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NEWS RELEASES - 2006

NEW FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE COMING THIS DECEMBER

(November 16, 2006, Guelph) - Mark your calendars now to attend the Farm Business 2020 Conference on December 13 and 14, 2006 at the Holiday Inn, Guelph. The conference will provide producers, agribusiness, organizations/groups, advisors and other attendees with pertinent information about the opportunities and challenges facing the agricultural industry from a farm business management perspective.

The Farm Business 2020 Conference offers a forum to find solutions and share information about the issues, resources, and opportunities pertaining to farm business management. Peter Vander Zaag, Chair of the AMI Advisory Panel, explains “Farm businesses are facing numerous challenges in today’s agriculture industry but they are also seeing many new opportunities. Join us as together we explore the new farm business management opportunities at this conference.”

This conference is a collaborative effort between the Agricultural Management Institute (AMI), the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics-University of Guelph, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Conference presentations include:

• The second annual Research Update on Agribusiness and Food Economics - features updates on current economics research topics including International Trade in the Post-Doha World, Economics of Food Safety, Environmental Economics of Agriculture, and the Economic Impacts of Land Use Changes in the Greenbelt.

• A Global Perspective on Agriculture and its Potential Implications in Ontario- an address by Jack Wilkinson, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers.

• Farming: A Sunset or Sunrise Industry – a presentation focusing on the opportunities and challenges for agricultural-based industries by Richard Worzel, one of Canada’s leading futurists.

• Farming’s Changing – Management Should Too – comments by David Sparling, Executive Director of the Institute for Agri-Food Policy Innovation.

• Producer Panel - a panel of producers discussing their own success stories of business management innovation.

A more detailed program and brochure along with registration information are available at by clicking here or by calling 1-877-424-1300.

The AMI is an initiative of the federal-provincial-territorial Agricultural Policy Framework, designed to position Canada’s agri-food sector as a world leader.

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For more information contact:
Nadine Buitenhuis, Communications Manager
Agricultural Adaptation Council
Phone: 519-822-7554
Fax: 519-822-6248
E-mail: nbuitenhuis@adaptcouncil.org

OR

Peter Coughler
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Phone: (613) 475-4908
E-mail: peter.coughler@ontario.ca