Northeast Beef Producers To Attend Pregnant Cow-Care Meeting
ITHACA, NY Up to 200
Northeast farmers who produce
beef calves are expected to attend
a meeting at Cornell University on
Jan. 28 to leant more about how to
care for cows during pregnancy,
calving and the period following
the birth. The meeting will be held
in Room 146 of Morrison Hall on
campus.
“With the approaching calving
season, which usually begins in
February and March, those who
raise beef calves are particularly
concerned about how to minimize
the loss of calves,” said William
M. Greene, coordinator of the
daylong meeting and a beef spe
cialist in the College of Agricul
ture and Life Sciences at Cornell.
“The upcoming conference is
designed to help participants
upgrade their management skills
to cut economic losses to a
minimum.”
The meeting-- “Management of
Beef Cattle during Late Pregnan
cy, Calving and the Early Post
partum Period” will coven
• Causes, diagnosis and preven
tion of abortion.
• Do’s and don’ts during the
normal and difficult birth of
calves.
• Preventing and treating calf
hood diseases.
• Complications in beef cattle
before and after the birth.
• Nutrition for the beef cow
Green Dragon
livestock Sales 4prl
Location: Ephrata RD 4.
mile N. on North State St.,
. Ephrata.
***** S*
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Lots of good Northern Feeder
& Stockers. Slaughter Cows
- Bull Steer, Veal-lamb.
11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week.
1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale.
7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale.
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals
on farm or at our barn or other market
information call: Office 717-733-2444,
Home 717-838-4318.
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
All out of state and new buyers must have
cash or certified check or current letter of
credit from bank.
during pregnancy and alter
calving.
Speakers are from Cornell’s
College of Veterinary Medicine
and the Department of Animal
Science in the College of Agricul
ture and Life Sciences, which are
sponsoring the event jointly with
Cornell Cooperative Extension.
More information about the
Entries
COON RAPIDS. IA FFA
members from Pennsylvania and
across the nation will be testing
their creative writing skills in the
annual Up With Agriculture®
Writing Contest, an event spon
sored by the Garst Seed Company.
Now in its fifth year, the contest
invites FFA members to create a
poem, essay or short story of 100
words or less that describes their
thoughts and feelings about agri
culture in the year 2000.
Last year, a record 8,000 entries
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Vintage Sales Stables Inc.
(Rt. 30, 10 miles East of Lancaster
in Paradise, PA)
HAY, STRAW & GRAIN SALE
Every Thursday at 1 P.M.
Beginning Thursday, September 8,
1988
For Info
717-442-4181 Business
215-458-8518 Home
L. Robert Frame Sr., President
Glenn S. Frame, Manager
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RECEIVING HOGS:
LANCASTER COUNTY
FARMERS
MONDAYS: McCoy's Branch Of tics, Bsrsvllls
WEDNESDAYS: (Next to Bawolls Butcher Shop)
A FRIDAYS: on Sutler Rd. 717-656-9668
TUESDAYS: B & R Cattle
THURSDAYS: Martelta
717-426-3258
YORK COUNTY FARMERS
MONDAYS; Stswartstown
717-993-2564
TUESDAYS: Thomasvllte
717-792-2248 or 9836
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717-538-9835
Contact for Information:
Ron Myers, 717-656-3291
.Ed HermuHm, 717-284-3203
or Charle Kauffman, 215-593-5674
Future forward contracts available
program may be; obtained by
phoning Greene at 607 255-2856.
With about 85,000 calves bom
and raised annually. New York
leads other northeastern states in
beef production, Greene said,
adding that about half the calves
raised here are exported directly to
cattle feeders in other states, espe
Sought For FFA Writing Contest
were submitted by FFA members
from 20 states. From the entries,
the overall winner was Doug Dru
dik of Grand Island, Nebraska. He
received $l,OOO for his winning
entry.
The grand prize in this year’s
contest is an all expense-paid trip
to tour the corporate headquarters
of ICI Americas in Wilmington,
Delaware. State winners will
receive $250 each, and honorable
mention winners will be awarded a
plaque. Winners will be
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dsosmbsr 31,1988-Al7
dally in the Midwest
Production of beef cattle goes
through several stages. First cow
calf producers raise their calves
for 7 to 8 months, boosting the
weight of animals to between 400
to 600 pounds, Greene explained.
Calf producers then sell their ani
mals to other producers called
“backgrounders,” “stackers” or
announced in April, 1989.
AtICI Americas, the U.S. office
of the U.K.-based Imperial Chemi
cal Industries which owns the
Garst Seed Company, the winner
and his or her family will meet
with company officials and
observe state-of-the-art research
being conducted on a wide range
of agricultural and consumer
products.
According to Garst Seed Co.
