Poultry Science Club
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million orthodox Jews in the
U.S. who eat kosher foods,
Empire Kosher Poultry sells to
72 percent of that market.
Although its products are the
second most expensive, its mar
ket is broadening.
Empire Kosher exemplifies
the trend toward integrated
processors in the poultry busi
ness, which Reed said has grown
Jason Martin, vice president
of tile, Poultry Science Club,
won the award for highest
grade point average in the poul
try science major.
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Award.
at a rate of 5.6 percent a year for
the last few years. By contract
ing through processing compa
nies, growers no longer have to
assume all the risks, such as dis
ease or weather, or worry about
having enough investment capi
tal, he pointed out. Processors
are then able to prevent over
production leading to disastrous
price drops, such as occurred
recently in the park industry, he
said.
Reed, who is a University of
Pennsylvania Wharton Business
School graduate and has 25
years of business experience,
thinks that the competition of a
capitalist free trade market
works the best, if not perfectly.
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He sited Israel’s use of govern
ment subsidies and tariffs as a
system that doesn’t do a good job
of setting prices and compensat
ing producers and processors for
the risks they take.
Nutrient management and
use of antibiotics are two of the
major issues in agriculture,
Reed commented. Recent federal
crackdowns on manure spread
ing practices and the require
ment for a nutrient manage
ment program to be in place will
continue to have an impact on
the way livestock producers do
business.
Reed believes that mutations
in bacterial strains necessitates
continued research for new
antibiotics at pharmaceutical
companies. He urged politicians
to “put science behind legisla
tion” regarding antibiotics and
producers not to use antibiotics
for growth promotion.
Advice Reed gave to students,
which he said he wished some
one had given him whom he was
starting out m business, includ
ed;
•Don’t be afraid to work m a
production plant early m your
career. You need the experience
to advance, and it will benefit
the plat. Work on your skill com
petency.
•Live a balanced life. You
need to work hard, but you also
need to spend time playing and
doing things with our family.
Get a good night’s sleep.
•There are no silver bullets
to solve problems, only a series
of “small solutions.”
•Entropy is not just a princi
ple of physics-you get from peo
ple what you give to them.
Assess people by their attitude
and balance. When managing
people, treat them respectfully
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Jason Martin and Heather Lehman,who won the highest grade
point average overall award.
and make them do what needs
to be done.
•Undercommit and overde
hver. Find a job you can enjoy,
and enjoy the job you get.
Stephanie Bowman received
the Presidential Award for her
service as club president for the
past year as well as the Hardest
Working Individual Award Club
vice president Jason Martin had
the highest grade point average
in the poultry science major, and
Heather Lehman had the high
est GPA overall. Steph Molnar
won the Most Active Club
Member trophy.
The club officers for the 1999-
2000 school year are president,
Tom Karr; vice-president, Mike
Burns; secretary-treasurer,
Steph Molnar; and ag student
council representative, Jason
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In his review of the year’s
activities, club advisor Dirk
Wise reported that club alumni
had established an Industry
Alliance Scholarship Award
Fund. Recipients will have their
names on a permanent trophy
displayed at the poultry
research firm. The first two
recipients were Roxanne Kirst
(1997) and Jason Martin (1998).
In addition to the club’s
annual activities - including par
ticipation in the Penn State
Products Spectacular and Ag
Olympics and the Southeast
Poultry Show in Atlanta, Ga
having fall and spring turkey
sales, selling chicken sandwich
es at the Farm Show, and taking
a fall trip to Empire Kosher - the
club worked with a local food
bank as a service project.