Getty Images/iStockphoto "The purpose of this online conference is to provide stakeholders commodity outlook information for the upcoming year," said Will Maples. The 2021 Ag Outlook Conference will be held virtually, and registration is free. Mississippi State University will be holding its 2021 Ag Outlook Conference virtually on Jan. 14 th beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing to around noon. "The purpose of this conference is to provide stakeholders commodity outlook information for the upcoming year," said Will Maples, Assistant Extension Professor for the Department of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University. "Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Cortney Cowley with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City."