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York Fair Names
Junior Market Lamb Winners
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) Senior
4-H exhibitor and veteran sheep
showman Matt Trostle was absent
from the York Fair and still cap
tured two of the most coveted ti
tles at the annual competition,
champion market lamb in both the
junior and open class shows.
Trostle, of Red Lion, claimed
the junior market lamb banner
with a crossed Suffolk homebred.
Faiqily and friends helped with his
winning showstring, while he was
beginning his freshman year at
Blackhawk College in Illinois.
Along with pursuing his degree
studies, Trostle will hone his judg
ing skills with the college’s noted
livestock judging programs.
Reserve champion junior mar
ket lamb was the 113-pound light
heavyweight winner exhibited by
Pa. Holstein Association Announces
Show,
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association this week made
several announcements of interest
to members and other Holstein
enthusiasts.
It announced it is seeking pedi
grees of top young cows that could
be potential embryo or bull
mothers for the association’s
export business.
It also reminded members and
enthusiasts of its Fall Champion
ship Show, set for 9 a.m., Sept. 23,
at the state Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg to be held in conjunc
tion with the week-long Pennsyl
vania All-American Dairy Show.
Further, PHA has announced
this is to be sharing a booth with
the New York Holstein Associa
tion at the World Dairy Expo in
Madison, Wis., in October and that
it can serve as an excellent oppor
tunity for promotion of Pennsylva
nia Holstein herds, cow families or
other related Holstein business
ventures and animals.
Fall Championship
According to the PHA, the Fall
Championship Show is to kick off
at 9 a.m., with Robert Fitzsimmons
from East Montpilier, Vt., to serve
as type judge.
Along with recognizing class
Dairy Producers Respond To Survey
SHAWANO, Wis. Nearly
600 dairy producers from 30 states
responded to a recent survey con
ducted for Cooperative Resources
International by the University of
Wisconsin Center for Coopera
tives, directed by Dr. Robert
Cropp. The heaviest concentration
of responses came from producers
in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New
York, Minnesota and California.
Two-thirds of the respondents
listed ages between 35 and 54
years.
Asked how they felt about the
future of the dairy industry, 83%
recorded being pessimistic about
improved milk prices. With the
exception of California producers,
about 80% were also pessimistic
about future profitability. Among
California respondents, 42%
believe the profitability picture to
Julie Kern, York. Julie’s pink-rib
bon ewe was a homebred Suffolk.
In the pairs runoff, Trostle ex
hibited the champion winners,
with Jennifer Flinchbaugh claim
ing the reserve pairs spot
A partial list of junior market
lamb winners follows:
LIGHTWEIGHT MARKET LAMBS
Clast 10; 1. Drew Bankert. 2 Eric Bank
er!. 3. Mindy Albnght.
Class 11:1 Cody Ault. 2. Emily Bankert.
3. Molly Ault.
Class 12: 1. Heather Bankert 2. Emily
Bankert 3. Drew Bankert.
Champion • Heather Bankert.
Rasarva - Emily Bankert.
Pairs: 1. Cody Ault. 2. Drew Bankert. 3.
Tom Kibler.
LIGHT MEDIUMWEIGHT
MARKET LAMBS
Class 15; 1. Rick Jones. 2. Molly Ault 3
Russell Lawrence
Class 16: Cody Ault 2 Tom Kibler 3. Rick
Jones
Clast 17: 1 Lindsay Jones. 2 Travis
Flory 3 Kelly Jo Banker!.
Champion - Lindsay Jones
Restrvt - Travis Flory.
Pairs Champion - Rick Jones.
Seeks Quality Cows
Pennsylvania
Holstein
Association
winners in both the open and youth
divisions of the championship
show, the 1997 All-Pennsylvania
winners (based on show placing
from the Spring Show, regional
shows and the Fall Show), are to be
announced.
Two additional highlights are to
be the selection of the 1997 Key
stone Futurity winner and the win
ner of the George M. Knight Jr.
Total Performance Award.
The 36 animals eligible for the
Futurity class entered as heifers
with payments made as the ani
mals matured. The winner is to
receive more than $9OO in prize
money.
The George Knight Total Per
formance Award is based on show
and production performance.
World Dairy Expo
The sharing of a booth at the
World Dairy Expo in Madison,
be a bright one. A greater number,
particularly Californians, believe
there is considerable opportunity
for the exporting of dairy
products.
Only 7% of the producers
responding indicated they would
be getting out of dairying within
the next three years. The number
moved to 13% in a five-year hori
zon. One third noted they planned
to expand their herd size by 25%
or more in the next five years.
