Meetings

FLP Initial Workshop January 30 – February 1, 2005
Ottawa APRN Workshop March 24, 2006
Stewart FLP-APRN March 24,2006
Weersink FLP-APRN March 24, 2006
CAES-FLP-CATPRN Joint Workshop, October 15, 16, 17, 2006
Ottawa FLP Workshop October 23, 2008
Mini-Symposium on Bio-Energy Policy in North America
On June 19, 2007, the Department of Rural Economy, Alberta Agricultural Economics Association and Farm Level Policy Network sponsored a symposium on bio-energy.

Presentations from the symposium:

Janaki R. R. Alavalapati – Economics of forest biomass and bioenergy. [PDF]
Doug Young – Research and policy implications for the oilseed industry of recent biofuel initiatives. [PDF]
Doug Young – Oilseed production and biofuel economics summary notes. [PDF]
CAES Principle Paper Session
The Farm Level Policy (FLP) network organized a principle paper session titled “The Farm Level Framework for APF II: The Next Generation” for the CAES meetings in Portland. There were three presentations plus a discussant presentation:

Sparling, David – “Reflections on the APF – Objectives, context and results”. University of Guelph and Executive Director, Institute of Agri-Food Policy Innovation.
Jeffrey, Scott R. & James Unterschultz – “Business Risk Management in the Next Generation APF: A CAIS Study”. University of Alberta
Poon, Kenneth and Alfons Weersink – “Environment pillar and the next APF”. University of Guelph.
Discussant: Dave Culver. Chief, Farm Data Analysis. Agriculture and Agrifood Canada