E2-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Octabar 4,1986 (Continued from Page 1) pounds. Eleven-year-old Chad is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hummel, Jr. of RD6, Selinsgrove. The dam was bred by Russcott Farms. Reserve grand champion steer Farmers And Ranchers Congress Held BY MATTHEW SHULMAN Special To Lancaster Farming - ST. LOUIS - A New York delegation joined 1,600 farmers and ranchers from 40 states recently to end the national farm crisis and to restore economic health to rural America. Unity across agricultural sectors was the theme at the FARM AlD sponsored United Farmers and Ranchers’ Congress. Dairymen, beef, swine, and sheep producers joined cotton, grain, field crop, fruit and specialty crop farmers in resolutions calling on Congress to establish fair prices to farmers and to implement supply management to reduce taxpayer financed surpluses. Sandy Sickles, of Qainesville, N.Y., said the Congress, “disproves the myth that farmers can’t speak with one voice. We can support each others’ com modities,” she stated, “by sup porting the Harkin-Gephardt Save The Family Farm Act which will be introduced this week in Congress.” The Save The Family Farm legislation would provide an im mediate moratorium on farm foreclosures to permit debt restructuring. However, it’s long term goal would be to strengthen the farm economy through in creased parity levels linked to supply management. Of special interest to northeast dairymen was a New York/New England resolution, supported by the entire dairy caucus, calling for a delay in the authorization of synthetic bovine growth hormone for commercial use. The resolution noted specific reservations about human and herd health. It further posed questions about the economic and social impacts of the new technology not only on the dairy industry but also on the economic structure of rural communities across the country. New York’s Department of Ag and Markets was represented by agriculture policy analyst James Ball. He carried Commissioner Joseph Gerace’s invitation to meet the New York delegation for consultations in Albany and Syracuse. Dairylea Selects Delegates For Annual Meeting SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Local dairy fanners belonging to Oairylea Cooperative, Inc. have elected delegates to represent them at the cooperative’s annual meeting in Syracuse, Oct. 14 to 15, according to Clyde Rutherford, president of the 3,500 member co-op. Dairylea, one of the largest milk marketing cooperatives of its type in the northeast, had net sales of $3BO million during its past fiscal year ending March 31,1986. In the 12-month period, the farmer owned cooperative handled two billion pounds of farm milk, Rutherford said. Area Dairylea delegates will join with others from 13 cooperative districts in New York, Penn sylvania, New Jersey and western New England to set policy for the coming year and to hear reports from their cooperative officers. Beaver Fair Champions was owned by 4-H’er Heather Hummel, Jr. of RDI, Selinsgrove. Hummel. The 975-pound Chi- Russcott Farms also was the Charolais was purchased by breeder. Metzger Meats for 78 cents per Average prices per species were pound. Heather is the nine-year-old |1.19 for lambs, $1.05 for hogs, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell 75 cents for steers. Average to N. S. Troutman and Sons. poundages were 96, 205 and 970, Keister’s Middleburg Auction respectively. Total volume sales being the biggest buyer. Ray Long, for the evening were $8,349.15 with Port Royal, was the auctioneer. Keister's Middleburg Auction was high bidder for Kelly Klingler's grand champion hog. M' 1 ' 4V' , j K sf ,A^ I „ ‘o 5 ■^ r * m * " Nv ?i X ' S^Mp, ® ‘ " f% 'll#^ JV «■ > 4 i l' - *fr W - % $ %%\ ’** JMUt: aJr T i* ,’’ Pr v*M5yQ swiEH i;|| SsM am
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