GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO NATIONAL DAIRY BOARD
                                                                       

Release No. 0414.97

Becky Unkenholz (202)720-8998
runkenholz@usda.gov
Jerry Redding (202) 720-6959
jredding@usda.gov


GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO NATIONAL DAIRY BOARD

     WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has
announced the appointment of 2 new members and 10 incumbents to the National
Dairy Promotion and Research Board.  All will serve three-year terms that
begin Dec. 4 upon their seating at the annual board meeting.

     Appointed were Pedro R. Lizaso, Emmett, Idaho (region 3) and Merle L.
Chaplin, Moundsville, W.Va. (region 9).

     Reappointed to serve second terms were Mary E. Cameron, Hanford,
Calif. (region 2); Jimmie L. Davis, Green Forest, Ark. (region 4); Ronnie G.
Hornstra, Avon, S.D. (region 5); Lyle A. Tjosaas, Kasson, Minn. (region 5);
David J. Krug, Owen, Wis. (region 6); Roger O. Rebout, Janesville, Wis.
(region 6); Myron E. Erdman, Chenoa, Ill. (region 7); J. William
Higginbotham, Washington, Ga. (region 10); H. Wallace Cook Jr., Newark, Del.
(region 11); and Paul R. Kirsch, Varysburg, N.Y. (region 12).

     The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, composed of 36 dairy
farmers representing 13 regions of the contiguous United States, administers
a coordinated program of promotion, research and nutrition education.

     The board was established by the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of
1983.  It is authorized to design programs to strengthen the dairy
industry's position in domestic and foreign markets.  The national program
is financed by a mandatory 15-cent per hundredweight assessment on milk
produced in the contiguous 48 states and marketed commercially by dairy
farmers.  USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operation of
the board.

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