Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 10, 1995, Image 31

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    Cattle Field
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
MAYTOWN (Lancaster Co.)
Commercial feedlot owners,
cattle breeders, cow/calf operator!,
and others are invited to attend the
annual Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s
Association (PCA) Held Day and
Tour on Saturday, June 17 to begin
here at the Lloyd F. Furman
Memorial Park.
In the past, the focus of the
annual field day. which includes
tours of several farms, has cen
tered on the challenges faced by
breeders and cow/calf operators.
For this year’s event the focus has
shifted to not only the brood cow
operators, but those who feed to
finish.
The event in June will examine
how commercial feedlots use food
waste products as the cattles’ prim
ary food source.
“Over the years, the focus has
always been on the cow/calf opera
tions, mostly because the purebred
operations were more likely to host
something like this at their farm
rather than a commercial producer
or feedlot producer,” said Chet
Hughes, Lancaster County lives
tock agent
Hughes, who chairs the educa
tional events of the field day. said
that the PCA has recognized that
the beef feeding industry is a vital
part of the overall cattle industry in
the state. Lancaster County has a
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Day To Examine Use Of By-Products As Feed- Source
lot of feedlot producers. Impor
tantly, those same producers are
near some major food processing
plants that can supply the process
ing by-products used to feed beef
cattle.
The focus of the event will be on
thecomercial aspects of the indus
try and the activities in the south
eastern part of the state, said Bill
McCoy, president of Lancaster
Stockyards and chairman of the
event The event will accommo
date up to 600 people.
The PCA wants to involve the
input of the feedlot producers more
in the coming years. McCoy said
the emphasis will be on how pro
ducers can use the waste products
to make up for the high cost of
feedstuff. In the southeast portion
of the state, a “deficit com area,’’
said McCoy, producers have rela
tively easy access to the by
products from bakeries, chip mak
ers, and other processors.
“Lots of waste can be fed to the
cattle/ ’ said Chet Hughes, and this
represents a unique and viable
marketing opportunity for
producers.
Several farms comprise the tour.
Two of the farms, the Barley Farm
in Conestoga and the Nissley Bros.
Farm in Mount Joy, use food by
products. Barley’s Star Rock
Farm, which finishes about 1,800
head of cattle per year, uses noodle
waste provided by a local food pro-
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finishes about 300 head of cattle
per year, utilizes potato chip by
products provided by a local chip
manufacturer.
Another farm tour will be con
ducted of the Dwipht Hess Farm.
Mount Joy, which finishes about
300 head of cattle per year.
The program begins at 8:30 a.m.
at the Uoyd F. Furman Memorial
Park in Maytown, in the western
part of the county. There, buses
will board on a staggered schedule
to three different destinations. At
noon, the buses will return and
lunch will be served by the PCA’s
Keystone Ribeye Sandwich crew.
After lunch, Charles Brasilia, Pen
nsylvania secretary of agriculture,
will address the group. The after
noon schedule will include a repeat
of the sessions from the morning.
Scheduled to speak at the field
day are the following:
• Harold Harpster, Penn State
research on feeding food process
ing by-products.
• John Comerford, Penn State
beef specialist, on how to interpret
good teed efticieny in cattle,
■ John Burt, Lancaster County
conservation district technician,
on controlling soil erosion and
feedlot runoff.
• An ag engineer to discuss new
facilities.
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for cattle shows a lot of prom
ise. according to recent Penn State
research. Hughes said that Penn
State has analyzed all sorts of
materials for feed quality, includ
ing cardboard, newspapers, candy,
snacks, “a lot of stuff. Producers
realize the potential here in
Pennsylvania.
“The stumbling block has
always been the handling and the
tuning of getting these things in the
proper amount and working with
the source.
“The biggest handling chal
lenge is to ensure enough of the by
Official Holstein Pedigrees:
(Contlnwd from Pago A 29)
tool for merchandising decisions
later on. When they come back to
buy another bull, they’ll look back
at those pedigrees.
“Everyone should have a pedi
gree to work with on their own
herd,” he said. “It’s a valuable, us
able tool for managing.” He added
he uses the pedigrees when mak
ing breeding decisions as well.
Pedigrees can be ordered at the
time the animal is identified with
the Holstein Association, at a dis
count rate. They can also be order
ed at any time during the animal’s
lifetime. Updated classification
and DHIR information is added
periodically.
Teresa Kissling, or Robesonia,
Pennsylvania, said she also uses
pedigrees in their marketing acti
vities. She updates the pedigrees
regularly, such as after classifica
tion and when the Sire Summaries
ate published. She also updates
pedigrees on high-profile cows for
their ET program.
“We actively sell cattle year
round, and offer a wide range of
cattle to our buyers,” she said.'
“It’s definitely necessary to have
new pedigrees on hand with up
dated information. You just can’t
sell cows with an old pedigree.”
The Kisslings merchandise
about 60 head of cattle annually,
including both open and bred heif
ers, mature cows, and bulls. Their
milking herd is currently at 63
cows.
Kissling said she also used the
pedigrees for a sale they had last
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product is available from the pro
ducer at the right time. That’s (ttffi
cult to achieve," said Hughes.
Another important aspect of the
field day is how farmers can make
use of the program information to
become better stewards of the
land, according to McCoy.
Also scheduled is a tour of the
Cameron Estates and Donegal
Plantation for the spouses. There
will be a lot of activities for child
ren at the park.
For more information, contact
Chet Hughes at the Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension,
(717) 394-6851.
November. “We normally order
the three-generation pedigree, but
we needed some extended pedi
grees for the sale,** she said.
“Some of those pedigrees have
Very Good or Excellent dams se
veral generations back.”
The buyers appreciate the pedi
grees, she added. “Basically, if
they’re buying good quality ani
mals, they do want a pedigree and
do appreciate having it there. The
bull studs are definitely happy to
have a pedigree.”
Harlan and Judith Borman in
Kingdom City, Missouri, agree
that pedigrees are important to
have when merchandising. The
farm milks about 130 head, with
150 replacement heifers.
A spokesman for the farm noted
that for potential buyers who visit
the farm, or for sale consignments,
the pedigree information is good
to have on hand. “The computer
records on our farm can only do so
much,” she said. ‘The type infor
mation on the three-generation of
ficial pedigrees is valuable to
have.”
She noted the ancestry informa
tion is also valuable to have on the
official pedigrees. While she nor
mally only orders the three-gen
eration pedigrees, she was able to
use the longer pedigrees to trace
one cow family back several de
cades. “We normally only get the
basic pedigrees, but that time we
were able to go all the way back to
the 1940 s with that animal,” she
said.