n MILLHEIM (Centre Co.) A July 15 field day has been sche duled to be held at a I juimsiff County daily farm to showcase the certified organic dairy operation, ■s well as provide educational workshops on grazing and herd health. URBANA, 111. Global Soy Forum *99. a worldwide salute to the soybean, is shaping up to be a milestone in food industry history. Expected to draw 1,200 at tendees, the Forum is rapidly lur ing international registrants. Farmers, dietitians, foreign secre taries of agriculture, and myriad scientists are expected to converge in Chicago for the Aug. 4-7 con ference. Event headliners include ABC News 20/20 correspondent John Stossel, who will discuss health is sues and worldwide food produc tion partnerships. Cesar Belloso, a large-scale Argentine farmer, will address soybean production in the Americas, and scientists from the United States, Brazil, and Canada will tackle the global dilemma of soybean disease management. “Global Soy Forum offers a program that is unmatched in its diversity,” said Mary Auth, direc tor for Global Soy Forum ’99. “At the same time, conferences com prising the Forum will allow everyone attending to delve into their area of expertise.” International audiences are re sponding, with , enthusiasm. To date, about 30 percent of regis trants hail from outside the United States, Auth said. Among the most notable, Lianzheng Wang, repre senting China’s Ministry of Agri culture; Dr. R.S. Paroda, secretary of the Indian Ministry of Agricul ture, and Jorge Hector Larteche, head of INTA, the Argentine ag department’s research arm. 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Vice President A 1 Gore and U.S. Secretary of Agri culture Dan Glickman have been invited to join these dignitaries. “We’ve never before seen such a diverse and studied group of minds come together to discuss soybean research, markets and production,” Auth said. “I think farmers will be amazed to witness firsthand the complexity of their industry and the reach of their crop.” The Forum’s Midwest Soybean Conference will target those farm ers, offering presentations on technology, production efficiency, marketing and global trade. Dr. Steve Sonka, director of the Na tional Soybean Research La bora tray, will discuss future oil and protein demand, and site-specific management expert Harold Reetz will present Cyberfarm, an agri culture informaiton management program. In addition, nearly 600 scient ists attending the Sixth World Soybean Research Conference wifi consider issues of soybean processing, utilization and crop improvement. Academia, feed formulators and livestock nutri tionists will gather at the soy in animal nutrition portion of the Forum to study soybean protein’s Mesfer Distributor Since 1982 / invited. A lunch is to be made available. Cosponsored by farm owner Roman Stoltzfoos, a long-time advocate of the success and health ful aspects of certified organic fanning and grazing, the Pennsyl vania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, and several busincs- role in livestock diets. And, a spe cial. invitation-only food program will target health editors and dieti tians, and feature Dr. Bob Amot, NBC chief medical correspondent for Dateline and Today. Global Soy Forum ’99’s diver sity is rooted in the soybean crop’s varied uses. The protein- and oil rich soybean has countless appli cations in human food and animal feed, and in industries from plas tics to fuel, adhesives, coatings and paints. An extensive exhibit hall will help represent this cornu copia of soybean products, Audi said. Global Soy Forum ’99 is being coordinated through the Soybean Research and Development Coun cil and the National Soybean Re search Laboratory at the Univer sity of Illinois at Urbana-Cham paign. Registration fees are $395. A discounted registration rate is available for farmers at $195. For registration information, write Global Soy Forum ’99, 1101 W. Peabody, Room 165, Urbana, IL 61801, or call (217) 244-7384. Registrations are also being accepted on-line at www.gsf99.uiuc.edu ses, the Geld day event is the Gist of the year at Stoltzfoos’s Spring Wood Farm, located near Kinzers. Business and related sponsors include Midwestern Bio-Ag, Agri- Dynamics, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Daily Network Partner ship, and Acres USA. Stoltzfoos said the event pro vides the opportunity to view a working grass farm, one that is tot ally organic. According to Stoltzfoos, even if the farming practices he uses ate not compatible with practices on another farm, attendees should be able to take something from the event “No two farms are alike," Stolt zfoos said. “You have to leant to make decisions based on your own circumstances, experiences, and the strengths and weaknesses of your farm." He said that in his opinion, one problem with pasture walk events is that people who attend them attempt to duplicate the farming operation they’ve visited Stoltzfus explained that very few things on a farm, or any other operations, can be copied exactly and work the same. However, he said such events ran provide a wealth of new infor mation and inspiration for ideas on how to apply concepts and prac tices and adapt them into a farming operation. Two heads are better than one,” Stoltzfoos said, “even if one is a cabbage head." 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He said it is becoming apparent that the entire crop production sys tem of the Mid Western states is breaking down because of specula tive planting of crops that are being overproduced and for most people, don’t provide a return on investment He predicts that agriculture there will switch to low-cost dairy ing and that change will put even greater pressure on dairy farmers in the East to lower their costs of production. Spring Wood Farm, owned and operated tty Stoltzfoos, his wife Lucy, and other family members, has 280 acres in grass. No com is raised, grain is occas sionally used for pasture re seeding. They milk a mixed herd of 100 dairy cattle; about 30 percent Dutch Belted They also compost manure and have implemented a pasture irriga tion program in conjunction with barnyard nutrient management practices. The six educational workshops include: Economics of Dairy Graz ing (to include actual financial data); Minerariizcd, Energized Forages; Healthy Soils; Health From the Hedgerow; Using Home opathic Medicine for Prevention and Treatment in Dairy Cattle; Protecting Water Quality by Improving Barnyard Nutrient Management For directions or for more infor mation call Kate Francis, PASA representatives, at (814) 349-9856 “Thanks for y our business! % 4 1 J.
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