A42-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 2003
(Continued from Page A 33)
Friday, January 24
Business Sense Training for
DFO’s, Ist of 3 sessions, also
Feb. 21 and March 8, Agricul
tural Center, Gettysburg, (888)
373-7232.
Meeting of Franklin County Co
operative Association, Kauff
man’s Community Center, 7
p.m„ (717) 263-9226.
Saturday, January 25
Pa. Holstein Clarion/Venango
Annual meeting, Wolfs Den
Restaurant, Knox, 7:30 p.m.
Central Susquehanna Counties
Farm Managers’ Workshop,
Session 5, Watson Inn, Wat
sontown.
Bradford County Holstein Asso
ciation meeting, Troy Fire
Hall, Troy, 11:30 a.m.
Forest Landowners’ Conference,
Penn State Behrend College,
Erie, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., (814)
563-9388.
Cornell Shearing School at Cor
nell Sheep Farm, SlaterviUe
Road, near Harford, N.Y., 9
a.m.-3 p.m., (607) 844-8367.
Sunday, January 26
Wheat Industry Conference and
Exposition, Albuquerque,
N.M., thru Jan. 31.
Monday, January 27
New York State Fanner’s Direc
tion Marketing Conference,
Saratoga Sheraton, Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., thru. Jan. 29,
(315)475-1101.
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Tuesday, January 28
Hispanic Workforce Manage
ment Conference, Holiday
Inn, Grantville, thru Jan. 29,
(607) 255-4478.
Tri-State Tillage Conference, Ra
disson Hotel, West Middlesex,
9 a.m.-4 p.m., (814) 782-0033.
Alternative Viticulture Seminar,
Spring Garden Conference
Center, Middletown, thru Jan.
29, (717) 394-6851.
SEPA Crops Conference, East
Brandywine Fire Hall, Guth
riesville, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,
(610)696-3500.
Franklin Com Clinic, Kauffman
Community Center, 8:30 a.m.-
2:30 p.m., (717) 263-9226.
Lancaster Eco-Farm Days, Mill
er’s Natural Farm Store, Bird
in-Hand, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday. January 29
Nutrient Management Orienta
tion, PDA, Room 309, Penn
State Dept, of Agronomy,
Harrisburg, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and
Jan. 30,9 a.m.-noon.
International Dairy Housing
Conference, Radisson Plaza
Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, thru
Jan. 31,(269)428-6327.
Southeast Pa. Crops Conference,
Days Inn, Allentown, 9 a.m.-
2:15 p.m. and 6 p.m.-9 p.m.,
Lehigh (610) 391-9840, North
ampton (610) 391-9840.
Thursday, January 30
Hispanic Workforce Manage
ment Conference, Cananda
guia Inn, New York, thru Jan.
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Southeast Pa. Crops Conference
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Montgomery 4-H Center,
Creamery, 9 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
and 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Cumberland Crop Clinic, Penn
Twp. Fire Hail, 8:30 a.m.-2;30
p.m., (717) 240-6500.
Lebanon County Auction Vege
table Meeting, Schaefferstown
Fire Hall, Schaefferstown,
(717) 240-4391.
Lancaster County Cooperative
Association Annual Meeting,
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., (717)
394-6851.
Ways to Improve Farm Profita
bility, Nickleville Church,
Nickleville, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
(814)782-0033.
Friday, January 31
Organic Vegetable Systems from
Seed to Market Workshop,
BaUston Spa, New York, thru
Feb. 2, (518) 427-6537.
Southeast Pa. Crops Conference,
Leesport Farmers’ Market,
9:30 a.m.
Sntuiciny, February 1
Lawrence County Sheep and
Wool Meeting, Liberty
Grange, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., (814)
865-4700.
Meat Goat Producers’ Confer
ence, Genetti Lodge and Con
ference Center, Hazleton, 8:45
a.m.-3:15 p.m., (570) 454-2494.
Sunday, February 2
Annual Conference, Association
of Applied Urban-Ag Inter
face and the Future of Agri
culture, Embassy Suites Hotel,
San Luis Obispo, Calif., thru
Feb. 4, (707) 265-9349.
Shade Tree Symposium, Lancas
ter Host Resort, thru Feb. 4.
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Crop Insurance Agreement
To Remain In Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA announced that the Risk
Management Agency’s (RMA)
Standard Reinsurance Agree
ment (SRA) and Aquatic Crop
Reinsurance Agreement (ACRA)
would remain in effect for the
2004 reinsurance year.
The SRA and the ACRA de
fine the terms of reinsurance be
tween RMA and the companies
participating in the crop insur
ance program.
The Agricultural Risk Protec
tion Act of 2000 permits the
reinsurance agreements to be ne
gotiated at the discretion of
USDA once during the 2001
through 2005 reinsurance years.
The renegotiated SRA and
ACRA then would be in effect in
definitely or until new legislation
comes into force.
The decision to defer cancella
tion of the SRA until later was
made after careful consideration
of many factors. The current un
settled nature of the industry was
a major concern. This is reflected
in lingering drought conditions in
some parts of the country cou
pled with the demise of the larg
est company participating in the
crop insurance program. More
over, there is a growing recogni
tion of the need to increase oper-
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ational efficiencies within the
companies and to reduce pro
gram costs.
“The Agricultural Risk Protec
tion Act of 2000 provided impor
tant risk management tools for
farmers,” said Agriculture Secre
tary Ann M. Veneman. “De
ferring the negotiations will give
all parties more time to evaluate
ways to improve program effec
tiveness and to reinforce the
strong foundation required for
even more effective risk manage
ment in the future.”
USDA is expected to announce
next year that it will seek renego
tiation of the SRA and the
ACRA that would become effec
tive with the 2005 reinsurance
year.
“We believe this approach
makes the most sense,” said Ross
J. Davidson, administrator of the
Risk Management Agency. “We
reached this decision after con
sultation with participating in
surance companies and are opti
mistic that the additional time
will enable us to co
operatively achieve meaningful
changes for the program, includ
ing substantial cost savings and
enhanced regulatory oversight of
the delivery systems.”