Agricultural Marketing Service

1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201

www.ams.usda.gov

An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

LMR Stakeholder Meeting Agenda

Hall of the States Building

444 N. Capitol Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

November 15-16, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

8:00 – 8:30 am Registration in First Floor Lobby at the Hall of the States Building

8:30 – 9:00 am Introductions Mike Lynch

LPGMN Director

Welcome Remarks Elanor Starmer

AMS Administrator

Define Meeting Scope & Goals Dr. Craig Morris

LPS Deputy Administrator

9:00 – 9:30 am Review of Agenda, Role of Facilitators, Federal Mediation &

& Procedural Ground Rules Conciliation Service (FMCS)

9:30 – 10:15 am Overview of LMR Baseline Study Dr. Joe Parcell

Value Ag, Inc.

10:15 – 10:30 am Break

10:30 – 11:00 am Value of Market Information Dr. Warren Preston

USDA Deputy Chief 

Economist

11:00 – 11:30 am Orderly Reauthorization Process Joel Greene

Congressional Research 

Service

11:30 – 1:00 pm Break for Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 pm Expectations of Stakeholders Stakeholder Representatives

2:00 – 3:00 pm Problem Analysis Overview FMCS

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:00 pm Problem Analysis Strategies FMCS

4:00 – 5:00 pm Q & A and Summary of Day FMCS
Agricultural Marketing Service

1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201

www.ams.usda.gov

An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

8:30 – 9:15 am LMR Technical Requirements John Gallagher, AMS

9:15 – 9:45 am 3/70/20 Confidentiality Guideline Taylor Cox, AMS

9:45 – 10:15 am Cattle Reporting Jodie Pitcock, AMS 

10:15 – 10:30 am Break

10:30 – 11:15 am Swine Reporting Jason Karwal, AMS 

11:15 – 12:00 pm Live Lamb & Lamb Meat Reporting Jodie Pitcock, AMS

12:00 – 1:30 pm Break for Lunch

1:30 – 2:00 pm Boxed Beef Reporting Bill Worlie, AMS

2:00 – 2:30 pm Wholesale Pork Reporting Lakisha Aller, AMS

2:30 – 3:00 pm Compliance Review Process Brittany Koop, AMS 

3:00 – 3:15 pm Re-Visit Expectations 

3:15 – 3:30 pm Break and Discuss Future Meeting Dates

3:30 – 4:30 pm Future Meeting Dates & Wrap Up FMCS

Organizations Represented:

American Farm Bureau Federation (All Species) – Trudy Wastweet, Katelyn McCullock, 

Lawrence Switzer, Chris Chinn, Gary Heibertshausen 

American Sheep Industry (Lamb) – Benny Cox, Paul Rodgers, Erica Sanko

CME Group (Cattle, Swine) – David Lehman, Megan Agruso

Livestock Marketing Association (Cattle) – Chelsea Good

Livestock Marketing Information Center (All Species) – Steve Koontz, Joe Parcell, David 

Anderson

Meat Import Council of America (Lamb) – Laurie Bryant

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (Cattle/Beef) – Kurtis Ward, Ed Greiman

National Farmers Union (All Species) – Barbara Patterson

National Pork Producers Council (Swine/Pork) – Brian Stevens, Greg Howard

North American Meat Institute (All Species) – Art Wagner, Bob Darrell, Dennis Stiffler

R-CALF USA (Cattle/Beef) – Mike Schultz

Southwest Meat Association (Cattle/Beef) – Burley Smith, Joe Harris

Texas Cattle Feeders Association (Cattle/Beef) – Jim Lovell, Surcy Peoples

United States Cattlemen’s Association (Cattle/Beef) – Jess Peterson, Lia Biondo