AIS-Lancaatar Farming, Saturday, Novambar 11, 1995
North Jersey
Livestock
HackettatoWn, NJ
Report Supplied by Auction
Tneaiay, November 7, 1995
Report (applied by auction
CALVES .10-1.25.
COWS .12K -,38V..
EASY COWS .10-.30.
FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. 10-.69.
HEIFERS .2D-.45V..
BULLS .16 .50.
STEERS .32% -.54.
HOGS .15-.31.
ROASTING PIGS EACH 5.00-33.00.
BOARS .1614 -.20.
SOWS .16-.24.
SHEEP: .07-.57.
LAMBS EACH 28.00-80.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .34-1.15.
GOATS EACH 25.00-97.50.
KIDS EACH 12.00-78.00.
HIDES EACH, 1 AT 22.00.
TOTAL: 947 HEAD.
New Holland
Sales Stables
Goat and Sheep Sale
Monday, November 6, 1995
GOATS: 330 HEAD. BILLIES
80.00- 25 HEAD 100.00-140.00;
NANNIES 50.00-65.00; MUTTON
60.00- MEDIUM 40.00-60.00;
KIDS 20.00-40.00; SHEEP 520.00.
LAMBS CHOICE 100-125 LBS.
72.00- 80-100 LBS. 80.00-95.00;
60-80 LBS. 85.00-100.00; 4040 LBS.
85.00- NEW CROP 50-65 LBS.
110.0- ALL WEIGHTS,
SLAUGHTER EWES 25.00-40.00,
SLAUGHTER RAMS 25.00-35.00; 1
YEAR OLD 40.00-70.00; 2 YEAR OLD
30.00-
Jersey Shore
Livestock
Market, Inc.
Auction avary Thursday
■I 4:00 pjn.
Jmj Shore, h.
Report supp Mad by Auction
Thoredey, Nor. 9, 1995
RETURN TO FARM CAL?
70.00-115.00.
GOOD VEAL: 50.0049.00.
COMMON VEAL; 10.00-49.00.
CHOICE STEERS; 63.0046.00.
SELECT STEERS: 58.0042.00.
COMMON STEERS; 47.00-S7.oa
COMMERCIAL COWS; 33.00-37.00.
CANNERS-CUTTERS: 29.00-32.00.
SHELLS: IS.OO-25.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS: 60.006100.
SELECT HEIFERS: SS.OO-59.00.
COMMON HEIFERS; 42.00-54.00.
GOOD FEEDERS: 50.00-62.00.
COMMON FEEDERS: 20,00-49.00.
BULLS; 32.00-47.00.
HEAVY HOGS: 35.00-42.00.
Greencastle
Livestock
GREENCASTLE, PA
NOVEMBER 9,1995
CATTLE; 202: Cows; uneven, .50 lower
to 1.00 higher.
COWS; Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 31.50-35.75, few to 39.00; Cutter and
Boning Utility 30.50-34.25, Couple at
35.00; Catmer and low Cutter 25.75-30.25;
Shells down to 18.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1275-2715 lb,
few 36.25-40.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers: Few 1-2
360-875 lb. 37.00-42.50.
CALVES: 314: Vealers: 5.00-7.00 low
er; Standard and Good 75-105 lb,
28.00- Utility 55-85 lb, 17.00-28.00.
FARM CALVES: No 1 Bulls
10.00- higher. No 2 Bulls 3.00-25.00
lower; No I Holstein Bulls 95-120 lb,
90.00- few down to 80.00; No 180-90
lb, 50.00-75.00; No 2 Holstein Bulls
85-1101 b, 30.00-45.00, few to 60.00; No 1
Holstein Heifers 85-120 lb, 50.00-1.15; No
2 Holstein Heifers 75-90 lbs, 30.00-42.00;
Beef Cross Bulls and Heifers 60-115 lb,
25.0a65.00.
HOGS: 22.
