10th Annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference

10th Annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference

Examines critical policy issues facing Florida agribusiness leaders & explores valuable economic insights for making informed decisions.

By UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department

Date and time

Thursday, May 8 · 9am - 4:30pm EDT

Location

University of Florida/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit (PSREU)

2556 County Highway 318 Citra, FL 32113

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome

Dr. Lisa House, Department Chair, UF/IFAS FRE

Dr. Scott Angle, UF/IFAS Senior Vice President

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

State Agricultural Policy: Entrepreneurship & Workforce Development, Updates

Secretary J. Alex Kelly, Florida Department of Commerce

Tripp Hunter, Director of State Legislative Affairs FFBF

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break and Posters

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Federal Agricultural Policy: Priority Issues and Updates, Farm Bill

Dr. John Newton, Executive Head, Terrain

John Walt Boatright, Director, Government Affairs, AFBF

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Legislative Perspective

Representative J.J. Grow, Florida State House of Rep.

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Overview of the Plant Science Research and Education Unit

Dr. James (Jim) Boyer, Center Director, PSREU

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Posters

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Reconvene

Dr. Derek Farnsworth, Associate Professor, UF FRE

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Agricultural Research and Extension Partnerships

Brittany Lee, VP, Florida Blue Farms, Inc & USDA ATAC

Dr. LaKisha Odom, Scientific Program Director, FFAR

Panel chaired by Dr. Damian Adams, UF/IFAS Associate Dean for Research

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Hot Topics

Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury, Professor, UF FRE

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Break and Posters

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Artificial Intelligence Applications for Agriculture

Dr. Weizhe Weng, Assistant Professor, UF FRE

Martha Montoya, Chief Executive Officer, Ag Tools

Panel chaired by Dr. Nathan Boyd, Associate Center Director and Professor of Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Optional Tour of Plant Science Research and Education Unit

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

Wrap-Up, Evaluations, and Poster Competition Results

Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury, Professor, UF FRE

About this event

  • Event lasts 7 hours 30 minutes

The Annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference examines critical policy issues facing Florida agribusiness leaders and explores valuable economic insight helpful for making informed business and policy decisions.

This year's Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the Plant Science Research and Education Unit, 2556 W. Highway 318, Citra, FL 32113. We hope you will join us as we focus on federal and state policy issues impacting Florida agriculture, agribusinesses, and rural communities. Get the chance to hear from policymakers, key stakeholders, and expert researchers on topics such as specialty crops, the Farm Bill, Risk Management, Labor, and more.

Organized by

UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department

The Food and Resource Economics Department is a unit of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida

$40 – $60