LANCASTER Top winners
have been selected in the 1981
Lancaster County FFA Project
Book Contest.
Among the leading finishers in
the various categories of com
petition:
One Enterprise - Clifford
Homing, New Holland, first, gold;
J. Caldane Presnell, Solanco,
second, gold; Brian Martin, Penn
Manor, third, silver; Robert
Lithgow, Ephrata, fourth, silver;
Shan Weidman, Solanco, fifth,
bronze; and Mark Peters,
Manheun, sixth, bronze. There
were 16 participants in this
category.
Two Enterprise - Doug Her
shberger, Solanco, first, gold;
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Prices
for fed cattle and feeder cattle will
move higher through next July
before tapering off in the second
half of the year as the nation leads
for an oversupply of beef as early
as 1984 or 1985.
That’s the consensus of four of
the nation’s top livestock
economists published today in
Farm Bureau News, official
newsletter of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, sponsors of a
series of “cattle cycle forums,” the
second of which was held last week
in Park Ridge, Illinois, AFBF
headquarters.
Forum participants were Glenn
Grimes, professor of agricultural
economics at the University of
Missouri; Wayne D. Purcell,
professor of agricultural
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Robert Kirk, Solanco, second,
gold; Kervm Miller, Manheun,
third, gold; David Kulp, Manheun,
fourth, silver; Ed Sensemch,
Manheun, fifth, silver; Dennis
Saylor, Ephrata, sixth, bronze;
and Brent Holzhauer, Solanco,
seventh, bronze. There were 21
category participants.
Three Enterprise - Jere Neff,
Penn Manor, first, gold; Wayne
Hess, Penn Manor, second, gold;
Mike Hess, Manheun, third, gold;
Mike Nissley, Penn Manor, fourth,
silver; Benue Houghton, Solanco,
fifth, silver, Dan White, Penn
Manor, sixth, bronze; M. John
Heidebaugh, Solanco, seventh,
bronze. Twenty-one participants
took part
Economists predict higher cattle prices
economics at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute; Robert J. Keierson,
agricultural economics consultant
and former corporate economist
for Monfort of Colorado; and
Edward Uvacek Jr., livestock
marketing economist and
associate professor at Texas A&M
University.
The economists said the latest
US. Department of Agriculture
cattle inventory figures confirm
that the buildup of the nation’s beef
herd is much more rapid than most
observers had expected
Unless consumer demand for
beef is much stronger than an
ticipated, the annual growth rate
of the cattle herd cannot be
sustained for several years without
the potential of a price bust, the
economists warned. A growth rate
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winners listed in Lancaster
Four Enterprise - Barbara
Herr, New Holland, first, gold;
Barry Geib, Manheim, second,
gold; Mark Trimble, Solanco,
third, silver; Jim Hamish, Penn
Manor, fourth, silver; Doug
Pfautz, Warwick, fifth, bronze;
Bob Musser, Penn Manor, sixth,
bronze A total of 17 competed.
Five Enterprise - Mike Pfautz,
Ephrata, first, gold; Jeff Gerlach,
Penn Manor, second, silver; Roy
Weaver, Ephrata, third, bronze.
There were four participants.
Six Enterprise - Kay Shertzer,
Penn Manor, first, gold; Scott
Smith, Ephrata, second, silver;
Ken Miller, Solanco, third, bronze
Seven Enterprise - Steven
Smith, Ephrata, first, gold.
of two percent or less per year
would tend to hold prices at a more
favorable level from the cat
tlemen’s standpoint, they added.
Depressed prices for fed cattle in
recent months are the result of
excessive supplies of overweight
and overfuushed cattle-a problem
that will not be resolved until those
excessive supplies of heavy beef
are absorbed into the market
stream, the economists predicted.
While the demand for beef is not
increasing as rapidly as it did in
the 1960’5, the economists agreed
that the Jong run demand for beef
continues relatively strong
The key to a successful and
prosperous beef cattle industry
remains in the hands of the
producers themselves whose
responsibility it is to keep the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981—89
On-Farm - Vemon Heisey,
Manheim, first, gold; Allen An
derson, Solanco, second, gold; Tim
High, Ephrata, third, gold; Ernie
Fry, Solanco, fourth, silver; Jeff
Keller, Solanco, fifth, silver;
David Myers, Solanco, sixth,
silver; Brian Herr, Solanco,
seventh, bronze; Harold Kauf
faman, Ephrata, eighth, bronze;
and Jacob Frank, Solanco, ninth,
bronze. There were 21 par
ticipants.
