SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Project No. and Title: NECC_OLD63 : Research Committee on Commodity Promotion
Period Covered: 10/01/2004 to 03/01/2005
Date of Report: 08/15/2005
Annual Meeting Dates: 03/17/2005 to 03/18/2005

Armbruster, Walter - Farm Foundation; Bailey, Mark - USDA/CSREES/ECS; Balagtas, Joseph - Purdue University; Berg, Linda - Office of Attorney General; Brunke, Henrich - University of California; Burtt, Andrew - Meat & Wool New Zealand, Ltd.; Carman, Hoy - University of California, Davis; Chung, Chanjin - Oklahoma State University; Coelho, Virginia - California Beef Council; Crespi, John - Kansas State University; Devadoss, Stephen - University of Idaho; Dong, Diansheng - Cornell University; Dyer, John - California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Fletcher, Stanley - University of Georgia; Fore, Steven - Natl Watermelon Promotion Board; Goodwin, Harold - University of Arkansas; Hedin, Perry - Cherry Industry Administrative Board; Hughes, Carolyn - California Tomato Board; Kaiser, Harry - Cornell University; Kimmel, Kurt - U.S. Department of Agriculture; Kinnucan, Henry - Auburn University; MacDonald, Archie - Dairy Farmers of Canada; MacDonald, Ian - Dairy Farmers of Canada; Manderfield, Dennis - California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Manock, Kendall - Baker, Manock, and Jensen; Meehan, Kathleen A. - Baker, Manock & Jensen; Meimann, Jim - National Pork Board; Mengel, John - USDA, AMS, Dairy Programs; Messer, Kent - Cornell University; Messura, Mark - Cotton Inc.; Miller, Melanie - Sugar Association; Moffitt, Kevin - Pear Bureau Northwest; Morgan, Lynn - California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Murray, Brian - Texas Department of Agriculture; Nave, Kathleen - CA Table Grape Commission; Nichols, John P. - Texas A&M; Richards, Tim - Arizona State University East; Rutherford, John - International Dairy Foods; Sexton, Richard - University of California, Davis; Shrestha, Narestha - Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; Siebert, Jerome - Walnut Marketing Board; Simpson, Tana - Oregon Wheat Commission; Sumner, Daniel - University of California; Weaver, Robert - Penn State; Wilkinson, Robert D. - Baker, Manock & Jensen; Williams, Gary W. - Texas A&M University; Witney, Guy - California Avocado Commissions; Wong, Janyce - California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Yost, Glenn - California Dept. of Food & Agriculture

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

See attached minutes.

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[Minutes]

Accomplishments

The semi-annual conference held in San Diego, California, March 17-18, 2005, was titled "The Economics of Commodity Promotion Programs: Lessons from California." The conference addressed the legal issues, alternatives to mandated programs and other issues in the economics of mandated commodity promotion programs. Some of the materials presented in this conference wil appear in a new book with the same title which will be published by Peter Lang Publishers in 2005. Presenters at the conference included representatives from academia, government and the private sector.

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