Beef Expo Set For
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The 1993 Pennsylvania
Beef Expo will be held March
25-28 in the Ag Arena at Penn
State’s University Park Campus.
The event will be held in conjunc
tion with the Pennsylvanai De
partment of Agriculture’s perfor
mance-tested bull sale.
“The best Angus. Charolais,
Chiangus, Gclbvich, Polled Here
ford, and Simmental bulls will be
sold at the Expo on Friday, March
26,” said Glenn Eberly, chair of
the Beef Expo Committee and
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director of PDA’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center. “We started
testing the bulls in mid-October
and we have an excellent set of
animals this year.”
The Polled Hereford cow sale
will be held Friday afternoon. An
gus, Charolais, Salers, and Sim
mental cows will be sold on Satur
day. The junior heifer and steer
shows will be held Sunday.
The Beef Expo’s trade show,
which has attracted more than 60
exhibitors in previous years, will
be expanded in 1993.
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The annual Cattlemen’s Ban
quet also will be held March 25 at
Toftrees Hotel, Resort and Con
ference Center in State College.
For more information about the
Beef Expo, or to learn about serv
ing on a 1993 Beef Expo commit
tee, contact Sue Clair, Beef Expo
Committee, 568 Rock Road, State
College, PA 16801 or Glenn D.
Eberly, Beef Expo Committee
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College, PA 16801, (814)
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. December 12, <992-A29
New Status Topic
Of Discussion At
Lancaster DHIA
(Continued from Pago At)
Wenger said the changes included: a change in
the by-laws to reflect the new independent status;
a name change from Red Rose to Lancaster DHI A,
so people will know where we are geographically,
in addition to associating us with the county when
they put it on the list at Raleigh. Other changes on
Wenger’s list included a change in the processing
center; a change in reports and a change in the test
ing lab.
Only 30 to 40 herds out of a total of 1150 herds
in the county did not move along to Raleigh. And
Wenger also announced that Joe Graybill, vice
president, was elected by the local board to a three
year term on Raleigh’s board.
Wenger summarized the financial report of the
county association and reported $1,176,699.14 of
revenue and $1,174,837.22 of expenses, with a
margin of $1,861.92. One time expenses from
starting their independence were listed as attor
ney’s fees, extra travel and meetings, an office
computer and an office copier. Without these one
time expenses the margin would have been about
$lO,OOO. The county has $47,000 in equity
reserve, and Wenger called the county organiza
tion “in a sound financial situation.”
John Howard, chairman, reorganization com
mittee, gave what he called his last report “With
56,000 to 59,000 cows on test people were ready
to listen to us,” Howard said. “As long as we
remain united as a county, we will be able to do
things no other county in the nation can do. We are
the largest county in the nation-even in Wiscon
sin; no county has as many cows as Lancaster
County does. We can fee! very good about our
DHIA program. It can be one of the best in the
country”.
Howard also reported that the rumor that prices
for service from Raleigh Will increase in January
are false. He said there is no price change planned
for January.
Jay Mylin, manager, complimented the direc
tors for their extra time and dedication to the orga
nization and the high caliber of work done by the
supervisors in making the change of processing
possible. “I’m extremely proud of them,” Mylin
said. “We have a tremendous staff.”
Mylin reported that two circuits started on lap
top computers in December and more would fol
low in January. In addition, he said processing
costs were projected at 21 cents, but he said he did
not think they would actually be quite that high.
George Gramling, manager, Maryland DHIA,
said their largest hurdle in taking on an additional
50,000 samples per month was to obtain ihc vials.
He said only one manufacturer in the country
makes them, and the capacity is 10,000 pei month.
“No one ever orders that many vials, but >ve did,
and we have finally received all our ordci >o wc
are over that hurdle,” Gramling said.
Garry Griffen, director of operations at Raleigh,
said Lancaster County has twice as many cows as
many of the states they serve. So he said, Mf you
don’t mind, we will just refer to you as a state.
“I have worked with many different states and
their supervisors, and I have never seen this kind
of cooperation. Your supervisors are 100 oercent
for the change, and you need to applaud them for
the work they are doing.”
In the awards program, technicians were hon
ored who had less than 2.5 errors per thousand.
They were Harold Probst, Joan Probst, Joe Lmde
camp, Becky Hershey, Susan Donchcs, Nelson
Kreider, and Moses Martin. Probst had received
the Dexter Putnam award for the lowest error rate
in Pennsylvania last year, and he also*was honored
for3s years of service. James Lehman was recog
nized for 10 years of service.
In memory of Wilbur Houser for 37 years of
service, Mrs. Houser received a plaque m his
honor.
Top production awards by breed were honored
as follows: Ayrshire: Warren Schmuck, Peach
Bottom, 15,995 m 546 p; Brown Swiss, Donald
Trimble, Peach Bottom, 17,263 m 619 p; Guern
sey, Axel Linde and Millie Widman, Oxford,
16166 m 570 p; Holstein, John Howard, Willow
Street, 24,820 m 796 p; and Jersey, Star Point
Jerseys, Quaryville, 15592 m 596 p.
In electioh of directors, Rodney Denlinger,
Clair Oberholtzer, Steve Hershey, and Carl Martin
were newly elected, and Gordon Hoover was
reelected.