Scrapbook - New Holland, first,
gold; Manheim, second, silver;
and Penn Manor, third, bronze.
Off-Farm - Barry Geib,
Manheim, first, gold; Ron Good,
Ephrata, second, gold; Don Good,
Ephrata, third, gold; Avery
supply of beef in balance with The third session in the senes of
demand to ensure the long-range “forums” will be scheduled for
profitability or the industry, the early August,
economists concluded.
100 Sow Club seminar
coming March 26
LANCASTER - The Penn
sylvania Pork Producers Council
is expanding its educational
program for products and allied
industry in Pork Production.
The first 100 Sow Club Seminar is
being planned for March 26, 1981,
at the Farm and Home Center,
Arcadia Road from 10 am. to 4
p.m. (meal mcluded). The topic
will be the farrowing house with
the guest speaker H Neil Becker,
D V M., Associate Professor in the
Department of Preventive
Medicine and Rural Animal
Medicine Service, University of
Florida.
Becker serves as a consultant to
large swine operations in Florida
and surrounding states His
program will cover, prefarrowing
preparation, farrowing, post
farrowing, piglet processing, and
baby pig scours
The Pennsylvania Pork
Producers is providing this
REGISTRATION FORM for 100 SOW CLUB
(checks payable to Pa Pork Producers
Council)
PORK PRODUCER, $l5 _
ALLIED INDUSTRY, $25
NAME PH'
ADDRESS
Mail to Mark F Nestleroth, Box 428, R D § 5,
Manheim, Pa. 17545. (Preferably pre-register
before March 26, but also participants can
register that day)
Ephrata farmers
talk soybeans
EPHRATA The Ephrata Area
Young Farmes will be holding a
Soybean Production meeting on
February 24 at 7 45 in the high
school vo-ag room
The featured speaker will be
David Cote from the Ortho
Division of the Chevron Cor
poration
Cote’s presentation will be based
on the extensive double-crop
soybean expermentation in which
Ortho has been conductmg in
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Among the topics to be discussed
are varietal selection, fertilization,
seedbed preparation, planting, and
weed control Farmers who are
growing soybeans in Northern
Lancaster County should be sure to
join us at this special soybean
meeting, says Bruce G Kreider,
student teacher of agriculture
Copenhaver, Ephrata, fourth,
silver; Harry Witmer, Penn
Manor, fifth, silver; Gil Stuber,
Ephrata, sixth, silver; Aaron
Ebersole, Penn Manor, seventh,
bronze; Kim Miller, Penn Manor,
eighth, bronze; Allen Ackley,
Ephrata, ninth, bronze. There
were 24 participants.
Miscellaneous - Cindy A. Good,
New Holland, first, gold; Lowell D.
Graybill, New Holland, second,
silver; Pam Hoffman, New
Holland, third, bronze. There were
5 participants.
Wildlife - Wanda Steffy, New
Holland, first, gold; John
Sweigart, New Holland, second,
silver; Tun Brower, Ephrata,
third, bronze.
program to the pork industry as
part of its service to pork
producers The Council urges all
producers to support their industry
by becoming members of a local
pork association and participating
in the voluntary check-off program
at the market place
Who is eligible to attend such an
event’ Anyone interested in the
sow At this time, a fee is being
requested to help to defray some of
the expenses Annual membership
will be $l5 per farm and $25 per
allied industry. Interested people
from Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland. New Jersey, West
Virginia, New York, and the New
England States can join the club.
Any number of people from a farm
and allied industry can attend.
The idea was conceived by the
late Dwight Younkm, swine ex
tension specialist at Penn State, to
provide more education for the
specialized sow operation
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Twin Valley
FFA events
ELVERSON Members of the
Twin Valley Chapter join with
nearly 485,000 other FFA members
in the United States m celebrating
National FFA week beginning
today - -
National FFA Week always
includes George Washington’s
birthday in observance of his
leadership in promoting scientific
farming practices Washington is
considered the patron saint of the
FFA and has come to symbolize
the FFA Treasurer.
According to Twin Valley
President Don Stoltzfus, of
Morgantown, the chapter plans to
hand out placemats in local
restaurants, hold a Agn-
Businessmans Breakfast,
distribute things to teachers, talk
to underclassmen, and do several
radio programs.