Page B—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18, 1995
Greg Roth
Penn State Agronomy
Assistant Professor
Each year, the National Com
Growers Association holds its
annual meeting, called the Com
Classic, in late February. This
year, the Com Classic was held
in Nashville, Tenn. from Feb.
26-28.
I was fortunate enough to
attend my first Com Classic
this year along with about 20
other folks from Pennsylvania.
I found the Classic to be an
excellent conference with a
good mix of education, enter
tainment, and business meet
ings. Almost everyone from our
area agreed that this was a top
notch conference.
There were plenty of oppor
tunites to meet with industry
and NCGA representatives to
discuss many of the hot issues
facing corn growers. The
speakers in many of the ses-
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were also many opportunities
to have some fun and meet with
many of our counterparts in
other states.
I’m sure many more of our
members would find this an
excellent meeting because not
only was it packed with infor
mation, but it also provided an
opportunity for a mid-winter
vacation for many folks.
I met com growers from
Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, North
Dakota, New York, and Mary
land taking advantage of this
opportunity.
Some of the highlights of the
meeting included an inspira
tional presentation from former
Pittsburgh Steeler quarteiback
Terry Bradshaw, an announce
ment of precision farming
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Hazlet suggested that in the
future, agriculture will form
alliances with other industries
such as pharmacuticals, medi
cine, recreation, and manufac
turing to create farms that do
much more than just produce
raw commodities. Forexample,
he suggested that in the future,
hog farmers may be able to
raise hogs that cany genetically
engineered replacement organs
for humans. This and many
other developments may help
producers add value to the
crops they produce now.
Mark your calendar to join
NCGA at its next Classic,
which will be held in Phoenix,
Ariz., on Feb. 25-28, 1996.
Next year’s event will be called
the “Commodity Classic” and
represent theiirst joint confer
ence held between the National
Com Growers Association and
the American Soybean
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WASHINGTON,
D.C.—Bruce Knight will be
joining the Washington staff of
the National Cora Growers
Association (NCGA), accord
ing to Chris Wehrmah,
NCGA’s chief executive
officer.
“Bruce brings nearly 10
years of Captiol Hill experi
ence to NCGA,” Wehrman
said. “We look forward to his
leadership on environmental
and conservation issues, and
commodity futures regula
tion.” As government relations
representative, Knight will
also monitor tax issues relev
ant to com farmers.
“Bruce’s extensive back
ground in domestic farm prog
rams, grain quality,' and tax
issues will be key as NCGA
enters the 1995 farm bill
debate of the nation’s com far
mers,” Wehrman said. “He and
other Washington staff will
assist our more than 200 far-
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mer delegates in developing
com grower policy at NCGA’s
annual meeting in late
February.”
Knight, who starts with
NCGA on Feb. 20, was previ
ously director of government
relations and marketing ser
vices for the National Associa
tion of Wheat Growers in
Washington, D.C. He has also
, served as legislative assistant
for Rep. Fred Grandy (R-Iowa)
and Sen. James Abdnor
(R-S.D.).
Knight replaces Dave Sta
wick, who was named to the
Senate Agriculture Committee
staff on Jan. 17.
A native of Gann Valley,
S.D., Knight is a graduate of
South Dakota State University,
where he majored in general
agriculture and minored in ani
mal science and economics. He
resides in Fairfax City, Va.
with his wife, Julie.