AStLancsster Farming, Saturday, February 8, 1992
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) The Pennsylvania Far
mers’ Association (PFA) will host
American Farm Bureau’s annual
Young Farmer and Rancher Lead
ership Conference, Feb. 8-11 in
Philadelphia.
PFA is a voluntary, statewide
firm organization which repre
sents 23,049 families and is affil
iated with the 3.9-million member
American Farm Bureau.
A total of 423 young farmers
and ranchers aged 30 and under
will be attending from 22 states,
including SS members from Pen
nsylvania. PFA’s participants are
being sponsored by 27 county far
mers’ associations.
Boyd Wolff, Pennsylvania’s
Secretary of Agriculture, and
Keith Eckel, president of PFA,
will be among the dignitaries wel
coming the young farmers and
ranchers to Pennsylvania. Also
greeting the group will be Mrs.
Beth Laughlin of Lcwistown, Mif
flin County, chairman of PFA’s
Young Farmer and Rancher
Committee.
Mrs. Laughlin, who has
attended two previous confer
ences. described them as mix of
information sessions on timely
topics and opportunities for inter
action with young farmers from
across the country. “You leant as
much from meeting other people
at the conference as you do from
the formal sessions,” she said.
“It’s also a great opportunity to
improve your confidence in deal
ing with a group of that size.”
U.S. Congressman Fred Grandy
(R-Iowa), will address the group’s
opening banquet, Saturday, Feb.
8. Also scheduled to address the
conference is Dean Klcckncr,
president of American Farm
Bureau.
The conference agenda will fea
ture a balance of fun events such
as a SO's style American Bands
tand dance and a tour of Pennsyl
vania Dutch Country, plus the fol
lowing serious topics: representa
tives from CEJA the European
Young Farmers’ Organization,
will.review their agricultural phi
losophy and their view of the
progress of the GATT
negotiations.
Representatives from the Sax
ony Rural Youth Organization
will discuss the changes taking
place in German agriculture since
reunification.
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PFA
To Host National Young Farmer Conference
Dr. Robert Ahcrin, Agricultural
Safety Specialist at the University
of Illinois, will discuss what
research shows about protecting
children from farm accidents.
Lou Sallie, an American Farm
Bureau area field service director
in the Northeast, will lead a panel
discussion on Young Farmer and
Rancher ideas which have been
successful in other states.
Ann Walsh, director of Action
Seminars, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA,
will educate participants about
how criminals choose victims and
what they look for in a target at
home, in a car or on the street. She
will also discuss how to become
less vulnerable, when to fight and
when to run.
Tim Buskey, an American
Farm Bureau area field service
director in the Northeast, and Mar
leen Bidlack, American Farm
Bureau Director of Leadership
Development will lead a work
shop on improving leadership
skills.
Dave Barrett, Counsel of Public
Affairs, National Grain and Feed
Association, will cover the issue
of “When Do You Need Legal
Counsel?”
Richard Denison, General Man
ager of PFA’s Members’ Service
Corporation and manager of
PFA’s Farm Management Ser
vices, will explore the history of
farm estate planning, the role that
inflation has played in creating
estate tax concerns, the tax laws
now on the books to help reduce
those taxes and the overall objec
tives a farm family should be
CLAYTON, NJ. The 1992
Outstanding Grower Award was
presented to Douglas Zee of
Gloucester County at the Tri-Stale
Horticultural Meeting Banquet in
Hershey, Pa. recently.
In presenting the award to Zee,
Bob Best Jr., president of the New
Jersey Horticultural Society, said
Zee is being presented this award
because of his accomplishments as
a grower and marketer of peaches,
and his leadership in the Horticul
tural Society, the fruit industry,
and agriculture.
Zee will join the Fruit Growers
Hall of Fame and receive lifetime
membership and privileges of the
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Reed Brothers Equipment
Airville
Farmers Equip. & Supply Inc.
Altoona
Hines Equipment
Bechtelsville
Miller Equip. Co.
Bethel
Zimmerman Farm Service
Bloomsburg
WJ. Welllver
Canton
Wynne’s Garage Inc.
Carlisle
Carlisle Farm Service
Chambersburg
Chambersburg Farm Service
Cochranville
Stoltzfus Farm Service
Cresson
Hines Equipment
Dover
George N. Gross Inc.
Easton
Fancy Furrow Farms Ag Equip.
Eighty Four
Fields Implement Store
Everett
Sollenbergers Equipment Inc.
Gettysburg
Yingllng’s Implement Inc.
Greencastle
Meyers Implements Inc.
Honesdale
Marshall Machinery Inc.
Indiana
Hulb Farm A Lawn Equip.
Jersey Shore
Thomas L Dunlap
Klingers town
Stanleys Farm Service
Lebanon
Umbcrgers of Fontana
MiflQiffiown
B S A B Repair
Mill Hall
Dunkle A Grleb
New Bethlehem
Hetrick Farm Supply
New Tripoli
CJ. Wonsldlcr Bros.
Oakland Mills
Peoples Sales A Service
Qoakertown
CJ. Wonsldlcr Bros.
Qoanyville
AX. Herr A Bros. Inc.
Somerset
Lincoln Supply A Equip. Co.
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Patsy Perkins, American Farm
Bureau’s Director of Employee
and Personal Development, will
leach seven basic assertive skills
to help participants become better
communicators.
John S. Niles, founder and pres
ident of Global Telematics, Seat
tle. WA, will discuss case histo
ries of telecommuting and micro-
Society Honors Growers
society.
Zee is president of Zee Orchards
in Glassboro, NJ. and along with
his sons. Doug, Jr., Michael, and
Theodore, own and operate 500
acres of peaches, nectarines, and
apples in Gloucester County.
Zee. who refers to himself as a
peach grower who has apples, has
been involved in growing and
marketing fruit for 40 years on the
Zee family farm. Zee Orchards has
been an innovative operation in the
utilization of hunting practices
such as concentrate spraying, inte
grated pest management, peach
variety evaluation and develop
ment, and mechanical pruning and
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enterprises for off-farm income.
Brad Eckart, American Farm
Bureau’s Director of Political
Education, will cover the oppor
tunities for the farm community in
the 1992 elections.
Bob Shepard, American Farm
Bureau’s Director of Human
Resources Development, will dis
cuss how official Washington
works, thinks and operates.
thinning.
Best said. "Doug has excelled in
the promotion and marketing of
peaches. As a grower who markets
all of his own fruit, Doug origi
nated the famous JerZee labels
with his colorful boxes and adver
tising logos. The Zees develop and
operate one of New Jersey’s most
efficient and modem peach pack
ing plants.
Zee was cited for his work with
the National Peach Council for 25
yean as a director, which culmi
nated in his ascension to the pres
idency in 1980. He was a tongtime
director and president of the New
Jersey Peach Promotion Council.
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