Laurel D£
Fruit (Seas)
THIS REPORT IS NOT CURRENTLY
BEING ISSUED.
The final report for the 1998 season of
the LAUREL, DELAWARE AUCTION
MARKET was issued on September 17,
1998. The report will resume in the sum
mer of 1999.
FRUIT & VEGETABLE CONVENTION
30+
Pesticide
Update
Credits
Call Today for a complete program and
717-694-3596
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, RR 1
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Marketing
Grower’s Marketing Success
Story
Displays for Direct Marketing &
Adapt or Die - Wayne
Wickerham, Wickerham Farms,
Ohio
Farm Market Design
Pennsylvania Produce...
Simply Delicious
How to Earn Repeat Business
with a Supermarket Buyer -
Food Safety Issues
letable Production
Basic Ve
Nutrient Management
Drip Irrigation
Equipment
"Insect & Disease Control
Processing Vegetables
"Pest Management in Peas
Snap Bean & Pea Varieties
Ethrel Rates for Tomatoes
"Snap Bean Rotations, Cover
Crops and Root Rot
Management
"Leafhoppers in Snap Beans
"Snap Bean Weed Control
ireenhouse Vegetables
New Varieties & Non-
Traditional Crops - Robert
Hochmuth, Univ. of Florida
"Insect Control
Greenhouse Tomatoes -Dr.
Richard Snyder, Miss. State U
Tunnels & Row Covers
** Food Quality Protection Act
Update
Heating and Ventilation
Row Covers & High Tunnel
Production- Otho Wells
Potatoes
Fertility Management
Seed Handling
Red, White and Blue Potatoes
all three days
iputer Workshoi
Com
first two days
New Jersey
Fruit (Seas)
THIS REPORT IS NOT CURRENTLY
BEING ISSUED.
The final New Jersey fruit shipping
point report for the 1998 season was issued
on October 12. 1998. The report will
resume in the summer of 1999.
MID-ATLANTIC
(formerly State Hort. Annual Mtg & Penna. Vegetable Conference.)
January 26, 27, 28, 1999
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center
Featuring an Expanded Trade Show
in the newly enlarged and remodeled Convention Center
Wednesday, Jan.
Peppers and Tomatoes
Cole Crops
Labor
St. Louis
Cattle, Hogs
Springfield XL.
Monday, December 28, 1998
USDA-H Market News Service Fanners
livestock Marketing Assoc. Greenville
IlUnois
No report on Monday slaughter cattle
trading due to no reporters available.
Come to the first annual
Fresh Market Varieties Dr.
Randy Gardner, North
Carolina State University
‘Managing Tomato Diseases
Pepper Production
‘Weed Control in Peppers
and Tomatoes
ding Plants
Garden Mum Cultivars
Geraniums & Fast Cropping
- Dr. John Erwin, Univ. of
Minnesota-
Bedding Plant Disease
Management
Media Management
Perennials
Varieties
"Weed Control
Production Tips
Current Labor Issues
Labor Wage/Hour Audits
Employing Minors
H-2A Program
Grower Labor Experiences
tet Corn Production
""Spray Drift
Varieties
Nitrate Testing for
Sidedressing
Scheduling
Bt Sweet Corn
"Monitoring Insect Pests
II Fruit
Blueberry Cultivars
Processed Berrry Products
Gooseberry Cultivars
Grapes
ainable Agriculture
Compost
Cover Crops
Soil Quality & Organic
Matter
No-Tilling Vegetable Crops
Stop at the Vegetable Growers Booth at the Farm Show
- we will be offering Bloomin’ Onions this year besides our batter
dipped vegetables, Strawberry Surpises, broccoll/caullflower
salad and vegetable soup.
registration information
Box 947, Richfield, PA 17086
27
Thursday, Jan. 28
Vine Crops
Using Transplants
"Disease, Insect and Weed
Control Strategies
Seedless Watermelon
Pumpkins
Soil Management
v Green Vegetables
Lea 1
Spinach
"Weed & Disease Control in
Leafy Greens - Dr. Richard
Bonnano, Methuen, MA
Lettuce Varieties
Small Fruit
Marketing Berries
Strawberries on Plastic
Greenhouse Strawberries
Early Strawberry Cultivars
‘Table Grape Insect &
Disease Control
‘Blueberry IPM
Blueberry Nutrition
ut Flowers
* Weed Control
Post-harvest Handling
Marketing
Woody Plants
Cultivars
Herbs
Proprogating Herbs
‘Controlling Diseases
Basic Herb Production
Medicinal Uses
* category pesticide credits
expected
** core pesticide credits expected
State Horticultural Association of
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers
Association,
Maryland State Horticultural
Society and
New Jersey State Horticultural
Society
Lancaster Farming,
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettatown, NJ
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, December 29, 1998
CALVES .05-1.15.
COWS .20-.45'A .
EASY COWS .10-.33‘/i.
FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .26-.59.
HEIFERS ,19Vi -.58.
f Over so\
( Expert )
V Speakers J
sponsored by
Pennsylvania,
Saturday, January 2, 1999-Al3
BULLS .32-.49V4.
STEERS .25-57.
HOGS .08-.27.
ROASTING PIGS 4.00-31.00 EACH.
SOWS .05-.25.
SHEEP .03-.65.
LAMBS EACH 15.00-87.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .37-1.70.
GOATS EACH 44.00-104.00.
KIDS EACH 20.00-112.50.
TOTAL 990.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, PA
December 29
Report SuppUed by Auction
STEERS: CHOICE
1200-1280 LBS. 62.75-64.00.
HOLSTEINS: CHOICE
1400-1420 LBS.
50.50-53.00; STANDARD
46.75.
HEIFERS; CHOICE
1275-1150 LBS. 59.00-64.25;
STANDARD 42.00.
COWS: BREAKING
UTILITY AND COMMER
CIAL 40.00-44.25; CUTTER
AND BONING UTILITY
3650-38.50; CANNER AND
LOW CUTTER 2850-35.00;
SHELLS 22.00-2750.
BULLS: YG#l 990-1880
LBS. 39.75-41.00.
CALVES: STANDARD &
GOOD 75-95 LBS.
15.00-20.00.
FARM CALVES: #1
HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-115
LBS. 95.00-100.00; #2
90-115 LBS. 75.00-80.00; #1
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 100
LBS. 28.00; #2 HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS 80 LBS. 65.00.
HOGS: US# 1-3 283 LBS.
23.25.
SOWS; US# 1-3 385-600
LBS. 12.00-15.00, #l-3 270
LBS. 21.25.
BOARS; 750 LBS. 3.00;
785 LBS. 2.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
GOOD & CHOICE 145-155
LBS. 75.00-81.00; SLAUGH
TER SHEEP: 140-180 LBS.
49.00-54.00.
A LESSON
WELL
LEARNED...
LANCASTER
FARMING'S
CLASSIFIED
ADS
GET RESULTS!
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One-Day lours
Springtime 1999
cMemonite
(S&*K,
Philadelphia Flower Show
March 9 - Theme “Design or
Nature, the art of gardening”,
featuring 10 acres of color
Norlblandz & Mack Truck
April 13 - View miniature
railway with mountains,
valleys and cities Walk the
Mack truck assembly line
Open House & Garden Tours
April 29 - .See splendid homes
& gardens among the rolling
hills ot 1 astern Chester
County
Holocaust & Temple
May 8 - I earn the holocaust
story and attend a Jewish
service Intergcneration lour
lor grandparents to kids
Smell the Roses
June I - /lores of landscaped
gardens in Italian and Alpine
design lour Ashecombe