Peach convention
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investigative reporter for
The Packer Asking piercing
questions about the funding
of farm worker programs,
reclamation, trucking, farm
structure, regulation in
general, Waterfield is up-to
date on agricultural
legislation, proposed
legislation and personalities
who make decisions in the
nation’s capitol
His emphasis will be on
cuiient events in
Washington as the> relate to
agriculture, the challenges
and opportunities awaiting
the new Keagan ad
ministration, and ways in
which growers can bring
about change through ef
fective grassroots lobbying.
Representing the USDA,
Science and Education
Administration is Paul
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Schwartz, National
Research Program Leader
Pest Control Materials,
whose topic will touch on
minor use pesticide program
and how it impacts on the
registration of pesticides
This program was started
several years ago with
federal tunds when it
became clear that chemical
companies were attempting
to gel EPA registration of
chemicals used on fruits,
vegetables, and other minor
crops Schwartz as en
tomologist specialist will
highlight the role of gi owers
in accomplishing this un
portant pioduction program
Dealing with the future
will be the thrust of the final
afternoon sessions entitled
Projected Changes in
Agriculture
The first in an impressive
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panel is Waldemar Klassen,
who has authored more than
80 scientific publications
While Integrated Pest
Management Systems” is
his mam topic, Klassen s
major responsibilities also
include coordination ot
Science and Education in
Administration-Agricultural
Research’s National
Research Program
ihe topic oi pest
management and its im
plications on future
production will highlight
Klassen’s remarks
Remote Sensing
Techniques will be the thesis
ot Robert Regmato, Acting
Research Leader, Science
and Education Ad
ministration, USDA His
mam research interests
have led to the use of nuclear
radiation techniques for
measuring soil moistui e and
soil density
The use of visible and
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thermal infrared remote
sensing techniques help to
assess crop stress for ap
plication in scheduling
irrigations and predicting
cropy yields These'
methods, though not used
specifically on peaches, will
be of interest to NPC
growers, according to
Regmato
Satellite photography is so
sophistocated that it is now
possible to conduct tree
counts, monitor insect and
disease infestations, and
compute acreages planted to
a given crop and predict
freezes
Freddi Hammerschlag
delves into the Techniques
of Tissue Culture” for fruit
crops and suggests how such
techniques would
revolutionize fruit
production practices A
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and Nitrogen Fixatin
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AR, Hammerschlag’s
research includes
micropropagation of peach
in two very recent
publications
More accurate analysis of
weather is the heart of The
Green Thumb Dissemination
System designed to provide
farmers with latest weather
and weather-related
agricultural information
that they can use to make
day-to-day decisions
This minicomputer will be
the topic of Howard F
Lehnert, USDA, who will
have some computer models
on hand for growers to view
Maryland has been a pilot
state for the Green Thumb
Box which can be owned or
leased by farmers, tuning
their television receivers
Top conservation
teacher sought
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Nominations are being
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national “Conservation
Teacher of the Year’’
awards program according
to Pownall Jones, Chairman
of the Chester County
Conservation District
The competition is open to
all full time teachers
working at the kindergarten
through high school level
who have developed an
outstanding program of
environmental education
The National Conservation
Teacher of the Year will
receive $l,OOO in cash and an
expense paid trip to Phoenix,
Arizona for the 1982 annual
convention of the National
Association of Conservation
Districts The national
second place winner
receives a $5OO cash award
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into a computer terminal
offering highly perishable
information farmers need to
operate.
In addition to weather
forecasts, the system shows
insect infectations, spray
schedules, extension grower
activities and more
A look at these innovative
production aids along with
scrutiny of the regulatory
system in which growers
exist will provide NPC
convention delegates with a
well-rounded educational
program in the Valley of the
Sun,' states Kemp en
thusiastically
Registration information
is available from NPC, P O
Box 1085 Martinsburg, WV,
25401 Call Lillie Hoover,
304/267-6024
Co-sponsored by NACD
and the Allis Chalmers
Corporation, the purpose of
the awards program is to
encourage the development
of creative learning ex
periences in conservation for
young people “Any teacher
in a public or private school
in our conservation district
who puts emphasis on en
vironmental conservation as
a regular part of the in
structional program is
eligible for nomination”,
said Marshall Haws,
Executive Conservationist
for the District
Interested teachers can
obtain additional in
formation and nomination
forms from any County
Conservation District
Nominations must be sub
mitted by March 31,1981
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