The United States Department of Agriculture's chief economist, Joe Glauber, will speak at UW-Madison Thursday on U.S. trade policy and agriculture.
According to a release, Glauber's speech is part of a symposium honoring the 100-year anniversary of the creation of the UW-Madison department of agriculture and applied economics.
Glauber, who received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from UW-Madison in 1984, took his position as chief economist with the USDA in February 2008.
Glauber's main responsibilities have consisted of providing agricultural commodity reports and updates and outlooks for the future of agricultural prices in the U.S., according to a statement.
Glauber's speech will take place Thursday at 8:45 a.m. in room 1111 at the UW-Madison Biotechnology Center, and will be followed by a talk Friday by David Kaimowitz, director of the Natural Assets and Sustainability unit at the Ford Foundation.
