Farm Issues Discussed At Conference
DECATUR, Ul. Adopt-A-
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which has stepped forward during
hurricanes, floods and droughts to
assist victims, held their fourth
Rural Restoration Conference
here recently.
Motivational speakers and con
sultants informed participants
about marketing farm products,
soil life and tillage practices, crisis
sharing, rural community restora
tion, making decisions by faith,
marriage enrichment, keeping the
family business, and prayer
partnerships.
Two hundred fifty people repre
senting 16 states attended.
Successful Farming Magazine
and Myers Land Management co
sponsored the event
A second Rural Restoration
Conference will be held in
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 28-30.
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ADADC Dairying Award To Underwood
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
William T. Under
wood, dairy farmer
from Tully, New York,
was presented the Ser
vice to Dairying Award
at the 34th Annual
Meeting of the Ameri
can Dairy Association
and Dairy Council. Inc.
(ADADC) at the Shera
ton Inn, Liverpool. New
s
York. The award is
given each year to an
outstanding person in
the dairy industry in rec
ognition of their com
mitment to dairy
promotion.
. Underwood, who
began his career on the
farm in 1955, has held
significant positions
with many dairy promo-
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tion organizations at the
local and national level.
His service and dedica
tion to dairying has
spanned over 40 years.
In 1962, Underwood
was named New York
State Outstanding
Young Farmer of the
Year. He lias been a
director for the Preble
Bulk Milk Cooperative
for over 25 yean where
1 he has held the offices of
• president, secretary and
treasurer. Underwood
has also chaired the
executive committee of
the Cortland County
Cooperative Extension
Association and has
been president and state
director of die Cortland
County Holstein Club.
Mr. Underwood has
been a member of the
New York State Milk
Promotion Advisory
Board since it*s incep
tion 22 years ago and
has served as chairman
for the past 18 years.
Currently, he serves as
chairman of the Nation
al Dairy Board’s adver
tising and sales promo
tion committee and is a
member of it’s finance
and administrative
export market enhance
ment committee. Mr.
Underwood has been a
member of the National
Dairy Board since 1988.
With the assistance of
his son. Richard, and
son-in-law, Frank Rici
gliano, Underwood and
his wife, Jean, operate
an 800-acre dairy farm
in Cortland County
where they milk 250
Holsteins. ADADC was
pleased to honor Mr.
Underwood at its recent
annual meeting.
In other business,
Raymond Johnson was
re-elected as president
of the association. John
son a dairy fanner from
Schaghticoke, New
York, starts his twelveth
year as president of
ADADC’s board. In
partnership with his son
Edward, Johnson oper
ates a 530-acre farm
with Holstein cattle.
Dairy producers rep
resenting New York,
New Jersey and Pen
nsylvania met in Febru
ary to elect officers and
review the advertising
and promotion prog
rams implemented by
ADADC during 1993.
This year, a video pre
sentation depicted how
ADADC maintained its
high quality of prog
rams and high level of
promotion results while
gaining the greatest
return for dairy farmer’s
investment even though
ADADC’s annual
budget has not increased
in five years.
Also elected were:
vice president, K. Allen
Roszel of Montrose,
Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania; second
vice president, Paul
Kirsch of Varysburg in
Wyoming County, New
York; treasurer, Robert
Harrison of Ska
neateles, Onondaga
County. New York; and
secretary, David Hardic
of Lansing, Tompkins
County, New York.
The American Dairy
Association and Dairy
Council, Inc. is a dairy
promotion organization
which represents dairy
producers from New
York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.