OCM’s 2005 annual meeting theme is “Antitrust, Trade and the Political Right.” It will be held in Omaha, Nebraska at the DoubleTree Hotel (402-346-7600) on Friday, August 12, 2005.
Agenda
| 8:00 |
Registration and coffee |
| 8:30 |
Call to order and invocation
Keith Mudd, OCM President |
| 8:45 |
Helen Chenoweth-Hage, former Idaho
congresswoman |
| 9:30 |
Antitrust, Trade and the Founding Fathers
Dr. Robert Taylor, OCM Economics Fellow |
| 11:15 |
Trade, Economics and Sovereignty
Dr. Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, OCM Trade Fellow
Dr. Max Thornsberry, Missouri rancher and veterinarian |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Values and Economics
Steve Farrell, NewsMax.com
Brother David Andrews, National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Terry Stevenson, theologian and cattle feeder |
| 3:30 |
The Next Farm Bill
Larry Mitchell, American Corn Growers Assn.
Mark Halvorsen, Chief of Staff, Sen. Harkin
(D IA)
Michael Stumo, OCM General Counsel
John Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union |
| 7:00 |
Dinner
Keynote: Jock Nash, Milliken & Co. |
|
This will be an
exciting meeting,
well worth your time.
OCM members will meet on Saturday morning, August 13, 2005. The Cattleman’s Competitive Market Project stakeholder groups will meet Saturday afternoon.
Call the DoubleTree Hotel now for reservations
(402-346-7600).
To preregister, click here for a printable pre-registration form
$60 registration.
$30 meal. |