IDFA's premier annual meeting gathers players from all sectors of the dairy industry — producers, processors, cooperative leaders and suppliers — to discuss and debate the hottest policy issues in the industry.

AGENDA

Saturday, January 14
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Registration
Sunday, January 15
7:30 am	AM Golf Tournament
12:00 Noon	PM Golf Tournament
3:00 - 4:30 pm	IDFA Board of Directors Meeting
3:00 - 7:00 pm	Registration
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Keynote Address Presider: Brian Haugh, President & COO National Dairy Holdings, L.P. Speaker: Rick Smith, President & COO Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
7:00 - 8:30 pm	Flavors of the Caribbean Reception Opening Night Reception Sponsored by: Ecolab Inc.
Monday, January 16
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration
7:30 am - 9:00 pm	Breakfast and Keynote Address Presider: Miriam Erickson Brown, President & COO Anderson Erickson Dairy Company Introduction of Keynote: Alan Murray, President and CEO Tetra Pak Inc. Speaker: Connie Tipton, President and CEO International Dairy Foods Association Sponsored by: Tetra Pak Inc.
9:00 - 10:15 am	General Session — A Washington Insider's Perspective Speaker: Jeff Birnbaum, Columnist/Feature Writer, The Washington Post and Commentator/Analyst, Fox News Channel
10:15 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am - 12:00	General Session — CEO Panel Dairy business CEOs will profile their companies and how they manage changes and challenges facing the industry. Moderator: Larry Jensen, President Leprino Foods Company Panelists: Rick Beaman, Chief Operating Officer, Southwest Region Dean Foods Company   Mark Davis, President Davisco Foods International, Inc.   Doug Wells, Chief Operating Officer Wells' Dairy Inc.
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Awards Lunch Soaring Eagle Award National Cheese Institute's Laureate Award Innovative Farmer of the Year Award (sponsored by IDFA and Dairy Today) Dairy Foods Processor of the Year Award Dairy Field Processor of the Year Award Sponsored by: Dairy.com
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Tennis Tournament
2:00 - 3:30 pm	Gold Business Partner Meeting As a special service to Gold Business Partner members, IDFA will again present a briefing on the Dairy Market Outlook for 2006 and how it could affect suppliers to the dairy industry, as well as a report on business issues before Congress. If you are an IDFA Gold Business Partner, be sure to take advantage of this valuable session. Please RSVP to Cindy Cavallo at ccavallo@idfa.org or 202-220-3505.
2:00 - 3:30 pm	International Trade Committee Meeting
3:30 - 5:00 pm	PAC Steering Committee Meeting
3:30 - 5:00 pm	Countering Attaches by Anti-Dairy Activists (*IDFA is hosting the Center for Consumer Freedom for this session not as an endorsement, but due to the continuing activities of anti-dairy, animal rights activists, which are of interest to many of our members) Speaker: Rick Berman, Executive Director Center for Consumer Freedom
6:30 - 7:30 pm	PAC Reception (Invitation Only)
7:30 pm	PAC Dinner (Invitation Only)
Tuesday, January 17
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration
7:30 - 8:30 am	Coffee with...Heads of State Dairy Producer Organizations Hear how several progressive state producer organizations view the future for the dairy industry from issues at the farm level to federal policy. Moderator: Chip Kunde, Sr. Vice President International Dairy Foods Association Panelists: Laurie Fischer, Executive Director Dairy Business Association of Wisconsin   Michael Marsh, CEO Western United Dairymen   Bob Naerebout, Executive Director Idaho Dairymen's Association
8:30 - 9:45 am	General Session — Congressional Staff Panel Join us to hear from Congressional staffers working day to day on legislative issues that impact the dairy industry. Panelists will share their insights on policy and politics as we face one of the more challenging Congressional sessions in recent memory. Don't miss the chance to hear from those toiling in the trenches to shape policy on dairy issues. Moderator: Kristin Wilcox, Sr. Director, Legislative Affairs International Dairy Foods Association Panelists: Ben Anderson, Staff Director, Dairy Subcommittee House Agriculture Committee Majority   Chandler Goule, Staff Director, Livestock Subcommittee House Agriculture Committee Minority   Russell Williams, Agriculture Legislative Assistant Senator Pete Domenici Office (R-NM)
10:00am - 5:00pm	Spouse Event — The Living Desert Discover an exciting new world! You will witness majestic bighorn sheep, huge birds-of-prey, reptiles, prehistoric plant life and hundreds of cacti, plus many endangered species, all at a close-up view in the 1200-acre Eagle Canyon. You will be immersed in the landscape of a remote desert canyon, with its sheer walls and beautiful gorges. Come eye to eye with mountain lions, bobcats, kit foxes, Mexican wolves and the king of birds, the golden eagle. After the tour you will enjoy a delicious lunch at Tommy Bahama's Cafe. Following lunch, you will shop El Paseo — World famous as the Rodeo Drive of the Desert, Palm Desert's El Paseo Shopping District is a beautifully maintained picture-postcard floral and statue-filled mile. El Paseo is truly a shopper's paradise where you'll find over 300 discoveries including enchanting shops and boutiques featuring the latest designer fashions, jewelry, award winning restaurants, interior designers, home furnishings, antiques, beauty salons, spas, art galleries and much more!
