Farm Bill Policy Conference
Richard Pirog (leopold@exnet.iastate.edu)
Mon, 14 Nov 1994 08:54:26 -0600
>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:41:51 -0500
>To: county.offices, area.offices, campus
>From: x1steg@exnet.iastate.edu (John Stegman)
>Subject: Farm Bill Policy Conference
>
>**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
>
>
>1995 FARM BILL POLICY CONFERENCE SET FOR DECEMBER 7
>
>Ames, IA--What changes and choices will agriculture and rural communities
>face as a result of the 1995 Farm Bill? Speakers and participants at the
>1994 Fall Agricultural Policy Conference will address the potential impacts
>of impending farm legislation on their rural lives and livelihoods. The
>conference will be held December 7, 1994, in the NIACC Auditorium and
>Muse-Norris Conference Center in Mason City, Iowa. The event is jointly
>sponsored by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), the
>Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
>Extension, and North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC).
>
>Robert Nash, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Community
>and Rural Development, will present the opening address on the politics of
>the farm bill process. He will be followed on the program by Mark
>Drabenstott, Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, who
>will speak on CRP, long-term supply potential, and production trends.
>
>Two well-known ISU Extension economists, Neil Harl and Mark Edelman, will
>be participating in panels on farm bill alternatives. Stanley R. Johnson,
>director of CARD, will offer the CARD/FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Research
>Policy Institute) computer modeling projections for some of the proposed
>farm legislation options. Other presenters include: C. Ford Runge, a
>University of Minnesota agricultural economist; Doran Zumbach, president of
>the Iowa Corn Growers Association (who will discuss the alternative "Iowa
>Plan"); Marty Strange, program director at the Center for Rural Affairs;
>Stephanie Mercier, an Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) crops analyst;
>and Merlin Plagge, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
>
>A variety of perspectives will be presented to show the various sides of
>farm bill issues. Grain farmers are the most prominent producers in north
>central Iowa, and the presenters will focus on the farm bill provisions
>most likely to affect these operations.
>
>The registration deadline for the 1994 Fall Agricultural Policy Conference
>is December 1, 1994. Registrations received before November 28, 1994 are
>$35 and those received after November 28 will cost $40. The registration
>fee includes the noon luncheon, refreshment breaks, and a packet of meeting
>materials. To receive a registration brochure with more details about the
>conference, call Mary Adams at (515) 294-4755. To register for the
>conference, call the North Iowa Area Community College registration desk at
>(515) 421-4358.
>
>Contact: For program information: Judith Gildner at (515) 294-6257
or Rich Pirog at (515) 294-1854
> To register, call NIACC at (515) 421-4358.
>
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>John Stegman
>Media Relations Specialist
>ISU Outreach Center
>500 College Drive, Mason City, IA 50401
>PH: 515/424-5432 FAX: 515/424-9487
>E-mail: x1steg
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>
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Richard Pirog
Education Coordinator
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
126 Soil Tilth Building
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-3120
515 294-1854