2020 ANNUAL MEETING CONFERENCE & POLICY DISCUSSION

October 28 &, October 29, 2020 | 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM Virtual Conference

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smithfieldfoods.com/renewables 2020 Annual Meeting Program: Day 1

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:00 AM Welcome from the Council Kyle Shreve, Virginia Agribusiness Council Executive Director

9:10 AM - 10:00 AM A Message from VDACS followed by live Q&A Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM: Sponsored break and a message from Farm Credit

10:10 AM - 11:00 AM Farms Under Threat Jamie Mierau, American Farmland Trust Followed by live Q&A with Jacob Gilley, AFT

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM: Sponsored break and a message from Smithfield

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Virginia Farm Businesses followed by live Q&A Dr. John Bovay, Virginia Tech

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM: Sponsored break and a message from First Bank & Trust

12:05 PM - 12:35 PM Annual Meeting Business Meeting & Presentation Welcome from Board Chairman, Lea Scott of Universal Leaf

Business Meeting Call to Order Recognition of retiring directors and election of directors

Agribusiness of the Year Award Presentation

12:35 PM - 1:15 PM Keynote Address: Chris Saxman of Virginia Free Meet our Keynote Speaker Chris Saxman, Virginia Free

Chris Saxman is the Executive Director of Virginia FREE a non-partisan, non-profit established in 1988 that informs the business community in order to advance free enterprise and responsible, pro-business government.

Delegate Saxman served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2010. During his time in the Virginia House, he served on Commerce and Labor; General Laws; Transportation; Counties, Cities, and Towns; and Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources Committees and also chaired two subcommittees. In 2007, U.S. Senator John McCain asked Saxman to co-chair his Virginia campaign for president along with U.S. Senator . In 2010, Saxman co-chaired the K-12 transition team for Governor-elect Bob McDonnell.

Saxman has served as the General Manager of his family’s bottled water business based in Staunton, Virginia from 1995 until 2010. As part of his commitment to the industry, Saxman became the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bottled Water Association in 2007.

Saxman was born in , PA but primarily grew up in Staunton. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in European History in 1987. Saxman and his wife, Michele, relocated the family to the Richmond area in 2013. They have four children ages 24 to 15.

2020 Annual Meeting Program: Day 2

Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:00 AM Welcome from the Council Kyle Shreve, Virginia Agribusiness Council Executive Director

9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Political Roundtable with Senator Emmett Hanger and Delegate Ken Plum

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM State and National Policy Discussions *members only* Farmer Strong

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farmcredit.com Nominees for Board of Directors One Year Terms Bob Bahr, Brilee Farm, Timberville Gene Copenhaver, Copenhaver Brothers Farm, Inc., Meadowview Brad Cornelius, Farm Credit of the Virginias, Harrisonburg John Fleet, Jr., Fleet Brothers, Inc., Hartfield Paul Franklin, Colonial Farm Credit, Mechanicsville Basil Gooden, Gooden Family Farms, Buckingham Gil Grattan, Virginia Green Lawn Care, Richmond Lynn Graves, Graves Mountain Farms, Syria Lee Hartman, Bluestone Vineyards, Bridgewater Matthew Hickman, Dublin Farms, Inc., Horntown Wes Marshall, Marshall Farms, Weyers Cave Steve Patterson, Southern States Cooperative, Richmond Alicia Pitorri, Bank of America, Charlottesville Clay Roberts, Hastings Farm, Sandston C. M. Saunders, III, Saunders Farms, Midlothian Steve Sturgis, Tri S Farms, Eastville Tom Taliaferro, Montague Farms, Inc., Center Cross Ryan Turman, the Turman Group, Floyd Lake Wagner, Green Valley Poultry Farm, Abingdon Megan Day, Virginia State FFA President (ex officio)

Nominations for the 2021-2023 Term Patrick Connelly, Landscape Supply, Inc., Richmond Trey Davis, Bayer CropScience, Richmond Wayne Kirby, Creamfield Farm, Mechanicsville Stewart Leeth, Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield Douglas R. Phillips, Phillips & Turman Tree Farms, Indian Valley J. Keith Phillips, First Bank & Trust Company, Harrisonburg Jim Riddell, Georgewood Farm, Louisa

Continuing the 2019-2021 Term Kern Houff, Houff Corporation, Weyers Cave R. Easton Loving, WestRock, Fork Union Robert Pemberton, Cherry Dale Farm, Inc., Doswell Marlene Pierson-Jolliffe, Commonwealth Fairs & Events, Doswell Mark Ramsey, Culpeper Farmers’ Cooperative, Culpeper Lea Scott, Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Richmond Danny Shreckhise, Shreckhise Nurseries, Grottoes

Continuing the 2020-2022 Term Jay Abbott, Red Sun Farms, Dublin Brandon Davis, Tyson’s, Glen Allen Matt Faulconer, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Fredericksburg Martin Gardner, Blue Ridge Aquaculture, Incorporated, Martinsville Lindsay Reames, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Amelia Dick Willey, Perdue AgriBusiness, Tappahannock Andrew Vehorn, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association. of Electric Cooperatives, Glen Allen The agricultural financing experts. Trusted since 1979.

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Thank You to Our Retiring Board Members!

Dr. Daniel E. Brann, Brann Farms, Christiansburg Peery Heldreth, Farm Credit of the Virginias, Staunton Charlie Stubbs, Perdue AgriBusiness, Tappahannock

Welcome to Our New Council Members!

David Bender , Weeded! Lawn Service, Glen Allen, VA Sarah Cohen, Route 11 Potato Chips, Mt. Jackson, VA John Crawford, Sr., Southland Dairy Farmers, Greensboro, NC Jeffrey Fedorchak, TruGreen, Arlington, VA Billy Gallagher, Green Side Up Landscaping, Rockville, VA Caleb Hinkle, Virginia Tech (SPES), Blackstone, VA Robert Mills, Jr., Briar View Farms, Callands, VA Ben Morrison, Virginia Tech (SPES), Blacksburg, VA Bruce Sheppard, Weed Man, Winchester, VA Margaret Ann Smith, Southlex Cattle Company, Glasgow, VA Howard Spinner, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, Manassas,VA Craig Zeigler, Agronomic Lawn Management, Chesapeake, VA

Membership Renewals are going out next week! Let us know if we can work with you, your support is fundamental to our effectiveness as your unified voice. Be on the lookout for important announcements and event updates from the Council!

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