s Food and Feed Safety Rulemakings – Impacts on Country Elevators • Enhancing Communication, Coaching and Goal Setting • NGFA Policy Minute – NGFA’s Litigation against OSHA’s Designation of Dust as a Chemical Hazard and EPA’s Proposed Rule on New Source Performance Standards 11:15 a.m. 2014 Farm Bill – What’s In It & Its Impact on Producer Behavior Noon – 2 p.m. Walk-Around Lunch in Trade Show 12:15 – 2:15 p.m. NGFA Grain and Feed PAC Committee Meeting 2 p.m. Theft and Other Loss-Prevention Strategies 3:15 p.m. Emerging Technologies in Agriculture 5 p.m. Conference Recesses |
5 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 |