DHIA
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s last week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
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215-367-2169
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compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these ate averages,
so you will need to adjust your fig
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
Com, No.2y 3.11 bu., 5.56
CWL
Wheat, No. 2 3.71 bu., 6.19
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717-866-5708
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Qreenville, PA 16125
412-588-7950
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NEW JERSEY
Entries For Pot O’Gold Contest Due
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
Entries are due July 1 for the 1997
Pot O'Gold Production Contest
Barley, No. 3 2.76 bu., 5.90
cwt
Oats, No, 2 2.15 bu., 6.72
cwt
Soybeans. No. 1 8.54 bu.,
14.27 cwt
Ear Com—B7,oo ton, 4.35 cwt
Alfalfa Hay 118.00 ton, 5.9
cwt
Mixed Hay 123.00 ton, 6.15
cwt
Timothy Hay 123.75 ton,
6.19 cwt.
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Juniors between the ages of
seven and 19 enter the Pot O’Gold
Production Contest by purchasing
c»ie of the animals consigned to
either the Western National Pot
O’Gold Sale in Puyallup,
Washington, or the All American
Pot O’Gold Sale in Louisville. Ky.
Animals eligible for the 1997
contest would have been pur
cahsed in 1994. Funding for the
contest equals 17 percent of the
gross of the two sales.
The records completed by heif
ers purchased in these'sales must
be submitted to the American
Jersey Cattle Association no later
D Jty
than July 1 to be eligible for
competition.
The heifer must calve before
reaching 30 months of age. The
actual first lactation production is
adjusted to the mature equivalent
(30S-day, 2x milking, age and
month of calving). Adjusted
records are then ranted according
to the mature equivalent protein to
determine the placings in the
contest.
All heifers must be tested in a
DHI or DHIR herd owned by the
purchaser or the purchaser’s
parents or legal guardian. In the
event this is not possible, a written
request must be made to the All
American Executive Committee
by Dec. 31 of the year the heifer is
purchased. The heifer can not be
tested in the herd in which she is
bred or consigned.
Juniors, related or un-ielated,
may form a partnership to purch
ase animals in the Pot O’Gold
sales as long as all other require
ments are met
Hayes
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ber one industry.
“We are in midstream
at the moment,” Hayes
said. “We can’t go back
to the bank where we
were. We have two
choices. We can tread
water as long as we have
energy and then sink
and drown, or we can
move on to the next
bank and go on straight
ahead. Most of you
know me and my incli
nation is not to tread
water or to drink a lot of
it. My inclination is to
get to the next bank and
start working on behalf
of agriculture in
renewed spirit, vigor,
stick with the good ideas
we have, and develop
new ones.”
Hayes was the rep
resentative from the
81st District of Huntin
don and Blair Counties
for more than 20 years,
including the top leader
ship roles.
‘This is not a one per
son show,” Hayes said.
“It was not my style in
the legislature, and it is
not going to be my style
in the department of
agriculture. It will take
you and I working
together. I believe prog
ress in our society is
measured by how
healthy, excited, vib
rant, and high-spirited
the private sector is. The
well-spring of our socie
ty is the private sector.
The public sector is to
enhance, promote,
advocate, facilitate, and
make possible. But the
private sector, the men
and women who profes
sionally are agricultur
alists in all the various
segments of agriculture,
is the well-spring. So I
look forward to working
with you as a team.”
Later in the week
Hayes was scheduled to
appear before the Senate
Ag Committee with the
likely vole of confirma
tion coming next week.