St. Louis Cattle, Hogs Feb. 21, 1991 SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS: CUTT, UTIL. COMM BULK SALES HI DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 BONING 1-2 LOW TO AVG. CUTTER RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 1,300: WEEK AGO 1.700: YEAR AGO 1,600 COMPARED TO LAST WEEK’S TERMINAL MARKET CLOSE, SLAUGHTER STEERS MOSTLY .50, INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER EXCEPT HOLSTEIN STEERS STEADY. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS STEADY. COWS STEADY, EXCEPT HIGH YIELDING BREAKING UTILITY 2.00 HIGHER. BULLS STEADY. SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS. AROUND 10% COWS. MODERATE SUPPLY HOLS TEIN STEERS. Jersey Shore Livestock Market, Inc. Auction every Thuraday at 4:00 p.m. Jersey Shore, Pa. Report supplied by Auction Thursday, Feb. 21, 1991 RETURN TO FARM CALF 1.00-1.55. GOOD VEAL 100.00-110.00. COMMON VEAL 30.00-69.00. CHOICE STEERS 75.00-79.75. Glenn & Janet Brubaker Dairy Farm, Womelsdorf, PA FRL, MARCH 8,1991 9 a.m. to 3 p - Lunch Provided - (11 to 1 p.m.) Featuring ... • New tie stall bam with 65 cow capacity with gravity flow manure system. • 3 Poured Concrete Star Silos with Big Jim & Volumaster Unloaders • Mueller Cooling Equipment 1250 OH Tank, Accu-therm plate cooler, Pre-Heater and Condensing Unit • Surge Receivers & Westfalia Visotron & Bio-Milkers with 2'A ” pipeline • Show Ease stalls, Kessler Conveyors * TMR Mixer, Zimmerman Air-O-Matic Ventilation fans. • Manure Storage 103x103x8 Earth Bank Lagoon with com Sates Representatives Will Be There To Assist You In Equips merit And Design And To Answer Any Questions.. We Are Loofctng Forward To Meeting Old And New Customers. ★ STAR SILO * 630 East Lincoln Ave. Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 866-5708 • ' m mamie actum ns •* Jay ianmnatib names w mod neon missis 701 E. Linden St., Richland, PA 17087 (717) 866-6881 Cedar Crest Equipment Two Convenient Location! (M Evognm M. RD 2, Ben 271 Ukwon, PA 17042 EM EaH, PA 17510 (717) 270-SSOO (717) 3640684 Marketing Workshops Benefit Grain Producers ROBERT E. LEIBY AND DAVID L. DUNBAR Lehigh Co. Cooperative Extension Office Grain producers will learn about the marketing skills they need to prosper in the 1990 s at upcoming workshops in south eastern Pennsylvania. A grain marketing workshop is being offered on Wednesday, March 6 at the Days Inn Confer ence Center near Allentown, and repeated on Thursday, March 7. at SELECT STEERS 65.00-74.00. COMMON STEERS 54.00-64.00. COMMERCIAL COWS 48.00-55.00; COUPLE 62.00. CANNERS-CUTTERS 48.00-ST.OO. SHELLS 43.00-47.00. CHOICE HEIFERS 73.00-76.00. SELECT HEIFERS 65.00-72.00. COMMON HEIFERS 58.0044.00. GOOD FEEDERS 70.00-108.00. COMMON FEEDERS 48.00-69.00. BULLS 53.00-73.00. GOOD HOGS 50.00-51.60. * *, > *** X V ' k RUFUS BRUBAKER Refrigeration Sales Northern Service Center 541 Fry at own Rd., Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 933-4711 SSS jgsrs K CLOVER FARMS DAIRY PRODUCTS yjvW/gf 131 Grant Ave. NSfjSy Reeding, PA 10605 (218) 921-9111 Shartlesyille Farm Service jSUREEj R.D. 1, Box 1302 AiMimiA Hamburg, PA 10526 V———S' (215) 488-1028 the Cochranville Fire Hall in Chester County. Both sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude by 4 p.m. Cost for the first attender from each farm or family is $l5. Additional employees or family members from that unit will be charged $lO each. The purpose of these meetings is to help farmers make better deals in the marketplace with sell ing tools such as put and call options, the futures market, and forward contracts. These tools help reduce the farmers’ risks in buying and selling grains and increase overall profits. The workshop presenters are specialists with University of Maryland Cooperative Extension who have conducted similar ses sions throughout their state. They also developed a grain marketing handbook in 1989, which will be s * * •*. Approximately 4 Miles East ot Myerstown My«r«(own :rete bottom. CRUSHED STONE M 274-3661 867-4667 201 PrMCOlt Rd. R.O. 1 (MR. PlMMnt Rd.) Lebanon, PA Annvlllt, PA jn=4p\ (717) 274-6906 FAL BROWN’S SONS, INC. BMaboro, PA r-mtwSL" <V3i ln PA l-WO-942<4458 Oin 01 Slat* 1-MO-M7-MSS 4WWHIH- 2tS-f»2-2741 “Farmers will get better returns in grain when they make use of all the choices available to them in the marketplace,” said Jeff Patton, extension marketing agent in Allentown, and workshop co organizer. “Those farmers just south of us often get several cents more per bushel for com, soy beans, and wheat just by setting a minimum price. Dairy, beef, swine, and poultry producers can also save on feed costs by setting price ceilings. They do this by using put and call options.” Brubrtw Fj Tht Agri Wen k Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 23, 1991-Al7 given to each farm operator attending the workshops. What is unique about the Mary land approach is the concept of voluntary grain marketing clubs through which farmers trade on their own and learn more about the complex issues in grain pricing and trading. There are eight such clubs in Maryland. Annual Dutch Country Growers Meeting Packing House On Pumping Station Rd. 2 Ml. E. of Quarryvllle March 7, 6:30 P.M. Growers needed for Peppers and other Produce Pesticide Credits Available Any Questions Contact (717) 786-8500 IMf'S fomtltdorf * FlMtwood, PA 21M44-7M4 Stating Spring. PA In PA 1-MM4S-3344 21M7S-4H7 Another feature of the work shop will be the demonstration of commodity price reports, includ ing an up-to-the-minute service using a small satellite dish. The seminars, a joint effort between Cooperative Extension of Penn State and the University of Maryland, are also supported by Keystone Farm Credit, F.M. Brown’s Sons, and Data Trans mission Network. For a registration flyer or more information, contact Jeff Patton at the Lehigh County Extension Office, (215) 391-9840 or Alan Strock at the Chester County Extension Office, (215) 696-3500. On-Site Sewage Treatment Conference The 1991 On-Site Sewage Treatment Conference will be held at the Penn State Keller Con ference Center on February 25 and 26. SAVE $lOO On Model 715, 6 or 8 HP SAVE $2OO On Model 725, 8 HP With 20” Or 26” Tillers • All Gear Drive * Adjustable Tiller Width • 8 h.p. Kohler eng. • Recoil or Electric Start • Quick Change Handle Positions Quick Change Attachments • Quality Since 1942 iow Blower Cutter Bar Mower JUST PULL THE PIN TO CHANGE ATTACHMENTS WITH QUICK HITCH
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