0161” periodicals »|«l o uHW«snv B ■ % 'll rflhw a VOL 36 NO. 11 For the first time on record, two students from the same FFA chapter won both top FFA state awards. The Mohawk Chapter FFA winners are Edward Clark, left, named State Star Farmer, and Robert Hodge, named State Star Agribusinessman. Read about these ambitious teens on page 83. Swine Producers Should Sign Up For Pseudorabies Program HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Secretary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff urged swine producers in northern Lancaster County to join a voluntary vaccination program designed to stop the spread of pseudorabies. “The Department of Agricul ture, the Lancaster Pork Producers Council, and the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council have joined forces to eradicate pseudo rabies,” Wolff said. “Our efforts are in tune with the national PRV eradication prog ram,” he said. The Bureau of Animal Industry has created an area vaccination program for swine producers north of Route 30 in Lancaster County. Together with the Lancaster Pork Producers Council and the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council, the Bureau of Animal Franklin Co. Cow Has Best Udder BONNIE BRECHBILL Franklin Co. Correspondent CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin Co.) A fancy 3-year-old cow earned both the reserve grand champion and the best uddered cow rosettes for her owners in the Holstein competition at the Pen nsylvania Farm Show. Happy M Chapel Mitzy, owned by Craig and Nikki Woodring of Chambersburg, produces about 19,000 pounds of milk and 700 pounds of fat. She is 45 days fresh. The Woodrings purchased her from Stonehurst Farm of Stras burg, Lancaster County, in Octob er 1990. The Woodrings farm with Craig’s parents, Merle and Nancy Woodring of Ment-Wood Farm. Craig, 30, has been showing his cows at the Farm Show for the past five years. While he and his father have a shelf full of trophies bom the Franklin County Fair, this was their first big Farm Show win. Five Sections Industry considers all of Lancaster County north of Route 30 as a PRV epizootic area, and is encour aging vaccination of all swine for nsendffl-flhir.s within this area. • This will be a voluntary prog ram to vaccinate all PRV susceptible swine in this desig nated area until PRV has been reduced to a prevalence level compatible with more definitive eradication measures. Swine pro ducers have been advised to use genetically engineered “marker” vaccines that make possible dif ferentiation between hogs infected with the field virus and nonin fected vaccinated hogs. Each “marker” vaccine has its own unique differential test kit. The use of these products will require record keeping on the part of the herd owner. • The department’s Summer dale Laboratory is being equipped “We got two or three offers to sell Mitzy after she won the 3-ycar-old class,” Woodring said. He admitted to being “a little scared” during the 3-year-old class. By the time he paraded Mit zy around the ring in the champ ionship class, though, he figured he “had a shot at it. It was down to three cows, the judge eliminated one, and it was between the 5-year-old and the 3-year-old,” he said. Woodring said he was not dis appointed when the judge went with the 5-year-old. “I was full of smiles,” he said. “Then he turned around and gave her (Mitzy) the best udder of the show.” “That meant as much as any thing,” his father said. The senior Woodring had fitted Mitzy for the show. Nikki was also leading a cow in the championship class. C North Star SBuck Duchess, a 4-year-old dry cow, had won the 3- and 4-year old dry cow class. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26, 1991 to perform these tests. Differential testing at the Summerdale Labor atory should be available by early 1991. It will be absolutely essen tial that these vaccines and/or syr inges and needles used to adminis ter PRV vaccine do not come into contact with other farm animals such as cats, dogs, cattle, sheep, etc. PRV vaccine accidentally injected into species of animals other than swine may result in pseudorabies infection. There is no threat to human health from these products. • All herds will be vaccinated and monitored according to a plan approved by the Pennsylvania Swine Producers Pseudorabies Eradication Committee. The plan will be part of a cooperative agree ment between the Department, the producer, and the herd veterinarian. (Turn to Page A 32) Craig and Nikki Woodring’s 3-year-old cow, Happy M Chapel Mitzy, was named reserve grand champion and best-uddered cow in the Holstein Show at the Farm Show. 500 Per Copy Agribusiness Responds To Hiring Survey LANCASTER, (Lancaster Co.) Although many economists are predicting a downturn for the U.S. economy, hiring activity within agribusiness appears to be strong. Of those firms responding to the “Hiring Intentions Survey,” 38.5% indicated that they plan to increase the number of employees in 1991; 49.7% indicated they plan no change in the number of employees. Only 4.5% indicated plans to reduce the number of employees, and 7.3% indicated no Cornucopia Approaches HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Since 1981, the State Council of Farm Organizations has been pairing agricultural and food industry leaders with state legisla tors and policymakers over plates of Pennsylvania produced delica cies. The Keystone Cornucopia has become the premier food celebration for the agricultural industry. This year’s dinner is scheduled for February 4th and will be held at the newly opened Harrisbuig Hilton Hotel! The location on Market Square, attached to the Pork Congress Set CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) The thirteenth annual Keystone Pork Congress will be held Febru ary 20, 1991 at the Penn Harris Inn in Camp Hill. This year’s KPC will feature a trade show with more than 40 exhibits, a “Pork Bowl” contest and public speak ing competition for 4-H and FFA members, educational seminars and the annual banquet of the Pen nsylvania Pork Producers Coun cil. Dr. Kelly Donham, a veterina $15.00 Per Year decision had been made regarding the size of their work force. The “Hiring Intentions Survey” is conducted by AGRI-associates, Lancaster. They survey firms in the agribusiness industry con cerning the size of their work force and other issues relating to hiring employees. In this year’s survey, 179 responses were received. Of all respondents, 26.8% indi cated plans to add personnel in (Turn to Page ASS) Strawberry Square parking gar age, and only a few blocks from the Capital is guaranteed to be attractive to both agricultural groups and to state officials. Park ing in Strawberry Square is inex pensive and convenient; simply exit the parking garage elevators in the “Arcade” level, turn right, and continue to the Hilton entrance. The menu for this year will include entrees of chicken, pork, and bwf as well as Pennsylvania potatoes, vegetables, fruit, and (Turn to Page A 23) rian from the Institute of Agricul tural Medicine at the University of lowa is the featured speaker on the educational program and will dis cuss “Human Health Risks in Your Swine Facilities”. Invited banquet speaker is Jane Hieb, of Stone Meadow Communications in Strum Wisconsin. For a prog ram copy, contact your county extension office. To make banquet reservations, call Stephen Burk holder '(215) 682-2871.
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