M-Lancasttr Fanning, Saturday, February 10, 19M Penn State Ey J Block Ik) NOTEWORTHY EVENTS The spring semester is off to a flying start for members of the Penn State Block and Bridle Club. Severn} members braved the cold and snow, and even the road closings during the week of Farm Show in order to work with and visit fellow livestock enthusiasts. Thankfully, all of the students returned safely from Farm Show and have begun to “hit the books.” Several noteworthy events will occur during the months of Febru ary and March, beginning with the Animal Products Spectacular. This event showcases animal products ranging from beef, pork and lamb, to milk and dairy products, to even a few exotic products such as rathe meat, oils and feathers. The specta cular will be held on Saturday. Feb. 10, at the Nittany Mall in State College. Previously, the Penn State Stockmen’s Club initiated a pizza social following one of the regular ly scheduled B&B meetings, and the clubs have decided to continue this tradition. The combined B&B and Stockmen’s Club pizza social is slated for Thursday, Feb. 22, immediately following the regular meeting. All B&B meetings begin at 7 p.m. and are held in 101 Agricul tural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State Univer sity Paik Campus. Also, plans are under way for the annual B&B Spring Livestock Judging Contest to be held at the Ag Arena on 8:30 9:30 9:30 12:00 12:30 9:30 a.m. -Registration •12:00 p.m. (please be here promptly at 8:30 a.m.) 12:00 p.m. -Judging • 12:30 p.m. -Lunch ■3:30 p.m. -Reasons -2:00 p.m. 12:30 approx. 4:00 p.m. Each team will consist of four members with all four scores con tributing to the total team score. Contestants in the advanced divi sion will be required to give three sets of oral reasons, and this divi sion is intended for contestants ENTRY BLANK PENN STATE SPRING LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST Return by March 4, 1996 Name of Coach/Contact Person: Address of Coach/Contact Person: Phone Number Day Evening County or Vo-Ag Chapter; Name of Team; Number of Junior Beginner Judges (no oral reasons): Number of Junior Advanced Judges (3 sets of oral reasons): Send to; Brian McAllister Penn State Block and Bridle Club 324 William L. Henning Building University Park, PA 16802 REGISTRATION FEE OF $4.00 PER CONTESTANT MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FORM Saturday, March 23. Details of the contest follow. Lastly, after winning the North east regional quiz bowl last Febru ary, Penn State was once again invited to participate in the Nation al Cattlemen’s Beef Quiz Bowl. This year’s quiz bowl was held in conjunction with the NCA Con vention in San Antonio, Texas, during the last weekend in Janu ary. Bill Beinlich, a junior in dairy and animal science from Mono ngahela; Daryl Bomgardner, a senior in dairy and animal science from Annville; Josh Harvatinc, a junior in dairy and animal science from Thompson; and Brian McAl lister, a senior in dairy and animal science from Centre Hall, com prised this year’s team, and were escorted by Dr. Ron Kensinger, past co-adviser of B&B. The Penn State team beat teams from Virginia Tech, South Dakota State, and Cal Poly-Pomona in winning the national champion ship. This is the third consecutive year that Penn State has won the national beef quiz bowl. Congratulations, beef quiz bowl team! The Penn State Block and Bridle Club wishes to cordially invite you to the Annual Spring Livestock Judging Contest. The contest will be held at Penn State’s Ag Arena on Saturday, March 23. The schedule will be as follows; (Jr. Advanced and Collegiate Professional) Discussion of classes (Jr. Beginner and Collegiate Amateur) -Presentation of Awards who have given reasons previously in practice or contest situations. Contestants in the beginner divi sion will not give any reasons; however, a thorough discussion of each class will be conducted in the afternoon to provide beginners Spring Livestock Judging Contest National Live Stock, Meat Board Revises Retail Meat ID Manual CHICAGO, 111. A valuable tool that helps retailers standar dize their identification of meat cuts has been updated and is now available to the industry. The 22-year-old Uniform Retail Meat Identify Standards, pro duced by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, includes 700 full-color photos covering a wide range of beef, veal, pork and lamb retail and wholesale cuts. According to H. Kenneth John- with a greater educational experience. An organization may enter as many teams and individuals as they desire. Any individuals not registered on a team may compete and will be eligible for individual awards. Plaques will be given to the top junior beginner and advanced individuals and to the top team of each division. The winning advance team is invited to attend the Little International Ban quet on April 13 as guests of the Penn State Block and Bridle Club. Six classes will be judged. There will be two cattle classes, two swine classes, and two sheep classes. This year we may incorpo rate data on any of the classes and reasons may be taken on perfor mance classes. Contestants will be divided into groups, and each group will have 12 minutes to judge each class. There will be no talking during the contest and participants will not be permitted to use judging materials. Contestants caught talking dur ing the judging and oral reasons sessions will be eliminated Grom the contest. A lunch will be served to all contestants at the Ag Arena. Please be sure that all