For up to the minute agenda information please click on this link: https://www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum/2022-aof-program
The Forum will open February 22 and the Official Program will begin
February 24 at 8:00 a.m. ET.
The 2022 Forum will feature a keynote address by the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a presentation on the 2022 agricultural economy by USDA’s Chief Economist Seth Meyer, a panel of distinguished guest speakers, and 30 breakout sessions organized by agencies across USDA and covering a range of timely issues impacting the sector. More than one hundred government, industry, and academic leaders will share their perspectives and insights on a wide array of topics including commodity and food price outlooks, U.S. and global agricultural trade developments, climate change, and innovations in agricultural production and sustainability.
About the Outlook Forum
USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum began in 1923 to distribute and interpret information developed through economic forecasting to farmers so they had the tools to read market signals and avoid producing beyond demand. Since then, the event has evolved into a unique platform where key stakeholders from the agricultural sector in the United States and around the world come together every year to discuss current and emerging topics and trends in the sector. More than 4,500 people attended the 2021 virtual Forum.
The Agricultural Outlook Forum, which is organized by USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist together with other USDA agencies, is independent of commercial interests and aims to facilitate information sharing among stakeholders and generate the transparency that supports well-functioning open markets.
For additional information, please visit: https://www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum.
Coordinator of the Agency's Sugar & Sweeteners Market Outlook (SSO) Program - Economic Research Service
Branch Chief, Crops; USDA - ERS - MTED
President and CEO - National Cotton Council of America
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics - University of Georgia
Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer PepsiCo Foods North America
GIS Coordinator and Project Manager - Department of Forestry, Santa Clara Pueblo
Chief of the Scientific Data Management Branch - National Agricultural Library's Knowledge Services Division
Agriculture & Climate Scientist at The Nature Conservancy
Associate Administrator - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Educator - Weather Ready Farms
Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation - USDA
Manager of the Regulatory and Rating Agency Company team within the Extreme Event Solutions Consulting and Client Services group - Verisk
Economist - U.S. Meat Export Federation
Economist and Conservation Liaison - USDA's Economic Research Service
Director of Programs and Assistant Professor - Colorado State University, Food Systems Institute
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture - USDA
Owner and Operator - Cyclone Farms Inc.
Chief Meteorologist - United States Department of Agriculture
Senior Consultant - Integrated Management Systems
CTO - AeroFarm
Deputy Director of the Labeling and Program Delivery Staff (LPDS) - Food Safety and Inspection Service
Governor - Santa Clara Pueblo & Chairman - Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (ENIPC)
Chief of Staff, Office of the Administrator - USDA - NASS
Economist - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Oklahoma City Branch
President, Csonka Aviation Consultancy, LLC
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Human Development and Family Studies - University of Illinois
American Feed Industry Association - Director of Quality, Animal Food Safety and Education
Administrator - USDA, Farm Service Agency
Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology - Auburn University
Organic Portfolio Manager for Wilbur-Ellis Company
Branch Chief, Commodity Analysis Branch, Economic and Policy Analysis Division of FPAC - Farm Production and Conservation Business Center - USDA
Director of LMC Sugar Research Team; LMS International
Deputy Chief, Research & Development
Senior Economist - Transportation Services Division - Agricultural Marketing Service - USDA
WA State Forester & Deputy, Wildland Fire Management - Department of Natural Resources
Research Agricultural Economist - USDA - ERS
Professor and Director of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences' Center for Agricultural Trade - Virginia Tech
Principal - Watson Green
Agricultural Policy Analyst - Congressional Research Service
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for and Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Agricultural Economist
Associate Administrator and General Sales Manager for the Foreign Agricultural Service
President and CEO - U.S. Dairy Export Council
Vice President - Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development - Food Marketing Institute
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University
National Outreach Director, Office of the Administrator - Farm Service Agency
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy Office of the Chief Economist
Professor and the Larry Combest Endowed Chair for Agricultural Competitiveness and Director - International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness
Risk Manager Entomologist - USDA-APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine
Disaster Education Weather Ready Agriculture AmeriCorps VISTA - Weather Ready Farms
Vice President of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Senior Environmental Engineer - Eastern Research Group
Associate Professor and Food Systems Extension Economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics - Colorado State University
Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, American Sugar Alliance
Agricultural Economist - USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Senior Advisor, Organic and Emerging Markets
Vice President and Omaha Branch Executive - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Associate Director of the Master's in Development Practice Program - Emory University
Vice President of Economics - Mercaris
Associate Professor and Schrader Chair in Farmland Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics - Purdue University
Agricultural Economist, Economic and Policy Analysis Division (EPAD) - USDA Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
International Commodity Trader, Scoular
Founder and President - Advanced Economic Solutions
President - National Farmers Union
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs - USDA
Agricultural Economist, USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service
Senior Research Economist with the Structure, Technology, and Productivity Branch - USDA Economic Research Service
Senior Economist - USDA's Economic Research Service
Senior Director of Global Trade Analysis - U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
Associate Professor - Rutgers University
Research Economist, Food Markets Branch - Food Economics Division
Executive Director for Global Animal Partnership
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Massachusetts Director of Food Security and Nutrition Programs
Senior Advisor for Food Systems Resiliency - USDA
State Forester - New Mexico
Co-Founder and CEO, Select Milk Producers
Agricultural Economist, USDA - ERS
Director and Senior Agricultural Economist - Livestock Marketing Information Center
Senior Advisor to the Secretary - United States Department of Agriculture
Deputy Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics and Acting Chief Scientist - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vice President of Agriculture and Research - Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative
Chief Economist - USDA
Professor - Texas A&M University School of Law
Freelance Agriculture Writer and Researcher
Certified Crop Adviser - American Society of Agronomy, Nebraska
USDA Rural Development
President - Trucott LLC
Deputy Chief Economist - USDA
Research Leader, Bioproducts - USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Lead Nutritionist, USDA - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Director - NASS Methodology Division
Director General, International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)
National Director of Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) - USDA Forest Service
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Forest Strategy Lead - The Nature Conservancy, California
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chief Scientific Officer - Genus PLC
Senior Vice President, Research and Knowledge Group - National Restaurant Association
Founder - Valor Victoria
Executive Director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Director of Food Policy
President and CEO - TFI
Livestock & Poultry Analyst - USDA - World Agricultural Outlook Board
Managing Director - SovEcon
CEO, Growth Energy
Agricultural Economist - USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
Administrator of the Economic Research Service
Programs Director - National Farm to School Network
National Economist - Ecological Sciences Division
CEO - U.S. Soybean Export Council
President & CEO - North American Renderers Association
Chief Economist and Sr. Director of Strategy, Research, and Analytics - Farmer Mac
Deputy Administrator - Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program - USDA
Director of ERS's Food Economics Division
Secretary of Agriculture
Vice President, Economic Policy and Market Research, of the National Milk Producers Federation
Economist, Resource and Rural Economics Division - USDA, Economic Research Service
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service
Food Economist and Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy - Tufts University
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
Agribusiness Professor - North Dakota State University
Director/Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Research Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics - Tuskegee University
President - National Crop Insurance Services
Senior Underwriter - RMA