NCC, PCG to host farm bill educational meetings in June

National Cotton Council staff will review key provisions of the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 in 45 educational meetings across the Cotton Belt in June.

High Plains regional meetings are being conducted as part of the NCC's Southwest region rotation and will be co-hosted by Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.

All of the High Plains meetings will be June 23 to 26. The presentations are aimed at providing the best available information on the new farm bill and will conclude with a question and answer period. Other industry and agribusiness representatives are invited to attend.

The Southwest Region Farm Bill Educational Meetings will be as follows:

June 23

--Wellington, Kan., Raymond Frye Complex, 8 a.m.;

--Weslaco, Texas, TAMU Citrus Center, 9 a.m.;

--Robstown, Texas, Nueces County Fair Grounds, 3 p.m.;

--Hugoton, Kan., Memorial Hall, 4 p.m.

June 24

--El Campo, Texas, Civic Center, 9 a.m.;

--Dumas, Texas, Moore County Community Building, 10 a.m.;

--Seagraves, Texas, Community Building, 10 a.m.;

--Victoria, Texas, Howard Johnson Hotel, 3 p.m.;

--Plainview, Texas, Ollie Liner Center, 3 p.m.;

--Midland, Texas, Midland County Horseshoe, 3 p.m.

June 25

--Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde Quality Inn, 10 a.m.;

--Lubbock, Texas, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, 10 a.m.;

--San Angelo, Texas, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 10 a.m.;

--Lamesa, Texas, Dawson County Community Center, 2 p.m.;

--Abilene, Texas, Abilene Christian University, 3 p.m.

June 26

--El Paso, Texas, Wyndham Hotel, 10 a.m.;

--Altus, Okla., Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association, 10 a.m.

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Date: 6/12/08

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