El6-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,2003
Join The Com Growers Association
STATE COLLEGE
(Centre Co.) Joining the
Pennsylvania Com Grow
ers Association (PCGA) is
easier than ever. A one
year membership is just
$3O. You you can join on
line at https;//
gims.ncga.com/
MEMBERNEW/
Default.asp or simply fill
out the membership form
and send to our address.
PCGA is continuing the
Membership Incentive
Program (MIP) this year.
The theme of the program
is “Try Something New.”
Take this opportunity to
experiment when you
choose your free bag of
seed com. This seed com
company sponsored pro
gram entitles any PCGA/
NCGA com grower, who
plants at least five acres of
corn with a 3-year new or
renewed membership, to a
free standard size bag of
seed.
NCGA Pleased Disaster Aid May
Finally Reach Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C.
National Com Growers
Association (NCGA) Pres
ident Fred Yoder said the
organization is pleased
Congress is sending a $3.1
billion disaster aid mea
sure to the floor. Yet
Yoder also expressed deep
concerns about the source
of funds being tapped to
pay for the proposal.
“We are glad Congress
is providing funds for
farmers impacted by
drought and floods,”
said Yoder. “But we
are very disappoint
ed they offset it with
money from the
Conservation Title
of the farm bill.”
NCGA had
strongly supported
the savings offsets
approved by the
Senate last month as
a more equitable
method. To stay
within a FY 03 ap
propriations spend
ing cap of $390 bil
lion, the Senate
To participate, simply
complete the membership
form indicating the brand
of seed com you would
like to try, along with your
check for the 3-year mem
bership. You will then re
ceive a certificate for a free
bag of seed from the spon
soring company of your
choice, along with your
membership card from
NCGA.
In consultation with the
local seed com dealer, you
make the ultimate decision
about which hybrid you
will receive from the com
pany you have selected.
PCGA will send the names
and addresses by brand
chosen to the appropriate
seed corn company’s
statewide contact person
and they will contact you.
In addition, you’ll be
joining thousands of other
growers across the country
who are showing their sup
earlier approved a 2.9 per
cent across-the-board cut
to fund agriculture disas
ter assistance and increas
es in Medicare payments.
Yoder also said NCGA
is troubled Congress did
not reform the method of
delivering disaster aid to
better help farmers cope
with future adverse weath
er conditions. “We need to
put into place a mecha
nism that addresses disas-
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port for the com industry.
Locally, you’ll be support
ing PCGA’s activities such
as Com Talk, our com or
crops conference, and local
com promotion activities.
Membership Program
Awards Prizes
For Recruiters
Now you can help the
PCGA get new members
and win some valuable
prizes.
The PCGA is participat
ing in a new membership
program sponsored by
NCGA and Syngenta to
reward folks who recruit
members for our associa
tion. To qualify, you need
to recruit five new mem
bers in one of the next
three months.
Prizes will be awarded
to the top recruiters who
have recruited a minimum
of five new members in
Pennsylvania for each
ters in a far more effective
way without having the
usual fight over funding
and delivery of funds,”
said Yoder. “Changes also
must be made to ensure
disaster programs treat
crop insurance partici
pants more fairly.”
Yoder said NCGA will
continue to advocate for
such a measure. Last fall,
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.)
introduced a bill backed by
month. In January, the
prize will be a Palm Pilot.
In February, the prize will
be a $3OO gift certificate to
Sears. In March, the prize
will be a gourmet ham
plus a $lOO gift certificate
for groceries at a local su
permarket.
To participate, make
copies of the PCGA mem
bership form in Com
Talk. Ask folks to com
plete the membership
form and put your name
on the Recruiter line on
the bottom, and then send
the form to the PCGA of
fice. Or they can join on
line (https://
gims.ncga.com/
MEMBERNEW/
Default.asp) and enter
your name in the appro
priate line on the applica
tion. We’ll keep a record
of the awards and send
the prize to the qualifying
recruiter at the end of the
month.
NCGA, the Companion
Disaster Assistance Pro
gram Act. Modeled after
the private companion hail
insurance policy. Graves’
legislation would deliver
graduated disaster pay
ments to cover part of the
deductible in federal crop
insurance contracts and
that vary with the degree
of losses.
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Membership Application
Name.
Farm Name.
Address.
City/State/Zip.
County.
Phone.
Farm
New Member or Renewal
PCGA and NCGA dues lor one year $3O
Special! Three years for $75
Make checks payable to: PCGA
Send to: PCGA
Try Somethin
Growers who harvest more than S acres of corn each
year and sign up for a 1 year membership qualify to receive
a free unit of seed com of their choice (rotn the participating
seed company listed below
(If you qualify please indicate your choice below)
Agway Farm Seeds
Chemgro Seeds
.Doebler’s Inc
.Monsanto/Dekalb/Asgrow
.NC+ Hybnds
.Seedway
.Mid Atlantic Seeds
For the dealer nearest you call;
Wetsel, Inc.
800-572-4018
Com Acres
P.O. Box 304
State College, PA 16804
New
Bird Hybrids
(Keystone Group)
Dairyland Hybrids
.Garst Seeds
Mycogen Seeds
Pioneer Hi-Bred Int
.Syngenta Seeds