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Policies decided then become
state policy and are forwarded to
the American Farm Bureau for
consideration and possible conso
lidation into national policy.
To help delegates and members
better understand the issues which
suggested policies are to address, a
number of sessions and workshops
are scheduled.
In the spring, the PFB surveyed
members directly to find concerns,
which could be for policy, or just
for more information.
Six topics were discovered,
according to Janet Carson, a
spokesperson for the PFB. The six
issues were dairy concerns, electr
ic deregulation, estate planning,
handling farm emergencies, farm
health issues, and effective use of
computers on the farm.
Carson said that with those
issues in mind, a number of expert
speakers are scheduled to address
those issues.
She said that starting 9:30 a.m.,
Monday, Nov. 17, Dr. Robert
Yonkers, a Penn State Extension
agricultural economist, and David
Walker, the assistant market admi
nistrator for the Middle Atlantic
federal milk marketing order, are
to discuss some of the changes
coming to the dairy industry, and
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anticipated.
Monday afternoon, from 2 p.m.
to 3: IS p.m., Thomas Walker,
marketing manager of the New
York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa
Exchange Inc. is to discuss man
agement erf milk price risk using
futures and options.
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recently changed is options strike
price fees to reflect 25-ccnt inter
vals, rather than having some leaps
of SO-cents or more, to make the
futures options tool mote usable
for hedging.)
At the same time, from 2 pjn. to
3:15 pjn., a program is scheduled
to address computer uses.
From 3:30 pan. to 5 p.m., an
educational program for members
is to deal with the management of
medication.
At the same time, a program is
to be held to deal with electric
deregulation. Speakers are to be
Dennis Buffington, a Penn State
professor of agricultural and bio
logical engineering; Eric Levis,
legislative representative for the
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Asso
ciation; and John F. Sipics, vice
president of retail energy supply
for Pa. Power & Light Co.
Also at the same time, the PFB
Marketing Co-op annual meeting
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Among other programs on Mon
day are the opening luncheon,
from 11:45 am.-1:45 p.m., with
state Secretary of Agriculture
Samuel Hayes Jr. slated to speak;
and a Young Farmer and Rancher
business meeting.
Also on Monday, thePFB board
of directors (directors actually start
meeting Sunday evening) is to
hold a meeting; and then later in
the day the delegates are to hold a
voting session from 2 p.m. to 4:30
pm.
On Tuesday, a breakfast, fol
lowed by district caucuses, and the
opening of die registration desk
and exhibit area, starts off the day.
An estate planning program is to
run from 8:30-10 am. with Bob
Grove, of Bob Grove Insurance
Agency, and of the Farm Bureau’s
Nationwide Insurance Enterprises,
to speak.
Carson said the program is to
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deal with what actions and consid
erations can be done prior to actu
ally deciding who or what is to be
the beneficiary of any remaining
assets after death.
From 10:30-11:45 am., Gre
gory Jelliff, with the emergency
department at Robert Packer Hos
pital is to be the speaker for a prog
ram on emergency responses to
accidents on the farm.
The schedule is full of other
activities and events, some for spe
cific members, others for general
membership.
From noon-1:30 pm., Tuesday,
the annual President's Luncheon is
scheduled to be held. In addition to
words from PFB President Guy F.
Donaldson, there is to be the pre
sentation of the PFB Young Far
mer and Rancher awards.
From 1:45-3 p.m. Jane Brans tet
ter is to conduct a workshop on
men-women relationships, follow
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and actions, and that if those dif
ferences are understood then they
can better understand each other
and have more realistic expecta
tions, and ultimately better and
longer relationships.
Meanwhile, delegates are to be
holding another voting session.
Health issues are to be consid
ered again from 3:15-4:30 p.m.,
with Dr. Joanna Cain, Penn State
Geisinger Health System director
of the division of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, to be speaker.
A member reception
from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Tuesday is to be fol
lowed the annual mem
ber recognition banquet,
with humorist David
Okerlund as the main
speaker. Awards to be
presented include the
Pennsylvania Friends of
Agriculture award,
PFB’s distinguished
service to agriculture
award, All-Star recogni
tion, and the Young Far
mer and Rancher Dis
cussion Meet Award.
Entertainment during
the recption and banquet
is to be Howard Jung on
the piano.
A guest-member
reception follows.
On Wednesday, a far
mer breakfast starts the
day from 7-7:45 a.m.
with state Rep. Ray
mond Bunt Jr., chair
man of the state House
Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee, set
to be the speaker.
The delegates are to
conduct a final voting
session from 8-11:30
a.m.
The PFB Women’s
Committee is to meet
from 8-9:15 am., while
food safety considera
tions are to be presented
in a program from
9:30-10:45 a.m., with
Christian Herr, state
deputy secretary of agri
culture for regulatory
program, to be the
speaker.
The PFB annual busi
ness meeting is to be
held from 11:30 am.
until noon, followed by
a meeting of the PFB
board of directors.
For more informa
tion, contact a local PFB
leader or call the state
office at (717)
761-2740.