Premier agriculture business conference brings together
farmers and industry to address challenges ahead in 2012
December 1, 2011 - Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time
IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable
world, announced today that its agriculture brand,
DTN/The Progressive Farmer, is hosting its fifth
annual DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit in
Chicago, December 6-9. The theme of this year's
conference is "Ag's 2012 Challenge: Rebalancing
Risk and Reward."
More than 700 top farmers and agribusiness leaders from
across the country will flock to the Ag Summit to learn how
shocks of weather, exports, global agriculture, land
markets and inputs will affect their businesses. The
conference includes DTN/The Progressive
Farmer's highly sought after DTN University
marketing courses and an analysis of the global agriculture
market, including risk and opportunities in China's
grain imports and how Brazilian farms are scaling up in
size.
This year's Ag Summit will feature presentations from
global industry leaders, including Nicholas Lardy, Senior
Fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics,
David Nelson, Global Strategist for Rabobank
International-Americas, and Arlindo Moura, CEO of SLC
Agricola, one of Brazil's largest farms.
Attendees will also gain insight from DTN/The
Progressive Farmer's experts, including Darin
Newsom, Senior Market Analyst, who will give an assessment
of the commodity market for 2012 and discuss whether focus
will shift to demand after the supply scare. Bryce
Anderson, Agricultural Meteorologist, will also discuss how
La Niña will affect agriculture in 2012.
According to Telvent's Chairman and CEO, Ignacio
Gonzalez, "We are excited to announce the Ag Summit
for the fifth consecutive year. With another list of
renowned speakers from the agriculture industry, we are
confident that attendees will gain valuable knowledge and
insight into the market and industry that they can apply to
their businesses, leading into 2012. As the leader in
agriculture news and information, Telvent is committed to
providing farmers with the best expert resources to answer
the difficult questions facing their industry."
The DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit draws
agriculture industry professionals from across the country
each December. For a complete agenda, list of speakers and
topics at the 2011 Ag Summit, please visit .
About Telvent
Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT) is a global IT solutions and
business information services provider dedicated to helping
improve efficiency, safety and security for the world's
leading companies. Telvent serves markets that are critical
to the sustainability of the planet, including the energy,
transportation, agricultural and environmental sectors.
(www.telvent.com).
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