VOL 28 No. 50 Four Sections
Weekly Livestock Latest section begins in this issue
LANCASTER ~ Beginning with
this issue, a weekly “Livestock
Latest” section is featured in
Lancaster Fanning.
Edited by staffer Laura
England, the initial livestock
Latest is found on Page D 2 and
succeeding pages.
The new section is designed to
provide a weekly consolidated
report on what is of latest interest
to livestock operators and others in
the industry.
Turn to Page D 2
LIVESTOCK
LATEST
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Eastern Mountain Goat
Every barnyard has its four-footed cutup. It could be a
comedic calf or kitten or a prank-playing porker. Farm
animals, particularly young ones, can get themselves into
some pretty crazy situations.
This week’s nomination for barnyard buffoon is this goat
photographed along Wallop's Hill Road in Northern Lancaster
County.
This courageous kid must have some mountain goat blood.
His favorite precarious perch is the barnyard wall. He jumps
to and from the perch as agilely as any Rocky Mountain Goat
or Bighorn Sheep out West.
But this Eastern cousin takes great pleasure in performing
his aerial antics for passersby. And, he'll gladly pose for the
camera, too.
For the purposes of this section,
livestock will be defined in its
broadest sense to include all non
dairy operations, particularly
beef, hog, sheep, poultry and
horse.
Livestock breeders and
operators, as well as others in the
overall industry, are invited to
participate in this new section.
Operators, breeders, trade and
breed associations may submit
items for consideration.
Also, an expanded effort will be
made to keep operators abreast of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1983
the latest livestock research ef
forts underway at colleges and
universities, particularly
Delaware, Maryland, Penn State
and the New Bolton Center of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Among the regular features of
Livestock Latest will be a biweekly
column by Chet Hughes, Lancaster
County livestock extension
specialist. An Angus breeder and
former member of that breed's
association staff, Chet will cover
livestock operation tips of interest
to both commercial operators and
youth project exhibitors.
The inauguration of this special
section is to provide an opportunity
for the consolidation of in
formation for this important
segment of area agriculture and to
recognize the vital contribution it
makes to the overall ag economy.
Ms. England is developing a
network of correspondents in
NEMA annual talks
review the future
BY LAURA ENGLAND
HERSHEY A positive outlook
on foul marketing exists and
producers can expect to see a
stronger price for foul, members of
the Northeast Egg Marketing
Association (NEMA) were told at a
meeting Thursday.
Ip the report compiled by the
Leb. Holstein
Club honors
top youth
BY TRISH WILLIAMS
MT. ZION Slow milk demand
might be limiting dairy cattle
prices domestically, but Lebanon
County Holstein breeders were told
demand for their top quality cattle
is strong abroad. ' '
Bill Nichol, executive secretary
of the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, said PHA has beerf
successful in securing two rather
large export orders for Penn
sylvania bred Holsteins. Nichol
made that statement at the Annual
Lebanon County Holstein Club
Banquet, Tuesday evening. The
Korean Animal Improvement
Association recently signed an
agreement with the Holstein
Assocation to purchase 1000
registered Holsteins in the United
States. Many o! the animals will
becoming from Pennsylvania,
reported Nichol.
“We have decided to pay Penn
sylvania breeders $l3OO for bred
heifers that meet the specifications
of the order. That is $lOO dollars
more than any other state
association is paying. PHA will be
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major livestock areas to sup
plement staff written reports for
the section. Among the
correspondents will be Ted
Teaford, a herdsman at the
Devereax Soleil Farms in
Downingtown.
In addition to the Livestock
Latest section, Lancaster Farming
will continue its policy of
publishing features about out-
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Farmers Agricultural Cooperative
Trading Society (FACTS), Joseph
Buck said the demand for foul is up
and a stronger price will be
realized. The demand stems from
an increase in products such as
chicken nuggets and chicken
patties, Buck said
“Chicken patties are here." he
said, “but people don’t realize
what’s in them. We’ve got to let
people know what’s in those pat
ties,” he added in reference to
promoting foul meat.
Buck said processing of foul
meat continues to get stronger,
and processors are willing to pay
three to five cents higher for live
foul as opposed to frozen.
An increase in utilization, giving
the processors what they want in
the way of foul meat, will also help
the market. Buck added.
Reaching out to the markets in this
way, he said, is a uniform flow that
jlffers. a good, positive American
way of marketing birds.
- > also reported on recycling
,of foal, a practice widely used in
the northeast. Through recycling,
a controlled method of forced
molting, a strong reduction of bird
numbers has been seen.
Recycling, Buck explained,
became an economic necessity and
in most cases was economically
feasible. Producers were able to
reduce the purchase of foul
numbers and were better able to
utilize the original investment, he
added.
Birds in recycling are recon
ditioned and forced into molting to
have more than one laying season,
thus getting more from the initial
investment. Buck added that
poultry houses are occupied but
may not be full to capacity because
of recycling.
One concern of foul marketing is
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standing livestock operations and
major shows.
For the initial offering of
livestock Latest, turn to Page D 2.
Farm Business News, normally
found on Page D 2 has been moved
to Page D 6. Lancaster Fanning’s
complete weekly roundup of
agribusiness news will continue to
be carried in this new location in
the D Section.