TI fl ■ » ■ I V0L.32Nt.24 Stevt n Crawford, executive assistant to the Pennsylvania agriculture secretary., at h|s desk in the PDA office in Harrisburg. Vintage Locks Homs With Feds Over Beef Checkoff BY JACK HUBLE Y A group of 60-odd former* and beef industrymen from as far -away as Nortf) Carolina converged , AHrqwnfr- Vintage Sales Stables go head to head with the federal government. Wayntg.Savage (left) holds the grand champion of the open show, Savage-Leigh E-Star Gract. Savage claimed*the grand champion banner of the junior show with Savage4jHgh RORAE Chrissy. Judge Roy Hetts offers congratulations. Seidel, Sweeney and Harding Honored By PSU Dairy Club %/ %/ STATE COLLEGE - The Penn State Dairy Sdfoce Club has a big Weekend scheduled for April 24 and 35. It all' gets started Friday evening at the State College Elks .Country Club where the Dairymen’s Gub banquet starts the action with the annual meeting and the recognition of the club’s honoreeslor 1987. George E. Seidel is the 1987 Distinguished Alumnus for the Department of Dairy Science. Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Seidel received a B.S. Degree from Penn State in dairy science in 1965, bn M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell in 1968 and 1970 respectively. He jturrently working with the Reproductive Laboratory In a widely publicized test of federal authority, Robot L. Frame, owner of Vintage of jn 4nrnn—r4wrt bn day in court to aumm mmiirnfmemtit the 1 IlHPiHfcad beef checkoff program thatbegan Oct. 1,1986. mandated by the 1985 Beef College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at, Colorado State University. In 1973 the embryo transfer laboratory was established at Colorada State. Technics such as nonsurgical recovery and transfer of bovine and equine embryos were developed and refined at the laboratory. Recently, the laboratory has developed a procedure for bisecting embryos to produce identical twins. Dr. Thomas Sweeney is the 1987 Dairy Expo Dedicatee. Sweeney is best known at Penn State as the dairy science club advisor from 1980 to 1916. During Sweeney’s tune as advi^r ? the club enjoyed (Turn t* Page A3O) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April It, 1987 PDA Announces Three-Pronged Program: Takes Development Lead BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG - The Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture announced a three pronged farm program this week to make agriculture the head and not the tail. Steven Crawford, executive assistant to the agriculture secretary, said in a private interview in the PDA office that Governor Robert Casey has recognized that agriculture should take the lead in economic development in Pennsylvania. “That’s exciting,” Crawford said. “And to put money where the Promotion and Research Act, the checkoff assesses cattle pnghioera « for every head ef-cntf* Sold, iiWfoding beef cattle, dairy Orive*; Auctions such as Vintage have been designated as collection points for the funds, / which are then for a*. Two forms in one lane. When you travel in this farm lane from Route 944 pst north of Route 322, you come first to the Bucher Brothers Farm (Mark and Stan), then the lane continues past the farm house to Raymond Hoover's Farm. When -Cfttor Newswanger talked to Stan Bucher Tuesday afternoon, it was odd-job time, arauftd the farm. But you could tell this young farmer was itchy for the ground and weather to get right so he cpuld get into more important jobs like plowing and planting. mouth is, Governor Casey has placed a $3 million line item ap propriation in his proposed budget to fund the PDA ag development program. What is important to recognize,” Crawford says, “is that it represents a step in the direction that lets agriculture take ,the lead. In the past, PDA was rather like the tail trying to wag the dog. But we don’t want to spoon-feed the farmers and tell them what their programs should be. It’s important that people who understand farmers and agriculture develop the programs for farmers. And that’s why warded to the Pennsyvania Beef Council. Fifty cents of each dollar goes to the Cattlemen’s BmT Promotion and Reseafli.ittW|fP underwrite promotion, research and education programs on national level aimed at increasing demand for beef. The remaining 50 cents stays with the contributing state fro its own efforts in these areas. While submitting: the checkoff - funds' is /equated by law, Savages Show Md. Champions , f Maryfcw Correspondent TIMONIUM; Md; - Maryland has long been khown for its top quality Holstein cattle and the 17th Maryland State Holstein Show, held at the Timonium Fairgrounds, was a display of this quality. A total of 300 registered Holsteins paraded before judge Roy Hetts from Wisconsin, Saturday, April 11. Savage-Leigh E-Star Grace owned by Savage-Leigh Farm won the grand champion title of the show. This first placed aged cow, sired by Thonyma East Star-Twin, recently freshened. “She is a beautifully framed cow, I just love Sightseeing Lebanon f aunty Six Sections Governor Casey has given PDA the t*sk of doing this. And that’s what the newly announced programs represent. A change of direction in agriculture so that we are the leaders instead of the followers when charting our own destiny.” According to Crawford, one of the first things that Governor Casey did after he was in was to meet with Agriculture Secretary Boyd Wolff to talk about the state of agriculture in Penn sylvania. “We were able to im press upon the Governor that the economic development in Penn (TumtoPaceA23) producers have the option to request a refund from a national wwk»Wj account held for that Within 22 mnnth« of the checkoffs inception, the beef in- dBBTy must conduct a nationwide referendum to determine whether or not the program will be con tinued. During Thursday’s hearing Federal Judge Edward Cahn listened as Vintage attorney (Turn to Page A 32) the openness,” said Hetts. Grace stood as grand champion of this show in 1986, improving on her reserve grand title in 1985. The 6-year-old champion produced a top record as a 4 year old of 22,480 pounds of milk and 828 pounds of fat with a 4.7 test in 365 days. Gay Ridge Holsteins owned the reserve grand champion cow, C Darcroft Concord Hanna. This Browndale Concord-el daughter, out of Glenside Royal Glenna, placed first in the 5-year-old class with best udder honors. The Savage family continued their domination of the rosettes as (Turn to Page A 26) $8.50 Per Year
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