2017 AgTC Annual Meeting Speaker Presentations

Wednesday Afternoon General Session

The Shipper Perspective

• Elena Asher, Dairy Farmers of America (powdered milk and cheese) Kansas City
• Blanca Palomino, Carriere Family Farms (walnuts) (California)
• Allison Baker, JBS (beef, pork, poultry and hides) (Colorado)

Ocean Carriers and Alliances – The Good, Bad & Ugly

• Bill Rooney, VP, Strategic Development, Kuehne + Nagle, former President NA Hyundai
• David Arsenault, Arsenault Logistics Transformation, former President NA Hyundai
• Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of LA

Thursday Morning General Session

Chassis…Sorting through the Mess!

• Donna Lemm, Executive VP, IMC Companies
• Dave Manning, President, TWC; Incoming Chairman, American Trucking Association

Trucking– Nation’s Largest Trucker talks local dray, long haul; electronic logs

• Kevin Knight, Executive Chairman of the combined Knight-Swift Companies

Truck Weight Modernization

• Zach Hartman, Dir. of National Affairs, Anheuser Busch

Saving Money, Increasing Efficiency in Your Export Supply Chain

• Wesley Reeves, Director of Business Development, Ryder

Rail – The Largest Class I Railroads – Ready to Listen to Ag export needs

• Patrick Kinne, General Director International Marketing, Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Reefer Cargo Supply Chain – Capacity Connections – finding empties; filling empty slots

• Joe Goodwin, VP Business Development, NorthPoint Forwarding

Thursday Luncheon

Scary Year for US exporters: Strong Dollar, Weak Markets, Trade Wars

• Paul Bingham, Vice President, Economic Development Research Group

Thursday Afternoon General Session

Locking in Freight Rates

• Gordon Downes, President, NYSHEX, New York Shipping Exchange

Sanitary Transportation Rule

• Stephen Neel, PhD, Senior Technical Director, Global Cold Chain Alliance

Coming Wave of Resin Export: How Much?

• Ed Zaninelli, Griffin Creek Consulting farm estate planning