030’Lancaster Fanning Saturday, October 1, 1988
HARRISBURG The Key
stone International Livestock
Exposition (KILE) opens its doors
at the Farm Show Complex in Har
risburg on October 6. For 31 years
KILE has been recognized by
breeders and exhibitors as a pre
miere competitive forum and
showcase for the nation’s top beef
cattle, swine, sheep and horses.
The 1988 Exposition carries on
this proud tradition, preserving the
best elements from the previous
shows while always improving
through the addition of new fea
tures. Limousin beef cattle and
Landrace swine have been added
Wayne County Fair
Livestock Results
WAYNE COUNTY The
246-pound pig shown by Gregg
Wormuth of Starlight grabbed the
judge’s attention and consequently
the grand champion honors at the
Wayne County Fair’s junior swine
show. Second highest in the show
was Scott Lewis of Pleasant Mount
with his champion mediumweight
hog.
The top spots in the junior sheep
show went to the Mang family of
Honesdale with Michael showing
the grand champion market lamb
and Patrick showing the reserve
grand champion.
In the open sheep show, the Col
umbia champion and reserve
champion rams and ewes were
exhibited by Robert Hinton of Hid
den Valley Farm in Greentown.
Drew Engerbert brought home the
rosettes for the champion and
reserve champion Dorset ewes.
Three out of the four top honors
in the Hampshire division went to
David Sverduk of Dalton. He
showed the champion and reserve
champion rams as well as the
reserve champion ewe. The top
Hampshire ewe was owned by
Crystal Schweighofer. David also
garnered all four champion Ram
bouillet ribbons
Judge Dr. Robert Herr tapped
Virginia Sverduk’s rams and ewes
in the Lincoln breed for all top
titles. Similarly, Sterling Farms in
Dalton won all four championship
honors in the Southdown division.
Another Sverduk, Luann, col
lected the rosettes for the champ
ion and reserve champion rams
and ewes in the Montadale
category.
WAYNE COUNTY
SWINE SHOW
Grand Champion
Gregg Wormuth
Reserve Grand Champion
Scott Lewis
Champion Featherweight
Jody Sebastiano
Reserve Champion Featherweight
Cliff Jones
Champion Lightweight
Jamie Crum
Reserve Champion Lightweight
Enn Kilker
Champion Middleweight
Scott Lewis
Reserve Champion Middleweight
Andy Korb
Champion Intermediate
Gregg Wormuth
Reserve Champion Intermediate
Zachary Bryant
Champion Heavyweight
Gregg Wormuth
Reserve Heavyweight Champion
Amy Peters
Champion Fitter
Melissa Nebzydoski
Reserve Champion Fitter
Anthony Robinson
Champion Showman
Scott Lewis
Reserve Champion Showman
Anthony Robinson
SHEEP SHOW
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Michael Mang
Reserve Grand Champion
Patrick Mang
Champion Lightweight
David Swingle
Reserve Champion Lightweight
Stephanie Warnock
Keystone Exposition Schedule Given
to the competition for 1988.
Over 3,000 head of livestock
will vie for a share of the $85,000
premiums. Pre-entries include
1,381 sheep, 707 swine, 557 beef
cattle and 436 horses. Post-entries
are permitted for horses until the
show date.
The Expo is free and open to the
general public. It is sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Livestock Asso
ciation in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture and the Farm Show
Commission.
