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Roger Beachy to deliver speech at USDA's 2010 Agricultural Outlook ForumThe U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist announced that Roger Beachy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and USDA chief scientist, will be the dinner speaker at the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m., in Arlington, Va. Beachy's speech, "The New Consensus: Science, Sustainability and Society" will address how research and advanced technologies look to solve issues of sustainable agriculture in relation to environmental, economic and trade competitiveness. The forum will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va. It begins at 8 a.m., Feb. 18. A full roster of speakers, topics and registration is available at www.usda.gov/oce/forum. Registration is $375. Plenary speeches will be webcast after 6 p.m. EST on Feb. 18, and speech and PowerPoint presentations will be posted online after 6 p.m. on Feb. 19.
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