The Midwest Ag Energy Network was launched in February 2005. The purpose of the Midwest Ag Energy Network was to coordinate outreach and education among regional agriculture industry leaders about renewable and low carbon energy policy and technology development to build a broad base of ag industry-led support for state and federal climate and energy policy. In July, 2008 the Midwest Ag Energy Network moved to the Great Plains Institute to better reflect the initiative’s regional nature. 

For a number of reasons related to the changing demands of regional and national energy policy strategies, GPI decided to discontinue the Midwest Ag Energy Network in 2009 and re-allocate its resources to other ag and energy related programs. The work done by this project--namely proceedings from conferences, white papers, and other written documents--remains on the GPI website to inform future ag energy policy strategies.

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Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit December 2008

Agenda

Audio files

• Ag Leaders Panel
  
• Carbon Cap and Trade Issues and Agriculture 12.15 late afternoon
  
• Doug Kluck
  
• Getting up to Speed on Carbon and Agriculture 12.15 early afternoon
  
• Greenhouse gas assessment of biofuels-12.15 early afternoon
  
• Jocie-Welcome
  
• Low Carbon Fuel Standard-12.15 late afternoon
  
• MGA Panel
  
• Nathan Rudgers
  
• Programs and Technologies 12.15 early afternoon
  
• Reducing CO2 Outputs While Reducing Dependence on Foreign Inputs-Early Afternoon breakout 12 08  
  
• Renewable Energy Tariff Design-Part One
  
• Renewable Energy Tariff Design-Part Two
  
• Rolf Nordstrom-opening remarks 12.16.08 
  

Presentation PDFs

• Paul Gipe Renewable Energy Tariff Design Part 1-01
  
• Paul Gipe Renewable Energy Tariff Design Part 1-02
  
• Paul Gipe Renewable Energy Tariff Design Part 2-01
  
• Paul Gipe Renewable Energy Tariff Design Part 2-02
  
• Paul Gipe Renewable Energy Tariff Design Part 2-03
  
• Bruce McCarl
  
• Carol Werner
  
• Dave Miller
  
• Doug Kluck
  
• Ed Woolsey
  
• Geoff Cooper
  
• Jerry Hatfield
  
• Jim Kleinschmit
  
• Joe Shacter
  
• John Goss
  
• Kris Plamann
  
• Mark Calmes
  
• Mark Jenner
  
• Mary Blanchard
  
• Michael Walsh
  
• Michelle Wander
  
• Nathan Clark
  
• Nathan Rudgers
  
• Norm Olson
  
• Paul Gipe am plenary
  
• Paul Taylor
  
• Robert Carlson
  
• Robert Finley
  
• Roger Johnson
  
• Roger Johnson-ag leaders panel
  
• Rolf Nordstrom Opening Remarks 12.16.08  
  
• Rolf Nordstrom-MGA overview
  
• Ron Burke
  
• Sanjana Ahmad
  

Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit February 2008

Agenda

Audio files

• Ag and Global Warming_I
• Biomass_Update
• Local Ownership_I
• Tuesday Lunch - David Morris
• Tuesday Welcome_Keynote

Presentation PDFs

• Ag and GlobalWarming_I
  
• Biomass Update
  
• Local Ownership_I
  
• Tuesday Lunch - David Morris
  
• Tuesday Welcome_Keynote
  
• Advanced Renewable Energy Krom
  
• Advanced Renewable Energy Nelson
  
• Advanced Renewable Energy Vrieze
  
• Ag and Global Warming Enerson
  
• Ag and Global Warming Reed
  
• Ag and Global Warming Husley
  
• Ag Global Warming O'Hare
  
• Local Ownership Kubert
  
• Local Ownership White
  
• Local Ownership Ziewacz
  
• Local Ownership Hueth
  
• Local Ownership Iszler
  
• Local Ownership Pieterick
  
• Next Gen Bio Energy Dale
  
• Next Gen Bioenergy Donohue
  
• Next Gen Bioenergy Radloff
  
• Next Gen Bioenergy Apfelbach
  
• Next Gen Bioenergy Johnson
  
• Next Gen Bioenergy Taglia
  
• Pavlova presentation Ag Energy
  
• Randy Udall, Part I
  
• Randy Udall Part II
  
• Renewable Electricity Anthony
  
• Renewable Electricity Clemmer
  
• Renewable Electricity Whitman
  

Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit 2006

Agenda

Audio files

• Introduction
• Late morning session
• English
• Farm Bill panel
  
• Finalizing Key elements
  
• Gleason
  
• Gov. Pawlenty
  
• Klobuchar
  
• Morris
  
• Peterson
  
• Walz
  
• Willers
• Woolsey
  

Presentation PDFs

• Andy Olsen
  
• Beth Soholt
  
• Burton English
  
• Dave Miller
  
• Ed Woolsey
  
• Gary Radloff
  
• John Moore
  
• Kenric Scheevel
  
• Kevin Soucie
  
• Larry Flowers
  
• Mike Ott
  
• Robert Carlson
  
• Sue Beitlich

Advanced Renewable Tariffs Webinar

• ART Webinar Agenda  
  
• Jocie Iszler presentation  
  
• Kathleen Law presentation  
  
• Mike Bull presentation  
  
• Paul Gipe presentation  
  
• Presenter overview  
  
• Rick Evans presentation  
  
• Tom Stanton presentation 
  

Other Documents

• Local Ownership White Paper  
  
• MAEN Roadmap  
  
• Carbon Policy Webinar  
  
• Community Wind Forum: Carl Nelson  
  
• Community Wind Forum: Dan Yarano  
  
• Community Wind Forum: Jocie Iszler  
  
• Community Wind Forum: Tom Wind