Farming and the Federal Budget: Will Farmers Face a New Age of Austerity?

Featuring

[Moderator] Vincent H. Smith, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Anne Schechinger, Midwest Director, Environmental Working Group

Joseph W. Glauber, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Roger Cryan, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation

Joshua Sewell, Director of Research and Policy, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Nan Swift, Resident Fellow, R Street Institute

Overview

Join AEI on December 4 for an online panel that will explore the future of US farm policy and discuss critical challenges and opportunities shaping agriculture and federal spending. With AEI’s Vincent H. Smith moderating, the presenters will include Roger Cryan of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who will speak on farm subsidies; AEI’s Joseph W. Glauber, who will examine trade policy implications; the Environmental Working Group’s Anne Schechinger, who will discuss safety-net proposals; Josh Sewell of Taxpayers for Common Sense, who will speak on budget scoring; and the R Street Institute’s Nan Swift, who will cover disaster aid initiatives.

Submit questions to tonga.ahokovi@aei.org.

Agenda

10:00 a.m. — Opening Remarks
10:05 a.m. — Presentations
10:30 a.m. — Q&A
12:00 p.m. — Adjournment