SOWS: 1-3 35a495 lb, 30.0a33.50;
BOARS: few 25.5a25.75.
FEEDER PIGS: 8.
Pennsylvania
Livestock
WAYNESBURG, PA
NOVEMBER 9, 1995
CATTLE;
SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility end
Commercial 32.00-38.00; Cutter and Bon
ing Utility 29.00-34.00; Canner and low
Cutter 25.00-33.50; Sheila 25.00 and
down.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1500/2000 lb,
36.00- Yield grade 2 1000/1400 lb,
30.00-
FEEDER STEERS: MJUL 1 300/500 lb
50.0040.00; 250/280 lb, 50.0044.00; M
600/900 lb, 50.00-59.50; HEIFERS; M
l&L 300/500 lb. 40.00-55.00; L 1400/650
lb. 40.00-54.00; BULLS: M&L 1 300/620
lb, 40.00-60.00.
CALVES: Veal: Prime 60.00-72.00;
Choice SO.OO-60.0a Good 40.00-48.0 a
Farm Calves; #1 Holstein Bulls 90/120 lb,
few 25.00-60.00; #2 Holstein Bulls 80/100
lb, few 20.00-50.00; Beef X Bulls A Hfri/
Hd 35.00-50.00.
HOGS: Barrows and Gilts: #l-2
210/255 lb, 44.00-52.5 a #2-3 255/280 lb
35.00- Sows; #l-3 300/500 lb
30.00- Feeder Pigs: 1-3 15/20 lb; 1-3
25/35 lb, 10.00-24.00/Hd.
LAMBS; High Choice 75/110 lb,
65.00- Choice 90/105 lb.
70.00- Feeder Lambs: Good
65.00- Sheep 28.00-40.00.
GOATS; Large 50.00- 100.00/Hd;
Medium 30.00-48.00/Hd; Small
10.00-
HORSES; Horses; 35.00-58.00; Ponies;
28.00-
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South America At Banquet
JOANNE E. MORVAY
Maryland Correspondent
WESTMINSTER, Md.
Members of the Carroll County
Farm Bureau recently spent an
hour visiting South America and
the Pacific Rim at the county’s
annual banquet.
The brief trip was a narrated
slide show courtesy of Maryland
Farm Bureau President C. Wil
liam Knill. Knill, of Mt. Aity, vis
ited both areas as a member of
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion trade delegations. The former
dairyman is in his second term as
Maryland Farm Bureau president.
The world traveller raises beef
cattle, grain and vegetables when
he’s not on the road.
Knill said trade missions are
important because they provide a
firsthand look at agriculture and
food consumption in potential
markets for the United States’
commodities. In some cases, such
as his journey to South America
earlier this year, delegation mem
bers also gain important informa
tion about the U.S.’s competitors
in the world trade arena, Knill
said. “We (also) gain insight as to
how to address public policy
regarding trade issues,” he said.
Meetings with foreign govern
ment officials and farm leaders
along with the U.S. liaisons to
other countries help foster rela
tionships that could later develop
into trade alliances, Knill said.
Knill’s 1994 trip to the Pacific
Rim began in Hong Kong. The
eighth largest importer of goods
from the United States, Hong
Kong, also exports SO percent of
the American products and com
modities it receives to other Asian
nations including China and
Japan.
Knill said in this economic cen
ter of the Pacific Rim, there are no
supermarkets carrying’“anything
and everything.” Instead, consum
ers shop for items in individual
stores and stands. Most residents
shop daily for fresh produce, meat
and seafood an old habit stem
ming from the days when refriger
ation was scarce, he said.
Wholesale and retail markets
comprised of many different ven-
“MUN is a powerful tool to evaluate the
ration, astwen. It allows you to get a look
at what is happening in the rumen. And
what happens in there affects milk
production, body condition, health and even
conception rates.