10:00 - 11:15 am	Concurrent Sessions Hedgers, Traders and Speculators — What do they need to know? Just the fact that dairy cash and futures markets exist is not enough — these markets must be active every day to be useful for price discovery and risk management. Do existing data provide enough information for these markets to be active every day? Come listen as key market participants discuss what is needed to create more interest in these markets. Moderator: Mary Ledman, Principal Dairy Direct Trading Panelists: Glenn Millar, Managing Partner Modern Dairy Markets   Rob Murphy, Vice President Informa Economics   Cam Thraen, Associate Professor The Ohio State University   Brian Rice, Principal Rice Dairy, LLC Dairy vs. Soy — Are We on the Right Track? Dairy and soy proteins have competed against each other in recent years. But are the lines blurring as consumers' demand for healthy high protein foods is triggering the addition of soy to traditional dairy products? Will the impact of Federal Order changes or international Codex standards help or hinder dairy utilization? Moderator: Cary Frye, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs International Dairy Foods Association Panelists: Bill Aimutis, PhD, Research Fellow Group Manager, Food Chemistry Cargill, Inc.   Dr. J. Russell Bishop, Director Center for Dairy Research University of Wisconsin   J. A. Blackwelder, Product Development Dairy Concepts LP   Tip Tipton, Chairman & CEO The Tipton Group The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About Operating in the U.S. Market Global companies operating in the U.S. market have perspectives that may reveal some aspects of our market that we ignore, tolerate or simply overlook. Listen carefully to identify impediments, improvements and opportunities from these insights and observations. Moderator: Emmanuel Durand, Managing Director Rabobank International Panelists: Erick Boutry, President & CEO Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.   Don Learmonth, President Fonterra USA   John Moloney, Group Managing Director Glanbia plc.   Alan Murray, President & CEO Tetra Pak Inc.
11:15 am - 12:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions The Deregulation Experiment — Review the Results As we view the evolution of dairy policy, driven by internal considerations like the 2007 US Farm Bill, and multilateral forces like the Doha Development Agenda, one potential direction is towards a more free market. Other countries have gone down this path and we will hear from the experts on the results in England, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Moderator: Simon Tucker, Vice President, Government Relations & Trade, N.A. Fonterra Panelists: Jim Begg, Director General Dairy UK   John McQueen, CEO Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation   Martin Varley, Director of Policy Development Irish Cooperative Organisation Society Limited The State of Dairy Weight Loss Science Moderator: Cary Frye, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs International Dairy Foods Association   Tom Nagle, Vice President, Marketing International Dairy Foods Association State Departments of Agriculture: Farm Bill Wish List Over the past 15 years, national dairy policy has impacted regions of the country differently. Why have some states' dairy industries thrived while others have stagnated under the same national policies? What should be changed in the upcoming Farm Bill? Moderator: Bob Yonkers, Chief Economist International Dairy Foods Association Panelists: The Honorable Pat Takasugi, Director/Secretary Idaho Department of Agriculture   The Honorable Dennis Wolff, Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   The Honorable Gene Hugoson, Commissioner Minnesota Department of Agriculture
12:30 - 2:00 pm	Golf & Tennis Awards Lunch and General Session Fred Barnes will take you beneath the surface of headline events. He will offer an insider's look at the presidency and Congress. With over 20 years of reporting on Washington politics, Mr. Barnes will use his journalistic acumen to make sense of the political landscape and to map the future. Sponsored by: Monsanto Company Presider: Clay Hough, Sr. Vice President & General Counsel International Dairy Foods Association Speaker: Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard and co-host of FOX News' The Beltway Boys
2:15 - 3:30 pm	General Session — What's in Store for Dairy Markets in the Coming Years? What factors will drive dairy supply and demand in the next year and beyond, both in the U.S. and abroad? How will high energy costs affect supply? Can our regulatory system adapt quickly enough? Come hear a panel of experts discuss the issues. Moderator: Dr. Bob Yonkers, Chief Economist International Dairy Foods Association Presenter: Scott Brown, Research Assistant Professor FAPRI — University of Missouri Panelists: Jim Begg, Director General Dairy UK   John Wilson, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Industry Affairs Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
3:45 - 5:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions NIMBY — The Struggle for Farm Expansion As dairy producers strive to grow their business, increasingly they are constrained by environmental regulation and litigation. Whether it be non-farm neighbor complaints, air/water quality concerns, or even rights to water, these developments make it harder to operate or expand dairy operations. These panelists will discuss the issues and strategies for resolution. Moderator: Dave Fuhrmann, President and CEO Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative Panelists: Richard Clauss, Chairman of the Board Hilmar Cheese Company   Michael Marsh, Chief Executive Officer Western United Dairymen   Mike Quesnell, President Idaho Dairymen's Association To Forward Contract or Not? That is the Question Moderator: Dr. Ron Knutson, Professor Emeritus Texas A&M University Panelists: Jon Davis, General Manager Davisco Foods International, Inc.   Jim Tillison, CEO Alliance of Western Milk Produce
6:00 - 7:30 pm	Old Hollywood Reception Sponsored by: Evergreen Packaging
Wednesday, January 18
8:00 - 9:00 am	Coffee with...Tom Nagle, Vice President, Marketing, International Dairy Foods Association and Rick Naczi, Sr. Vice President, U.S. Marketing, Dairy Managment, Inc. An update on School Milk
9:00 - 10:15 am	General Session — Mother Nature vs. the Dairy Industry: Coping with Disaster When writing next year's business plan you may want to plan for unexpected disasters. So how do you cope when Mother Nature turns mean and ugly? This panel consists of some industry experts who gained their knowledge the hard way — through wind, water, fire and other disastrous experiences. Can you be more prepared? Do you know what you would do first? Hear our panelists talk about disaster and what they've learned first hand. Moderator: Tom Nagle, Vice President, Marketing International Dairy Foods Association Panelists: Paul Bikowitz, President Heartland Farms   Don Schrivner, Executive Vice President Dairy Farmers of America
10:15 am	Adjournment

