—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Dec. 20, 1975
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Weather outlook topics
scheduled for cattlemen
DENVER, Co. - “The long
term weather outlook and
effects on production and
marketing of beef cattle" -
that is Just one example of
topics to be discussed during
educational sessions at the
American National Cat
tlemen’s Association Con
vention, to be held January
28-30 in Phoenix, Arizona
One of the highlights of the
three-day program will be an
industry outlook session on
Wednesday, January 28. The
program is sponsored by
Cattle-Fax, ANCA’s market
analysis service, and it will
provide both short and long
range forecasts.
In addition to the annual
meeting of Cattle-Fax, the
program will provide a
broad look at the situation
the industry will face in the
years ahead, Topper Thorpe,
Cattle-Fax Manager, pointed
out.
Dr. Irvin Krick of Krick &
Associates, a weather
forecasting service, will
discuss the long range
weather outlook and its
effects on the cattle
business. Dr. James W.
Riley, economist with Merck
& Co., Inc., and a member of
ANCA’s Council of Economic
Advisors, will describe the
general economic situation
and the outlook for beef
demand. Thorpe and John
Welch of Cattle-Fax will
analyze the market situation
and outlook and will explain
use of Cattle-Fax as a
marketing tool.
“Our Convention will be
entertaining and enjoyable,
and we also will take im
portant Association ac
tions,” said Gordon Van
Vleck, ANCA President.
“Those are major reasons
why we meet, but not all.
This year’s program calls
for the ‘Happening’
seminars and a record-sized
Trade Show, as well as the
expanded Cattle-Fax outlook
seminar - all packed with
practical, worthwhile in
formation for cattle
producers.”
The educational sessions
will be held on Wednesday
and Thurdsay in the new
Phoenix Civic Plaza, and the
Trade Show will be open
from January 27 through
January 30. The fourday
Trade Show will consist of
150 exhibitors that represent
commercial, governmental
and non-profit organizations.
The intent of the Trade Show
is to give cattle producers a
firsthand look at products
and services available to
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them. Booths will be open
throughout the day and are
located in the Phoenix Civic
Plaza along with all other
Convention proceedings.
Trade Show exhibitors
have again agreed to present
one-hour seminars on topics
related to their field of
service. Cattlemen will have
the choice of attending any of
17 educational seminars
running Thursday afternoon.
A list of exhibitors and
their seminar topics follows;
Commodity News Service,
Inc., “LFM-The Best Hand
You Ever Hired;” Merck
Chemical Division,
“Parasite Control Provides
Feed Efficiency;" Chicago
Mercantile Exchange,
“Futures Markets - an Im
portant Management Tool; ”
Bache and Co., “Hedging
Insights;’’ Heinold Com
modities, “Hedging
Strategies;” Bridgewater
Associates, Inc., “Creative
Hedging Strategies;”
Conti Commodities, “Feed
Grains and Cattle Price
Outlook;” Lockwood Cor-
Herd butterfat record
set in New Jersey
Heading the milk and
butterfat production lists for
dairy herds in New Jersey
were Holstein herds of
Howard Sutton & Son,
Califon, and Four Oaks
Farm, Somerville. Both are
members of the Central
Jersey Dairy Herd Im
provement Association, the
farmer owned and operated
cooperative administering
the testing program in
Hunterdon, Somerset and
nearby counties.
The Sutton herd, con
sisting of 33 cows, averaged
677 lbs. of butterfat and
17,170 lbs. milk. The Four
Oaks’ herd, with 43 cows,
averaged 17,597 lbs. milk and
673 pounds fat, and is owned
by Mrs. Mary C. Hyde and
managed by George Knapp.
The recent year marked
the sth straight year that the
Howard Sutton herd had
exceeded 600 lbs. fat. And,
the 677 lb. level marks the
highest level ever achieved
by a dairy herd on official
test in the state.
This was Four Oaks first
appearance on the 600 lb. fat
- 16,000 lb. milk list. The
17,597 lbs. was high milk this
year in the state. Three other
Central Jersey herds were
also on the “honor list.”
poratlon, “Profit Planning
Through Water
Management.”
