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WASHINGTON, D.C.
The National Corn Growers
Association (NCGA), along
with a broad coalition of
farmers, anglers, state re
source agencies and others,
recently joined Sen. Christo
pher “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.)
and Rep. John Tanner (D-
Tenn.) as they introduced
groundbreaking legislation to
restore fisheries habitat and
improve water quality na
tionwide.
The Fishable Waters Act of
2000 will foster the formation
Snyder To Lead National Grain
Sorghum Producers Marketing Efforts
LUBBOCK,
Texas National
Grain Sorghum
Producers (NGSP)
announces the ad
dition of Tim S.
Snyder to the or
ganization’s staff.
Snyder, who was
recently named
NGSP marketing
director, replaces
Aaron Johnson,
who recently de
parted NGSP to
complete his doc
torate and assume
a teaching position
at Texas Tech Uni
versity.
Snyder has a
bachelor’s degree
in agricultural eco
nomics from Texas
Tech University.
His 13 years of
marketing experi
ence in the phar
maceutical and
medical industry
includes his role as
retail sales director
at The Med Group,
a national medical
equipment mar
keting association.
Snyder also was
employed as a
commodities
broker with Dean
Witter Reynolds.
Snyder’s duties
at NGSP will focus
on developing and
implementing a
strategic market
ing and utilization
plan to achieve the
highest possible
market value for
grain sorghum.
“The future of
sorghum profita
bility relies on im
proved yield and
new or better mar
kets for our crop,”
said Leo Bindel,
NGSP president.
of innovative, public-private
partnerships to address water
quality concerns on an over
all watershed basis. The ap
proach relies on voluntary,
incentive-based, locally led
conservation efforts.
“Our nation’s corn
growers manage nearly 80
million acres across the
United States. And more
than 70 percent of the land in
the lower 48 states is pri
vately owned. Just think of
what could be accomplished
for fish and other resources if
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the farmers and other indi
viduals managing all these
acres had the right tools and
incentives to multiply their
stewardship practices,” said
Bruce Knight, NCGA vice
president for public policy.
“The key to unlocking con
servation possibilities for fish
and other valuable resources
on private land is to educate
landowners, provide them
the necessary technical and
financial assistance, and
foster communication among
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actly the approach outlined
in the Fishable Waters Act,”
he said.
“Rather than finding new
federal monies to create and
enforce new regulations on
landowners, why not direct
new and existing resources to
actual on-the-ground proj
ects, at the landowner’s re
quest?” Knight asked. “We
can achieve much more for
our nation’s natural resource
base, using tax dollars in a
cost-efficient manner, by
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farmers and ranchers rather
than regulating them.
“That’s why the nation’s
corn growers are proud to
lead the agriculture commu
nity in support of the Fish
able Waters Act. We look
forward to working with Sen
ator Bond, Congressman
Tanner and the Fishable
Waters Coalition to see this
important legislation en
acted,” Knight said.
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