The Virtual platform will open at 6:00 am EST on February 23, 2023, and the Official Program will begin at 8:00 am EST.
This is the registration site for virtual attendance only. To attend the Forum in person visit the In-Person Registration Site.
USDA’s Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF) will be held in person at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA on February 23-24, 2023, and all sessions will be livestreamed on this platform.
The 2023 Forum will feature a presentation on the 2023 agricultural economy by USDA’s Chief Economist Seth Meyer, a plenary panel of distinguished guest speakers, and 30 breakout sessions organized by agencies across USDA, and covering a range of timely issues impacting the agriculture and food sector. More than one hundred government, industry, and academic leaders will share insights on a wide array of timely topics including commodity and food price outlooks, U.S. and global agricultural trade developments, supply chain disruptions, and innovations to mitigate impacts of climate change. Participants can attend the Agricultural Outlook Forum in person or virtually. Registration is required for both virtual and in-person attendance. There is no cost to attending the Forum virtually - register to attend virtually.
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 6000 people attended the 2022 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.
To attend the Forum in Person visit the In-Person Registration Site
For additional information, and to register to attend in person please visit: https://www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum.
For up to the minute agenda information please click on this link: https://www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum/2023-aof-program
Co-Founder, CEO - Pairwise
Senior Policy Advisor - Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Professor and Extension Specialist - Livestock and Food Product Marketing - Texas A&M University
Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary, Oklahoma Dept of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Chair, Animal Agriculture Committee, NASDA - Oklahoma Dept of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
CEO - Foot Print Farms
Commissioner - Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Program Analyst - Food and Nutrition Service
Research Biologist - USDA APHIS
Executive Director - Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Deputy Director for Outlook and Staff Analysis - ERS/USDA
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Staff Attorney - The National Agricultural Law Center--University of Arkansas
Chief Meteorologist - USDA/OCE
Administrator - USDA-RMA
Executive Vice President, Carbon Origination - American Forest Foundation
Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis - National Cotton Council
Professor and Pomeroy Endowed Chair in Avian Health - U. Minnesota
Branch Manager, Animal Products and Cost of Production Branch - REE-ERS-MTED-APCOP
General Manager - Sugar Growers and Refiners, INC.
CEO - Organic Trade Association
Senior Advisor and Project Management Market Area North America - DeLaval Inc.
Livestock and Poultry Analyst - USDA-WAOB
Natural Resource Specialist - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Senior Policy Advisor - USDA/OCE
Director Market Intelligence Service - International Fertilizer Association
Chief Economist - American Farm Bureau Federation
Managing Director of Thought Leadership - Feeding America
National Program Leader - National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA
CEO and Operating Partner - Sunripe Certified Brands
Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety - USDA, Office of Food Safety
CEO and President - CSC Sugar LLC
Commodity Analysis Branch Chief - FPAC-BP
Extension Cotton Specialist - Louisiana State University AgCenter
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering - University of Florida
Geoscientist / Climatologist - National Drought Mitigation Center
Chief Economist - American Soybean Association
Research Agricultural Economist - USDA-ERS
Senior Research Fellow - International Food Policy Research Institute
Senior Advisor for External Engagement - Food and Nutrition Service
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
USDA Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets - USDA/ MRP
Acting Deputy Under Secretary - USDA, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Executive Director - Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission
Acting Senior Advisor for Climate-Smart Commodities - USDA
Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development - Food Marketing Institute
Acting Deputy Chief, Research and Development - USDA Forest Service
Professor, Co-Director, Minnesota Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence - University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Executive Director - Intertribal Buffalo Council
Senior Vice President, Policy - American Apparel & Footwear Association
President - Field to Market
Director of the Office of Innovation - Food and Nutrition Service
USDA Honey Bee and Pollinator Research Coordinator - USDA, Office of the Chief Scientist
Chief of Crops Branch - USDA-NASS
President - American Sugar Beet Association
Associate Scientist - Business Analyst - Egg Industry Center
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics - Research, Education, and Economics, USDA
Specialist in Agricultural Policy - Congressional Research Service
Deputy Administrator - APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Service, USDA
Executive Director - Savanna Institute
Owner - Hurdwell LLC, Arlington, OH
Director, Office of Global Analysis - USDA-FAS
Under Secretary - Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Director Engineering - Tyson Manufacturing Automation Center
Vice President of Fertilizer - StoneX
Economist - USDA Economic Research Service
Research Hydrologist - USFS
Research Economist - USDA - ERS
Ambassador, U.S. Agricultural Chief Negotiator - U.S. Office of the Trade Representative
Chief Economist - USDA/Office of the Chief Economist
Agricultural Economist - USDA Economic Research Service
Agricultural Economist - USDA - Economic Research Agency
Associate Professor - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Executive Director - U.S. Biochar Initaitive
Agricultural Economist - Economic Research Service
Past President - US Cattleman's Association
Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation - USDA
Senior Climate Adaptation Coordinator - OCE
Section Head - National Agricultural Statistics Service
RBCS Administrator - USDA/RD
Assistant Farm Manager - Vilicus Farms
Director of Sustainability Programs - Dairy Farmers of America
Global Alfalfa Products Director - S&W Seed Company
Chief Economist - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Independent Food Safety Consultant
Sr. Policy Advocate - Environmental Law & Policy Center
Policy Adviser - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Research Forester - United States Forest Service
Agricultural Economist - USDA ERS
Branch Chief, Nutrition and Economic Analysis - Food and Nutrition Service
Director, Methodology Division - National Agricultural Statistics Service
Director General - PRC Department of International Cooperation
Senior Actuary - Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Executive Director - Rural Coalition / Coalicion Rural
President - American Farmland Trust
Research Agricultural Economist - USDA-ERS
Deputy Assistant Secretary - USDA-OASCR
Vice President of Go Solar Programs - Solar United Neighbors
Marvin Caruthers Endowed Chair of Entomology - U. Colorado-Boulder
Research Economist - USDA-ERS
Former Agricultural Economist - Formerly with USDA FPAC Business Center
President and CEO - Farm Foundation
Vice President for Strategic Development - Kuehne & Nagel, Inc.
Economist - International Cotton Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor & Extension Economist - Michigan State University
President - Truterra LLC, A Land O'Lakes Company
Deputy Director-General - European Commission, Directorate-General of Agriculture
Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Analyst - OCE-WAOB
Professor and Director, TIAA Center for Farmland Research - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Analyst - Agralytica
Economist - USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food
Economist - USDA/ERS
Director - USDA/ AMS/ Transportation and Marketing Program
Coordinator of the USDA Southwest Climate Hub, College Associate Professor - New Mexico State University
ERS Administor - USDA
Organic Producer
Senior Economist - USDA Office of the Chief Economist
Under Secretary - USDA, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Associate Professor - Auburn University
Board Member - Stop Foodborne illness
Professor - University of Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) - USDA-AMS-NOP
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Mathematical Statistician - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Director, Global Food Security Program - Center for Strategic & International Studies
Administrator - USDA/FAS
Executive Director - Western States Water Council
North Dakota State University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Director - UC Organic Agriculture Institute
EU Commissioner for Agriculture
Business Loan and Grant Analyst - USDA/RD