HARRISBURG “Financing
Agriculture Into the Next Century”
is the theme for the Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer Coopera
tives (PAFC) annual meeting, set
September 29-30 here at the
Sheraton-West.
Featured speaker at the evening
banquet is Lt. Governor Mark
Singel, who is discussing rural
economic development in the
Commonwealth.
The two-day symposium,
designed for Northeastern
cooperatives, begins Tuesday,
September 29 with remarks by
PAFC President Robert M. Dever,
the assistant general manager of
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative. The
invited keynote speaker is Rep. Ed
Jones, Tennessee.
Following the keynote, a distin
guished panel is set to discuss the
issue of financing both production
agriculture and the agriculture and
rural electric cooperatives that
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support that industry.
Farm Credit Administration
Board Member Marvin Duncan is
one of the panelists. He is joined
by Paul Johnson, general manager
of Agri-Mark; Roger Albee,
Springfield Farm Credit Service;
and Reider Bennett-White, Balti
more Farm Credit Service.
Three break-out sessions focus
on financing production agricul
ture, the future of the Bank for
Cooperative system and innova
tive financing options for
cooperatives.
The annual awards banquet hon
ors both an educator and a person
who has shown distinguished ser
vice to PAFC and the cooperative
movement Past recipients of the
Distinguished Service Award
include Robert Reich, president of
Northeastern Farm Credit; Wally
Dunlap, past PAFC administrative
director; Hal Doran, Penn State
extension specialist in cooperative
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education; and George Steele, for
mer Agway board chairman.
The second day’s program is
highlighted by the fourth annual
Cooperative Month kick-off
breakfast. The annual business
meeting follows.
Registration for the full confer
ence, which includes all meals and
conference materials, is only
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tural Stabilization and Conserva
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quet on September 24,1987, at the
Lurgan Lions Club Building in
Roxbury. The family style turkey
and beef dinner will begin at 6:45
p.m. You are invited to come early
and greet the Commodity Queens
of Franklin County at 6:30 P.M.
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The final event is the first
Cooperative Month Classic, a golf
outing at Silver Spring Golf
Course. The four-man scramble
features prizes and a steak dinner.
Boyd E. Wolff, Pennsylvania’s
Secretary of Agriculture, will be
the guest speaker. Mr. Wolff has
been a member of Pennsyvlania’s
family of farmers since birth. He
was bom into a farm family 55
years ago and has made farming a
way of life for himself and his
family.
The 1987 Conservation Fanner
of the Year will be announced at
the banquet The Franklin County
ASCS office will present service
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$35.00.
The Pennsylvania Association
of Fanner Cooperatives is a trade
association representing about 40
agricultural and rural cooperatives
that contribute more than $3 bil
lion to the economy of the Com
monwealth each year.
awards and briefly summarize
their annual report.
Tickets are available from the
Franklin County ASCS Office
(263-8451), your ASC County and
Community Committeemen, the
Franklin County Conservation
District office (264-8074), or the
Franklin County Conservation
District Directors and Associate
Directors.
To ensure your seat at this year’s
banquet, make your reservations
early.
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