C4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1992 Farmers Union DENVER, Colo. Fanner volunteers from the National Farmers Union (NFU) will be tra veling in 1993 to Hungary and some of the new nations carved out of the former Soviet Union to help farmers there adjust to changes brought on by the fall of communist governments and the rise of market-based economies and democratic governments. The NFU members will be pro viding their help under the aus pices of two U.S. Agency for In ternational Development (AID) farmer-to-farmer program grants in which the Farmers Union will take part. The Farmers Union is the prime contractor with AID to run the Farmer-to-Farmer program grant in Hungary in cooperation with lowa Stale University’s Center for Agriculture antf Rural Develop ment (CARD) and Hungarian farm organizations and agricultur al universities. NFU also is part of a consortium of groups, led by Winrock International, which will operate the Farmer-to-Farmer pro grams in countries which made up the former USSR. Others in the group are CARD and the National Fanners Organization. Under the two programs, U.S. farmers will travel to the various countries to live and work for a period of time with their foreign counterparts on specific projects Corn Growers Name New Manager ST. LOUIS, Mo. Robert “Bob” Mustall recently accepted the position of new uses program manager for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), according to NCGA Chief Executive Officer Jeff Gain. “MustelTs extensive experience in com pro cessing will be invalu able to NCGA as we pursue development of new industrial products for com,” Gain said. Mustell takes up his new responsibilities, in cluding identifying commercialization op portunities for corn, identifying potential in dustry and foundation joint funding opportuni ties. and coordinating commercialization pro posals for NCGA and state com grower affili ates. A 1966 graduate of the University of Illi nois, Mustell’s career includes stints with Froedtert Malt Corpora tion, Milwaukee, Wis., senior vice president; A.E. Staley Manufac turing Cpmpany, Deca tur, 111., director of busi ness development and manufacturing; and Re vere Sugar Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., refin ery manager. ‘This position exem plifies the kind of com mitment and leadership the NCGA has in devel oping new markets for our abundant com crop right here at home,” Gain said. designed to help the foreign farm ers and their farm organizations. The types of projects will vary considerably in scope but all are planned to enable farm producers to better adjust to market-oriented economic conditions and to devel op viable farm organizations that can operate in a democratic government environment The Farmers Union currently is developing a data bank containing the names of farmers and persons with agriculture-related business skills who are interested in partici pating in the two Farmer-to-Farm er programs and who can offer their services for periods which may range from two to six weeks. In the case of the Hungarian grant for example, the Farmers Union will be sending two teams of 10 people to Hungary in the spring and early fall of 1993 to work for a period of about three weeks. The U.S. volunteers will participate with their Hungarian counterparts in a two-day work shop at a Hungarian University and then spend about 18 days working with their hosts at various sites in the Hungarian country side. 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He also will provide other assistance as needed in directing the projects. Denman and NFU’s Vice Presi dent for Education and Public Re lations Clay Pederson recendy tra veled to Hungary to meet with Hungarian producer organizations and agriculture university officials to assess how best to implement the Hungarian project. According to the Hungarians, agriculture in their country is go ing through a state of transition that is going to last several years as they privatise their agriculture economy. In the process, there is a great need on the part of new pri vate farmers for help and advice on how to put together innovative credit and land lease arrangements and the development of decision making aids to help producers in making future plans for their farming operations. At the same time, currently slate-owned farmer cooperatives will be making the transition to privately-owned operations and farm organizations are being de veloped from the ground up. 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Dairymen’s Association Banquet Set Help Volunteers will not be required to speak the language of the coun try in which they will work as translators will be provided. Volunteers do need to be in good health, have useful skills of the type described, and be available to serve for the specified periods of the project. Persons interested in offering their skills should contact Denman in NFU’s national headquarters. The address is National Fanners Union, 10065 East Harvard Ave nue, Denver, CO 80251, (800) 347-1961 or (303) 337-5500. honor an individual in Penn State Cooperative Extension work. The evening’s speaker will be Donald L. Ace, who will present a “History of the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association.” Tickets for the banquet are available by contacting Sue Beshore, Pennsylvania Dairmen’s Association, 396 Old York Rd., New Cumberland, PA 17070, (717) 938-4876. Cost is $l5. 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