The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.   Public Fertilizer Safety School Set for Jan. 25, 2005
  The Noble Foundation is hosting a public Fertilizer Safety School on Tuesday, January 25. The event, which is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. and includes a meal, will be in the Kruse Auditorium on the Foundation's campus in Ardmore.
The meeting is designed to show the importance of protecting supplies of ammonium nitrate and anhydrous ammonia from terrorists and drug manufacturers, inform farmers and ranchers of new proposed laws and regulations that may make obtaining ammonium nitrate more difficult and expensive and provide tips on how to protect fertilizer from thieves. Noble Foundation specialists and outside experts will address:
  • history of ammonium nitrate,
  • new and proposed rules and regulations,
  • effects of regulation on price/availability,
  • practical methods of protecting fertilizer,
  • protecting ammonium nitrate from misuse,
  • protecting anhydrous ammonia from misuse,
  • fertilizer safety from a retailer's perspective.

Space is limited; the cost for registration is $10. For more information or to register, call Melissa Castleman at (580) 224-6411.

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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a non-profit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement, and plant biology research; providing grants to numerous non-profit charitable, educational and health organizations; and assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs.

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