Lancaster 4-H Livestock Shows Held
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
LAMPETER (Lancaster Co.)
The grand champion steer at the
Lancaster County 4-H beef round
up was shown by Jessica Schmidt,
Drumore. And the reserve grand
champion was shown by Ryan
Donough, Manhcim.
The lightweight champion was
shown by Megan Little, and the
reserve champion lightweight was
shown by Jessica Stoltzfus.
Sarah Noll’s mediumweight
steer followed the grand champion
in class, and Dean Livengood’s
heavyweight steer followed the
reserve grand champion in class.
In the showmanship classes, Jill
Hoffines was champion and won
the annual Intell steer for her work.
Reserve champion showman was
DFP
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Re
sponding to an announcement by
the Northeast Compact Commis
sion that hearings have been re
opened for oral testimony, offi
cials of Dairy Farmers of America
(DFA) said die milk marketing co
operative would be represented in
the new hearing scheduled to take
place Sept. 2.
DFA leaders said they are
working on a position that will
meet the needs of the Commis
sion, the market place and the
dairy farmers who are owners of
DFA.
In testimony before the North
east Dairy Compact Commission
early in July, Dairy Farmers of
America, the nation’s largest dairy
marketing cooperative, reiterated
its support for the Northeast Dairy
Compact, but told Commission
members the cooperative could
not support amendments that
would disallow transfers or diver
sions of milk to qualify for Com
pact payments.
Testifying on behalf of the
Northeast Area of DFA, Eastern
region sales manager Dean K. El
linwood said DFA could not sup
port a proposed amendment that,
if approved, would exclude milk
Field Day Aug.
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
What’s the potential for narrow
com and Bt com on Lancaster
County farms? This question will
be the focus of an evening field
day planned for Aug. 25 at 7 p.m.
at the Penn State Southeast Field
Research Farm near Landisville.
According to Bob Anderson,
Lancaster County extension agent,
these two technologies appear to
have a place in southcentral Penn
sylvania com production.
Bob Anderson, Lancaster
County extension agent; Dr. Greg
Roth, Penn State Agronomy De
partment; and John Yocum, Penn
State Agronomy Department, are
in the second year of two studies.
The first study was designed to de
termine the advantages and disad
vantages of planting com in nar
row rows. The second study looks
at the optimum planting time for
the use of Bt com. The studies are
located on- the Penn State Farm,
located off Auction Road between
Landisville and Manheim.
While only one year of yield
data is available at this time, it ap
pears that there arc advantages to
narrow rows which are associated
with planting dates and plant
populations. Bt com also appears
to have an optimum time for plant
ing. In 1997 narrow row study in-
Dean Livengood, who won the
$3OO check from Lancaster
Farming.
In the farm show steers, Sarah
Nolt had first place; Travis
Donough was second, and Dean
Livingood was third.
In the beef heifer show, Jill Hof
fines had the grand champion, and
Jessica Schmidt had the reserve
grand champion.
In the pygmy goat showmanship
contest, Mark Graybill was named
the grand champion, and Monica
George was the reserved grand
champion.
Amanda Grubc exhibited the top
market goat, and Brian Geib had
the reserve champion market goat.
The top placings are as follows:
STEERS
Lightweight, class 1,1. Megan Little; 2.
Testimony Supports
Northeast Compact
from the pool which is either di
verted or transferred in bulk out of
the Compact regulated area. The -
end result of such an amendmanet
would be to disqualify such di
verted or transferred milk from the
Compact over-order producer pre
mium.
Ellinwood said DFA could not
support the amendment because of
the negative impact such action
would have on efforts to balance
the market in times of ovetsupply.
“Federal orders provide for and al
low milk to be diverted out of the
regulated area in order to meet the
daily, weekly, holiday and season
al balancing needs of processors,”
said Ellinwood. “DFA helps bal
ance the New England Market on
a daily basis by moving milk out
of the area when it is not needed.
In order to keep the expense of
transportation costs to a mini
mum, we currently reload milk
that is produced in New England
and transport that milk to other lo
cations outside of the current com
pact geographic area.”
“The Commission’s proposed
amendments should be parallel to,
not perpendicular to the Federal
Order requirements," said Ellin-
cluded four planting dates be
tween late March and mid June,
two com varieties one with up
right leaves and the other with
normal leaves, and two popula
tions planted in conventional
30-inch rows and in narrow
15-inch rows.
Yield data was obtained for
both grain yields and silage yields.
Silage yields were also evaluated
for feed value. The study was
replicated again in 1998 using on
ly one plant population, four
planting dates, two varieties, and
the two row widths. A second
study conducted in 1997 evaluated
Bt and non-Bt com planted on
April 29 and May 30. The planting
date showed a significant correla
tion between planting date and use
of Bt com. This study is being
replicated again in 1998.
The field day will highlight the
results of the 1997 studies while
showing the 1998 plots. Area com
growers and other persons inter
ested in com production are in
vited to attend the field day. Bring
your questions about narrow tow
com and Bt com along to the
meeting. Anderson, Roth, and Yo
cum will he on hand to discuss the
results of the study and to answer
qUC§dqpS> - i r ii t w - t } )H ♦.nut
Katrina Frey; 3. Jason Rohrer. Light
weight, class 2,1. Jessica Stoitzfus; 2. Jes
sica Rohrer; 3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Mediuraweight, class 1, 1. Jill Hof-
Ones; 2. Ryan Groff; 3. Nicole Hess.
Medlumweight, class 2, 1. Jessica
Schmidt; 2, Sarah Nolt; 3. Rachel
Keener.
' Heavyweight, class 1, Ryan Donough;
2. Joelynn Donough; 3. John Hess.
Heavyweight, class 2,1. Dean Livengood;
2. Katie NoU; 3. Adam Zurin.
Class 1, L Jill HofOnes; 2. Dean Liven
good; 3. Travis Donough.
Class 2, 1. Ryan Donough; 2. Jessica
Schmidt; 3. Nicole Hess.
Class 3,1. Amanda Gnibe; 2. Daniel
Fox; 3. Sarah Nolt.
Class 4, 1. Joelynn Donough; 2. Adam
Zurin; 3. Katrina Frey.
wood. The disqualifying of all
transfers and diversions from pro
ducer premiums only penalizes
the dairy farmer that the Compact
is intended to help. In fact, such
action would actually affect Ver
mont producers compact premium
in a negative manner,” he added.
Concluding his remarks, Ellin
wood urged Commissioners not to
adopt the proposed amendment
concerning milk diversions and
transfers. “Such a move would
only financially hurt the people
we are trying to help, our dairy
farmer owners,” he said.
Dairy Farmers of America is a
dairy marketing cooperative with
22,000 members in 42 states. DFA
markets more than 38 billion
pounds of milk, supplying bottling
and manufacturing plants that pro
duce a complete line of dairy
products for consumers in the
United States and around the
world.
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Amanda Grube shows the champion market goat at the
1998 Lancaster 4-H round-up.
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