AG CALENDAR OF EVENTS
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Communications
April 2000
The following calendar of agricultural events is updated around the first of each month. The calendar is distributed electronically via e-mail, the Internet World Wide Web at: http://www.usda.gov/news/calendar/agcal.htm
To include information about future events, contact editor Charles Hobbs, Office of Communications Coordination and Review Center, Room 440-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, DC 20250-1350; telephone 202-720-9045; fax 202-720-0539; or e-mail ag.calendar@usda.gov
Please provide information two weeks prior to the first of the month. Entries for events must be submitted by the 22nd day of the month preceding publication.
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| April | Events |
| 1 |
Full Committee on Agriculture – U.S. Farm Policy Field Hearing. West Chester, Ohio, 10 a.m. (Eastern Time) Lakota East High School 6840 Lakota Lane Subject: Review of federal farm policy. Small Farm Conference and Trade Show Volusia County Fair Grounds, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Deland, Fla. (Contact: Mickie Swisher |
| 1-2 |
Missouri Organic Association Conference Hammons Mill Campground West Plains, MO For more information call (573)834-5509 |
| 2-4 |
2000 Annual Meat Marketing Conference Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.; Janet Riley, American Meat Institute Foundation, 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1600, Arlington, Va. 22209. |
| 3 |
Full Committee on Agriculture – U.S. Farm Policy Field Hearing Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 9 a.m (Eastern Time) Kutztown University Subject: Review of federal farm policy. |
| 6 |
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry – Public Hearing. 1300 Longworth HOB, 10:00 am (Eastern Time) Subject: Review of H.R. 3453 – the Emergency Food Assistance Enhancement Act of 1999. |
| 6-8 | Bison:
The Past, Present, and Future of the Great Plains Lincoln, Nebraska, |
| 7 |
Family Farm Alliance Annual Meeting Tucson, Arkansas Contact: David Iwanski tel:602-728-0475 |
| 9-11 |
PACE 2000: |
| 9-12 |
56th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference Charleston, West Virginia |
| 9-15 |
Rational Use Of Renewable Energy Sources In Agriculture Budapest, Hungary |
| 10-11 |
Dairy Farmers of America 2nd Annual Meeting - Conference Hyatt Regency Crown Center Kansas City, MO For more information contact: Dan Reuwee at 816/801-6484 |
| 10-12 |
2nd International Conference on Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites Tucson, Arizona, |
| 10-13 |
Big Picture Issues for Animal Agriculture Drive National Conference Omni Bayfront Hotel Corpus Christi, Texas; Glenn Slack, National Institute for Animal Agriculture 1910 Lyda Ave., Bowling Green, Ky. 42104-5809. |
| 11-13 |
Agricultural Marketing Outreach Workshop #2 Memphis, Tennessee For more information visit:http://marketingoutreach.usda.gov/info/index.htm or contact Mr. Orlando Phelps at (225) 771-3660 |
| 15-17 |
Animal Health Institute Annual Meeting Amelia Island, Fla. Carole Throssell, Animal Health Institute 1325 G St. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005-3104. |
| 15-19 |
15th Annual Symposium: U.S. Division of the International Association of Landscape Ecology Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 18-19 |
Management of Swine and Poultry Waste Raymond, Mississippi |
| 20-21 |
The American Consumer in the Changing Food System Washington, D.C. |
| 27-28 |
"A New Policy for Rural America?" Westin Crown Center Hotel Kansas City, MO For further information contact Kristen Mitchell at (800) 333-1010 extension 2478. |
| 28-30 |
Agricultural Safety & Health in a New Century Cooperstown, New York |