Angus Tops York Fair
Junior Beef Breeding Contest
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) A junior
yearling Angus heifer exhibited
by Jessica Harcourt, Spring
Grove, was selected as supreme
champion of the York Fair’s
junior beef breeding show. The
February 1996 heifer topped three
other breed champions for the ti
tle. Contenders for the supreme
banner were Amanda Daughter
ty’s champion Hereford, Ray
mond Slough’s Simmental breed
winner and Kelly Hain’s Red An
gus, winner of the Other Breeds
class.
Raymond Stough, Spring
Grove was selected champion fit
ter, while Bobbi Myers, Thomas-
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ville was named the reserve fitter.
Showmanship honors were shared
by Tammi Grubb, Hanover, the
champion, and reserve champion
Herman Hake, Etters.
A partial list of junior beef
breeding winners follows.
ANGUS
Junior Calf: 1. & 2. Tammi Grubb.
Sanior Calf: 1. Beth Baer. 2. Tammi
Grubb. 3. Beth Baer.
Summer Yearling: 1. Hope Long. 2. Brett
Bishard. 3. Kimberly Long.
Junior Yearling: 1. Jessica Harcourt 2.
Brett Bishard. 3. R. Jay Rishel.
Lata Jr. Yearling: 1. Cory Thompson. 2.
Travis Reid.
Brad A Owned: 1. Beth Baer. 2. Tammi
Grubb. 3. Brett Bishard.
Champion Angua Halfer - Jessica Har
court
Rmrvi Angus Halfer - Tammi Grubb.
Cow-Calf: 1. Bren Bishard.
Pair: 1. Tammi Grubb. 2. Beth Baer. 3.
Brett Bishard.
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CHAROLAIS
Cow-Calf: 1. Philip Baer.
HEREFORD
Senior Cali: 1. Amanda Daugherty.
Champion Hereford Halfar - Amanda
Daugherty.
SIMMENTAL
Junior Calf; 1. Amy Trowbndge.
Senior Call: 1. Raymond Stough.
Summer Yearling: 1. Kate Myers. 2. Amy
Trowbridge.
Junior Yearling: 1. Raymond Stough.
Lata Jr. Yearling: 1. Raymond Stough.
Champion Simmantal Halfar - Raymond
Stough.
Reserve Slmmental Heller - Raymond
Stough.
Bred A Owned: 1. Amy Trowbridge. 1.
Raymond Stough. 3. Amy Trowbridge.
Cow-Call: 1. Amy Trowbridge.
OTHER BREEDS
Junior Yearling: 1. Kelly Main.
Champion Other Breeds - Kelly Main.
FITTING/SHOWMANSHIP
Fitting:
Age 18 t Up: 1. Raymond Stough. 2.
Bobbi Myers. 3. Amanda Daugherty.
Age 13-15: 1. Tamml Grubb. 2. Kelly
Ham. 3. Cassandra Hake.
Age 10-12: 1. Jessica Harcourt. 2 Kevin
Sunday. 3. Marie Yost
Age 8-9; 1. Christopher Harcourt.
Champion Fittsr - Raymond Stough.
Reserve Champion Fitter • Bobbi Myers.
Special Fitting; Age 15-19 - Tamml
Grubb; Age 9-14 - Amy Sweitzer; Rookie -
Jamie Welsh.
Showmanship:
Age 16 It Up: 1. Raymond Stough. 2.
Amanda Daugherty. 3. Philip Baer.
Age 13-15:1. Tammi Grubb. 2. Jennifer
Flinchbaugh. 3. Cassandra Hake.
Age 10-12: 1. Herman Hake. 2. Hope
Long. 3. Katie Myers.
Age 8-9:1. Kurt Long. 2. Kimberly Long.
3. Cory Thompson.
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DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Pa. DMA continues to be
on the forefront of technology as
well as being the industty’s leader
in milk urea nitrogen testing with
24 percent of all cows on a Pa.
DHIA testing plan using the MUN
technology to further monitor
their herd’s performance.
The MUN committer, met on
Sept 3 at the Penn State Days Inn
located in downtown State Col
lege. Marketing strategies was the
forefront of the agenda.
The committee decided it was
essential to the Pa. DHIA mem
bership that continual education of
MUN testing be offered in work
shop and article forms.
Also, in order to accommodate
an overwhelming amount of new
interest in the product in southeast
Pennsylvania, a milk urea nitro
gen workshop will be held at Yod
er’s Family Restaurant, Route 23,
East of New Holland at 9:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Sept. 18, 1997.
Both transportation and lunch
will be provided. All dairy far
mers, nutritionists, veterinarians
and others interested in the dairy
industry are invited to attend. All
dairymen are welcome to bring
their MUN herd management
records and current feed ration.
Featured speakers for this
working workshop include Dr.
Jim Ferguson, New Bolton Cen
ter, University of Pennsylvania
and George Cudoc, Marburger
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers 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
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages,
so you will need to adjust your fig
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
Com, N0.2y—2.985 bu.. 5.343
CwL
Wheat, No. 2 3.29 bu.. 5.494
CwL
Barley. No. 3 2.04 bu.. 4.366
CWL
Oats, No. 2 1.69 bu.. 5.281
CwL
Soybeans, No. 1 7.08 bu.,
11.824 cwL
Ear Cora 83.688 ton, 4.184
cwL
146.25 ton.
Alfalfa Hay
7.313 cwL
Mixed Hay 134.00 ton, 6.7
cwL
Timothy Hay —140.00 ton, 7.0
cwL