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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                  Telephone (803) 734-2210
D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER                                        Becky Walton, Director of Public Information
P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211                                              bwalton@scda.state.sc.us
www.scda.state.sc.us


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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