A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28,1980
Honored as Broiler Industryman of the Year is H. Earl Gingrich, at left,
Hummelstown, Dauphin County, who retired in May from the Pennfield Cor
poration. Making presentation is Ken Longacre, of Franconia, last year’s winner.
Poultry Industry men
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in poultry husbandry, he
took his first job with a feed
company in Chicago.
Later, he returned to
Pennsylvania to work for
Miller’s Limestone Quarry
and subsequently Ziegler
Brothers Feed Company in
Gardners, Adams County.
Fanning was still m his
blood because in 1951 he
started in the broiler and
turkey business. In 1956, be
added layers and gradually
switched over entirely to this
phase of poultry operations.
In 1960, he joined D.G.
Horn and Company as
territory salesman, selling
feed to independent broiler,
turkey and egg producers. In
1965, he was promoted to
Major Account Represen
tative and two years later
started servicing all com
pany-owned flocks. In 1971,
when Horn and Company
merged with Miller and
Bushong to become Penn
field Corporation, he was
placed in charge of the
ventilating
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company’s broiler breeder
flocks.
Gingrich retired from that
post just last month.
Egg Industryman of the
Year Leininger bagan
farming 28 years ago with
his parents. Six years after
taking over the family
operation, he put up his first
chicken house, which was
only 14 years ago. In the past
decade and a half, the
operation has grown
tremendously.
The Lemingers farm 800
acres, about 500 in com. The
family team includes wife,
Allegra, and sons, David and
Mike.
He received the State 4-H
Alumni Recognition Award
in 1975 and was named a
Master Farmer a year later.
He is a member of the
Reinholds Lions Club,
Pennsylvania Farmers
Association, the Lancaster
County Farm and Home
Federation. He is a Past
President of the Ephrata
Young Farmers Association,
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the County Poultry
Association and the State
Poultry Federation.
He will serve as Finance
Chairman for the National
Young Farmer Educational
Institute to be held in Her
shey Dec. 5-9.
As Turkey Industryman of
the Year, Konhaus moved
into operation of the four
generation family farm after
high school graduation. He
began in dairying and sold
milk through a retail outlet.
After 15 years in the dairy
business, he moved into
general farming and a small
flock of turkeys.
He grows all of the feed for
his present flock of 30,000.
His seasonal processing
operation is located on the
farm just next to the
production facilities.
In a particularly bad year,
when prices weren’t to his
liking, he entered the
retailing end of operations.
He later expanded into other
farm products.
Beginning with a small
roadside stand, the retail
venture now includes three
supermarkets in Cum
berland County.
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Turkey Industryman of the Year honors went to Paul Konhaus, right,
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, and his wife, Margaret. Making presen
tation, center, is Emerson Meashey, Dauphin County, last year’s honoree.
He is a past president of
the Mechamsburg Rotary
Club and the Executive Club
of Harrisburg. He is a past
president of the State
Poul<*-y Federation and a
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mercial red meat production
in Pennsylvania during May
totaled 83.0 million pounds,
down 10 percent from May
1979. Cattle slaughter at
58,200 bead was down 14
percent while calf slaughter
at 14,400 head was down 27
percent from last year. Hog
slaughter at 284,000 head
decreased two percent from
a year ago. The number of
sheep and lambs
slaughtered totaled 10,200,
down 26 percent from May
1979.
Nationally, commercial
red meat production during
May totaled 3.31 billion
State slaughter down
past director of the National
Turkey Federation. He is
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pounds, an increase of six
percent from May 1979. Beef
production at 1.79 billion
pounds was up one percent
while veal production at 29
million pounds declined 12
percent. Pork production
totaled 1.47 billion pounds,
up 13 percent from May 1979.
Lamb and mutton produc
tion increased eight percent
to 27 million pounds.
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