Maryland Brown Swiss
Breeders To Meet
FREDERICK, Md.-The
Annual Meeting of the Mary
land Brown Swiss Breeders As
sociation will be held on
Saturday, March 25,2000 at the
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Parish Hall in Creagerstown,
just north of Frederick, Mary
land, at 7:00 p.m.
This meeting recognizes and
awards the breeders and youth
for their past year accomplish
ments and achievements with
Brown Swiss on a local, state,
and national level. The business
meeting and program will follow
the meal. This year’s guest will
be Jocelyne Askins, Regional Vi
ce-President, Financial Analyst
for Primerica, who will discuss
and review investments for the
association.
Production awards and Bell
ringers will also highlight the
program. There will also be an
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update on Brown Swiss 2000,
which is being held in conjunc
tion with World Dairy Expo in
Madison, Wisconsin. This will
be the 6th World Conference of
Brown Swiss breeders from
around the world, and being
hosted by the United States on
October 4-8, 2000. This is going
to be a great conference for the
Brown Swiss breed, so make
plans early to attend. There will
also be an election of officers for
the Maryland Brown Swiss As
sociation, There are a lot of im
portant activities going on in the
Maryland Association-so plan
to attend and participate to keep
Maryland a No. 1 Brown Swiss
Association.
Denise Valentine and her
committee have organized the
Banquet and meal for this year’s
annual meeting, with notices al
ready mailed to the membership
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25, 2000, 7:00 p.m. at the St.
John’s Lutheran Parish Hall,
Creagerstown, Md.
Directions from Frederick
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Old Frederick Road. Proceed to
Creagerstown. At stop sign
continue straight for a short dis
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hill in town. Turn left here
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Parish Hall is directly across
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jal trade policies that create a
level playing field. Science
based food safety and environ
mental standards. The
establishment of an effective
farm income safety net. U.S.
farm leaders selected these as
agriculture’s most pressing
policy issues in a survey con
ducted at Land O’Lakes recent
annual meeting in Minneapolis.
Delegates attending the meeting
represented more than 300,000
producers from 30 states.
“We asked producers at our
Annual Meeting to rate the im
portance of a number of key
policy issues on a scale of zero to
five; zero representing not im
portant at all, five representing
extremely important,” Land
O’Lakes Director of Govern
mental Relations Steven Kri
kava explained. “Global trade
policies, science-based food
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Identify *Key Policy Issues
The full survey rankings were (listed as
issue with rating) Global trade policies that
create a level playing field, 4.5; adoption of
science-based food safety standards on a
global basis, 4.2; implementation of science
based environmental standards, 4.1; estab
lishment of an effective farm income
stabilization program (safety net), 4.0;
streamlining of environmental regulations,
3.9; federal funding for export incentive pro
grams, 3.7; Federal programs designed to
assist young producers, 3.7; expansion of
rural economic development programs, 3.6;
crop insurance reform, 3.5; federal programs
to assist in the development of agribusiness,
3.3.
Krikava added that the Land O’Lakes Poli
cies and Resolutions Committee dealt with all
the issues identified in the survey. Delegates
at the annual meeting approved a detailed set
of resolutions and policy statements.
“These policies and resolutions provide the
direction for Land O’Lakes governmental ac
tivity. They are very focused on the issues
that affect farmers, cooperatives and Land
O’Lakes,” he said, using the survey’s number
one issue, global trade policies, as an exam
ple.
“In our trade resolution, the delegates es
tablished clear priorities for our cooperative,”
Krikava said. “By their action, Land O’Lakes
is strongly in favor of permanent Normal
Trade relations with China.”
This is needed to fully implement the terms
of the U.S.I China trade agreement signed
last year, he said.
“The delegates urged U.S. trade negotia
tors to pursue four major priorities for agri
culture,” Krikava said. “They called for the
elimination of export subsidies, trade
distorting internal support programs, and
nontariff trade barriers. And they supported
the adoption of global, science-based stand
ards as they relate to food and agricultural
products . . . including biotechnology prod
ucts and GMOs.”
For a complete copy of Land O’Lakes 2000
Policies and Resolutions, contact Steven Kri
kava, Land O’Lakes Director of Govern
mental Relations, at (651) 481-2269 or
skrik@landolakes.com.
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safety and environmental stand
ards and an effective farm
income safety net were the top
four issues, all scoring 4 or
higher.
“The survey results show that
producers understand the grow
ing importance of global trade,”
Krikava said. “They’re also con
cerned that new technology and
biotechnology be evaluated
based on science, rather than
fear or emotion.
“Given the impact of current
market volatility on farm
income, it also is not surprising
to see a high level of support for
an effective farm income safety
net,” he continued. “And, con
sidering the diverse nature of
Land O’Lakes membership, it’s
clear the concern with farm
income stabilization includes
grain, livestock and dairy pro
ducers.”