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WASHINGTON. D.C. The
third annual Future Trends In Ani
mal Agriculture Conference, to be
held on Feb. 13. at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Md.,
is to focus on the topics of public
perceptions, media responsibilities
and corporate opportunities.
The purpose of the one-day con
ference is to promote mutual
understanding among a variety of
interest groups, academians and
individuals concerned about agri
culture by providing a non-hostile
forum for participants to discuss
and hear opinions and views about
animal issues.
This year’s program begins at 9
a.m. with opening remarks by
Robert Zimbelman, of the Ameri
can Society of Animal Science,
followed by’keynote speaker Wil
liam Heffeman, professor and
chair of the Department of Rural
Sociology, of the University of
Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Heffeman has been document
ing the growing concentration of
the food business into a few firms.
A panel of representatives of
corporations involved in agricul
tural businesses is scheduled to
include Alan Parker, investor rela
tions manager for Ben & Jerry’s
Ice Cream Co., and Richard Gady,
vice president of public affairs for
Con Agra Inc.
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tives to sit on the panel include
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Corporation.
At 10:15 a.m., the panel and
keynote speaker are to open to
questions from the audience.
Following a short coffee break,
a media panel is scheduled to talk.
The panel is to be comprised of
Ron Hayes, president of the
National Association of Farm
Broadcasters; Dan Looker, a wri
ter with the “Des Moines Register”
and 1991 Ag Journalist of the
Year; and Vandana Mathur,
Washington editor for
“Fcedstuffs."
A half hour is to be set aside for
questioning the media
representatives.
After lunch, the theme for the
rest of the afternoon is “Obstacles
and Opportunities,” and features
speaker Jim Mason, an attorney
and journalist, author of “Animal
Factories,” a critique of intensive
animal confinement
A mixed panel of those con
cerned with the poultry industry is
to speak and time is set aside for
questions from the audience. The
panel is to consist of Bob Hall,
with the Institute for Southern Stu
dies; Toby Moore, Poultry Times;
William Robinson, and integrated
poultry producer; and Henry Spin,
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1 Ephrata, PA 17522
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with the Animal Rights Coalitions.
After a mid-afternoon break, the
speaker is to be Kathleen Marri
gan, a staff aide to Sen. Patrick
Leahy, who is chairman of the U.S.
Senate Agriculture Committee.'
Also scheduled is robert Norton,
director of the inforamtion staff for
ARS, with USDA.
Following a question period,
David Brubaker, with PennAg
Industries, is to give a summary of
the conference.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Farmers are once again caught
in the middle, according to the
legislative director of the Pennsyl
vania State Grange.
This time it is the unfair taxation
of pest-control services used by
farmers which was not the initial
intent of the record $3.3 billion tax
increase approved by legislators in
August
The Pennsylvania House and
Senate have been debating about
eliminating the 6 percent sales tax
on certain consumer items, includ
ing pest-control services for
farming.
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conference-sponsoring Future of
Animal Agriculture Council. The
council consists of individuals
from various organizations “who
seek to enhance public dialogue
about the nature and future direc
tion of animal agriculture.”
The council and the annual con
ference were started in 1989 by the
Humane Society of the United
States and PennAg Industries
Association.
Legislative Director Brenda
Shambaugh said the original legis
lation was meant to tax pesticide
use in lawn care service. But after
it was passed, the language was
read on broader terms which
encompassed farmers’ use of pest
control services. This tax has been
repealed in the House and Senate
and is going back to the House to
concur with Senate amendments
before going to the governor.
“The Grange urges our legisla
tors to keep the agricultural
exemption in these amendments
and encourages them to move the
legislation through quickly so far-
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The conference attendance is
limited. Early registration fees are
$7O for business, government or
university representatives; $5O for
individual and fanners; and $2O
for students. Early registration
must be made by Jan. 30.
To register at die door costs $2O
above the early registration fees,
except for students, whose
registration is $lO more at the
door.
For more information, call (717)
733-2238.
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mers are not financial burdened
any further,” Shambaugh said.
“The 6 percent sales tax would not
send a family farm into financial
ruin, but when combined with all
the other taxes and permit fees of
farmers, it adds another burden to
the people who are the backbone of
the Pennsylvania economy.”
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