The Rural Voice, 1987-01, Page 68f
NEWSLETTER — Huron County Federation of Agriculture
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642
NEW DATE
for the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture Members' Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 1987
8:30 p.m., Clinton High School
GUEST SPEAKER is BILL MULLIN, Zone 2 Area Manager,
speaking on CROP INSURANCE
MPP DISCUSSES GATT AT MEETING
December Members' Meeting
Hullett Central School
President Paul Klopp welcomed
everyone. The minutes of the last
meeting were passed on a motion by
Helen Johnston and seconded by Jim
McIntosh. Carried.
Convention Reports: Murray
Crawford, Brenda McIntosh, Doug
Garniss, Don Dow, and Paul Klopp
reported on some convention high-
lights
Speaker: Guest Murray Elston was
introduced by Doug Garniss. Murray
told the audience about his attendance
and involvement at the GATT (General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) talks
in Uruguay. GATT covers trade and
commerce in all commodities the
world over. About 5,000 represent-
atives attended the conference from
countries all over the world, with
Japan having the most representives
(150). Murray was thanked by John
Van Beers of the Program Committee.
John Van Beers requested that far-
mers still send in the Crop Insurance
form in The Rural Voice (November
and December). A committee has been
set up to deal with the replies.
Don Pullen and Doug Jamieson
(Centralia College) were present to
acquire help from members in the form
of suggestions for winter courses
wanted or needed in the agricultural
industry. Don also went over the new
"OFFIRR plus" program for crop
damage (both insured and uninsured).
More information on the program is
available at the OMAF office.
Norm Alexander told the members
that the conservation authorities need
more money to operate properly. At
present, they do not have enough mon-
ey to do any more than study conser-
vation. He is also concerned about the
weed seed in bird feed. He is going to
gather information and forward it to
another meeting of the Huron
federation.0
PUBLIC SPEAKING COURSE MAY BE OFFERED
Practice in speech preparation and delivery, including an increased understanding
of voice, gestures, and microphone use.
This course can be made available depending on funding and pre -registration.
To obtain further information or to pre -register, call the Clinton OMAF,
519-482-3428, CCAT 1-800-265-5170, or (on Monday or Friday) the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture, 482-9642.
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