Conservation Tillage Event Replaces No-Till Conference YORK After 14 years, the annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till Con ference has a new look and a new name. It’s now the Mid-Atlantic Conservation Tillage Conference. The name change represents an effort to present a broader scope of information for crop farmers in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. As in past years, the event is being sponsored by the Coopera tive Extension Service at land grant universities in the participat ing states, with assistance from interested agribusiness representatives. This year’s one-day educational meeting and industry display is scheduled for December 14th at the York Fairgrounds in York, PA. More than 800 persons from the six-state area are expected to attend. Activities will begin at 8:00 a.m. with free coffee and doughnuts, plus an opportunity to visit more than 50 industry exhibits in All Panels Cut To Length 26 Ga * White * Tan * Dk. Brown * Gray * Lt. 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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 ENWOOD METAL FORMING Our Regular Line Of 29 Gauge Metal * White * Bam Red * Earth Brown * Sand Tan * Cypress Green * Gray ge Metal SPE 26 Ga. Painted Brown Metal $1.50 Per Lin. Ft. We Also Stock The Following Items 809 Glenwood Drive, Ephrata, PA 17522 717-733-9590 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 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 the December 14th meet ing at York, PA., include: “Conservation Tillage and Groundwater Quality”- Dr. Richard A. Weismiller, Extension Agronomist at the University of Coverage - 36” Width Metal Bare Galvalume Galvanized Galvanized Gauge Gauge Gauge 26 26 29 ' /f J 7 fill Jit! I i li Lancaster farming Saturday, bctober i, 1998-D9 Maryland. ' “Progress on Genetic Engi neering to Achieve Roundup Tolerance in Crops”- Dr. Robert T. 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House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, which is meeting today in Washington, D.C. to consider the bill. PFA, a statewide general farm organization representing over 23,600 families, said the legisla tion is much needed and long over due. “Recent consolidation trends combined with historical slow payment practices make it increas ingly difficult for egg producers to bargain for prompt payment and payment security,” PFA stated. The legislation, which was co sponsored by subcommittee chair man Rep. Charles Stenholm (D - Texas) and Pennsylvania con gressman Rep. George Gekas (R - 17th Dist), would extend Packers and Stockyards Act protection to egg producers. It would require egg sellers to be paid within 14 days of delivery and would also require buyers to establish a trust fund for sellers in case of bank ruptcy or nonpayment. Packers and Stockyards provisions were enacted in 1921 for the livestock industry and were extended to poultry meat producers last year. PFA is urging prompt passage of H.R. 5086.
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