Bureau ‘Visits’
C. William Knill, a Mt. Aliy
beef, vegetable and grain far
mer, Is In his second term as
Maryland Farm Bureau presi
dent. He has participated in
two American Farm Bureau
Federation trade visits —the
first to the Pacific Rim and
this year to South America.
dors specializing in one type of
product abound, Knill said.
Hong Kong imports produce from
around the world, such as the Cali
fornia lemons Knill saw a mer
chant sorting.
Seafood fish, eels and the
like—are kept alive in tanks until
a buyer arrives and chooses one to
take home. Meat is also butchered
practically while you wait in
many markets live chickens were
kept in cages right next to just
slaughtered carcasses, Knill said.
Fresh meat is hung in the open air
at the markets. Knill said while
this is not considered sanitary in
the U.S., “I cannot recall seeing a
fly while I was in Hong Kong.”
From Hong Kong, Knill and the
AFBF delegation took a nearly
four-hour train ride to Guangzhou,
a large city in what was previously
the Canton section of China.
Guangzhou is situated near the
Pearl River, which flows into the
South China Sea, making it one of
the major trade corridors into Chi
na, Knill said.
Guangzhou is home to 65 mil-
lion people and an increase of 10
to 12 million people is expected
because of growth and develop
ment, he said. This mirrors the
expected growth of China as a
nation. There is a population net
gain of one million people per
month in China for a total of 14
million people per year, Knill
said.
“Someone will have to help
feed these people,” he said.
He expects that China will try to
finance that trade by increasing
the amount of tourism the Com
munist nation allows. Knill said
China has much history to draw on
and many impressive sights, expe
cially the Great Wall of China.
Though restrictions are loosening
now, the government still has tight
control over free enterprise, he
said. Chinese tourist spots, for
example, are not surrounded by
trinket and souvenir shops the way
American places are.
While Knill and the AFBF dele
gation were in China, the country
sponsored its first ever Food and
Hotel Exposition. Knill said com
modity groups from many nations
were represented including the
U.S. Poultry and Egg Board and
the National Dairy Board. Austra
lia and New Zealand were the best
represented countries, Knill noted.
“They’re already targeting Chi
na,” he said.
Knill’s travels in China
included stops in Beijing and the
area surrounding this capital city.
It was there that Knill was struck
by the similarities of the problems
that American and Chinese far
mers face, he said.
The loss of productive farmland
is also a serious concern in China.
“Seeing how growth'was killing
their opportunity to feed them
selves was (tauntingly similar” to
what American farmers are being
forced to deal with, Knill Said.
“You could pick up a paper there
and replace die names with names
from Maryland, Pennsylvania or
Virginia and swear you were read
ing a paper here.”
Knill said almost 70 percent of
China is considered rural. Farmers
in the areas he visited plant crops
on raised beds using flood irriga
tion for water. Chinese tractors, in
many cases, resemble “golf carts
with tractor parts.” Knill said. The
bicycle is the Chinese transporta
tion mode of choice. Knill saw
many three-wheeled bikes with
carts mounted on the back wheel
a vehicle he christened “the
Chinese pickup truck.”
Farm duties that have been
mechanized in the U.S. are still
done by hand in China. Knill said.
He saw women walking through
fields planting com dropping a
few kernels per hill. Chinese far
mers tend to cut com greener than
it is harvested in the U.S., Knill
said. It usually has a test weight in
the low forties when harvested, he
explained. This allows Chinese
farmers to get another crop of com
in a timely fashion.
Harvested com is hauled in
from the field and shocked by
hand. Harvested com and soy
' beans are piled in roadways.
“They let the Horses, bikes and
cars nln over it. When it’s dry,
they rake up the stems and sweep
up the grain,” Knill said.
Before leaving China. Knill and
the AFBF delegation visited a
feed mill and a hog farm. The hog
operation, run cooperatively with
die government, feeds its waste
into a large pond. The waste spurs
algae growth which supports a
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