FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2000
"Youth in Agriculture"---Topic of April SC Ag Council Meeting
(COLUMBIA)---The South Carolina Agriculture Council quarterly meeting will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2000, at the SC Farm Bureau, 724 Knox Abbot Drive, Cayce, SC. Registration begins at 9:30 am, followed by the program at 10:00 am.
The topic of the meeting will be "Youth in Agriculture." Guest speakers will be: Toni Pipkins, Clemson University - "4-H"; Tommy Gladden, Clemson University - "Agricultural Education and the SC FFA"; and Maria Napier, SC Farm Bureau - "Ag In The Classroom".
The public is invited to attend. Reservations for the meeting and lunch
must be made prior to Monday, August 21st by sending $7 per person, which
includes lunch, to Steve Pavlasek, SC Ag Statistics Service, 1835 Assembly
Street, Room 1008, PO Box 1911, Columbia, SC, 29202 or by calling 803-765-5333
or emailing spavlasek@nass.usda.gov.
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