coaches, involved with a judging team in any way, receive a copy of this letter. Included here is an entry blank. Return the entry blank to the Con test Chairperson by March 4, A non-refundable registration fee of $4 per contestant must be enclosed with the entry form to ensure .an adequate number of lunches. Chaperones will not have to pay for lunch, but registration fees will be $5 per contestant after March 3. All correspondence should be sent to Brian McAllister, Penn State Block and Bridle Club, 324 W. L. Henning Building, Universi ty Park, PA 16802. If you have any specific questions feel free to call me in the evening at (814) 863-4889 or call Keith Bryan before noon at (814) 863-0569. Hope to see you in March! son, vice president of meat science and value-based meat systems for the Meat Board, the 186-page standards manual will be an indis pensible tool for meat executives and meat department managers throughout the country. “Retailers will find the URMIS manual to be a remaikable resour ce,” Johnson said, he pointed out that about SOO specific cuts identi fied as to primal source and loca tion in the new version, which also includes the Universal Product Code (UPC) identifying number and recommended cookery method for each cut. Though designed for the retail meat industry, educators also will find the URMIS manual to be a valuable teaching tool at various curriculum levels, Johnson said. The manual has been endorsed by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), National Grocers Associa tion (NGA), National-American Wholesale Grocers Association (NAWGA), American Meat Insti tute (AMI) and National Meat Association (NMA), as well as specific species marketing organizations. A chapter on food safety includes a discussion of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the most recent guidelines for meat handling. An entire chapter also has been devoted to ground meat and includes photographs of various degrees of lean/fat in beef, pork and lamb cuts. The latest U.S.D.A. guidelines in ground beef are covered. Celebrate National Ag Week With DDA DOVER, Del.—Where can a shopper buy a new outfit for Eas ter, come face-to-foce with a real Delaware blue hen, participate in a giant scavenger hunt, plant soy beans, and get photographed with Smokey Bear? At the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Ag Days in the Christiana Mall on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday. March 24. The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) has scheduled a full slate of activities and exhi bits for the two-day event. Ag Days are DDA’s'celebration of National Ag Week, which begins March 18. This year’s national theme for Ag Week is “Growing Better Everyday... Generation to Genera tion.” Dozens of displays and demonstrations at Ag Days will reflect this slogan, including Native American storytelling ses sions for children and other activi ties that can be done as a family. One of the highlights of the weekend will be the third Annual Great Delaware Chicken Caper, a ft <9% BREAKING MILK RECORDS! Lancaster Farming Carries DHIA Reports Each Mortthl Also new to the revised manual is a chapter on nutrition and a chapter on Value-Based Meat Management (VBMM), which Johnson said is keyed to upcom ing programs of the Meat Market ing Technology Center, developed by the Meat Board and supported by a meat industry coalition and the University of Chicago. VBMM involves development of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and category management programs for the retail meat department as part of the increas ing use of computer technology for procurement, in-store process ing, sales and tracking. Johnson said the URMIS man ual will be useful to meat cutters, meat department sales personnel and trainers alike. For trainees, he said, it is an easily understood text to aid in understanding meat pro ducts, identification and sales. Coupled with distribution of the URMIS manual is the official UPC Identification Numbers booklet for random weight pack ages of fresh meats. The booklet, also produced by the Meat Board, is endorsed by the FMI, NGA, NAWGA, AMI, National Associ ation of Meat Purveyors and the Uniform Code Council. It is distri buted as a companion piece or separately for companies upgrad ing their nomenclature systems. For more information on both the URMIS manual and UPC booklet, contact Ken Johnson, National Live Stock and Meat Board, 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60611, (312) 467-5520. scavenger hunt that requires parti cipants to decipher more than 40 clues to find the hidden chicken. The first person to correctly guess the hiding place will win a color television. Governor Thomas R. Carper will open Ag Days at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Much 23. In addition to welcoming remarks. Governor Carper will issue more than $14,000 in Delaware urban and community forestry grants to three New Castle County organizations. This year’s festivities marks an important milestone for the Department of Agriculture as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of Ag Days. Since 1986, DDA has offered Ag Days at the Blue Hen Mall and the Dover Mall, both in Dover. This is the second year the event has been in the Christiana Mall in New Castle County. For more information on Ag Days, call Becky Cullen, DDA Marketing Specialist, or Vicki Davis, DDA Community Rela tions Coordinator, at (800) 282-8685 or (302) 739-4811. 1% W
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