Hey, I see our Agweek Washington correspondent, Jerry Hagstrom of the Hagstrom Report and DTN fame, is one of the featured speakers for the Big Iron seminar lineup for the Red River Farm Network, Sept. 11-13 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, N.D.  Jerry will no doubt have a lot to talk about with the politics of the 2012 farm bill swirling and perhaps coming to some kind of conclusion before the Sept. 30 federal fiscal year ends.

Here’s who else is speaking, and when:

2012 Big Iron Schedule

Tuesday

10:30      NRCS Update on Wetlands and Drainage

Don Baloun, State Conservationist, Minnesota; Andy Wingenbach, Assistant State Conservationist, North Dakota

1:30        Market Seminar

Frayne Olson-North Dakota State University; Virgil Robinson, DuPont Pioneer; Mike Krueger, The Money Farm

2:30        Land Values Seminar

Wednesday

9 to 3 PM             Silent Auction to Support North Dakota and Minnesota FFA Foundations

10:30     Farm Policy Update

Jerry Hagstrom-The Hagstrom Report

1:30        Market Seminar

Tomm Pfitzenmaier-Summitt Commodities; Phillip Claussen, FCStone ; Betsy Jensen, Prairie Grains Magazine

2:30        Land Values Seminar

Thursday

10:30     Ag Career Summit

Dr. Dean Bresciani, President, North Dakota State University; Natasha Mortenson, President, Minnesota Association of Agriculture Educators; Zach Fore, area agronomist, DuPont Pioneer; Mark Haugland, district sales manager, Bayer CropScience

1:30        Market Seminar

Mike North-First Capitol Ag; Steve Wagner-Country Hedging; Brad Paulson-Northern Crops Marketing and Investments