Butler-Oswalt Division,
"Legal-for-Trade Electronic
Scales in the Feedlot;”
American Brahman
Breeders Association,
“Crossbreeding's Common
Denominator;” Norden
Laboratories, ‘‘Current
Research on Corona Virus,
Lepto Infections, and the
Shipping Fever Complex;”
Abbott Laboratories,
“Current Thinking on
Vaccines and their Ap
plication;” Western Farm
Management, “Mortgages,
Management and Money;”
Hesston Corporation,
“Large Package Hay
Handling Systems;” Elanco
Products Company; and
Jensen-Salsbery.
For more information on
the Convention, including
registration information,
contact Tom Pellet, ANCA
Director of Special Services,
P.O. Box 569, Denver,
Colorado 80201 (303-861-
1904).
They were: New Jersey
Experiment Station, New
Brunswick, 633 lbs. fat and
16,173 lbs. milk; Penn-
Breeze Farm, Charles
Rogers, Pennington, 623 lbs.
fat and 15,870 lbs. milk; and
Stanley Douglass and Sons,
Pittstown, 605 lbs. fat and
14,885 lbs. milk.
Thirty herds in the state
exceeded either 600 pounds
of fat or 16,000 pounds milk.
This product and other
animal health products
a\ailable from your
local feed and farm
supply dealers serviced
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Maryland dairyman receives
Service to Agriculture award
BEL AIR, Md, - F. Grove
Miller of Northeast,
Maryland was presented the
Service to Agriculture
Award by the Maryland
Association of County
Agricultural Agents at the
recent Maryland Farm
Bureau Annual Meeting in
Baltimore. The award is
given annually for out
standing service to
Maryland agriculture, the
Cooperative Extension
Service and the University of
Maryland.
Miller is a dairyman and
businessman from Cecil
County who has been active
in many local and State
agriculturally related ac
tivities. He is presently
president of the Maryland
Farm Bureau and past
Master of the Maryland
State Grange. This past
summer he completed a
seven year term as a
member of the University of
Maryland Board of Regents.
He is also a member of the
Maryland Agricultural
Commission.
Being interested in
Maryland agricultural
products, Miller has served
as chairman of the Maryland
Agricultural Dinner for
members of the Maryland
legislature, is currently a
director of the Maryland
State Fair and on the
National Occupational
Safety and Health Act
Committee representing
agriculture.
In his home community,
Miller is an active par
ticipant in county DHIA
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work, the artificial breeding
cooperative and local farm
marketing and farm supply
organizations. He helped
organize and has been
p. •sidenl of the Cecil County
Fair. C’urently he is a
director < fthe fair.
The Ser dee to Agriculture
Award is given annually by
the Maryland Association of
County Agricultural Agents
to that individual whom the
members feel expresses
qualities of leadership and
responsibility in service to
Maryland agriculture. The
organization consists of
Maryland Extension Agents
serving agriculture and
rural and urban com
munities. It is affiliated with
the National Association of
Corn contest held
Three members of the
Little Dutchmen FFA
chapter recently competed
in the Lebanon County Corn
Contest. The members were
(left to right) Ellis Meyer,
Jay Bomgardner and Reid
Hoover. The county contest
is divided into three
categories; high yield, cost
per bushel, and ear quality.
Winners from Annville
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County Agricultural Agents,
a nation-wide organization of
Extension workers
The award was given
Miller by the current
president of the Maryland
Association, Reg Traband,
Extension Agent in Harford
County. Traband relates
Miller is an active par
ticipant in many agricultural
organizations, both in his
home community and on the
state level, and works
diligently to support a strong
agricultural base for both
our state and nation.
Traband further noted
Miller is not only an out
standing leader, but a true
friend to Maryland
agriculture.
were: Yield - Ist Reid
Hoover 176.8 bu.-a.; 4th Ellis
Meyer 164.9 bu.-a.; 9th Jay
Bomgardner 139.6 bu.-a.
Cost Per bushel: Ist Jay
Bomgardner 52 cents; 3rd
Reid Hoover 63 cents; 10th
Ellis Meyer 85 cents.
Ear Quality: 2nd Ellis
Meyer; 3rd Jay Bomgardner
and 6th Reid Hoover.