Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Conference To Be Held In Altoona UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre) The annual Pennsylvania Cat tlemen’s Conference will be held at the Altoona Sheraton, Friday, March 17 through Sunday, March 19. According to Dr. Lowell L. Wilson, Penn State pro?essor of animal science and Cattlemen’s Conference co-chairman, the con ference will focus on a variety of topics crucial to the cattle indus try. Friday’s topics include nutri tion, health and marketing pro grams for the beef cow; intensive grazing systems; heiferette pro duction; and carcass evaluation. The evening program features new food products and special presentations by commercial exhibitors. On Saturday morning, Dean Conklin, vice president of the veal programs division of the Beef Industry Council, will discuss ani mal rights and the animal welfare concerns of the public and live stock producers. 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Special events featured at the conference include a panel discus sion on livestock marketing with George Wallace, owner and oper ator of the Mercer Livestock Auc tion; Bill McCoy, president of the Lancaster Stockyards; and Reggie Reynolds, executive secretary of •he Virginia Cattlemen’s Associa- January to December 1988 plan delivered approximately 182.9 million beef impressions, i.e. the total number of exposures of the beef message, to adults 25-54 in Pennsylvania. Nationally, more than 3.6 billion exposures were delivered to the target audience. • High Strength Reinforced Steam cured concrete for long life tion. A tcleauciion sale also will be held during the conference. In addition to a special guest lecturer, the Saturday evening banquet will feature announce ments of beef industry representa tives and the 1989 Cattlemen’s Queen, as well as the presentation ST. JOSEPH. MO Angus business was up sharply for the first quarter of the American Angus Association’s 1989 fiscal year which ended January 1, reports Richard L. Spader, execu tive vice president. For the four-month period registrations of Angus totaled 74,153 head up just over 13 per cent from the same period in 1988. Transfers, which represent sales to new owners, were 33,047 head, a more than 16 percent increase. The number of new Angus herds started is up sharply during the period. There were 637 new regular memberships issued, a 13 percent increase, and the 342 new junior memberships issued repre sents a 14 percent increase. Breeders continued to use more artificial insemination in their operations, Spader said. For the period 24,192 A.I. Certificates were issued, up nearly 20 percent over a year ago. 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Comcrford, assistant professor of dairy and animal sci ence; and Wilson. Angus Business Up Sharply In First Quarter Of ’B9 The much improved Angus business activity is reflected also in the number of weights pro cessed for the Association’s AHIR program. For the first four months breeders reported 70,710 birth weights, a more than 14 percent increase. Weaning weights totaled 80,826, up about 12 percent, while yearling weights at 9,093 showed a 12 percent increase. The number NEWARK, DE Horse own ers should vaccinate their horses against equine encephalomyelitis by mid-March, before the onset of the mosquito season. 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