Mississippi State University will be holding its 2021 Ag Outlook Conference virtually on Jan. 14^th beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing to around noon.

"The purpose of this conference is to provide stakeholders commodity outlook information for the upcoming year," said Will Maples, Assistant Extension Professor for the Department of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University. "Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Cortney Cowley with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City."

 Cowley will discuss the macro agriculture finance picture in the U.S.

"We will also have a row crop outlook panel as well as a livestock and forestry outlook panel," Maples said. "This conference will provide Midsouth agricultural producers, lenders, and industry professionals with valuable outlook information as they begin planning for the upcoming year. Dr. Cowley is an expert on the U.S. farm economy and will provide great insight into what we can expect going into 2021.

"Additionally, the panel of experts gathered will provide outlooks for the various commodities produced in the Midsouth that will assist anybody in the agriculture industry in developing plans for 2021. The conference will be held virtual and registration is free."

Here is the tentative agenda for the conference.

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9:30 a.m. - Welcome: Dr. Keith Coble or Josh Maples

9:30-9:45 - Opening Remarks from MSU Extension: Dr. Gary Jackson (invited)

9:45-10:30 - Keynote Speaker – Dr. Cortney Cowley, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (confirmed)

10:30-11:00 - Row Crop Outlook Panel: Will Maples and Brian Mills

11:00-11:30 - Livestock & Forestry Outlook Panel: Josh Maples, Tom Tabler, and Marc Measells

11:30-11:45 - General Q&A

11:45 - Adjourn

To register, go to: https://msstateextension.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-n0LZ5BxRXSiQKQElQUDBQ.

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