Agriculture Council of
America elects officers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jack
Felgenhauer of Spokane, Wash.,
the fourth generation of his family
to farm his grandfather’s century
old homestead, succeeded to the
chairmanship of the Agriculture
Council of America’s board of
directors at the conclusion of the
organization’s annual meeting
July 24-26, in Denver.
Chosen by the board as chair
man-elect was Norfleet L. Sugg of
Rocky Mount, N.C., a producer
and executive secretary of the
North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association.
Eugene Gustafson of Phillips,
Neb., a com grower and member
of the board of Farmland In
dustries, was elected
secretary/treasurer, succeeding
Sugg.
Felgenhauer succeeds Adrian J.
Polansky of Belleville, Kan., who
had served in that position since
May 1963. As an ACA director,
Polansky represents the National
Association of Wheat Growers and
the Kansas Wheat Commission, of
which he is a member and former
chairman.
Earlier in the week, Polansky, a
crops and livestock producer and
chairman of Kansas Gov. John
Carlin’s working group on
agriculture, was selected as the
second moderator of the in
dependent Trustees of the National
Agricultural Forum. He succeeds
June Saylor of Clovis, N.M., im
mediate past national president of
Women Involved in Farm
Economics (WIFE).
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Mrs. Saylor is also a director of
ACA, a nonprofit membership
organization of producers, local
and national agribusinesses, state
and national agricultural
associations and market
development organizations.
The ACA Board of Delegates, the
voting representatives of mem
bers, elected two new directors:
W. Bass Watkins of Wilmington,
Del., vice president-agricultural
chemicals at E.I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co., and William Pettit
of Denver, vice president of the
Central Bank for Cooperatives.
Re-elected as directors, in ad
dition to Messrs. Felgenhauer and
Polansky, were Paul Brower of
Atlanta, Ga., vice president of
Gold Kist, Inc.; David A.
Phillipson of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
vice president and general
manager of the agricultural
division of the Upjohn Company;
Fred W. Thome of Moline, 111.,
director of marketing services,
Deere and Company; Ronald E.
Vavrina of Clarkson, Neb.,
representing the National Farm &
Power Equipment Dealers
Association, and Floyd Wahlgren
of Gothenburg, Neb., representing
the Nebraska Com Development,
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Utilization and Marketing Board.
The terms of about one-third of
ACA’s directors expire each year.
Felgenhauer, a past president of
both the National Association of
Wheat Growers (NAWG-) and the
Washington Wheat Commission,
serves on the White House Ad
visory Committee for Trade
Negotiations. He has a long history
of participation in local, national
and international wheat activities,
including service on a number of
trade teams. He, too, represents
NAWG on the ACA board.
His community acitivities in
clude service as a Presbyterian
Church elder, past master of- a
Masonic lodge and membership in
the Elks and Rotary International
clubs. He and his wife, Gloria, are
the parents of two daughters.
Sugg, who recently received the
Distinguished Alumni Award from
the North Carolina State
University School of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, represents the
National Peanut Growers Group
on the ACA board. He has served
as Planters Industries
Agrichemical Division, vice
president of Planters National
Bank and Trust Co. and executive
vice president of the North
Carolina Agribusiness Council. He
and his wife, Eva, are the parents
of two sons and a daughter.
ONTHEGROW
Weekly Summary
Harrisburg, Pa.
Friday, August II
Report supplied by PD A
Markets: IS.
CATTLE: 6565. Compared with
6929 head last week, and 8187 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market: Slaughter steers
steady to 1.50 higher; SI. heifers
steady to 1.00 lower; SI. cows
Highly uneven; SI. bullocks steady
to weak; SI. bulls mostly steady.
SI. steers; High Choice & Prime
No. 3-4, 67.25-71.60; Choice NO. 2-4
62.75-68.50; Good 57.50-62.75;
Standard 50.00-58.00. SI. heifers:
Choice 58.0941.75; Good 54.00
58.50; Standard 47.0041.00. SI.
cows: Utility & Commercial 41.50
45.85; Cutters 39.00-43.00; Caimer
& L. Cutter 35.00-39.00; Shells down
to 26.00. SI. bullocks: (few) Choice
52.60-59.50; Good 50.0045.50. SI.
bulls: Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2250
lbs. 47.00-54.25; Yield Grade No. 2
900-1450 lbs. 43.0050.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Medium Frame No. 1 350-000 lbs.
49.00-62.00. Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1 & 2,375-750 lbs. 42.00-
53.00. Bulls, Medium Frame No. 1,
475-700 lbs. 43.00-55.00.
CALVES: 5005. Compared with
4922 head last week and 4396 head a
year ago. Vealers grading Good &
Choice mostly steady; Standard &
Good grades steady to mostly 2.00
higher, (few) Prime 85.00-105.00;
Choice 65.0085.00; Good 56.00-
70.00; Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
50.0082.00; 90-110 lbs. 44.00-55.00;
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 11, 1984—A17
6090 lbs. 38.00-44.00; Utility 50-110
lbs. 30.0040.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90-
130 lbs. 50.0042.00, mostly 55.00
75.00; few Hoi. Heifers 85-140 lbs.
50.0045.00.
HOGS: 0002. Compared with 7204
head last week and 6871 bead a
year ago. Barrows and gilts 1.00-
1.50 higher. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs.
53.5046.00 No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 52.50
54.50; No. 24 200-285 lbs. 50.00
53.50; No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 46.00
51.50; Sows steady to 1.00 hgibcr.
US No. 1-3 300485 lbs. 40.0046.00;
No. 23 300650 lbs. 38.0042.00.
Boars 31.0038.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1303. Compared
with 1375 bead last week 1544 a
year ago. Feeder pigs steady to
4.00 higher. US No. 1-3 2035 lbs.
15.0026.00 per head; No. 1-3 3050
lbs. 25.0035.00; No. 1-3 5085 lbs.
30.0042.00.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES; 2527. Compared with 2507
head last week, and 2614 head a
year ago. All sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs highly uneven, extremes 11.00
higher to 6.00 lower. US No. 1-2 20
30 lbs. 85.00101.00, 3040 lbs. 70.00
90.00. 4090 lbs. 65.0080.00, 5060
lbs. 59.0075.00, 6085 lbs. 45.00
66.00; US No. 23 3040 lbs. 60.00
70.00.
SHEEP; 1352. Compared with
1117 head last week and 80S head a
year ago. Mostly strong to 3.00
higher. High Choice & Prime 70-110
lbs. 00.00-08.00; Choice 60-100 lbs.
55.0003.00; Good 50-90 lbs. 43.00-
57.00. SI. ewes; 11.00-25.00.