SALISBURY, Md. Grain marketing, water quality, and South American competition will be some of the topics at this year’s Delmarva Com and Soybean Con ference, February 15 at the Wi comico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, The theme of the conference is “Farming in the 19905.” Sponsors include agribusiness firms and the cooperative extension services at land-grant universities in Dela ware, Maryland, and Virginia. Dale L. Minnick of Woodward, Oklahoma, a professional humor ist and motivator, will lead off the day’s program. Bom and raised near die Oklahoma Panhandle. Minnick still manages the farm and ranch homesteaded by his grandfather. Minnick has been corporate economist for the Farm Credit Banks of Wichita, a savings and loan official, real estate de veloper, and executive director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commis sion. At age 22, he was teaching farm and ranch management in the agricultural economics depart- Delmarva Corn And Soybean Conference Highlights Grain Market, Water Quality, Competition ment at Oklahoma State Univer sity. Minnick is now a full-time member of the National Speakers Bureau. During the past 14 years, he has presented humorous and in spirational messages across North America and in 11 countries. Other speakers and topics at the com and soybeaa conference in clude: •“Weed Control in Pounds and Ounces,” Dr. Ronald L. Ritter, ex tension weed control specialist. University of Maryland at College Park and Henry P. Wilson, weed scientist for the Eastern Shore branch of the Virginia Track and Qmamentals Research Station at Painter, Virginia. •“Marketing Grain in 1990,” James Whitaker, vice president for grain marketing. Southern Suites Cooperative, Inc. •“Water Quality and Agricul tural Production,” Andrew J. Weber, national program leader for natural resources, extension service, U.S. Department of Agri culture, Washington, D.C. •“What Low Test Weight in Wheat Means,” Dr. David J. Sam mons, small-grain researcher. University of Maryland at College Park, and acting head for the uni versity’s Western Maryland Re search and Education Center at Keedysville. •“What You Should Know About Your South. American Competition,” Francis J. (Frank) Webb, extension weed control specialist of the University of Delaware’s Research and Educa tion Center near Georgetown. Activities at the February 15 event will get under way by 8:30 a.m. with free coffee and dough nuts and a chance for farmers to visit more than 40 commercial and educational exhibits in the Nor mandy arena at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center. The for mal program will ran from 9:50 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Midway room, with lunch from noon to 1:15 p.m. John E. Hutchison of Cordova (Talbot Co.), district sales man ager for Pioneer Hi-Bred Intema- Lancaster Fanning Saturday, Fabruary 3,1990*05 tional, Inc., is this yedr’s confer- Center is located behind the Salis ence planning committee chair- bury Shopping Mall, off U.S. man. He expects nearly 1,000 Highway 50. in southeast Salis persons to attend. bury. Plenty of free parking is The Wicomico Youth and Civic available. Regional Vegetable Growers Set Meeting SCRANTON (Lackawanna Co.) The Northeast Regional Vegetable Growers meeting will be held Wednesday, February 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Milwaukee Methodist Church in Lackawanna County. Program topics include chang ing fungicides' for vegetable crops; tomato and sweet com varieties; potato production practices; and production guides for 1990. Speakers from Penn State Uni versity include Alan Mac Nab, extension plant pathologist; and I! estimates Evaluations { I ( PHARESS. HURST I RDI-80x503 j j Narvon. 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