Vilsack to speak at webinar Monday on the supply-chain crisis in U.S. agriculture exports and how to fix it - Entrepreneur Generations

Agri-Pulse will host a free webinar at 1 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 31 to discuss how supply-chain problems are hurting American agriculture exports and what can be done about it.

The webinar includes two discussion panels: one featuring policy experts and one featuring industry experts. Krysta Harden, president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, which Vilsack headed between stints as USDA secretary, will moderate a panel featuring the following policy experts:

• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
• White House Ports Czar John Porcari
• Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.
• Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.

Jaime Castaneda, executive vice president of policy development and strategy at the National Milk Producer Federation will moderate an industry panel featuring the following guests:

• Mike Durkin, president and CEO of Leprino Foods
• Andrew Hwang, manager of business development and international marketing at the Port of Oakland in California
• Jon Eisen, director of the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference at the American Trucking Association

The event is sponsored by the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Click here for more information or to register.

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