Free Admission :  Lunch Provided :  Open to the Public  : Online Registration 
The 19th Annual Ag Development Forum will feature Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler's annual State of Agriculture address, an economic and policy outlook, and disaster panel discussions.

Join us at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2025 in the Gov. Holshouser Building at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

Agenda

9:30       Welcome – Commissioner Steve Troxler

Presentation of Colors – NC Forest Service

Pledge of Allegiance –NC FFA State Officers

Oath of Office Ceremony – North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Trey Allen – Officiant

2025 Economic Outlook – Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

2024 Ag Disaster Farmer Roundtable – Kirby Johnson (Flavor First), Jimmy Cowan (NC Farm Bureau and WNC Communities), Jerry Moody (Avery County Extension), Dee Clark (C&G Nursery), Steve Griffin (Griffin Farms)

2025 Policy Outlook – RJ Karney, NASDA Director of Policy

Exporter of the Year Award – Commissioner Steve Troxler

State of Agriculture Address – Commissioner Steve Troxler and Dann Miller

12:30 pm - Lunch         

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