This article is reprinted from the USDA's Feb. 21 Grain Transportation Report.
On February 21-22, USDA’s 89th
annual Agricultural Outlook Forum will feature sessions that center on managing risk in today’s
agricultural markets.
On February 22, the conference will host a session entitled
Outlook for Transportation Risks.
Scheduled topics
and speakers include:
Outlook for Transportation Risks on our Inland Waterways, to be presented by Rick Calhoun, President, Cargill
Marine and Terminal; Challenges for Maintaining Navigable Waterways,
to be presented by
Barry Holliday, Executive Director,
Dredging Contractors of America; and
The Challenges of Funding our Inland Waterway Infrastructure, to be presented by
Charles
Stern, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy, Congressional Research Service.
USDA’s Bruce Blanton, Director, Transportation
Services Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, will be the session moderator.
http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/index.htm
For more information, call Surajudeen (Deen) Olowolayemo, USDA, at 202-694-3050.
