The final day to submit registration to attend the 2008 Corn and Pork Trade Symposium to be held in Indianapolis is this Friday, June 27.

The one-day event will be hosted by the National Pork Producers Council, the Indiana Pork Producers Association, the National Corn Growers Association and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council. It will take place on July 8 and will allow pork producers and corn growers the opportunity to learn about how trade impacts the pork and corn industries.

Invited luncheon speakers include Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana Agriculture Director Andy Miller. There will also be trade economics and policy presentations by Dermot Hayes of Iowa State University, Paul Drazek of DTB Associates and James Wiesemeyer of Information Economics.

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