Denver champion steer brings $30,000 DENVER, Colo. - Julie Lebsack, a young Colorado Angus breeder, exhibited the grand champion steer of the 1981 National Western Stock Show then saw her sleek, black crossbred sell in the auction of champions for a record $30,000, or $23.66 per pound The event highlighted a DURABLE, ENGINEERED STRUCTURAL STRENGTH & * ~2S&t!&isSaKi UP TO 40# ROOF & 25# WIND Construction Co., Inc. 1218 STEUBEN STREET UTICA NEW YORK 13501 Telephone Area Code 315 724 5593 large interbreed market animal show in which Angus or Angus crossbreds won all the grand championships in the junior steer show, feeder steer and carcass com petition. The grand champion steer, a 1268 pound Angus-Chiamna cross, sold to Peter Gilbert, Colorado Rockies Hockey of PARTY Denver. The show was judged by George Strathearn, Mariposa, California and his associate judge Frank Sewald, Longmont, Colorado Reserve grand champion steer was another Angus- Chmamna cross exhibited by Lea Jensen of El Reno, Oklahoma Arby’s Restaurant of Denver, purchased the 1202-pound reserve grand champion for $9,250, $9 per pound. In the Fed Beef (carcass) Contest, the grand champion heifer carcasses came from is more slowly available to plants UNIVERSITY PARK - Agronomists have told farmers for 40 years a ton of dairy manure is equivalent to 100 pounds of a 5-3-5 fer tilizer. But recent research indicates little, if any, nitrogen is available to the crop when manure is spread daily. “Studies show that corn fertilized with fresh manure applied and plowed down in the sprmg produced the most corn silage. Yields were lowest when the manure was a pen of straightbred Angus shown by Farr Feeders, Greeley, Colorado. The five top carcasses averaged 668 pounds with an average fat thickness of 42 inch. They had 15.06 square inch loin eyes with a yield grade of 1.67 and a quahty grade of Choice The grand champion steers were Charoiais-Angus crosses shown by Larry Laid, Fort Collins, Colorado The five carcasses averaged 780 pounds, and had just 35 inch of fat cover. The loin eyes averaged 16.52 square inches with a yield grade of Nitrogen in fresh manure applied in the fall, left ex posed on the soil surface all winter and plowed down in the spring. Fall application and fall plowing resulted in intermediate yields.” em phasized David L. Matthews of Agway, Inc. “Current data have confirmed a ton of stored manure is equivalent to 100 pounds of 5-3-5 fertilizer,” he said. Matthews, a speaker at the annual Lime, Fertilizer and Pesticide Conference held recently at Pehn State, pointed out nutrients in fresh manure are equal to those of inorganic fertilizers for crop production, but are more slowly available. In the year ortin LIMESTONE ±L Apply lime on frozen ground Lhni caa be applied almost anytime, however winter months an ideal, because the gronnd is fine and the freezing and thawing action helps to disseminate tie lime in the soil. MARTIN LIMESTONE, INC. Blue Ball, Pa 354-4125 Gap, Pa 442-4148 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 31,1981—C17 158 and a quahty grade of Choice. A group of five Chiamna- Angus calves out of registered Angus cows was named grand champion of the feeder cattle show. The steers were bred and shown by Sam J. Barr, Kearney, Missouri. They sold in the auction of champions for an average of $3343 each, with the top steer bringing S7ICO Reserve grand champion pen of feeders was the reserve champion ciossbied load shown fa: i.m Ellsworth, le-ri'-j, llano These out of of application, about one half of the nitrogen in manure is available. E.B. Graves, vice president of planning and economics for Agnco Chemical Company, also a conference speaker, noted the fertilizer outlook is very encouraging. “The combination of an increasing world population and improving dietary standards makes it essential that we expand livestock numbers and crop acreage,” he said. “Poor gram harvests in many area of the world will draw world gram stocks down to the lowest level m a decade, thus raising gram Angus cows and a 5/8 Angusx3/8 Chianma crossbred bull. Glaus Angus Ranch, Chamberlain, South Dakota, showed the champion Angus feeder steers. They averaged 685 pounds each, and sold for an averaged $679 per head, with the top steer bringing $ll5O. Uhrig Ranch, Henungford, Nebraska showed the reserve champion Angus feeder calves They averaged 674 pounds each and sw'd for an average of J r *62 : ner bead with the top sUx' so.Lng for $llOO. prices and net farm income. “This should encourage farmers to increase their planted acreage and fer tilizer consumption to record levels in 1981. Phosphate fertilizers m particular should rebound from last year’s reduced demand levels,” he added. “Both political and technological responses may be necessary to allow United States ammonia producers to remain competitive and to supply this much-needed fertilizer material to agriculture areas,” Graves concluded. Elwood Hatley, Penn State Extension agronomist, said high yields from small grains can be achieved if producers accept this production information presently available. “For example, it is customary to apply 20-30 pounds of nitrogen per acre to spring oats. Penn State agronomists recommend 50 pounds of nitrogen per acre,” he emphasized. Recent research indicates that oat yeilds are increased by applying 50-60 pounds of nitrogen per acre. This amount of nitrogen does not increase lodging, he said
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