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Newlin, lowa, named FFA chairman
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dr.
Owen J. Newlm, Vice
President of Pioneer Hi-
Bred International, Inc., Des
Moines, lowa, has been
named 1981 Chairman of the
National Future Farmers of
America (FFA) Foundation
Sponsoring Committee.
As Chairman, Newlm will
lead the effort to provide
funds for programs, in
Commodity expert
to address session
HERSHEY - David
Maher, a Commercail
Commodity Specialist for
Shearson Loeb Rhoades,
Inc., will speak Monday at a
conference during the 30th
Annual Meeting of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association.
Several hundred farmers’
association members are
attending the convention
taking place at the Hershey Tiw|r .
Motor Lodge and Convention
Center, November 23 to 26. , , - .
Primary purpose of the (
event is to adopt policy on
statewide issues affectmg
centive awards, contests and
leadership training for high
school vocational
agnculture/agnbusiness
students who are FFA
members. He will coordinate
the contact of potential FFA
Foundation sponsors.
“In 1980 the Foundation
Sponsoring Committee
raised well over $1 million,”
agriculture and to elect
association officers.
Maher will discuss, “The
Futures Market ' and
Hedging.” He is also
president of the Sioux City
Gram and Feed Co., Sioux
City, lA. Other conferences
on marketing and farm
business orgamzaton are
also scheduled to take place
Monday.
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Newlm said I think it’s
important to note that even
in this time of recessive
economics monetary sup
port of FFA programs has
increased. Last year more
-than 1,000 businesses and
industries, organizations
and individuals contributed
to the National FFA
Foundation. This shows that
agricultural leaders sin
cerely believe in the Future
Farmers of America.”
Before the convention
crowd of nearly 20,000,
Newlm expressed his goal of
raising enough funds to meet
the FFA’s needs for in
creased development of
agricultural skills and
leadership programs.
Lu Achilles Wall,
Executive Assistant to the
Chairman of Hesston Cor
poration, Hesston, Kansas,
will assist Newlin as 1982
chairman-elect of the
Sponsoring Committee
Wall, Newlm and retiring
chairman Roland M. Hen
drickson, President of Pfizer
Agricultural Division, New
York, will make up the
committee’s executive
council.
Newlm and Wall were
elected during a dinner
meeting of National FFA
Foundation, Inc. Newlm
then spoke at the convention
session that honored FFA
sponsors.
Newlm received his
bachelor’s degree in
agronomy and master’s in
crop production, both from
lowa State University. His
doctorate in plant breeding
and genetics is from the
University of Minnesota.
Newlm joined Pioneer in
1955 as a production
research assistant then
served as production
manager and president of
the central division before
being named vice president
in 1978.
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