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vol. 40 NO. 47 5-Year-Old Holstein Supreme Of All-American Dairy Show VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A 5-*year-old Holstein cow owned by Pamiom Farm, of Hudson Falls, N.Y., was named supreme champion of the Pennsyl vania All-American Dairy Show Thursday afternoon at the state Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. C Taraley Astro Sherry, owned by Herb and June Kerr, of Pam tom Farm, after having just won the grand championship of the Eastern National Holstein Show within the hour, was judged to be the best of the best of the six recognizeddairy breed shows at this year’s PAADS. The supreme championship was developed several years ago in order to boost excitement and pro vide an added dimension to the week-long dairy show. In previous Hans Herr FFA, New York 4-H Teams • * Tap Dairy Management Contest EVERETT NEWSW ANGER HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) One oftfte mott cdoca The firat place FFA team Is from the Hans Herr chapter. From left Joel Harnlsh, Dairen Martin, and Steve (famish. Producers May Have To Rely On Their Own Quality Assurance Programs ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming* Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Because of ongoing federal agricultural program cutbacks, the poultry industry is “on its own” indemnity programs if ;|here are potential disease out breaks in the future, according to a IuSDA veterinary services administrator, .1 Dr. Donald Luchsinger, deputy Administrator for veterinary ser- Kces for the USDA Animal and ■plant Health Inspection Service 60* For Copy years, judges for supreme were actual show judges. This year judges were representatives from breed organizations which help sponsor the show. In past years, the use of spot lights and organ music as the grand champions of the All-American dairy shows entered the Large Are na of the state Farm Show Com plex provided extra drama to the selection of supreme champion. This year, the event began immediately after the group clas ses of the Eastern National Hols tein Show and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Dairy Show, without special fanfare. * Sherry is no stranger to the show ring. Last year she was first at the World Dairy Expo, in Madison, Wis.. in the 4-year-old age class, and she was an . All-American 4-ycar-old, as well as an All- trojjfll gyqms at the AU-American this week was the junior dairy man agement contest. Youth from New York. Maryland, and RdMty Ivania Hundreds Gather For Two-Day Northeast Poultry Show (APHIS), said that the move on Capitol Hill to reduce the budget has led to cutbacks and in many cases elimination of indemnity programs for the poultry industry. As a result, producers may have to join together to establish their own quality assurance programs, such as the Pennsylvania Poultry Feder ation’s egg quality assurance prog ram, to provide protection and help ' in case of disease outbreaks. Luchsinger spoke to about 200 poultry producers and agri industry representatives Wednes- UncaMr Fanning, Saturday, Saptambar 30, IMS Canada 4-year-old. A daughter of Bridon Astro Jet- ET, she has classified as an Exccl!cni-94 and has made 65,000 pounds of milk lifetime. Her latest lactation record, started at 4-years, 9-months of age, shows produc tion of 29,209 pounds milk, 1,024 pounds fat, and 895 pounds protein in 305 days. Gary Culbertson, of Mansion Valley Holsteins, Hilbert, N.Y., was leadsman. Runnerup supreme champion was a 6-year-old Brown Swiss, Long View Jades Raisin, owned by Lee Chaney, of GS Associates, Maryland. At the halter in the ring was Becky Long. Grand champion of the Eastern National Brown Swiss Show, held Wednesday, Raisin also classified Excellent, and while her last lacta (Tum to Pago A3S) competed in classes that help show their knowledge of the dairy indus try and farming in general. Theconaest involved seven clas ses, including heifer judging, trait evaluation, meat cut identification, grain/forage identification, dairy agronomic practices, current issues in the dairy industry, and a milk marketing quiz. After all the clas ses were judged, the lop five indi viduals were given the opportunity to give answers to questions from a panel of three judges. The subjects ranged from environmental issues to how they would manage a 2,000 dairy herd. David Thorton, Boohvill, New York, was the high individual with 335 points out of a possible 350. Bryan Wilson, Dansville, New York, was second with 323 points'. Kathy Habecker, Palmyra, was third with 314 points; Scott Wor mcr, Middleburg, was first FFA and fourth overall with 296 points, and Mall Younger, Arcade, New York was fifth with 290 points. The New York State team of Jenny Kelsey, Matt Younger, and David Thorton was the first place 4-H team. They had a total of 698 points. (Tum to Pag* AM) day morning at the Northeast Poul try Show at the Host Convention Center in Lancaster. The show ran from Wednesday through Thursday. .In the future, the federal govern ment will work in tandem with industry-sponsored disease out break and control programs, according to Luchsinger. No lon ger will the government simply have money available by the truck load when a disease catastrophe, such as affected Pennsylvania in 1983 and 1986 with avian influen- State Dairy Princess Ritenda Joy Kieklak presents the supreme champion awarwto Gary Culbertson who holds the halter of C Taraley AdmSberry, a 5-year-old Holstein owned by Herb and June JCirr ot Pamtom Farm, in Hudson Falls, N.Y. " T Thirty-three contestants compete for the state crown at the 39th annual coronation held in Harrisburg last Saturday. Crowned Pennsylvania dairy princess, Rhonda Joy Kieklak from Erie County promises to encourage Pennsylvanians to appreciate farmers more. To read more about the pageant and the new dairy princess, turn to page 82. za, occurs. “You folks in the industry will have a lot to say about how (a prog ram) is done, where it’s done, ami who with,” he said. This “equal partners” attitude at USDA will extend throughout a lot of programs that the federal gov ernment used to provide to produc ers regularly. The current push to “reinvent” the government, Luchsinger told the producers, will extend to furth er downsizing efforts. Already, the USDA has been reduced from 42 Four SocHont agencies to 29, and the 1,120 coun ty offices have been restructured and reorganized. This reform is part of the six “influences” that Luchsinger said the USDA/APHIS program faces. Others are the long-term budget deficit program (“You know we’re going to have fewer resources,” he said), the productivity deficit (how to do more and better work with less employees in the same posi tions in govern; nent), globaliza tion of ag (ag exports and imports (Turn to Pago A3l) $25.00 P* Ytar