{"id":14096,"date":"2019-03-11T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=14096"},"modified":"2019-03-11T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:20:25","slug":"celebrate-ag-day-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=14096","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Ag Day This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Celebrate agriculture on March 14 for National Ag Day 2019! Whether you are attending the events in DC or celebrating in your local community, make sure you get involved this week.<\/p>\n

National Ag Day Schedule:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 13<\/strong>
\nCelebration of National Ag Day<\/em>
\n5:30-7:30 p.m.
\nCapitol Visitor Center
\nSVC200<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 14
\n<\/strong>Press Club Event<\/em>
\n1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
\n529 14th Street NW
\nWashington, DC 20045<\/p>\n

Featured Speaker: United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky<\/p>\n

Ag Day Youth Panel Discussion: Observations from the Next Generation of America’s Agriculturists<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Moderated by Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky<\/p>\n

Panelists:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Ridge Hughbanks, National FFA Central Region Vice President
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Zach Jacobs, AFA
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Irene Lewis, MANRRS Region IV Undergraduate Vice President
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Grace Brose, 2019 Essay Contest Winner<\/p>\n

Newsmaker Hour<\/em>
\nThe Current State and Future of US Ag Trade: Challenges and Opportunities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Ted McKinney, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 David Salmonsen,  Senior Director of Congressional Relations, American Farm Bureau Federation
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Maria Zieba,  Director of International Affairs, National Pork Producers Council
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Hanna Abou-El-Seoud, Government Affairs Representative, Gordley Associates<\/p>\n

Click here to register.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<\/span>Other events in DC:<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Seminar<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Enabling Open-source Data Networks in Public Agricultural Research
\n<\/em>Monday, March 11, 2019 (time options below)<\/p>\n

Noon to 1:00 PM
\n1300 Longworth House Office Building
\n9 Independence Ave SE, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<\/span>2:30 to 3:30 PM
\n328A Russell Senate Office Building
\n2 Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

4:30 to 6:00 PM
\nAssociation of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
\n1307 New York Ave NW #400, Washington, D.C. (Board Room)<\/p>\n

Click here to register.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit
\n<\/strong>Monday, March 18, 2019 8 AM- 5 PM
\nNational Press Club
\n529 14th Street NW
\nWashington, DC 20045<\/p>\n

Link to register: https:\/\/www.agri-pulse.com\/events\/114-2019-agri-pulse-ag-food-policy-summit<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Find great resources to promote National Ag Day at www.agday.org<\/strong><\/a><\/span>!<\/p>\n

And check out the 2019 Ag Day Blog<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for great articles that celebrate American agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrate agriculture on March 14 for National Ag Day 2019! Whether you are attending the events in DC or celebrating in your local community, make sure you get involved this week. National Ag Day Schedule: Wednesday, March 13 Celebration of National Ag Day 5:30-7:30 p.m. Capitol Visitor Center SVC200 Thursday, March 14 Press Club Event 1:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14126,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions\/14126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}