Pub. 8 2020 Issue 1

www.uba.org 10 2020 AG OUTLOOK AND CONFERENCE T his year’s Ag Outlook and Conference kicked off with a “State of Ag in Utah” report from former Commissioner Kerry Gibson. Gibson was followed by three concurrent workshops, “Hedge Funds, Agriculture Commodities” by Dr. Dillon Feuz, “Technology in Crop Production” by Cody Behrend and “Grazing Permits & Escrow Waivers” by Chad Hor- man. After the workshop, Day One was wrapped up with a delicious dinner and entertainment. Day Two of the conference started with “Livestock and Branding,” presented by Leann Hunting and Jed Pugsley from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Following Leann and Jed we had the opportunity to hear from a Hemp Panel. The panel consisted of Monte McPherson, a grower here in Utah, Andrew Rigby from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Paul Allred from the Utah Department of Financial Institutions. After a short break, we heard from Gibb Dyer, Ph.D. on Succession Planning. Following Gibb Dyer was the Rusty Bastian, who shared with us his success story with Redmond Minerals. The conference was then wrapped up with lunch and the USU Ag Outlook presented by Dr. Dillon Feuz and Dr. Ryan Feuz from Utah State University. This year’s conference was a success with many great speakers and topics. We hope those who were unable to attend this year will be able to join us next year. n