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Maryland Farm Bureau Young Farmers Meet
RANDALLSTOWN, Md,
Young farmers from across the
state are to be at the Comfort
Inn in Westminster, Nov. 20-22,
for the Maryland Farm Bureau
Young Farmers Annual Meeting
and Retreat.
Activities for the weekend
include tours of Baugher’s
Orchards, Maxon-Dixon Dairy
and the Robotics Systems plant;
leadership seminars led by
trainer Patsy Perkins, formerly
with the American Farm Bureau
Federation; and the annual
Young Farmer Discussion Meet
and Achievement Award con
tests.
Achievement
Award entrants this
year include John
Saathoff of Denton,
Caroline County
Saathoff, 29, gradu
ated summa cum
laude from the
University of
Maryland, Eastern
Shore in 1991 with a
degree in agronomy
He then joined the
family grain and hog
operation, which he
works with his father,
uncle and brother
The family farms
2,300 acres of soy
beans, wheat and bar
ley, and maintains an
80-sow farrow to fin
ish hog operation
They also serve as a
seed company sales
representative for the
area, and operate a
school bus route
A member of the
Caroline County Farm
Bureau board of direc
tors, Saathoff also
serves as chairman of
the Caroline County
Young Farmers and is
a director on the
Maryland Soybean
Board He is also
chairman of the
Caroline County Weed
Control Advisory
Committee
He and his wife
Marsha are both
active at First
Weslyan Church and
in the Fellowship of
Christian Farmers
They have one daugh
ter, 15-month old
Julie
All Achievement
Award contestants
must be working
farmers between the
ages of 18 and 35, and
fill out a detailed
application describing
their farming opera
tion in depth Each is
judged on his or her
leadership, creativity
and success in agricul
ture
Contestants in the
Discussion Meet
include Roger S
Schmick of Preston,
Caroline County and
Lee Richardson of
Willards, Wicomico
County
Schmick, 32, is a
fourth generation
farmer His family
operates a 600-acre
grain and poultry
farm in Preston,
where he uses knowl
edge gained while
obtaining a degree from the
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore. Schmick is also a mem
ber of the Caroline County Farm
Bureau board of directors and a
member of the local Ruritan
Club.
Richardson, 27, is a fifth-gen
eration poultry and grain
farmer. A 1992 graduate of the
University of Delaware with a
bachelor’s degree in ag science,
he and his wife Dana and 1-
year-old daughter Rebecca live
and work on the family farm.
The Discussion Meet, held
annually by the Maryland Farm
Bureau Young Farmers, is an
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opportunity for Farm Bureau
members aged 18 to 35 to deeply
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tant agricultural issues and dis
cuss them with other farmers
their age.
Contestants, who have been
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their ability to defend their
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young farmers for discussions
Farm Bureau members have
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large farm?
• Discuss the use of cloning in
agriculture.
• Can production agriculture
survive the threat of urban
sprawl?
• What is the impact of the
changing demographics of
American agriculture on the role
of Farm Bureau relative to
Farm Bureau serving as the
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Bureau serving as a grass roots
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