A42-Lancuter Farming, Saturday, Dacember 7, 1991
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The
"best of the best” junior market
wethers competed at the North
American International Livestock
Exposition, home of the largest
sheep show in the world
"This year we have 600 market
lambs competing in 36 classes,"
said superintendent Ron Craig.
"We're up 200 head compared to
last year’s market show."
Competitors from ages 6 to 21
came from 25 states to exhibit their
market lambs here. Participant
numbers have grown every year,
and this year marks another new
record
Divided into classes by weight.
lambs are judged on ewe appeal,
length, correctness in conditioning
and muscling, and an adequate
skeleton all characteristics
which affect the final meat
product
"I look for a combination of
traits in market lambs, not just
one,” explained judge Bob Kimm
of Waterloo, lowa. ”1 want some
thing that'll come in a stylish pack
age with better wholesale cuts. I
judge more by structure correct
ness than muscling."
Lamb producers are breeding
for heavier muscled lambs with
long, deep loin and hindsaddle to
keep off excess fat and produce
better meat cuts for consumers to
buy, according to Kimm.
Each class winner returned to
'the ring to compete for the grand
Polled
Hereford
National
LOUISVILLE. Ky.
—The American Polled
Hereford Association
held their 69th National
Show at the North
American International
Livestock Exposition
with more than 400
cattle entered.
"The market goes in
cycles, and I expect it to
stay up for a year or so,"
Hough said. "Purebred
prices usually follow the
commercial market fair
ly well."
Three judges eva
luated bulb at the show
on Thursday, based on
objective data and their
opinions. Each judge
was given a data sheet
which luted die bulb’
age, weight, ribeye size,
frame size, and condi
tioning semes.
Before the champion
bull was chosen. Jennif
er Dee Dorrell of Ben
dena, Kansas, was
crowned 1992 Ameri
can Polled Hereford
Queen. Thu b the first
year die queen has been
crowned during the bull
show.
Champion Polled
Hereford bull was exhi
bited by Ace Land &
Cattle Co. of Skiatook,
Okla.; Maple Rock
Farm, Pittsford, Vt.;
Thud Ridge Farms,
Wrightstown, N.J.; and
KDW Cattle Co., Gar
diner, Maine. Foot
Winds Farm, Berlin,
Conn, and Overlook
Farm, Petersborough,
N.H. owned the reserve
Market Wethers Compete In Large Sheep Show
champion and reserve grand
champion market lamb. For the
third year in a row, Brian Johnson
of Gotebo, Okla.. took home the
grand champion market wether
crown. The reserve champion was
exhibited by Angela Banbury of
Danville, Ohio.
Next year, market wethers at the
North American will be classified
COLLEGE PARK, Md Re
cognizing that agriculture and the
environmental movement need to
work together, the Cooperative
Extension Service of the Mary
land Institute for Agriculture and
Natural Resources has scheduled
its second annual conference aim
ed at achieving this goal. MIANR
is a research and public service in
stitution of the University of
Maryland System.
The all-day conference is set for
January 23 in the Holiday Inn at
Annapolis. Its format will illus
trate some of the concepts of “Pro
fitable Agriculture and a Clean
Environment,” the Maryland Ex
tension education program known
by the acronym PACE, which was
announced last February 28 in Ti
monium during the first farm
oriented environmental confer
ence for the Chesapeake Bay area.
Delaware farmers also are invit
ed to participate, and the Univer
sity of Delaware’s Cooperative
Extension Service has agreed to
help sponsor the upcoming con
ference.
Last Friday’s first-ever confer
ence emphasized the general con
cepts of sustainable agriculture.
The upcoming January event will
Farmers, Environment Conference Set
Me,
by breed and each breed class bro
ken down by weight Then, the top
two winners from each breed will
compete for the graftd champion
and reserve market lamb titles.
"We expect another increase in
competitors next year for the
market lamb show,” Craig said.
"Minor breeds find it too hard to
highlight on-farm adaptive re
search, according to James C.
Hanson, the conference coordina
tor. Dr. Hanson is southern Mary
land regional farm management
specialist for the Cooperative Ex
tension Service.
He reports that national and
state leaders in environmental
agriculture have been invited to
present general overviews at the
morning session of the Jan. 23
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compete against larger framed
lambs in each class. But with the
same breeds competing against
one another in class, they'll at least
have a shot"
Show ring bystanders included
parents, competitors, and sheep
producers from across the United
States. Nick Wieringa of Middle-
conference.
Delmarva area farmers, along
with extension agents and special
ists, will report during afternoon
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ville, Mich., came to the North
American just to see the Junior
Market Wether Show.
This is the best sheep show
around." Wicringa said. "You see
the best quality lambs and best
breeding stock here. You also get
to see what the public wants in a
market lamb now."
quality on a commercial agricul
ture scale.
Registration forms and program
brochures will be available soon
from offices of the Cooperative
Extension Service throughout
Maryland and Delaware. A $2O
registration fee includes printed
materials, coffee breaks and
lunch. Program sessions will run
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Advance re
gistration is requested.
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