The University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service (UMCES) in Carroll, Baltimore and Howard counties is pleased to announce the program for the Bth Annual Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar. This year's seminar includes changes suggested by previous years’ participants which include a fourth session that will repeat se lected presentations, an expanded trade show and on-farm demon strations. The 1996 Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar will be held on De cember 14,1996 at the South Car roll High School, Route 26, Win field, Md. Participants have the opportunity to choose three differ ent seminars from the nine of fered, plus the chance to attend se lected repeat seminars or one of the on-farm demonstrations. The registration desk and com mercial exhibit area opens at 8 a.m. Many exhibitors will be on hand to “show and tell” about products and services available to horse owners. In addition to commercial ex hibitors, UMCES will have an In ternet Demonstration and Poison ous Plant Exhibit Seminar ses sions begin at 9 a.m. with keynote speaker, Amy W. Mann, Director of Health and Regulatory Affairs, Trails and Recreation Issues, the American Horse Council, discuss ing “Issues Affecting the National Equine Industry.” Seminar sessions will follow throughout the day and adjourn at 4 p.m. Maryland Cooperative Ex tension Service programs are open to all citizens without regard to race, sex,.handicap, religion, age or national origin. Seminar choices offer a variety of topics including the following; Current Issues for Maryland Horse Owners: A Panel Discus sion moderated by Dr. Malcolm Maryland Plans Pleasure Horse Seminar Commer Jr., University of Mary land Cooperative Extension Ser vice. Dr. Kimberly B. Fincher, who is in private practice in Ches tertown, MD, will be speaking on Basic Management of the Brood mare and Management of New born Foals. Dr. Ginger Rich, Rich Equine Nutritional Consultants, Duluth, GA will discuss Basics on Feeding Your Horse and Prudent Penny Pinching. Drs. Robin Keyser and Les Vough, University of Maryland GREEN BAY. Wis. Dairy farmers from across the nation ral lied outside the National Cheese Exchange (NCE) in Green Bay, Wis., as cheese prices dropped another 9 cents per pound. It was the sixth consecutive week cheese pices have dropped on the exchange, according to news release from the National Farmers Union. “What transpired here today is very important,” said rally parti cipant Walter Kessler, a dairy pro ducer from Galt, Calif. “I lost 90 bucks per day due to today’s drop, which is $2,700 for the month. It wasn’t fim watching it.” Kessler, along with television crews from four broadcasting organizations were permitted to watch the trading. Less than 1 percent of all cheese in the nation is traded at the NCE during one-half hour sessions Fri day morning, yet it sets the price for 90 percent of the nation’s cheese, which heavily influences producer milk pices. Producers say the NCE drop is illogical given the fact that the U.S. has 1.3 million fewer cows Extension Specialists, will pro vide guidelines for Matching Hay Quality to Nutritional Needs. Dr. Carol Swandby, VMD and Dr. Malcolm Commer, will provide ideas on Basic Equine Health Care Practices and Costs. Today’s Fencing Options will be presented by Wayne Harrar, Southern States Cooperative. Ms. Crysfal Bnimme, Publisher and Editor of the Equiery magazine and Dr. Malcolm Commer will offer sug gestions on Using Advertisements to Buy or Sell a Horse. Farmers Rally For Reform Of National Cheese Exchange than it did in 1995. Producers believe and recent studies by the University of Wisconsin indicate that large traders have the ability to manipulate the NCE to their advantage. Among the approximately 100 producers rallying Friday were members of Farmers Union, the National Farmers Organziation, the National Family Farm Coali tion and Farm Bureau. In addition to participation by California milk producers, producer groups from across the nation sent news releases and letters supporting ral ly organizers. “Producer organizations from Texas to Minnesota and all points in between are behind this effort to reform the National Cheese Exchange,” said Wisconsin Far mers Union president and rally organizer Bill Brey. “Milk pro ducers are united.” Brey added that the issue is one that should concern not only far mers. “Consumers should be ask ing themselves why they are still paying as much as $3 for a gallon of milk when producer prices have fallen by nearly 35 percent,” he Concurrent On-Farm Demon strations are Wound Care by Dr. Stephen Sears, DVM at VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Essentials in Hoof Care by Mr. Gary Faulkner, President of Maryland Farriers Association, and Fitting Equine Equipment by Mr. Robert Shirley, Extension Agent, Carroll County. These demonstrations require pre-regis tration and space is limited. Advanced registration is re quired. The cost for the entire day including seminar, lunch and ma- said. National Farmers Union is a general farm organization repre senting nearly 300,000 family far mers and ranchers nationwide. NFU serves its membership by Districts Appoint Director HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Robot Kaufman, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts (PACD), has announced the appointment of Susan Fox as the association’s executive director. The PACD is a nonprofit or ganization dedicated to supporting the commonwealth’s 66 conserva tion districts in their efforts to pro mote the wise use of natural re sources. Fox replaces Kurt Leit holf, who accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Re sources. Fox recently returned to the United States from Canada where she worked for the past 10 years. She brings more than five years of terials is only $l5 per person (Farm Demonstrations are an ad ditional $lO per person). In addi tion, day care is available for chil dren ages one to eight for a small fee. To assure your place at this seminar, register before December 6th by contacting the Howard County Cooperative Extension Office at 410-313-2707. The Maryland Cooperative Ex tension Service’s programs are open to all citizens without regard to race, color, sex, handicap, reli gion, age or national origin. assisting with education, by pro viding stimulus and know-how for farmer-owned cooperatives and by presenting the organization’s policies to lawmakers at the local, state and national levels. association experience to the PACD. In Canada, she managed the New Brunswick Hog Market ing Board and the pork producers association. Most recently, she co ordinated an export development program for the Canadian Meat Council (the national association of federally inspected meat pro cessors in Canada). In addition to her association experience, Fox has also worked for the provincial department of agriculture, a management con sulting firm and the farm credit banks. Fox has a bachelor of sci ence in agriculture, magna cum laude, from West Virginia Univer sity and a master of science in agricultural economics from the University of Tennessee.
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