Mid-Atlantic Conservation
COLLEGE PARK. Md.
After 14 years, the annual Mid-
Atlantic No-Till Conference has a
new look and a new name. It’s now
the Mid-Atlantic Conservation
Tillage Conference. The name
change represents an effort to pre
sent a broader scope of informa
tion for crop farmers in Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, Virginia and West Virginia.
As in past years, the event is
being sponsored by the Coopera
tive Extension Service at land
grand universities in the participat
ing states, with assistance from
interested agribusiness re
presentatives.
This year’s one-day educational
meeting and industry display is
scheduled Dec. 14 at the York
County fairground in York, Pa.
More than 800 persons from the
six-state area are expected to
attend.
Activities will begin at 8 a.m.
with free coffee and doughnuts,
plus an opportunity to visit more
than SO industry exhibits in
Memorial Hall at the fairground.
The educational program will
run from 10 a.m. to 3: IS p.m. in the
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same building, with 154 hours off
for lunch in Old Main and another
chance to visit industry displays in
Memorial Hall.
Tickets for the noon lunch will
be available soon at nominal cost
from county offices of the
Cooperative Extension Service
throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.
They must be purchased in
advance and not later than Dec.
2.
Two nationally known farm
magazine writers will highlight the
roster of speakers for this year’s
Mid-Atlantic Conservation Til;
lage Conference.
Len Richardson, editor of Agri
chemical Age, a San Francisco,
Calif.-based trade publication, will
lead off the morning session with a
presentation on “How Water Qual
ity Issues Are Shaping Your
Future.”
Currently a resident of Danville,
Calif., Richardson grew up on an
Arizona dairy farm and served as
that state’s FFA president. He later
was an associate editor of The
National Future Farmer magazine.
Dr. John F. Marten of West
Lafayette, Ind., will lead off the
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afternoon session as keynote
speaker of the day. Dr. Marten’s
topic will concern “Farm Produc
tion, Prices and Politics in 1989.”
Marten is an agricultural consul
tant to several organizations and
staff economist for Farm Journal
magazine.
A native of central Illinois, Dr.
Marten holds degrees in agricul
tural economics from lowa State
and Purdue universities. He was a
popular speaker during the Mid-
Atlantic No-Till Conference in
1985 at the Maryland State
fairground.
Other topics and speakers sche
duled for die Dec. 14 meeting at
York, Pa., include:
• “Conservation Tillage and
Groundwater Quality” - Dr.
Richard A. Weismiller, Extension
agronomist at the University of
Maryland in College Park.
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• “Progress on Genetic Engi
neering to Achieve Roundup
Tolerance in Crops” - Dr. Robert
T. Fraley, director, plant science
technology, Monsanto Agricultur
al Co.
• “Improving Nutrient Efficien
cy With No-Tillage” - Dr. V. Allan
Bandel, Extension agronomist.
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