With the 2012 Farm Bill hearings already underway, market conditions atop people's minds, free trade with Mexico in full swing, and continued international trade talks, this Symposium in beautiful Vail, CO will prove to be both informative and newsworthy.

At the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND); House Argriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN); Senate Agriculture Commitee Ranking Memver Saxby Chambliss (R-GA); and Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) will address the Symposium via videoconference.

The USDA's Undersecretary of Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services and the Chief Agricultureal Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative will be on hand at the conference.  Presentations by other federal officials, representatives from numerous farm organizations, and leaders from the sugar and sweetener-using industries will round out a packed itinerary.

For more information and to request a registration form, please contact the American Sugar Alliance at 703.351.5055 or check out the website at www.sugaralliance.org