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Canadian air that perks daytime
highs in the twenties to turn
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projects. Couple that with a
positive trend change in a lack
luster grain market and we
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N GROWERS ASSOCIATION
President’s Message
Dan Wolf
President, PMCGA
next month that could be very
beneficial. On Feb. 1, the
Lehigh Valley Grain Marketing
Club is sponsoring “Decisions
2000" at the Days Inn and Con-
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The US.
Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) announce
ment on Jan. 14 concerning
Bt hybrids adds credibility to
the recommendations made
last April by the National
Corn Growers Association
and seed industry represen
tatives.
In the spring of 1999,
NCGA helped organize the
Agricultural Biotechnology
Stewardship Working group
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vention Center in Allentown.
This is a chance to hear two
knowledgeable and highly
respected agricultural experts.
Richard Brock, of Brock Asso-
NCGA
Welcomes EPA Biotech Decision
that included biotechnology
providers. This working
group provided the EPA an
industry insect resistance
management (IRM) plan that
would manage the Bt tech
nology to avoid possible
insect resistance.
Key among the points was
a requirement to plan a 20
percent refuge of non-Bt corn
in the Corn Belt and up to a
50 percent refuge of non-Bt
com in the Cotton Belt. The
Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 2000—Page
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dates, is a marketing adviser
who will discuss world and
U.S. financial trends as well as
the outlook for grain and lives
tock prices.
On the program as well is
Lou Moore, Penn State profes
sor of ag economics and a sea
soned observer of farm trends
and technology changes.
Call (610) 391-9840
registration information.
The Pennsylvania Com and
Soybean Conference will be
Feb. 8 at the Radisson Penn
Harris Hotel and Convention
Center in Camp Hill. Among
refuge ensures a population
of European corn borer moths
that are suspectible to Bt.
“NCGA strongly supports
the planting of IRM refuges
because they allow the maxi
mum use of this pest control
technology while maintaining
its long-term effectiveness,”
said Fred Yoder, Plain City,
Ohio, farmer and a member
of NCGA’s Corn Board. “We
welcome EPA’s statement
because it generally follows
the topics being discussed are
crop insurance reforms, the
GMO controversy, new soy
bean uses, GPS equipment, and
ag perspectives for 2000. The
keynote address will be pre
sented by Dennis Avery, an
internationally known analyst,
noted for his study of trends in
food demand, agricultural pro
ductivity, and global farm com
petition. Call (814) 865-2543
for more information.
for
Hope to see you at one or
both of these educational
events.
the plan we submitted. The
EPA’s announcement actual
ly validates those recommen
dations.”
For more information
about the NCGA’s IRM edu
cation plan, visit the NCGA
web site at www.ncga.com
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