A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1999
Outlook Seminar
Agriculture Outlook
Seminar
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 6th
Berks County
Ag Center
Sponsored by
Keystone Farm Credit
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Hosted by
Lehigh Valley Gram Marketing Club
Featured speaker
Jim McCormick
Futures Specialist
Allendale Research
McHenry, Illinois
Also speaking-
Gene Gantz
Government Liaison
Washington, D.C
Registration fee - $l5 00 (second person
from the same business is only $5 00)
This fee is helping to cover the expense
of refreshments, lunch and speaker
arrangements
Make check payable to
Berks County Extension
Special Account
Mail check and registration form to
Ag Outlook Seminar
Berks County Cooperative Ext.
1238 County Welfare Road
P.O. Box 520
Ueesport, PA 19533-0520
Everyone is invited to this
educational program.
Bring your spouse. Having a
person involved in the
marketing decisions, that is not
emotionally attached to the
crops, can greatly benefit the
business.
Space is limited. Registration
deadline is February 26, 1999.
The opportunities and challenges
available when selling or buying
grains, gram products, livestock and
milk are the focus of this meeting.
This is an excellent chance to learn
about and discuss the fundamental
factors that are driving the gram and
livestock markets.
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PHONE 717 626 1164 or 717 304 3047
PAX 717 733 6058
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Agriculture
Directions to Berks County Ag Center
From Harrisburg or Allentown
1-78 to Exit 7, Strausstown South on Rt
183 to Bern Church, 11 6 miles Right on
Palisades Drive (Bern Church on the
corner) Travel 1 9 miles, left on County
Welfare Road Travel 1/2 mile, Berks
County Ag Center is on your right
From Points South of Reading:
Rt 176 to Rt 422 Take Rl 422 West to
Rt 222 North (After you see the City of
Reading on your right, when you are still
on Rt 422 West, you will see signs for Rt
422 Lebanon Keep to the left until you
see a sign for Rt 222 North, Allentown)
Exit Rt 222 North at Rt 183 (Reading
Airport) Turn left on Rt 183 At the first
lighted intersection, West Leesport Road,
turn left Follow road into a development
to stop sign Bear right on County
Welfare Road Follow County Welfare
Road to Berks County Ag Center, on your
left
The 1999 Honorary Young Farmer is Stanley Wolf with his wife LaVaughn Wolf (center). The
awai *d was presented by Richard and Grace Hoopes
Allendale Research is the featured
Marketing Analyst for Successful
Farming's Com Farmer and Soybean
Grower magazines. Top Producer,
Farm Futures, Business Week, The
Wall Street Journal and CNN have
also utilized the market analysis
reporting of Allendale Research
Jim McCormick is an agri-business
management graduate of Purdue
University
Jim specializes in the grain and
livestock markets.
Mr McCormick has expertise in the
basis and cash markets, in addition to
his previous experience with the
soymeal giant, Central Soya
Gene Gantz is currently an
agi(cultural lobbyist in our nations’
capital
Gene will be discussing crop
and revenue insurance
programs.
Mr Gantz is seeking the thoughts and
opinions you have concerning the
role of the federal government in
agriculture
This is a timely program as we
develop our marketing strategies
for the coming year.
t Registration for i
6 Agricultural Outlook Seminar *
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5 Please reserve.
Enclosed is a check for
name(s).
address.
£ county
telephone
0 e-mail
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Young Farmers Invade Grocery Store
Kenneth and Denise Sanner, state community service award winners receive plaque from Paul
Kemmerer, Region 5 vice president, with Tom and Shirley Faye Herr, first runner-up.
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winner and would represent
the association at the National
Young Farmer Educational
Institute in Hershey in
December.
meat
Carla Witter, state public
relations director, coordinated
the contest. The spokesperson
for agriculture contest is an
excellent leadership
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Shirley Krall is the spokesperson for
agriculture.
YOUNG farmers
development opportunity for
Young Farmer members and/or
their wives to share the
challenges facing agriculture
families to the general public.
Duane Nelson, national
association president, brought
greetings and presented a
$l,OOO check to Larry
Wilkinson, chairman of the
National Young Farmer
Educational Institute, for
Duane Nelson, national young farmer
president, left, presents a $l,OOO check to
Larry Wilkinson, chairman of the national
educational institute, for use at the 1999
support of the December
meeting m Hershey.
In afternoon tours, visits were
made to Nissley Beef Farm,
Balmer Brothers Dairy Farm,
Wenger’s Feed Mill, Manheim
Auto Auction, Root’s Farmers
Market, Rock Vale Outlet, and
a Manheim sightseeing and
shopping trip.
At the awards banquet
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