Following is the schedule of
events:
Champion Middleweight
Patrick Mang
Reserve Champion Middleweight
Carrie Burlem
Champion Heavyweight
Michael Mang
Reserve Champion Heavyweight
Kathy Crum
Champion Showman
Christina Korb
Reserve Champion Showman
Chrystal Schweighofer
Junior Showman Champion
Christina Korb
Reserve Junior Showman Champion
William Augello
Intarmadlata Showman Champion
Chrystal Schweighofer
Rasarva Intarmadlata Showman Champ-
ion
James Watson
Senior Showman Champion
Michael Mang
Champion Fitter
Michael Mang
Rasarva Champion Fitter
Chrystal Schweighofer
Junior Fitting Champion
Christina Korb
Rasarva Junior Fitting Champion
William Augello
Intermediate Fitting Champion
Xhrysatl Schweighofer
Rasarva Intarmadlata Fitting Champion
Andy Korb
Sanlor Fitting Champion
Michael Mang
Rasarva Sanlor Fitting Champion
David Swingle
MARKET STEER
Gran< Champion
Kyle Kerber
Reserve Grand Champion
Julie Rutledge
Champion Lightweight
Gregg Wormuth
Reserve Champion Lightweight
Melissa Megivern
Champion Middleweight
Anna Rutledge
Reserve Champion Middleweight
Jeremy Cries
Champion Heavyweight
Kyle Kerber
Reserve Champion Heavyweight
Julie Rutledge
Grand Champion Fitter
Grant Stiles Jr
Reserve Grand Champion Fitter
Matt White
Champion Senior Fitter
Grant Stiles Jr
Champion intermediate Filter
Crystal Schweighofer
Champion Junior Fitter
Julie Rutledge
Grand Champion Showman
Jeremy Gnes
Reserve Grand Champion Showman
Sharon Rutledge
Champion Senior Showman
Jeremy Gnes
Champion Intermediate Showman
Jon Wojctk
Champion Junior Showman
Sharon Rutledge
Make
UNIVERSITY PARK The
difference between a successful
home or farm-based business and a
bust can be the difference in how
you market your product. In the
business of selling specialty crops
and commodities, knowing the ins
and outs of your market can give
you the competitive edge.
In November, four states are
combining their expertise to offer a
marketing conference for full and
part-time farmers and anyone else
interested in developing new skills
to begin or expand a home or farm
based business.
Thursday, Oct. 6 *
9 am Appaloosa Horse Show
4 pm Open Market Lambs, Truckloads of Market Lambs
Friday, Oct. 7
8 am Intercollegiate and Junior Livestock Judging Contest
8 am Hampshire, Columbia & Dorset Breeding Sheep
9:30 Quarter Horse Show
10 am Hampshire, Spotted Swine, Berkshire, Chester White, Poland China, Duroc,
Yorkshire, Landrace Breeding Swine, in order
Charolais Breeding Cattle
Shropshire Breeding Sheep, Eastern Regional Oxford Show
Simmental Breeding Cattle
Hampshire Keystone Classic Sale
Pa, Livestock Association Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet, Sheraton
Harrisburg-East
12:30
1 pm
3 pm
6 pm
7 pm
Saturday, Oct. 8
8 am All Eastern Junior Beef Breeding Show
8 am Suffolk & Southdown Breeding Sheep; Wool Judging
9:30 Paso Fino Horse Show
11 am Keystone Lead Line
11:30 Junior Steers (4-H & FFA)
12:45 Pennsylvania Lamb & Wool Queen Coronation
1 pm Yearling Bred Ewe Sale - Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown & Dorset
1 pm Draft Horse Hitch Division
2pm . Feeder Calf Show
5 pm Live Steer Evaluation Contest
6 pm Yearling Bred Ewe Sale - Suffolk
6:30 Feeder Calf Sale
Sunday, Oct. 9
9 am Angus Roll of Victory Show
9:30 Percheron & Belgian Draft Horse Shows
10:30 Junior Market Lambs
10:30 Corriedale Breeding Sheep
10:30 Junior Breeding Sheep
11 am Duroc Barrows on-foot
12:30 Live Hog Evaluation Contest
1 pm National Merino Show
1:30 Junior Barrows
2:30 Open Banrows on-foot - Crossbreds & Other Purebreds; Truckloads of Market Hogs
3 pm Shorthorn Breeding Cattle
7 pm Pa. Junior Sheep Shearing Contest
Monday, Oct. 10
8:30 Romney, Rambouillet, Cheviot & Montadalc Breeding Sheep
9 am Polled Hereford Breeding Cattle
9 am Open Barrows on-foot - Hampshire, Yorkshire, Chester White, Spotted Swine,
Berkshire, Poland China & Landrace
Keystone Stockmen’s Contest
Arabian Horse Show
Limousin Breeding Cattle
9:30
9:30
1 pm
BY BLAIR SMITH
PSU Ag Economics
The Dairy and Tobacco Adjust
ment Act of 1983 when passed was
the most complicated and unique
piece of dairy legislation since the
price support and federal milk
marketing order programs were
originally established. The 1983
Act contained, you may recall, the
paid diversion program, a 50 cent
assessment to pay for part of the
diversion program, phased reduc
tions in the support price of $1.50
(from $13.10 to $11.60), and a 15
cent check-off for the national
dairy promotion program.
