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Center, 7 p.m.
Delaware State Grange Session,
Capital Grange Hall, Dover,
Del., 9:30 a.m., also Feb. 6.
Nutrient Management for Horse
Owners, Kent County Public
Works Complex, Chester
town, Md., 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Lancaster DHIA annual meet
ing, Good and Plenty Restau
__ignt, Smoketown. 11:30 a.m.
Conference and Trade Show,
Masso’s Crystal Manor,
Glassboro, N.J.
Delaware State Grange Annual
Banquet, Cheswold Volunteer
Fire Company Hall,
Cheswold, Del., 6:30 p.m.
Ag Business Breakfast, Bee
man’s Restaurant, Athens,
7:30 a.m.
SusquehannaßlverßasmCom
mission and Chesapeake Bay
Commission Sediment Sym
posium, Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center, Hershey,
thru Dec. 8.
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers’ District Meeting,
Fulton Grange Hall, Wake
field, noon.
Agriculture In the New Century,
Site Specific Agriculture
2000, Tidewater Inn, Easton,
_9ajn_.-3 p.m.
American Seed ItadeAssoci?
tion, Hyatt Regency, Chicago,
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Green Grove Grange, 7:45
p.m.
2000 National
sium, Las Vegas, Nev., thru
_Dec. 12.
New York Farm Bureau,
Apple Association Announce Agreement
GLENMONT, N.Y. There
is no other agricultural industry
in New York facing the multi
tude of challenges that the apple
industry is currently facing.
After several years of low
apple prices, the recent hail
storms and other unusual
weather conditions have se
verely impacted grower fi
nances.
The Environmental Protec
tion Agency has targeted this in
dustry and has already
restricted key crop protectants
under its interpretation of the
Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA). The Immigration and
Naturalization Service has tar
geted growers in various raids.
And finally, they will be the first
and most impacted if the state
enacts stricter regulatory man
dates in addition to the already
burdensome federal require-
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It is for these and other rea
sons that the New York Apple
Association and the New York
Farm Bureau have initiated a
more direct working relation
ship.
In order to provide a clear
message to our lawmakers and
the governor, the New York
Farm Bureau will advance legis
lative, regulatory, and budget
ary initiatives that the New
York Apple Association and
New York Farm Bureau mem
bers hold as joint interests.
It is anticipated that this will
strengthen the communication
within the apple industry and
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provide a level of focus on the
public policy problems of the in
dustry never before achieved
w hen the organizations operated
independently, according to the
Fvm Bureau. Just as import
antly. limited grower dollars will
be used efficiently on their
behalf.
At the same time, the newly
reorganized New York State
Horticultural Society will con
tinue to perform invaluable ser
vice for the industry by
concentrating first on the re
search, extension, and other eco
nomic needs of the apple
industry.
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