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This
statewide conference, hosted by the Wheeler Center at
MSU, will be held on the MSU campus and will focus on
the future of our state's agriculture and energy
sectors. The conference fee of $45.00
includes three meals. This
policy conference is designed to discover the answers to
a number of questions facing our state: if we are
entering a period of long-term climatic changes, what
will be the impacts on the crops and livestock we
currently raise? What changes and new ideas might
be considered by the agricultural community? And
how might our state's energy resources be impacted?
In what directions, and with which technologies, should
we focus going forward? Additionally, how do the ag and energy sectors intersect, particularly in the
emerging carbon trading arena?
The Wheeler conference will, in a
non-partisan and inclusive way, explore all these
issues through well-formed panels and knowledgeable
speakers. Whitney MacMillan, former
President of Cargill, Inc., will provide the evening
keynote.
This conference is made possible
through several generous donors, including Exergy,
Pheasant Farms and PPLMontana.
The conference is open to the
general public and your participation is encouraged.
This event will be of particular interest to
those in the agriculture and energy sectors (traditional
and non-traditional), environmentally- based
organizations, the education community, state agencies, climate scientists, current
and former legislators, state, city and county
officials, and all others who have a role in
making Montana's energy and agricultural economies work. Please join us for this very important
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