American Forage And Grassland Council
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The American Forage and
Grassland Council (AFGC) will
celebrate its 50th anniversary at a
working conference to be held
March 6-9 here at the Lancaster
Host Resort.
The agenda for the AFGC Con
ference includes a trade show;
premium hay judging; a showcase
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ducts; invited speakers; a young
scientist program, including scien
tific papers and posters on forage
and grassland projects: a profes
sional tour of Lancaster County:
and a special tour for spouses.
Dean Kleckner, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, is the featured speaker for the
conference.
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land Community College.
Directors elected for three-year
terms included Cindy Schneider.
Butler; Bradley Eisiminger,
Wayncsburg; Richard Peoples,
Volant; and Harold Kennedy, Va
lencia. Officers elected to serve in
1994 are Bradley Eisiminger, pre
sident; George Six, vice president;
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able use of forage as a prime re-
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and disseminates technical and Kleckner ‘ serves on the U.S.
Trade Advisory Committee. He
was first appointed to that group
by President Reagan and twice re
appointed by President Bush.
Kleckner was a member and the
only farmer on the U.S. Advisory
team to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) when
the Uruguay Round of trade nego
tiations was launched in 1986.
In 1988-1989, he served on the
National Economic Commission.
George Hunter, secretary.
Members voted to hold the
1994 state show at the Washing
ton County Fairgrounds on July
23. Don Cowden, Hickory, and
David McElhaney will coordinate
this event.
The annual spring sale will be
held at the Mercer 4-H Park on
May 7.
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That commission was formed to
advise the president and Congress
on ways to reduce the federal bud
get deficit while promoting eco
nomic growth. Kleckner also serv
ed on the board of directors of the
National Livestock Producers As
sociation and the U.S. Meat Ex
port Federation.
He has been president of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion since 1986 and is serving his
fourth term in office. He has been
active in rural health issues serv
ing on a commission on health
care costs, and on the boards of
Blue Cross and the lowa Health
Policy Corporation.
Kleckner and his wife, Natalie,
operate a 350-acre com, soybean,
and hog farm in Rudd, lowa. He
annually markets about 1,800
hogs.
Trade and Hay Show
Approximately 50 AFGC members will
have booths and special exhibits at the indoor
trade show. Exhibits will feature a variety of
products, from the latest in seed varieties to
recent advances in hay and forage harvesting
mechanization.
Ford New Holland will have a special ex
hibit highlighting 50 years of growth in hay
and forage mechanization. That exhibit will
include the first automatic twine-tie, pickup
baler the New Holland Model 76, in addi
tion to one of the company’s newest balers.
A portion of the trade and exhibit area will
be devoted to the display of quality hay sam
ples submitted by entrants from all over the
United States. Forage project posters, prepar
ed by young scientists, will also be displayed
in the exhibit area.
The Pennsylvania Night Dinner, showcas
ing Pennsylvania food specialties, will be
held in the exhibit area. The dinner will be
hosted by the Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s As
sociation, the Pennsylvania Apple Growers,
the Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Growers,
and the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry. The
complimentary dinner will also give all at
tendees a chance to sample traditional Lan
caster County Pennsylvania Dutch fare.
Professional Tour
The AFGC Professional Tour will focus on
forages and their rale-in nutrient management.
Visitors to Amish and “English” farms will
see and hear how Pennsylvania’s nutrient
management legislation is affecting farming
practices.
The tour includes a visit to one of Ford New
Holland’s Pennsylvania manufacturing
plants. Located in the town of New Holland,
the plant is responsible for all round and
square baler production, in addition to the
manufacture of a number of other products.
Time will be spent with company engineers
to discuss how industry is responding to nutri
ent management concerns. Then tour partici
pants will visit a local agriculture analysis la
boratory and sec how it has modified its ser
vices to meet the nutrient management needs
of farmers.
The Spouse Tour
AFGC describes its Spouse Tour as three
days of fun and informative activities arrang
ed to make the conference a family affair.
Activities include visits to the Nissley
Vineyards and Winery Estate, the Pfaltzgraff
pottery factory and outlet, and the historic
Lancaster Farmers Market and Heritage Cen
ter.
Spouses will also get a chance to “twist
their own pretzels” as they visit the Julius
Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz America’s
first pretzel bakery. Then they’ll tour the Eph
rata Cloister, an 18th century religious com
munal society.
Tour participants will be able to sample lo
cal cooking at restaurants such as the Kitchen
Kettle in Intercourse. Then, they’ll have ume
to walk through the many shops in the area.
For more information contact the Ameri
can Forage and Grassland Council, P.O. Box
94, Georgetown, Texas 78627, or call AFGC
headquarters at (800) 944-AFGC.