Today's leading national economists, climatologists and market analysts bring these answers and their expertise to Ames July 23-24 for the Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit.

Among the featured speakers at the two-day event:

  • U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Jason Henderson
  • Daniel Mitchell of the Cato Institute
  • Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M economist
  • Elwynn Taylor, ISU Professor of Ag Meteorology

More than 400 farmers are also going to be in attendance to gather the latest market and drought-recovery insights from these nationally-recognized economic and ag market business leaders.

The Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit will be held at the Scheman Center at Iowa State University and is free to media.

For a complete look at the agenda, click here: http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/files/articles/2012/7/57826/Agenda.pdf

For more information or to confirm registration or arrange media interviews, please contact Laurie Johns now at 515-225-5414 or by email: ljohns@ifbf.org.

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