AG CALENDAR OF EVENTS
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Communications

May 1999

The following is a calendar of agricultural events and national organizations' meetings where USDA speakers and/or information are featured. Updated during the first week of each month, the calendar is distributed electronically via e-mail, the Internet World Wide Web at ttp://www.usda.gov/news/calendar/maycal.htm, or AgNewsFAX (202-690-3944 and follow voice prompts to retrieve # 9350). Single printed copies may be picked up from the Office of Communications' News Distribution Office, Room 460-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building.

To include information about future events and speaking engagements, contact editor April Horton, Office of Communications' Coordination and Review Center, Room 459-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, D.C. 20250-1350; telephone 202-720-1691; fax 202-720-0539; Internet e-mail april.horton@usda.gov --OR-- contact managing editor Shirley Adams, Room 440-A, telephone 202-720-2882; fax 202-690-3611, or Internet e-mail shirley.adams@usda.gov

Please provide information two weeks prior to the first of the month. JUNE entries for events and speaking engagements are now due. Information submitted after May 22,1999, will be included on the July calendar.

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May 16-20
     Biotechnology Industry Organization Annual Meeting
     Seattle, Washington
     Contact: Megan Matthews 202-857-02444

May 18-20
     USDA National Ag Day In The Classroom
     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

May 21-23
     American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Annual Conference
     Garfield Farm
     LaFox, Illinios
     Contact: 317-776-60000

May 23-25
     World Agricultural Forum
     World Congress
     St. Louis, Missouri
     Contact: Jerry Ingenthron 314-569-0359
May 23-28
     10th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference
     Purdue University
     West Lafayette, Indiana
     Contact: Registration: Nona Schaler 765-494-2756 or
      1-800-359-2986 ext.92n Email: njschaler@cea.purdue.edu
       http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/isco99/isco99.htm
        for program information contact Mark Nearing 765-494-8673

June 6-8
     National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Annual Meeting
     University of Nebraska-Lincoln
     Nebraska
     Contact: 607-254-4856

June 6-8
    The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association
      Dairy-Deli-Bake '99
    Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    Contact: IDDBA 608-238-7908 or www.iddba.org

June 23-25
     IBC's 4th International Conference on Phytoremediation
     Embassy Suites
     Toronto, Canada
     Contact: Derek Kealey 508-481-6400 or visit www.ibcusa.com

July 14-16
     Northeast Cooperative Council Cooperative Leadership Conference
     Ramada Suites
     Geneva, New York
     Contact: Brian Heneham 607-255-8800

July 15-18
     1999 American Convention of Meat Processors
     Crowne Plaza Hotel
     Springfield, Illinios
     Contact: AAMP, P.O. Box 269, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 email: aamp@aamp.com
               717-367-1168 or fax 717-367-9096 or visit www.aamp.cpm
July 28-31
     The Agricultural Publications Summit
     Hyatt Regency Dnever
     Denver, Colorado
     Contact: 512-451-5000

August 4-7
     Global Soy Forum
     Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Cityfront Center
     Chicago, Illinois
     Contact: Brad Cortright 217-244-7384

August 9-11
     InfoAg99
     Purdue University
     West Lafayette, Indiana
     Contact: 605-692-6280

August 25-26
     National Custom Applicator Expo
     Ankeny, Iowa
     Contact: 605-692-6280

November 8-9
     National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
     San Francisco Marriot Hotel
     San Francisco, California
     Contact: 202-778-0850

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