Farmers Come To Ag Progress Days To See What Is New
Lancwter Farming, Saturday, August 17, 19M-A37
When it's time to renew equipment, farmers are the same
as car buyers. They want to check the merchandise. At Ag
Progress Days this week, many field demonstrations of
competing equipment were staged to give everyone an
opportunity to compare their operation. In these photos you
can see that process at work.
Annual Junior Dairy
Management Contest Set
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show is proud to
announce that the Tenth Annual
Junior Dairy Management Contest
will be conducted at the 33rd
Annual All-American Dairy Show
Tuesday, September 24, at the
Farm Show Complex in Harris
burg. Top prize will be a $5OO
post high school scholarship.
This youth activity combining
judging skills and dairy know
ledge. was established by the Pen
nsylvania Dairy and Allied Inustry
Association as an educational
activity for 4-H and FFA youth.
The contest provides an excellent
opportunity to see and judge top
quality animals, receive experi
ence in evaluation and decision
making, and practice dairy man
agement skills. This well-rounded
approach will be most beneficial
to dairy youth, the dairymen of the
future.
Financial assistance provided
by Church & Dwight Co., Arm &
Hammer Ag Products; Milk Spe
cialties Co.; Prince Agri-Products,
Inc. and CHR Hansen Bio Sys
tems. Their generous support
assures the success of this contest
There are seven classes
including:
(1) Dairy Cow Judging- four
animals to be placed on body
conformation
(2) Linear Trait and Pedigree
Analysis- selection of one of three
animals which best answers ques
tions on their linear type evalua
tion and pedigree
(3) Meat Identification Class
identification of ten cuts of dairy
beef and veal
(4) Grain and Forage Identifica
tion and Nutrition- dairy feed
ingredients commonly found on
eastern dairy farms, questions
relating to their use, nutrient con
tent, quality, and use in nutrition-
ally balanced feeding programs
(5) Dairy Agronomic Practices
plant identification, crop and pas
ture production practices, and soil/
disease/pest interactions involved
in the production of quality
forages
(6) Reproduction Management
identification of AI equipment,
parts of the bovine female repro
ductive tract, heat detection aids,
progesterone test kits,etc. The
final class. Farm Business Man
agement is a quiz on twenty ques
tions on basic farm management
and current management issues.
There will be team-awards, as
well as top individual awards. The
top five contestants in total score
will be interviewed by a panel of
three well known and respected
judges. The interview will consist
of three specific questions regar
ind current events in the dairy
industry. Each interview will last
eight minutes. Contestants can
score up to 100 additional points.
They will be evaluated on their
ability to address each question
based on understanding and
knowledge of the subject, and
their ability to respond orally to
questions and express thoughts
clearly.
Training kits are available. All
interested contestants and/or edu
cators are encouraged to contact
the Junior Dairy Management
Contest Superintendent, Walter
Wurster, Government Services
Center, Suite 370, 601 Westown
Road, West Chester, PA
19382-4546, or call at (610)
696-3500. Deadline for entry in
the 1996 contest is September 14,
1996.