“We believe in Soybeans” is Delmarva meeting theme
OCEAN CITY, Md. - The
main theme of this year’s
13th Delmarva Soybean
Meeting is “We Believe in
Soybeans”, and to attest to
this fact, Delmarva Ex
tension Agents and
agribusiness represen
tatives have planned a
program to help growers
increase yields and improve
marketing techniques.
The meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, February 15,
at the Convention Hall,
Ocean City, and will get
tmderway at 8:30 a.m. with
exhibits, coffee and
doughnuts.
William H. Henderson,
secretary, Mid-Atlantic
Soybean Association, Inc.,
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Georgetown, Del., will
preside over the morning
session. Presiding over the
afternoon session will be
Joseph L. Newcomer, Grain
Marketing Specialist, USDA,
Washington, D.C.
Elanco Products Company
will “kick off’ the morning
session with -a film “We
Believe in Farming” in
keeping with the program
theme.
Following this, Dr. Lorin
Krusberg, professor,
department of botany,
University of Maryland, will
discuss' plant parasitic
nematodes associated with
soybeans, particularly on
the Delmarva Peninsula.
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topic presented by Frank J.
Webb, Extension agronomy
specialist, University of
Delaware Substation,
Georgetown, Del., and
Robert G. Miller, Extension
agent, Salisbury, Md. __
Growers often Create
problems associated with
disease pressure when they
decide to grow continuous
soybeans. Dr. Robert E.
Baldwin, Virginia Truck &
Ornamentals _ Research
Station, Painter, Va.; Dr.
Robert Carroll, Plant
Pathologist, University of
Delaware; and Dr. James G.
Kantzes, Plant Pathologist,
University of Maryland,
Salisbury, Md., will be
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discussing diseases and
controls in growing con
tinuous soybeans.
Chemicals play an im
portant role in insuring that
.growers obtain maximum
yields. James H. McFadden,
Chevron Chemical Com
' pany, Chestertown, Md.;
and Gary L. Smith, Ex
tension specialist,
agricultural engineering,
University of Maryland, will
be on hand to discuss the
“Chemical Facts of Life”.
“Soybean Marketing
Strategies” will be
presented by the Vice-
President of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith,
Inc., , Robert Purkey,
Norfolk, Va.
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Soybean growers will sit
on the panel moderated by
Joseph L. Newcomer and
titled the “Average Yield
Breakers”. Panel members
include William I. Guy,
Salisbury, Md.; Clifton
Parker, H, Frankford, Del.;
and Gary L. Schoonover,
Greensboro, Md.
Exhibits will be available
for viewing before the
conference held
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -
“It’s that little difference
that can make a big dif
ference in you. Safemark
program,” said Art Holst
during the 1979 Safemark
Conference held recently in
conjunction with the 60th
annual meeting of the
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Holst, who is well-known
as a National Football
League referee, said, “We
paint a line across the foot
ball field and we call it the
goal line; getting there is
another thing, and when you
get there you have to have
the right material.
Holst challenged the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979
Safemark
program, at lunch and
following the program. The
meeting is sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension
Services of Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia and
related agribusinesses.
Tickets are available at
Extension Service Offices
and local agribhsinesses.
The meeting is free and
open to the public.
crowd to get involved, to be a
problem solver and to speak
the same language as the
person to whom they are
communicating.
During the Safemark
Conference, Leo Waggoner,
adminstrative director of the
lowa Farm Bureau
Federation told the group
that the real success of the
Safemark program is the
quality of goods and com
petitive prices Safemark
offers. He also said the
Safemark program can
encourage a person to join or
rejoin the organization. “We
must be able to give the
member something the non
member cannot receive,”
Waggoner said.
Also included in the af
ternoon conference was an
annual report by Jim
Wicldzer, general manager
of the American Farm
Bureau Service Company
and recognition of the states’
sales efforts during the 1978
year.
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