Download the agenda (2-page PDF file)
The Farm Credit Council’s 2012 Annual Meeting took place Jan. 23-25, 2012 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC.
Materials
Presentation by Jason Jennings (3.7MB PowerPoint file)
Remarks by Leland A. Strom, Chairman and CEO, Farm Credit Administration (PDF)
Presentation by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (10.8MB PowerPoint file)
Schedule of Events
MONDAY, JANUARY 23
FCC Resolutions Committee
10 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
Capitol Ballroom, Salons D & E
PAC Steering Committee
11:30 a.m.
Capitol Ballroom, Salon E

Welcome Reception
Sponsored by CoBank
5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Capitol Ballroom
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24
Buffet Breakfast
6:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Capitol Ballroom
Delegate Body Session
7 a.m. — 7:45 a.m.
Treasury Room
Opening General Session
8 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
- FCC and FCCS Chairmen’s reports
- FCA Chairman & CEO Lee Strom
- Charlie Cook
- Jason Jennings
Breakout Sessions
11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Capitol Ballroom
- Crop Insurance: Challenges for 2012, Salon D
- Premiere Governance Series: An Overview, Salon E
- Congressional Update, Salon F
- Farm Credit Administration Update, Salon G
Luncheon
12:45 p.m.—2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
- Presentation of Phelps Martin Awards
- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Breakout Sessions Repeat
3 p.m. — 4 p.m.
Ice Cream Social
Sponsored by Farmer Mac
4:15 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25
Buffet Breakfast
6:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Capitol Ballroom
Spouse & Guest Program
9 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Capitol Ballroom
- Anita McBride
- Taja Sevelle
Closing General Session
7:30 a.m. — 11 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
- U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance –Chris Galen &Keith Yazmir
- Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND)
- Farm Groups Panel
Moderator: Sara Wyant
Panelists:
Audrey Adamson, National Pork Producers Council
Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union
Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation
Sam Willett, National Corn Growers Association
Colin Woodall, National Cattlemens Beef Association
Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation Stockholders Meeting
11:15 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Capitol Ballroom
Luncheon
12:30 p.m. — 2 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
- Former FBI Director Louis Freeh