President David Garst, the con
tinued growth of the annual writ
ing contest is a positive sign for
agriculture. “The outlook by our
nation’s young people for Ameri
can agriculture seems to get bright
er every year,” he says. “This con
test confirms there is an increasing
amount of interest in pursuing a
career in agribusiness...and that’s
refreshing.”
In previous years, Garst notes.
Northeast Grange Leaders
CORTLAND, NY State
Grange leaders from Vermont,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and New
York rtit at the Greenfield Center
Grange in Saratoga County today
to support the proposed Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact, a so
called Regional Cooperative
Marketing Agency with govern
ment backing and enforcement.
“We support the compact as a
means of strengthening the posi
tion of the Northeast Dairy Indus
try.” said Bart S, Morse, Master of
the New York State Grange. “This
would help ensure the future of
dairying as a viable industry.”
The meeting marked the first
time Grange leaders have been
able to get together to discuss the
compact proposal, and they took
advantage of the opportunity to
discuss other vital issues as well.
Those discussions touched on
Grange communications, its ritu
al, its image in the community, its
attractiveness for young people.
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, Dec. 22, 1988
RETURN TO FARM CALF
100.00-167.50.
GOOD VEAL 60.00-90.00.
COMMON VEAL 40.00-60.00.
CHOICE STEERS 71.00-75.75.
SELECT STEERS 63.00-71.00.
COMMON STEERS 54.00-62.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 48.00-52.00; A
COUPLE TO 55.00.
CANNERS-CUTTERS 40.00-47.00.
SHELLS 31.00-39.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 69.00-76.50.
SELECT HEIFERS 62.00-70.00.
COMMON HEIFERS 58.00-62.00.
GOOD FEEDERS 60.00-78.00.
COMMON FEEDERS 38.00-58.00.
BULLS 50.00-64.50.
GOOD HOGS 44.00-47.00.
SOWS 23.00-31.00.
“cattle feeders.” Backgrounders
and stockers raise the calves until
they weigh from 700 to 800
pounds; then they market the ani
mals to cattle feeders, who raise
them to slaughter weight of about
1,150 to 1,300 pounds; these ani
mals are sold to packers, who
market the meat to retail stores for
consumers.
most entrants have been realistic
about the condition of agriculture.
“They wrote of the struggles that
fanners have faced in recent years,
and what lessons they’ve learned
from these experiences. But the
common theme has been their
enthusiasm for agriculture and the
need to uphold the family farm
tradition,” he says.
Initiated in 1984, the “Up With
Agriculture” program is designed
to highlight the importance of agri
culture to communities through
positive messages about American
agriculture and the country life.
Entries must be received by
March 1,1989. Mr. Garstand rep
resentatives of the Garst Seed
Company will select winners base
d on originality and creativity.
Entries should be sent to: Up With
Agriculture Writing Contest, P.O.
Box 300, Coon Rapids, lowa
50058.
Hold Summit
its declining membership and its
leadership training and member
ship services.
Joining Morse at the session
were Vermont Master Margaret
Richardson, Pennsylvania Master
Bill Ringler and Maryland Master
Alan Brauer. National Grange
Overseer Kermit Richardson was
also in attendance, along with key
support personnel from each state.
The purpose of the compact,
now in its second draft under the
direction of the state Legislative
Commission on Dairy Industry
Development, is to recognize by
statute the regional nature of the
dairy industry, and to form an
interstate commission for the
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region.
Key Commission tasks v/ould
be- to help participating states
modify laws and regulations that
add to the cost of moving milk
among the states or that impede
the free flow of milk in the
Northeast.
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Thursday, December 29
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 323. SI. cows .25-1.00 higher;
individual Choice boklein il. steer 70.00;
few Select S6.BS-63.50; individual Select
si. heifer 63.25; few Select holsteins
SS.2S-57.00; Breaking Utility & Commer
cial si. cows 47.75-52.25, several to 54.60;
Cutter & Boning Utility 47.25-S2.SO, cou
ple to 54.25; Canner & Low Cutter
44.00-48.00; shells down to 40.00; YG 1,
1000-2030 lb. si. bulls 55.00-62.00; few
YG 2, 900-1300 lb. 54.50-56.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Heifers few Med. 1,
375-520 lb. 69.50-73.50.
CALVES: 483. Few Choice vealers
96.00- few Good 80.00-96.00;
Standard & Good 75-100 lb. 66.00-75.00;
Utility 60-90 lb. 58.00-67.00; hoi. bulls
80-90 lb. 73.00-100.00; 90-125 lb.
95.00- mostly 120.00-155.00.
HOGS: 25. US 1-3 sows 200-316 lb.
31.00-41.00; 2 boars 25.25 & 26.00.
FEEDER PIGS; 7. Not enough for mark
et test
SHEEP: 1