March 12, 2010 – Issues of Concern to Farmers – Ankeny, Iowa
This event will serve as an introduction to the series of workshops, but also will focus specifically on issues facing crop farmers. Specific areas of focus may include seed technology, vertical integration, market transparency and buyer power.
FFA Enrichment Center
1055 Southwest Prairie Trail Parkway
Ankeny, Iowa

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May 21, 2010– Poultry Industry – Normal, Ala.
Specific areas of focus may include production contracts in the poultry industry, concentration and buyer power.
Alabama A&M University
Auditorium, James I. Dawson Cooperative Extension Building
4900 Meridian St.
Normal, Ala.

June 7, 2010– Dairy Industry – Madison, Wisc.
Specific areas of focus may include concentration, marketplace transparency and vertical integration in the dairy industry.
University of Wisconsin
Great Hall, Memorial Union
800 Langdon St.
Madison, Wisc.

Aug. 26, 2010– Livestock Industry – Fort Collins, Colo.
Specific areas of focus will address beef, hog and other animal sectors and may include enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act and concentration.
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colo.

Dec. 8, 2010– Margins – Washington, D.C.
This workshop will look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid by consumers. As a concluding event, discussions from previous workshops will be incorporated into the analysis of agriculture markets nationally.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jefferson Auditorium
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C.

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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/November/09-at-1226.html