AMERICAN EGG BOARD

                                            Release No. 0052.97
                                                               
 				Alicia L. Ford         (202) 720-8998
                                                 aford@usda.gov
				Connie Crunkleton   (202) 720-8998
                                                    ccrunkleton@usda.gov

GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO AMERICAN EGG BOARD

     WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1997--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has
named nine members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board to serve
two-year terms ending Dec. 31, 1998.

     Reappointed members and alternates, by region, are:

     North Atlantic states -- Joseph H. Fortin, Lebanon, Conn., member.

     South Atlantic states -- Melvin D. Russell, Collierville, Tenn.,
member.

     East North Central states -- Ronald D. Truex, Warsaw, Ind., member;
Victor A. Rigterink, Seymour, Ind., alternate; Thomas E. Hertzfeld I,
Waterville, Ohio, member.

     West North Central states -- Harold A. Sankey, Sioux Falls, S.D.,
member; Joseph W. Claybaugh, Carroll, Neb., alternate; Chris G. Dixon,
Germantown, Ill., member; Alfred J. Schimpf, Dousman, Wis., alternate.

     Western states -- Gordon D. Satrum, Canby, Ore., member.

     Newly appointed members and alternates, by region, are:

     North Atlantic states -- Anderson J. Walters, Richmond, Va., member;
Ronald E. Kreider, Manheim, Pa., alternate; Robert R. Hodges, Bear, Del.,
alternate.

     South Atlantic states -- Michael H. Bynum, Dover, Fla., alternate.

     East North Central states -- Ross E. Meyers, Milan, Ohio, alternate.

     South Central states -- Charley J. Kammerdiener, Jr., Hope, Ark.,
member; Rodney H. Bobo, Hope, Ark., alternate.
          
     Western states -- Dianna L. Stiebrs, Yelm, Wash., alternate.

     Membership terms on the 18-member board are staggered so that half of
the membership is appointed each year in order to provide continuity in
policy.

     The board administers an egg research and promotion program authorized
by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974.  USDA's
Agricultural Marketing Service reviews the program's budget, plans and
projects to assure that it operates in the public interest.

     The program is funded entirely by a ten-cent per 30-dozen case
assessment on eggs marketed by egg producers with flocks of over 75,000
hens.

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