822-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3, 1991
Kyle Rooker, Unlontown, Pa., exhibited the reserve champion Division V heifer at
the 18th Junior National Polled Hereford Show, Kyle’s entry was Boyd Brittany 17Z,
bred by Boyd Polled Herefords, Mays Lick, Ky. Kyle, the 12-year-old son of Keith and
Linda Rooker, will be a seventh graderthls fall, while his brother, Kevin, right, 10, will
be in the fifth grade. Kyle has exhibited at the Junior National four years, while this
year was Kevin’s third year.
Junior
Show
KANSAS CITY, MO An extravaganza of numer
ous sorts was held when members of the American Junior
Polled Hereford Association AJPHA met in Abilene,
Texas recently for the 18th Junior National Polled Here
ford Show and Forum.
Hosted by the Texas Junior Polled Hereford Associa
tion, the Texas Poll-ettes and the Texas Polled Hereford
Association, the “Lone Star Extravaganza” was a major
event More than 250 junior members from 27 states
competed.
Held in Texas for the first time, the Junior National
attracted 333 head of Polled Herefords 293 heifers, 16
cow-calf pairs, and 24 steers. Along with the show, lead
ership forums and national contests helped to give youth
the opportunity to step up knowledge of the breed and
industry.
Officiating the two-day Polled Hereford show were
lead judge Kevin Jensen, Courtland, Kan., and associate
judge Dick DeMuth, Senatobia, Miss. For their grand
champion heifer, the pair chose WLB 62U Ldy Pleasure
35Z, an early junior yearling sired by Trustmark and
shown by Stephanie Lorenzen, Chrisman, 111. Ldy Plea
sure, who was bred by Travis Biglieni, topped Division V
prior to her championship placing.
The show’s grand champion bred-and-owned heifer
was Escapade, an early summer yearling also sired by
Trustmark, and owned by Susan Griffiths, Kearney, Mo.
In addition to her bred-and-owned honor. Escapade was
selected the overall Division II champion.
An early summer yearling earned the Division 111 and
reserve grand title in the heifer show for Carlynn Wolfe
of Wallowa, Ore. Wolfe’s champion was BSF Special
Lady 21Z, a 5E SF 4WF 38 Special daughter bred by Bal
lard Stock Farm, Nashport, Ohio. Wrapping up the
reserve grand champion honor in the bred-and-owned
division was Tammy Riffel, Enterprise, Kan., on PVF
Rocknroll Angel 059. Riffel’s early summer yearling
sired by Trustmark was also the overall Division II
reserve champion.
Judged as champion in the cow-calf show was Will-
Via Nascar Queen, a 2-year-old RH Formula One daught
er, and her February heifer calf sired by DR PlB3 Rebel
926 Y. The pair is owned by Steven Soules, Skiatook,
Okla. Precious Allas, Grandview, Texas, exhibited the
reserve champion cow-calf pair that included 2-year-old
Atlas Ms Julie 10Y, sired by Kilmorlie 12P Steel 3595,
and her January heifer calf by Beau Donald Rival.
Junior members from Nebraska and Minnesota took
home the highest awards from the steer show. Nine-year
old Darbie McMahon, Blue Hill, Neb., owned the champ
ion steer, a 1,240 lb. BB MSU ISS Wisdom son. Tony
Heins, Hewitt, Minn., exhibited the reserve champion
steer, an 1,150 lb. son of JKS High Summit
Recognized with the 18th Junior National’s highest
achievement award, the Joe and Walter Lewis Memorial
Award, was Joel Birdwell of Fletcher, Okla. Tying as the
show’s co-premier exhibitors were Tammy Riffel and
Kristi Moser, Effingham, Kan.
Riffel was also named the shows’ junior premier
breeder, while ACE Land & Cattle Co., S Ida took, Okla.,
became the senior premier breeder for the second conse
cutive year. The first place state group of five heifers was
shown by junior members from the state of Oklahoma.
The Junior Mail award, the AJPHA’s most prestigious
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Polled Hereford
A Major Event
Swine Management
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News
Dr. Richard Barczewski
Extension Agent
U. Of Delaware
TIME TO GO
WHOLE HOG
FOR ORGANIC?
Public reaction against pesticide
use seems to be gaining momen
tum daily. Though many in farm
ing regard this trend as a threat, the
production of crops and livestock
without agrichemicals could actu
ally be turned into an opportunity
for economic and environmental
pins.
Organic and sustainable agricul
ture are viable ways of producing a
crop. While not defined in the
same way by all groups, organic
growing generally means the pro
duction of a plant or animal crop
without using synthetic pesticides
or chemicals.
Most options for weed, insect,
and disease pest control today
would not be allowed in an organic
system. In fact, recent federal
legislation spells out that for a pro
duct to carry an organic label, no
pesticides can have been used on
the land for three years prior to
planting the crop.
For the livestock industry,
organic means that animals are fed
only organically produced feeds,
which contain no additives and
antibiotics, and that agrichemical
options a conventional producer
might employ in the raising of
stock are not permitted.
Sustainable agriculture involves
some agrichemical use, but the
success of this system relies on
reduced inputs. Excessive inputs
of fertilizer and pesticides are dis
couraged, except when economic
thresholds are reached and profits
are threatened.
For me, sustainable agriculture
is a practice in which inputs are