M-Uncastar, Faming, Saturday, February 21, 1998 HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania’s 1997 tomato growing champions were honored on Tuesday, Jan. 27 during the To mato Awards Luncheon at the 1998 Pennsylvania Vegetable Conference and Trade Show at the Hershcy Lodge and Convention Center, The State Champion Tomato Growers’ Club annually recog nizes growers who produce out standing yields of tomatoes for processing. It is sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University Hunt Named Limousin Supporter ENGLEWOOD, Colo. For hard work and dedication to serv ing the commercial cattle produc er, Charlie Hunt of Oxford, Neb. has been named the Erst recipient of the Limousin Seedstock Sup porter of the Year Award pre sented by the North American Limousin Foundation’s (NALF) Commercial Marketing Program. “Charlie Hunt has demon strated a remarkable commitment to the beef industry, to his com mercial customers, and to the Li mousin breed,” said Troy Mar shall, NALF director of commer cial programs. “He is a man of integrity that embodies everything this award was intended to be.” A family business, Charlie and Nancy, along with son Daniel, run about 300 Limousin cows and ac tively market Limousin genetics regionally and internationally. In addition to selling cattle into Latin America, Hunt hosts foreign dele gations at the ranch and has con ducted seminars in Mexico through the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. A leader in service to the breed and the industry. 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Top growers in the different classes receive an engraved plaque for their high tomato pro duction and record-keeping prac tices during the ‘Tomato Day” session of the Vegetable Growers Conference. The aims of the Champion To mato Growers’ Club are to stimu late interest in growing tomatoes for processing in the state, to en courage growers to adopt prac tices which will enable them to ef and was a founding member of the Heartland Limousin Association. He also served as an original com Charlie Hunt of Oxford, Neb., right, was honored as Li mousin’s Seedstock Supporter of the Year. Troy Marshall of the North American Limousin Foundation made the an nouncement and presented Hunt with a custom belt buckle. Top Performance. Top Value. 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