Keeping the Food System Reliable: A Series of Listening Sessions for Leaders Session 1 | May 7, 2020 1
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U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, Inc. Antitrust Caution • Directors represent Eligible Organizations (EOs). At least some EOs are or can be competitors of other EOs in one or another circumstance. For that reason, all Directors need to be mindful of USFRA’s commitment to antitrust compliance. • Conversations and agreements regarding the fixing of prices, division of territories or customers, terms or conditions of sale, volume of production, limitations on market access, forestalling of research and development, boycotts of market participants, refusals to deal or any other anticompetitive activity will always be off limits at USFRA. • Keep in mind that anticompetitive agreements or combinations among competitors need not be formal to raise questions under antitrust laws. A verbal understanding to act illegally may be harder to prove but when proven is no less illegal. • Promptly report to USFRA’s Chairperson and USFRA’s CEO any information or concerns you have about actual or possible antitrust activity at USFRA. In addition, when in doubt about a particular situation, also consult your own EO’s counsel. Chatham House Rules • Participants are free to use and share ideas and information received during the session without attribution – neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) may be revealed. 3
Introduction Scott VanderWal Chip Bowling Vice Chairman, USFRA Chairman, USFRA Vice President, American Farm Bureau Federation Past Chair, National Corn Growers Association 4
Agenda • Introduction • Purpose and objectives for today’s session • Industry Updates • • Soybean Industry Fruits and Vegetables Industry • • Corn Industry Quick Service Restaurant Industry • • Grains and Biofuels Industry Retail Industry • • Dairy Industry Hunger and Food Insecurity • • Egg Industry Food and Agriculture Economics • • Poultry Industry State Policy • • Pork Industry National Policy • Beef Industry • Open forum with facilitated discussion • Conclusion and next steps 5
Stakeholder Map: Value Chain Players 6
Purpose and Objectives Purpose • Create a platform for leaders to connect with other leaders to find ways to ease the disruption from COVID-19. Objective • Hear about each other's current challenges and barriers, and work together across the food and agriculture sector to adapt and co-create solutions for now and the future Today’s Discussion Questions • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 7
State of the Industry Update – Soybeans Polly Ruhland CEO, United Soybean Board • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 8
State of the Industry Update – Corn Jon Doggett CEO, National Corn Growers Association • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 9
State of the Industry Update – Grain and Biofuels Doug Berven Vice President of Corporate Affairs, POET • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 10
State of the Industry Update – Dairy Jim Mulhern President and CEO, National Milk Producers Federation • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 11
State of the Industry Update – Egg Dr. Mickey Rubin Executive Director, American Egg Board’s Egg Nutrition Center Blair Van Zetten Treasurer, USFRA Immediate Past Chairman, American Egg Board • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 12
State of the Industry Update – Poultry John Starkey CEO, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 13
State of the Industry Update – Pork John Johnson Consultant, National Pork Board • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 14
State of the Industry Update – Beef Colin Woodall CEO, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 15
State of the Industry Update – Fruits and Vegetables David Puglia President and CEO, Western Growers • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 16
State of the Industry Update – Quick Service Restaurants Joe Koss CEO, Culvers Franchising Systems LLC • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 17
State of the Industry Update – Retail Phil Lempert SupermarketGuru Host, Farm. Food. Facts. Podcast • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 18
State of the Industry Update – Hunger and Food Insecurity Katie Fitzgerald Executive Vice President and COO, Feeding America • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 19
State of the Industry Update – Economics Jayson Lusk Distinguished Professor and Head of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 20
State of the Industry Update – State Policy Barbara Glenn, Ph.D. CEO, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 21
State of the Industry Update – Policy Paul Schlegel Vice President for Public Affairs, American Farm Bureau Federation • What are the top issues you are facing and what support do you need right now? • What are you seeing or worried about 2-4 weeks out? 22
Question and Answer You can use the Q&A function, found in the bottom bar of the Zoom application, to ask questions to our panelists or provide input the current discussion. We will do our best to get all questions answered during the session but will follow up afterwards if time runs out. 23
How you can contribute Provide the USFRA network with any COVID-19 resources your organization has created. These can include: • Talking points • FAQs • Social media content • Infographics • Media assets You can share these resources, as well as any additional ideas, by emailing Jennifer Johnson at jjohnson@usfraonline.org. 24
Next steps Following this call, we will compile and share • Notes from today’s session • Relevant resources to assist you and your team as you’re navigating changes due to the pandemic • Additional opportunities to contribute and collaborate on issues, as discovered and discussed during our session (i.e. smaller working groups, survey or mapping work, etc.) All of these resources will also be shared on our private LinkedIn group. Our next listening session is taking place on Thursday, May 14 at 11:30 CDT • Including our extended leadership network, with ~150 value chain representatives • If you haven’t registered already, a link will be included in the follow -up communications 25
Thank you! If you have any follow up questions, please reach out to Jennifer Johnson at jjohnson@usfraonline.org 26
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