Lancaster 4-H Dairy Club
(Continued from Pago A 22)
zabethtown, and Heather
Obeiholtzer.
In the 4-H story awards, Joshua
Akers, of Quarryville, was the
champion among the 8- to 10-year
olds. Janine Leaman was first
among the 11-to 13-year-olds, and
Jesslyn Oberholtzer was champion
in the 14- to 18-year-old division.
Honorable mention went to Jill
Hoover, of Gap. Denise Bollinger,
Amy Kreider, of Quarryville, Ger
ald Boyd, of Ephrala, Denise Best,
of Holtwood, and Melissa Enck, of
From the left, winners of the best owned-bred female dairy animals are Elizabeth
Spickler, Elizabeth Smith, Marsha Balmer, and Brian Smith.
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Record book champions, from
youngest division to oldest were
Joshua Akers, Brian Mull, and
Gerald Boyd. Reserve champions
were, also from youngest to oldest,
Natalie Osborne, of Peach Bottom,
Janine Leaman, and Sarah Kennel,
of Mount Joy.
Honorable mention went to Kel
ly Aaron, of Quarryville, Denise
Best, Joe Best, Lisa Blank, of Gap,
Daniel Bollinger, and Matthew
Eby, of Gordonville.
Fifteen youth were presented
with honorable mention awards for
their record books. Included were
Melissa Enck, of Quarryville,
Dana Groff, Quarryville, Jason
Henisee, Jill Hoover, Nathan Ken
nel, Reuben Kennel, Amy Kreider,
Ellis Kreider, Laurie Kreider,
Brent Oberhollzer, Delmar Obcr
holtzer. Heather Oberholtzer, Jess
lyn Oberholtzer, Matthew Sense
nig, and Elizabeth Spickler.
For more information about the
4-H program, contact the county
extension office, at (71?')
394-6851.
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54.8
45.7
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 19, 1994-A23
Ag Dept. Holds
Export Conference
Harrisburg (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture and the Eastern Unit
ed States Agriculture and Food
Export Council (EUSAFEC)
sponsored a day-long seminar to
help companies discover pro
grams to help them export and the
benefits of exporting products.
“Pennsylvania, USA Trav
els Into Trade” was held in Harris
burg recently at Harrisburg Area
Community College’s Wildwood
Conference Center.
Agriculture Secretary Boyd E.
Wolff welcomed participants by
pointing out that exports of Penn
sylvania agricultural products
have more than doubled in the
past five years.
“Food is what this country
does best,” Wolff said, “and as
markets grow and we have more
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Average yield adv
Double
Conv.
39.4
45.6
39.8
44.7
advantage: 3.1 Bu/A
(e yield
Avei
80.1 Bu/A
66.7 Bu/A
Yield advantage: 13.4 Bu/A
Early Group 4 Maturity. Hoffman 7403
gives you excellent emergence, standabihty, shatter
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top yields _
Medium Group 4 Maturity. Hoffman 7484
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emerges quickly and has outstanding shattering
resistance
No matter what your specific needs, Hoffman has
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greater yields Contact your Hoffman sales rep today
access to those markets, there arc
going to be more opportunities for
our farmers and food processors.”
More than 50 representatives
from 36 Pennsylvania companies
and several officials from regional
development authorities attended
the program that outlined topics
such as getting started in export
ing, acquiring governmental assis
tance, minimizing costs with
exporting, exporting from other
companies’ experiences, how to
afford trade shows, adapting prod
ucts to foreign markets, targeting
specific countries and markets,
how to get money for travel, and
how to be reimbursed for overseas
promotion expenses.
Exports of Pennsylvania agri
cultural and forestry products now
total more than $BOO million
annually.
Quantico
Full
Season
Crop
Drill
40.7
40.5
39.1
38.2
>,DE
Double
Crop
48.2
43.0