|
s
<br /> • • • • •
<br /> Leadership CAST is represented in \4'oshiuguat ny AESOP
<br /> ..,,,,5, Enterprises. Ltd. Their staff assists CAST in providing
<br /> CAST was very active in 1996, under the leadership scientific information to congressional and agency staff.
<br /> ~ of presidents Warren M. Schwcckc, then Victor L.
<br /> Lcchtcnberg. Membership
<br /> f . /,~+~~,Q~ Warren M. Schwecke was vice president of Quality
<br /> l~l~~ and Regulatory Operations at General Mills,lnc.before CASThaxoulsu,n~ccdmucholit<limd-raisingef-
<br /> i 1
<br /> J~`
<br /> %c his relirenlggl in 1995. He represented the American lurk to a private lirm.
<br /> ' '~N~ Association of Cereal Chemists on the CAST Board of In October. CAST' asked nu•mbere to upgrade their
<br /> Directors from 1985 to 1994. membership. To date, over 200 individual members
<br /> In March, Victor L. Lechtenberg, dean of the Col- have chosen to increase their support to the Century
<br /> lege of Agriculture at Purdue University, berune prey- Club level.
<br /> idenl of CAST. He is pull presidcm ol'the Crop Science
<br /> Society of America (CSSA 1 and a Fellow of CSSA and
<br /> w the American Society ul Agronomy. TeStllnOn~l
<br /> PUt7iICatlOnS ~ CAST xpuncurcd tsar hriclingt liar congressional
<br /> sl;d7un trade and agrieuhwc issues: "Cungx•litircness
<br /> CAST released seven reports and issue papers iu and Qualityul ILS. Apriculnirc;unl Agricultural I'rod-
<br /> 1997. acts," Pcbru;uy 12. 1996: and "Biolugicnl Peet Control
<br /> Scieu(ific Socie(ies: Coaversn(ions on Chmrge is a and New Crops UevelopnlenL" February 2U, 1996.
<br /> swnmary of a November 1995 workshop for leaders mid
<br /> members o(nearly 50 professional societies. The work- In May. CAST president Victor L. Lechtenberg of
<br /> shop was the first phase of a amtinuing project. Purdue lhtivcrsily. Icstilinl on behalf uf('AST nefure
<br /> Qrrnli(y of U. S. Agricullaral Prodac(s is the must a hearing ol'tlre IZcunurc Cunx•rrwion. Rcecurcb ;md
<br /> ~w, extensive report in the hish,ry of CAST. 'I'hc report Forestry Subeonuuiuce of dir l i.S. I louse Conuniucc
<br /> examines yuality, lixul safety, and measurement Iech- un Apricuhure, regarding ;m eculumiun ul inlrunural
<br /> nology, and provides inlornutlion specific lu Iced and exU~anmral reeauch pnm_r;une adminntcial by the
<br /> grains: wheat: rice; oilseeds; nuts: Iruiu and vegetables: U.S. Depar(niem of Afa iculnu c.
<br /> cation and wool; forages; poultry, beef, pork and Iamb;
<br /> milk and dairy products; and channel catfish. NQW $OCletleS
<br /> ' F An issue paper,Uiversifying U.S. CropYroduclion,
<br /> Apr „ stales that the development of new crops could help Three socicticc joined (hc CAS"f (lnnurtium in uu-
<br /> ' ~ ~ + solve problems related w crop price instability, I:unt mmn 1996, bringing (he total l0 33, the largest number
<br /> ti: populations. and rural prosperity. in CAS'f's 25-year history.
<br /> Radinrioa Pas(eru'i;,nNon of Fnod stales that safe, The Axsociatiuu of Ansrican Vclcri n:uv tV~Icdical
<br /> low doses of pasleurizalion radiation can kill over 99 Colleges has 52 ntemncrsU.S. and Gur,id i:m wleri-
<br /> percent of most foodnorne bacteria. nary colleges and schools. deparuncnts of vetcrinarp
<br /> Keith Menchey, Fuhrre of Irrign(ed Agriculhrre is a study of the science or annparutive medicine, and other veterinary
<br /> Washington changing circumstances and adaptations for farmers ir- iustilutions. It sponsors ihe,luurnnl r,~ Vrav~inurv Mrd-
<br /> Representetlve rigating in the western United States. teal [iilacarinn and Vereriruu~r Mndir~ul .School Adnris-
<br /> Infegra(ed Aaiara! Waste Maangearen( describes sioa Keyuirernrnrs irr Ure (/rrilecl Strorts acrd Canudrr.
<br /> oP~~Wan Ve(o~'~ fer,
<br /> storegtreat, and elff ciently al li~ze anitnall
<br /> nianmes. Manage ient''fask FuA c irs la (newly ItiAmcd group coif
<br /> o ~ Grazing ar PuGiic Loads provides scientific infur- 26 members. Its mission is to address agricultural is-
<br /> ~ ntalimt concerning livestock grazing on public lands in sues and give them attemion within the Icpul conuuu-
<br /> ~~H o~~e' the West. oily; they also plan to provide Icg:d an;dysis of critical
<br /> saSaSA issues or Iegul commentary in pantie ur wade meetings.
<br /> Washington Activities Il is a subsecliuu of the ABA's Section un Natural Re-
<br /> sources, Energy, and Environntcntal Law (SONRGEL).
<br /> In May 1996, CAST submitted a letter loSenator Ri- The American College of Poultry Veterinarians fur-
<br /> chard Lugar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agri- (hers education and scientific progress iu poultry vel-
<br />
<br /> .KS<~~..,se,,.~.~a~w, whore, and Forestry, concerning the Delaney Clause. erinary medicine and pnnnotes its dcvclopment of as
<br />
<br /> n•.wn~.b as F~..o~~..xn y:~,
<br /> • • ~ • • • • • - r •
<br />
<br />
|