TTien came the Food and Securi
ty Act of 1985 (F&SA)-which
gave an entirely new meaning to
the words complicated and unique.
-It By Marketing
Conference
Cooperative Extension and the
state Departments of Agriculture
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and Delaware are spon
soring the second Marketing Alter
natives Conference, “Make It By
Marketing,” at the Willow Valley
Resort and Conference Center in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Wed
nesday and Thursday, November
16 and 17.
The early registration fee is $l5
per person before November 7.
After November 7 or at the door,
registration is $2O per person.
Space is limited so early registra-
Update On Milk
Marketing Policy
This Act established the Dairy Ter
mination Program, contained trig
gers for decreasing (and even the
remote possibility of increasing)
the price support level by as much
as $2.00, included increases in
Class I differentials in many Fed
eral Milk Markting Orders
(FMMO’s), provided incentives to
export dairy products, established
the national commission on dairy
policy, and incorporated several
other features pertaining to dairy.
The 1985 F & SA was written to
cover the 5 year period 1986-1990,
and the support price has already
been triggered down $l.OO, to
$10.60 per cwL Because of the
severe drought this summer (at
least in part), the possibility of
another 50 cent reduction in the
support price on January 1, 1989
has been rescinded by the Disaster
Assistance Act of 1988 (DAA).
The DAA also contains a provision
for raising the support price by 50
cents during the months of April,
May, and June 1989. In addition to
milk price relief, the 1988 DAA
makes dairy farmers potentially
eligible for feed assistance under
two programs-lhc Emergency
Feed Assistance Program and the
Drought Disaster Relief Payment
Program. George Greaser
(814-865-7656) in our farm man-
tion is encouraged.
To find out more about the con
ference program and to request a
registration form, contact your loc
al Cooperative Extension Office
agement extension section is stay
ing on top of those programs and
will communicate their provisions
and procedures to Pennsylvania
county extension offices via Penn
Mail as they unfold.
At the state level, the Pennsyl
vania Milk Marketing Board
(PMMB) increased the minimum
price for Class I milk by $1.05
beginning September 1 to continue
at least through February 1989
(also in response to the drought)
throughout all of Pennsylvania.
This action by the PMMB is not
expected to have much effect on
prices received by most coop
members in the western and south
eastern parts of the state because
the major coops there are already
getting almost that much or more
than $1.05 above current stale and
federal order minimums. The
effects on other shippers in these
two areas, and on all shippers in
the remaining areas of Pennsylva
nia, are more difficult to general
ize. Some handlers (both coopera
tive and independent) are also pay
ing premiums of varying amounts
to these other shippers. Presumab
ly, the increase in price dairy far
mers might expect to receive
beginning September 1 is the dif
ference between what they arc now
receiving in the way of over-order
premiums and the $1.05 just estab
lished. Remember, however, that
the $1.05 pertains only to milk
used for Class I purposes, and
Class I utilization is only about 50
peVccnt throughout the state.