02-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, July 2. 1994
LIGONIER (Westmoreland
Co.) Saturday, July 9 will be
the date, and Laurel Valley Farms,
here in Ligonier, will be the loca
tion for the 1994 Annual Cattle
men’s Summer Field Day.
Intensive grazing, fencing and
watering systems, quality assur
ance and selection for complete
production, characteristics will be
the main topics. The field day will
be at the Laurel Valley Farms, just
south of Ligonier, with registra
tion at 9 a.m. The annual Pennsyl
vania Junior Simmental show will
start at 9 a.m.
Tours of the farm will begin at
9:30 a.m. and will include obser
vations of intensive grazing, fenc
ing, and watering systems. The
tours and demonstrations will also
include observations and discus
sions of different types of cattle,
and how these cattle fit into meet
ing the needs of each segment of
the modem beef cattle industry.
Speakers about intensive graz
ing and support systems will be
Pete LeVan, beef cattle operations
manager in Penn State’s Depart
ment of Dairy and Animal Sci
ence; Mike Towns, manager of
Laurel Valley Farm; and other in-
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Cattlemen’s Field Day Planned
dividuals to be announced later.
Dr. Bob Schalles, professor of
animal science at Kansas State
University and a noted authority
on cattle improvement programs,
will be the featured speaker. Shal
les is on leave from Kansas State
University with the American
Simmental Association in a tech
nical service and an administrative
capacity. A special presentation
on the importance and conduct of
beef cattle quality assurance pro
grams will be made by Tammy
Balthaser, industry relations coor
dinator, Pennsylvania Beef Coun
cil
Invitations have been extended
to both gubernatorial candidates to
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The lunch will consist of the
Keystone Ribeye Sandwich serv
ed at a nominal cost. Coffee and
donuts will be provided at regis
tration. Commercial exhibitors are
also invited to attend, since this
gives participating producers the
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Arlen Etling, associate
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College of Agricultural Sciences,
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ship to work in Mexico during the
1994-1995 academic year.
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