HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Gov. Robert P. Casey
announced today the common
wealth this summer will sponsor
four statewide conferences to
bring together rural leaders, com
munity officials, citizens and state
government to coordinate strate
gies and build support for a com
prehensive rural development
policy.
“The goal of these meetings is to
establish partnerships between
state government and rural com
munity leaders,” said Dr. Helen
Wise, deputy chief-of-staff to Gov.
Casey. ‘To improve the quality of
life in rural Pennsylvania, we need
to coordinate our efforts and
design a unified strategy for the
future.”
The conferences, to be funded
by a grant from the Appalachian
Regional Commission, will focus
on four key issues; rural growth
and development, health care, edu
cation, and economic develop
ment. They will also address
recommendations made by Gov.
Casey’s Rural Policy Develop
ment Team, a public-private part
nership he established to provide a
formal link between rural com
munity leaders and state
government
Each session will run from 8:30
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a.tn. to 1 p.m. and include a keyn
ote speaker, a message from Gov.
Casey, a question-and- answer
period, and small group discus
sions. All sessions are free and
open to the public.
Rural growth and development
will be the focus of the first confer
ence on Friday, July 12 in Monroe
County. Karen Miller, state secret
ary of community affairs, will be
the keynote speaker. For more
information, contact Ned
Dempsey, regional director,
department of community affairs,
at (717) 963-4571.
Strengthening rural health care
in the 1990 s will be the subject of a
second conference in Warren
County on Friday, July 19. Alvin
B. Grant, director of the Office of
Rural Health, Illinois Department
of" Health, will give the keynote
address. For more information,
contact Warren County Commis
sioner Pat Evans, a member of
Gov. Casey’s Rural Policy Team,
(814) 723-7550.
A third conference, focusing on
rural education, will be held at
Mansfield University on Friday,
August 2. State Secretary of Edu
cation Donald Carroll will be the
keynote speaker. For more infor
mation, contact Prof. J. Dennis
Murray, research coordinator for
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Rural Statewide Conference
the Rural Service Institute at Man
sfield University and a member of
Gov. Casey’s Rural Policy Team,
at (717) 662-4974.
Revitalizing Pennsylvania’s
rural economy will be the focus of
the final conference on Friday,
August 9 in Fayette County. Lead
ing the session will be Dr. Stephen
M. Smith, associate professor,
department of agricultural eco
nomics and rural sociology, Penn
State University, and Dr. Bernard
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with minimizing a herd’s profit
potential were put on the table
before some 250 commercial and
purebred cattle producers recently
at the Net Profit Conference, a
joint production of the American
Polled Hereford Association and
the Barzona Breeders Association
of America.
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event in Maryville, Mo., learned
that being a low-cost producer in
the cattle business is mote than not
spending money. “It is being a
strategist,” said Dr. Jim Gosey of
the University of Nebraska, one of
five featured speakers who pre-
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For more information, contact
Fred Lebder, chairman of the Fay
ette County Commissioners and a
member of Gov. Casey’s Econom
ic Development Partnership
Board, at (412) 430-1201.
To further encourage partner
ships with state government, mem
bers of Gov. Casey’s cabinet next
month will participate in a rural
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sentcd cost-cutting information to
producers gathered at Maryville’s
MFA Farmers Livestock Market
the first day.
Other nationally known speak
ers offering cost-cutting advice on
forage utilization, livestock hand
ling and facilities, herd profit
potential practices, and breeding
and reproductive efficiency
included Jim Gerrish of the Uni
versity of Missouri; Dr. Temple
Grandin and Dr. Jim Brinks, Col
orado State University: and Gregg
Simonds, manager of Deseret
Land & Cattle, one of Utah’s
largest ranching enterprises.
Simonds explained how for
ward thinking and forage manage-
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affairs conference sponsored by
the Susquehanna Economic Deve
lopment Association —Council of
Governments (SEDA-COG).
From June 23-25, SEDA-COG
will sponsor “Shaping the Future
in Central Pennsylvania,” a three
day conference at Bucknell Uni
versity designed to develop a reg
ional perspective on critical issues
such as economic development,
environment, education and
societal change.
Advice
ment practices have helped
Deseret reduce per-cow costs from
$234 in 1979 to $197 10 years
later, all while increasing
production.
The Net Profit Conference also
featured two panel discussions,
one which was led by five progres
sive producers from four states.
Explaining numerous cost-saving
measures that have worked for his
1,000-head commercial operation,
Barry Dunn, Mission, S.D., said,
“We try to match genetics that we
buy with our resource base.
Longevity in the cow herd is the
missing link to profitability.”
The industry’s market setters, a
sale bam operator, an auctioneer,
and an order buyer were the feature
of the second panel. With an
opportunity to evaluate the pro
ducer’s product on an ongoing
basis, Del Clement, MFA’s auc
tioneer, explained that the three
work as a team to merchandise the
producers’ cattle to the bestof their
ability. He said, “It’s easier to
please cattlemen who have good
cattle to sell.”
Frank and Lynn Felton of Felton
Ranch hosted the second day of
conference activities. Focusing on
herd management for optimizing
productivity, several industry offi
cials demonstrated the importance
of cow production records and
ultrasound for performance and
pelvic measurements in heifers
and bulls. Tours of Polled Here
ford and Barzona cow and sire
groups and the two breed crosses
rounded out this conference.