FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2000
Agribusiness Development---Topic of April SC Ag Council Meeting
(Columbia, SC)---The South Carolina Agriculture Council quarterly meeting will be held on Thursday, April 27, at the SC Farm Bureau, 724 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, S.C. Registration will begin at 9:30 AM followed by the program at 10:00 AM.
The topic of the meeting will be "Developing South Carolina's Agribusinesses.” Guest speakers will include: Fred Gassaway, Palmetto Economic Development Corporation; Jack Shuler, Palmetto Agribusiness Council; and Larry Boyleston, Agribusiness Development Director of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
In addition to the program, Ben Tanner of WIS-TV’s STORM TEAM, has been invited to present the annual Farm City Awards.
The public is invited to attend. To register for this special meeting which includes lunch, send $7 per person to: Stephen Pavlasek, % SC Ag Statistics Service, 1835 Assembly Street, Room 1008, PO Box 1911, Columbia, SC, 29202, or call 803-765-5333. Registration deadline is Monday, April 24, 2000.
For more information, call Julian Barton, SC Agricultural Council President, at 803-796-6700.
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