22nd Annual Arizona Agribusiness Forum

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Thursday, November 15, 2007
8:30 AM to 2:15 PM Conference
Tour of Ethanol Plant 2:45 to 4 PM

Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Resort
Maricopa, Arizona

The 2007 Agricultural and Resource Economics Forum on Labor, Energy, and Agriculture is scheduled for Thursday, November 15 from 8:30 to 4:00 at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Resort near Maricopa, AZ.

The program will include keynote speakers, panel discussions, and student presentations that address labor, energy, and farm bill policies central to Arizona's agriculture. Presentations related to immigration reform proposals, bioenergy activities in Arizona, and implications of the upcoming farm bill will be given at the Forum. Students enrolled in AREC's Ag Policy class will provide short presentations after lunch outlining possible policy actions to address specific case study and/or environmental situations. A tour of the Pinal Energy facility near Maricopa that just began ethanol production in July is available in the afternoon.

Lunch is included in the registration cost.

Forum registration costs
$85 by November 1 (early bird special)
$110 after November 1
$50 for students

Map with driving directions
Forum Agenda
Presenter Biographies
Brochure (in pdf form) with registration form, map, agenda, and biographies

The Forum is hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at the University of Arizona.

Please contact

Russell Tronstad (520-621-2425, tronstad@ag.arizona.edu), or
George Frisvold (520-621-6269, frisvold@ag.arizona.edu)

to have your name added or removed from the conference email list or if you have questions about the conference.