ITHACA, NY - Senator Robert Dole, chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, is among the major speakers scheduled to address the 75th annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) at Cornell University, Aug. 5-8. Dole (R-K,ansas) will discuss the political realities of the 1985 federal farm bill at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, in 45 Warren Hall on the Cornell campus. He will be joined by Don Conlan, president of Capital Strategy Resources Inc., who will consider the outlook for the U.S. economy, and Clayton Yeutter, president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, who will discuss the outlook for U.S. agriculture and agribusiness. AAEA’s opening session at 8 a.m. Monday will be addressed by Neil E. Harl of lowa State University, president of AAEA; Olan D. Forker, chairman of the department of agricultural economics at Cornell; David L. Call, Cornell Vice President; and Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Chancellor of the State University of New York. The opening session will be m Bailey Hall. More than 2,200 people are ex pected to attend the AAEA meeting, which is being held in conjunction with the Northeast Agricultural Economics Council and the Association at En vironmental and Resource Economists. Among topics to be discussed during the four-day meeting are the current economic outlook for agricultural commodities and predictions for the 21st century; the economics of hazardous waste disposal; women professionals in A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS! Phone; 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 sommem i-'fcw ABOUT LOW CLASSIFIED RATES WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS! Sen. Dole to address economist at Cornell agricultural economics; and agricultural growth in sub-Sahara Africa. In all, nearly 100 sessions will be conducted during the conference. Two representatives of the USDA Economic Research Service will look toward the 21st century in a presentation entitled, “The Future Productive Capacity of U.S. Agriculture; Economic, Technological, Resource, and Institutional Determinants.” David H. Harrington and Clark Edwards will speak at 10:15 a.m. Monday, in 120 Ives Hall. Sessions on Monday afternoon will deal with agricultural com modities. Speakers will be John Ferris of Michigan State University, on the AAEA con sensus forecast; Darrell Good, University of Illinois, on the grain and oilseed outlook; Wayne Purcell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, on the livestock and meat outlook; and Dennis Koutras of Drexel- Burnham-Lambert on the sugar, cocoa, coffee, and cotton outlook. The session is at 1:30 p.m. in 45 Warren Hall. Also at 1:30 p.m. Monday, “Valuing Reduction in Risk from Hazardous Waste” will be the topic of a presentation by V. Kerry Smith of Vanderbilt University and William Desvouges of Research Triangle Institute. Their presentation will be in 145 Warren Hall. Thomas Urban, president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Hißred International, Inc., will speak at the Monday evening in dustry banquet in the Statler Hall ballroom. His topic is, “The Im pact of Agricultural Policy Development on Agribusiness.” -ANIMAL REMOVAL Taylor Pet Food We Buy Crippled And Disabled Cows And Horses For PET FOOD We Buy Crippled And Disabled Cows And Steers For Slaughter Under U.S.D.A. INSPECTION. CHECK OUR PRICES Can 215-696-4436 Speaking at the international banquet at the Sheraton Inn Conference Center, also Monday night, will be Dunstan Spencer, principal economist with the In ternational Crops Research In stitute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, headquartered in Niamey, Niger. His presentation is, “Problems and Prospects for Agricultural Development in West Africa. ’ ’ On Monday and Tuesday, AAEA’s Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics will host a luncheon and open house in 401 Warren Hall. During the Tuesday open house, members will discyss the tonic. “Dual Career Family - FLEMINGTON, N.J. - Speaker for this year’s Hunterdon County Farmers’-Busmessmen’s Picnic will be Sen. Garrett W. Hagedorn of Midland Park. A long-time proponent of agriculture in the Garden State, Sen. Hagedorn represents a very large con stituency, district 40, in the nor theast corner of the state. The topic he has chosen for the annual County Board of Agriculture sponsored event is “Farmers and Businessmen Working Together.” The picnic this year will be at Sam Leon’s sod farm, a tew miles south of Pittstown, in Franklin Township. Date will be Tuesday, July 31. Senator Hagedorn is currently serving his 17th year in the New Jersey Senate. He works closely with Sen. Walter Foran. In fact, they sit next to each other in the Senate Chamber. and Senator An Issue or Not?” There are a growing number of women among the 4,700 members of AAEA. This year’s meeting of AAEA is being hosted by faculty in the department of agricultural economics in the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell. AAEA, first proposed at Cornell in 1909, was finalized one year later at lowa State University, which will host the 1985 AAEA meeting. AAEA’s professional and student members are engaged in research and teaching in agricultural economics and resource economics, while others do to address NJ. farmers Senator Hagedorn attended the recent New Jersey Agricultural Society’s tour for legislators held in Hunterdon County. At the evening banquet, he praised the efforts of Sen. Foran and went on the express his continued interest in the agricultural community. He called for strong action on the part of his fellow legislators to promote agriculture in New Jersey. He was much impressed by what he had seen that afternoon at the first four farms visited: Tewksbury Wine Cellars, Stonegate Standardbred Horse Farms, Panacek's Sycamore Lane Farm & Nursery, and the Susan and Ted Blew Oak Grove Plan tation. The following morning the over 100 participants were to visit Ernie Kuster’s Dairy and Grain Farm, the Exxon headquarters farming operation (farmers Jack and Bob -ANIMAL REMOVAL Taylor Pet Food Inc. We Buy Crippled And Disabled Cows And Horses For PET FOOD We Buy Crippled And Disabled Cows And Steers For Slaughter Under U.S.D.A. INSPECTION. CHECK OUR PRICES Call 717-866-6289 forecasting and policy analysis to help government agencies and private firms make decisions. The academic, government, and business economists have common interests in the economics of agnc„ , natural resources, and rural development. The AAEA conference will preceded (August 3-4 by a workshop on “Realizing Your Potential as an Agricultural Economist in Extension." Following the conference (August 8-10), a workshop on macroeconomics emphasizing international trade has been scheduled. Rinehart and Ed Jablonski lease the land), and Johanna Farms. Sen. Hagedorn was asking legislators to be responsive to the needs of farmers, so that they might indeed work more closely together. His address on July 31, at the County Board of Agriculture picnic will call for the same kind of cooperation between farmers and the business community. Tickets are $7.50 each. Tours begin at 5:30 p.m., picnic supper served by Gene Maddalena’s catering service at 7 p.m. The Senator will be on after the meal. Checks for tickets should be made payable to: Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture, and mailed to August Knispel, Chairman, Farmers’-Businessm en’s Picnic Committee, Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture, 4 Gauntt Place, Flemmton, NJ 08822. and
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