HOW TO REGISTER

To register for the 2006 Dairy Forum:

• Click here to register online
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Hotel Reservations
Call the La Quinta Resort & Club at (800) 598-3828 to reserve a room today. Refer to the 2006 Dairy Fourm and receive a special $230.00 single/double room rate. The deadline to secure a room is December 20, 2005. We have secured a large block of rooms, but once all the rooms have been reserved, we cannot guarantee that additional space will be available. Reservation will be confirmed only if accompanied by one night's room deposit or with a major credit card. Check-in time is 3:00 pm and check-out time is 12:00 Noon.

Cancellation of a room reservation must be made 3 days before scheduled arrival or you will be charged your first night's deposit. Please plan ahead and reserve your room today!

About La Quinta Resort & Club
Nestled against the Santa Rosa Mountains, La Quinta Resort & Club is regarded as the most distinctive resort in the Palm Springs area and is an excellent destination to escape the winter chills. Whatever your pleasure, La Quinta has it all. For golfers there are 90 holes of some of the country's best golf. For those of you interested in other recreational activities, there are 24 tennis courts featuring hard, grass and clay surfaces. There are 41 sparkling swimming pools, 53 hot spas and a 23,000 sq. ft. spa that offers many relaxing treatments, as well as a 4,000 sq. ft. fitness center. There is also nearby hiking, mountain biking trails and the Plaza shops for one-of-a-kind shopping. From Mediterranean to Mexican to classic American favorites, dining options at La Quinta will appeal to every palate.

Appropriate Attire
Casual resort attire (ties are not required) is appropriate during the day. Sport jackets are appropriate for most activities during the evening. Ladies will be comfortable in resort casual wear dresses or slacks for daytime, dressed or dress pants for the evening. Spouses participating in the spouse event are encouraged to bring comfortable shoes and a jacket or sweater. The temperature will range from the high 60s to mid-70s during the day and 50s at night. Bring a sweater or jacket for the evenings.