For herd replacement decisions,
to avoid inbreeding, improving
individual type traits and mer
chandising were the most preva
lent comments made by 89% of
the respondents who felt having
their animals identified by sire
was important. In general, sire
selection indexes such as TPI, Net
Merit, Productive life and Milk-
Pair* Reserve - Rick Jones.
MEDIUMWEIGHT MARKET LAMBS
Class 20: 1. Matt Trostle. 2. Heather
Banker!. 3. Julie Kern.
Class 21: 1. Drew Bankert. 2. Brandy
Bankert. 3 Rick Jones.
Class 22: 1. Jennifer Flmchbaugh. 2. R.
Jay Rishel. 3. Brandy Bankert.
Champion - Jennifer Flmchbaugh.
Reserve - R. Jay Rishel.
Pairs Champion - Drew Bankert
Pairs Reserve - Heather Bankert
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
MARKET LAMBS
Class 25:1. Michael Burrell. 2. Adam Sell
ers 3. Travis Fiery.
Class 26: 1. Michael Burrell. 2. Travis
Flory. 3. Joseph Emenheiser.
Class 27: 1., 2. & 3. Julie Kern.
Champion & Reserve • Julie Kern.
Pairs Champion • Julie Kern.
Pairs Reserve • Michael Burrell.
HEAVYWEIGHT MARKET LAMBS
Class 30:1 Matt Trostle 2. Julie Kern 3
Michael Burrell.
Class 31: 1. Mark Brown. 2 Matt Trostle,
3. Adam Sellers.
Class 32: 1. Matt Trostle 2. & 3 Jennifer
Flmchbaugh
Champion - Matt Trostle
Reserve - Jennifer Flmchbaugh
Pairs Champion - Matt Trostle
Pairs Reserve - Jennifer Flmchbaugh
Wis., is seen as an excellent oppor
tunity for Pennsylvania Holstein
breeders and support businesses to
promote themselves because of the
world audience the World Expo
attracts every year.
According to the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association, for $25 it
will distribute farm brochures
from the booth. A check made out
to the Pennsylvania Holstein Asso
ciation and the brochures to be dis
tributed need to be at the PHA
office in State College by Sept. 20.
Checks and brochures should be
sent to: Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, 839 Benner Pike,
State College, PA 16801.
Exporting Cattle
The PHA is one of the leading
world exporters of dairy cattle in
the Eastern United States. For
years it has been able to develop a
strong reputation for fulfilling
requests for cattle from clients
around the world.
Fat-Protein Dollars did not rank as
high as Predicted Transmitting
Ability (PTA) for milk and protein
or udder and feet & leg
composites.
Nearly 80% of the respondents
said it was somewhat or very ben
cficial to have their DHI records
accessed by USDA, AI organiza
tions, breed associations and uni
versities for research and other
public uses. The main reasons
stated for access to records were to
improve the accuracy of sire
proofs and for faster genetic
advancement A high percentage
of the 68% of producers whose
herds are on some form of DHIA
test ranked individual cow perfor
mance, somatic cell count and
component testing as being the
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York Fair’s prized junior market lamb banner went to the
homebred Suffolf-crossbred exhibited by Matt Trostle. His
sister, Melissa Trostle, holds the banner, while Adam Sell
ers poses the champion.
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Reserve champion Junior market iamb title at the York
Fair was won by the homebred Suffolk eWe exhibited by
4-H’er Julie Kern.
To continue the strength of the
PHA export business that serves to
provide members with additional
marketing sources, and thus more
profit potential, the association
continues to seek out stock rep
resentative of the high quality
being bred and raised in
Pennsylvania.
The association has announced
it is currently seeking top young
cows that could be potential
mothers for embryos or bulls to
serve as sires.
The cows should meet several
requirements.
The classification score should
be a potential Very Good or high
er. The mammary system should
be scored a Very Good or
Excellent.
Production should be at least
22,000 pounds of milk, with 3.8
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The index should be a CTPI of
+1,500 of higher.
The dam and grandam should be
classified as a high Very Good or
Excellent and meet the same pro
duction minimums.
The sire should be a top TPI
bull.
The PHA is requesting that
those who have milking daughters
of the top TPI bulls that meet or
exceed the criteria should please
forward the cow’s pedigree to the
office. If the cow is not scored or
has a record in progress and it is
felt that she will meet the criteria,
the PHA is also interested.
Mail or send via fascimile (fax)
machine the pedigree to the PHA.
The fax number is (814) 234-1698.
For more information, call the
PHA at (814) 234-0364.