Record Swine Price Set
MANCHESTER, Ohio A
record price of $10,200 for a boar
sold at any test station sale or
swine auction in Canada was paid
by Birchwood Genetics of Man
chester, Ohio.
The Yorkshire boar, Thames
Bend Got 42538, has .30 in. 8.F.,
151 Days and Estimated Breeding
Valves (EBVs) of -2.8 8.F., -8.6
Days and EBV Index of 174, F.C.
of 2.20. The depth of “Stein”
genetics is demonstrated in the
3-generation pedigree of 42538.
His sire, 3503 A has B.F. of .32 in.,
days of 124, and EBVs of -3.1
8.F., -13.7 Days and an EBV
Index of 198. His grand sire 862 Z
is ranked number 16 in the top 10
percent of EBV indexing boars in
Canada.
The dam of 42538 is Thames
Bend Emily whose sire Thames
Pictured from left to right. ,
Genetics and Richard Stein of Thames Bend Farms Ltd
Bend King Amie 4411 X was the
highest EBV Progeny Tested
Yorkshire boar in Canada in 1991
with EBVs of -2.8 8.F., -14.4
Days and EBV Index of 196 with
93 percent repeatability.
Three litter mates of 42358
were submitted for the Ontario
Carcass Appraisal for carcass dis
section and meat quality evalua
tion. Among these was a brother
boar with an even more impress
ive Estimated Breeding Value of
192 Index. The “Stein” genetic
combination of King Amie and
Got bloodlines has produced a
winner.
This is the third “Stein” York
shire boar that has been chosen for
the A.I. stud of Birchwood Gene
tics. A previous “Stein” York,
Thames Bend Jeriko 2253 Z, has
shown impressive results on the
Yorkshire Stage’s Sire Summary
in the U.S. 2253 Z was #1 York
shire Sire for reducing backfat and
#2 sire for the Terminal Sire Index
(a combination of leanness and
growth rate) in the Stages Prog
ram which is computed by Purdue
University.
Birchwood Genetics also pur
chased Thames Bend Lars 41448
at the March 2S Test Station Sale
for $1,550. This impressive boar
had an Estimated Breeding Value
of 148 index with .29 in. backfat
in 153 days to 100 kgs, with a feed
conversion of 2.18.
Thames Bend Farms Ltd is the
largest Government ROP tester of
pure bred breeding stock in Cana
da, as well as submitting the great
est number of animals to the Car
cass Cut Out Evaluation at the
New Dundee Test Station. In addi
tion to public testing, real time
ultrasound imaging is used to eva
luate live animals for carcass mus
cling and identifying fat levels. A
completely computerized record
system of all animals at Thames
Bend Farms makes for speedy and
accurate selection information.
To offer customers a complete
genetic package, Thames Bend
has recently opened “First
Choice Genetics”-A.I. Division.
Fresh, high quality semen is
offered from their superior boar
stud of selected top line “Stein”
herd sires. This is a Federal gov
ernment licensed, high health A.I.
unit where the latest technology
guarantees maximum conception.
A.I. is offered in conjunction with
regular breeding stock from the
large selection of superior boars
and gilts available at Thames
Bend Farms. All herd sires and
dams have been evaluated with
the new Canadian Hal-1843™
Halothane DNA gene test technol
ogy to identify any animals that
might be affected with the stress
gene.
Lean gain “Stein” genetics are
in demand not only in Canada but
throughout the world where the
Thames Bend operation has been
recognized as an international
supplier of nucleus swine gene
tics, having shipped to 33 coun
tries. Thames Bend has, for more
than 27 years consistently met
Ag Doesn’t Look Like Priority
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nomic stimulus package,” which
totals $17.6 billion, only $636 mil
lion is going to ag. ‘ ‘That to me is
not a reflection of the priority that
should be shown in Washington to
our farm community.”
• Of the total $99 billion invest
ment package, only $1.5 billion
gets into the ag sector, according to
the attorney general.
For the stale, the worse thing it
has going for it is worker’s com
pensation, said Preate. He believes
Pennsylvania has one of the high
est worker’s compensation rates in
the nation.
“Unless we deal wuh those
issues ... we arc not going to be
the rising star of America. We arc
going to be at the bottom of the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1993-E7
international health standards
through rigorous blood and labor
atory testing by Agriculture Cana
da. The success of this family
owned swine breeding enterprise
benefits not only Thames Bend
Farms but the entire swine breed
ing industry throughout Canada
and the world.
According to David Flory,
Birch-wood Genetics, “A tho
rough in-herd testing program
with intense selection processes
make Thames Bend Farms an out
standing resource of valuable
swine genetics.”
list.”
Prcate told the agribusiness
leaders that “it’s time that people
recognize your importance. We
need you, desperately.
“If I had my chance, I would be
out there to be a person to lead the
fight to preserve the agriculture
sector, to fight to increase its effec
tiveness and economic develop
ment and strength for the people of
Pennsylvania.”
Preate, who served for 13
months in Vietnam as an infantry
platoon commander and company
executive officer, said at one time
the nation wasn’t committed to
winning the war. So he vowed to
remain committed.
He said, “Everything 1 get into.
I’m committed to win.”
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