Agchat session 3/30/2010

Question 1:

Global is so large. What would be the one or two global priority ag issues to bring to focus?

Question 2:

How does the growing need for energy worldwide affect agriculture, both short-term and long-term?

Question 3:

Does agriculture in other countries face as many outside critics as American ag does?

Question 4:

Given traceability is WAY farther along in EU, can we expect deliverables of Bioterrorism Act of 2002 to make headway?

Question 5:

How would you fill this in: ‘I would be willing to _____ to improve global agriculture.’

Question 6:

So what’s the outlook for U.S. agriculture in 2010, in your opinion?

Question 7:

What are effects of increasing soybean demand from China?

Question 8:

What opportunities are there to meet food demands without additional cropland and irrigation?

Question 9:

Should global ag issues be tackled as whole (globally) or at a local (no bigger than state?) level? A mixture?

Question 10:

What is the one executable idea you have gained from tonight’s conversation that you’ll be working on?

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week’s chat