Angus Registration
Up 10 Percent
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Registra
tions of Angus cattle by the
American Angus Association to
taled 16,504 head in June, a nearly
36 percent increase.
This strong summer business
surge pushed registrations for the
first three-quarters of the 1994 fis
cal year to 172,846 head, an in
crease of 10.0 S percent over the
same nine months a year earlier,
reported Richard Spader, execu
tive vice president of the Ameri
can Angus Association.
“It apperas that registrations of
Angus cattle by the American An
gus Association will easily top
200,000 head in our 1994 fiscal
year, for the fust time since 1982,”
Spader said. “The sustained eight
year growth in American Angus
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Special Features:
• COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, September 24 & 25
—11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Thursday, September 26 - 29
Upper Concourse, Large Arena
• COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS Daily • Bams and Lower Concourse - All phases of the dairy
industry represented.
• FOUR BREED SALES —Ayshire, Holstein, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn
• PA HOLSTEIN FALL CHAMPION SHOW Tuesday, September 27
• SUPREME CHAMPION PAGEANT Thursday, September 29
• MILK AND CHEESE BOOTH Daily - Lower Concourse, Large Arena
•YOUTH ACTIVITIES—
— Careers and Opportunities Night - 7:00 a.m. Sunday, September 25
PA Junior Dairy Show - Monday, September 26
Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest - Monday, September 26
Jr. Dairy Management Contest - Tuesday, September 27
PA 4-H and FFA Dairy Judging Contest - Tuesday, September 27
Saturday, Saptambar 24
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Country Craft Market, Upper Concourse.
Large Area
6:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant,
Sheraton Harrisburg East
Sunday, Saptambar 25
9:00 a.m, to 6:00 p.m. Country Craft Fair, Upper Concourse, Large Area
7:00 p.m. Careers and Opportunities Night,
Front Lobby at Maclay Street
Monday through Thursday - Saptambar 26 through 29
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Country Craft Fair, Uppr Concourse Large Arena
Monday, September 26
Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest,
(4-H, FFA, and Collegiate) Small Arena
Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show
Invitational Milking Shorthorn Sale, Small Arena
Judging Contest Awards Banquet
Sheraton Harrieburg East
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Association business appears to be
fueled by strong demand for regis
tered Angus seedstock.”
For the first nine months of the
1994 fiscal year, transfers of regis
tered Angus cattle to new owners
(which represent sales) is up by
10.78 percent
The number of new people
starting registered Angus herds
and joining the American Angus
Association is keeping pace witih
registration growth. During the
first nine months of the fiscal year.
2.022 new regular membershipos
were issued, up 9.33 percent from
the previous year. In addition.
1,125 young people have become
junior members of the association,
an ioncrease of nearly 6 percent
SCHEDULE
Of Shows, Sales and Contests
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
September
26 29
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Tuesday, September 27
9:00 a.m. Eastern National Brown Swiss Show
9:00 a.m. Pennsylvania Fall Championship Holstein Show
12 Noon Top of the Harvest Jersey Sale, Small Arena
5:00 p.m. All-American Buffet, Small Arena
7:00 p.m. East National Holstein Sale, Small Arena
Thursday, September 29
8:00 a.m. Eastern National Holstein Show
8:00 a.m. Mid-Atlantic Regional Jersey Show
12 Noon Cattle Release (Holsteins and Jerseys at the end
of the Holstein and Jersey Shows)
Supreme Champion (selection immediately
following the Holstein Grand Champion)
FLAN TO ATTEND!
Uncaiter Farming, Sattmtey, Uftmtm
tion and the quality of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 2.56 bu. 4.58 cwt.
Wheat. No. 2 - 3.17 bu. 5.29
cwt.
Barley, No. 3 - 1.70 bu. 3.64
How Does Your Herd Compare?
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) These data are calculated using
information pulled from Pennsylvania DHIA’s mainframe computer
each week. It is a one-week summary representing approximately one
fourth of the herds on test, as they are tested monthly.
These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and
can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from about
one-fourth of the herds across the state.
DfflA Averages for all herds processed between 8/28/34 and 9/04/94
Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
Number of Cows Per Herd
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protcin
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
•Value for CWT Milk(s)
•Value for CWT Grain(s)
•Value for CWT Hay(s)
•Value for CWT Silage(s)
•Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
•Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(s)
•Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Ycar(Lbs)
A: Grain
B; Hay
C; Silage
D: Day Pasture
•Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Pasture
•Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per
Year(s)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Ycar(s)
•Grain to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 826 SCC Herds
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BUILDING & REMODELING FOR—
DAIRY RESIDENTIAL
SWINE POLE BUILDINGS
BEEF STORAGE
CWL
Oats, No. 2-1.43 bu. 4.45 cwl
Soybeans. No. 1 - 5.48 bu. 9.15
cwL
Ear Com 74.75 ton 3.74 cwl
Alfalfa Hay - 93.75 ton 4.69
CWL
Mixed Hay - 95,00 ton 4.75 cwl
Timothy Hay - 98 JO ton 4.93
CWL
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