(P PETERBOROUGH, N.H.
Over 400 enthusiastic Guernsey
breeders and supporters gathered
in San Francisco, California,
recently for the 104th meeting of
the American Guernsey Cattle
dub.
The convention theme, focusing
entirely on management and
improved genetics,' provided a
different twist from typical breed
conventions. Billed as “This
Business of Guernseys”, the four
day event included embryo
transplant demonstrations, calf
raising forums, genetics seminars,
and young sire meetings. /
The convention followed on the
footsteps of the announcement that
the breed bad a 410-lb.-milk
average increase during the first
quarter of 1981, the largest jump in
it’s 105 year history.
Guernsey breeders gather in San Francisco
During his address to the included the crowning of 18-year
membership, AGCC President old Karen Larson, Claremont,
Russell Wirt stated; “The future of . Minnesota, as the 1961 National
our breed lies with breeders and Guernsey Queen. Runners-up
their determination to breed truly included Lisa Brubaker,
superior animals that nan con- Harrisonburg, Virginia, and
tribute to commercial dairymen’s Vanitta Waterman, Williamstown,
breeding programs.” Missouri. There were sixteen
“The future can be anything we states represented in the contest,
want it to be. With proper The 1981 National Heifer Sale,
programs we are now in the with 70 percent open heifers,
position to scare the competition,” averaged $2,446. Top of the sale
he claimed. was Western Glow T H Tiffany,
Other highlights of the meeting selling for $5,000 to Chester and
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Jana 6,19C1-E5
Barbara Williams; Waukesha,
Wisconsin. She was consigned by
the Taffy Syndicate, Bow,
Washington.
The 1981 National Convention
Sale averaged |2,538. Top of this
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more information than most
farmers have at hand on this
subject.
There is tremendous appeal in
the idea of turning com into
alcohol and burning it in a farm
tractor, thus eliminating all those
middlemen. But if it can’t be done
sale was Golden Meadows Zenith
Flirt, a national milk and fat class
leader, that sold for $7,500 to Phil
Fanelli, Hilmar, California. She
was consigned by Barry Dias,
Hilmar, California.
Talk
economically, it doesn’t make
sense.
After all, every bushel of grain
that goes into a form still is worth
so many dollars in the grain
martlet So that value must be
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As long as fuel is readily
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be for agriculture, then the real
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fuel with a bushel of grain than you
can make from it in an on-farm
stm.
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prices, the only conclusion is to sell
the grain, buy fuel, and lease the
alcohol distillery business to
someone else.
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