John Hess was the reserve champion showman at the
Lancaster 4-H Beef Roundup and received a $3OO check from
Lancaster Farming.
Daniel Fox was the champion showman at the Lancaster 4-H
Beef Roundup and won the Intell steer for his efforts. He also
had the reserve grand champion.
Livestock Teams
Participate
In Cattail Classic
WOODBINE, Md. Mem
bers of the Berks and Lebanon
counties’ 4-H livestock judging
teams recently participated here in
the second annual Cattail Classic.
The junior team consisted of
Emilie Miller and Amanda Gauk
cr, both of Berks County, along
with Tim Schaeffer and Nate Tice,
both of Lebanon. The team placed
second overall, first in swine, and
second in reasons.
Individually, Emilie Miller was
fifth high individual, placing
fourth in swine, fourth in total
placings, and ninth in total rea
sons; Amanda Gauker was 12th in
Lancaster 4-H Steer Show Held
swine; Tim Schaeffer was sixth
high individual, placing fifth in
beef, fifth in swine, fifth in total
placings, and sixth in total rea
sons, and Nate Tice was 11th high
individual, placing second in total
reasons, 11th in swine, and 12 th in
sheep.
The four members of the senior
team, all from Lebanon, were Ann
Leed, Travis Adams, and Ryan
and Nate Spatz. Travis Adams
was sixth high individual, placing
second in oral reasons, third in
sheep, and fifth in swine. Ann
Leed was seventh high individual,
placing first in sheep and third in
oral reasons.
LAMPETER (Lancaster Co ) -
In her third year of 4-H showing,
Katie Nolt, 10, showed her first
grand champion market steer at
the Lancaster County 4-H Beef
Roundup last Friday at the
Lampeter Fair grounds Katie's
winning entry named Castella
came from the mediumweight
class.
Daniel Fox followed with the
reserve champion from the same
weight class, but for Fox, the big
win of his day was the
showmanship contest that
garnered a $l,OOO check from
Intelligencer Journal to purchase a
show calf to be shown at the
2,001 Pennsylvania Farm Show m
Harrisburg.
The reserve champion
showman was John Hess, Mt Joy,
who won a $3OO check from
Lancaster Farming.
Other weight champions were:
Lightweight. Jaymi McMichael,
champion; Travis Donough,
reserve. Heavyweight, Jill
Hoffmes, champion; Amanda
Grube, reserve
In the heifer show. Fox had the
champion, and Hoffines has the
reserve champion
LIGHTWEIGHT
Class 301 1 Kristy Garrett 2 Ryan
Oonough 3 Enc Graham
Class 302 1 Jaymi McMichael 2 Travis
Donough 3 Chris Hess.
MEDIUM WEIGHT
Class 303 1 Daniel Fox. 2 Sarah Noll 3
Katrina Frey
Holstein Association Offers
Pedigree Options To Fit Any Need
BRATTLEBORO. Vt. Hol
stein Association USA offers cus
tomers three service options for
receiving the pedigrees on their
animals. Each service option al
lows the owner to set the criteria
they want to receive pedigrees
based on.
The first service option, called
ID Pedigrees, has the pedigrees
generated at the time of identifica
tion. The owner can set criteria
based on information such as
‘P’-Values or dam production
which trigger the pedigrees to be
sent
The next service option is based
on the TriStar program. This op
tion is called TriStar Lactation
Update Pedigrees. The pedigrees
are produced at the completion of
a lactation recorded under TriStar.
Again, the owner decides what
Members of the Berks and Lebanon counties livestock judging teams recently
competed at the Cattail Classic in Woodbine, Md. Back row, from left, Nate Spatz,
Lebanon; Tim Schaeffer, Lebanon; Ryan Spatz, Lebanon; and Nate Tice, Lebanon.
Front row, from left, Travis Adams, Lebanon; Ann Leed, Lebanon; Amanda Gauker,
Berks; and Emilie Miller, Berks.
Katie Nolt showed her first grand champion at the Lancaster
County 4-H Beef Roundup.
Class 304 1 Katie Nolt 2 Loren Hershey
3 Adam Zunn.
HEAVYWEIGHT
Class 305. 1 Jill Hoffmes 2 Amanda
Grube. 3 Shaun Fox
Class 306 1. Jimmy Zimmerman. 2 Ben
Flahart 3 Ryan Grolf
Class 307.1. Sarah Nolt 2 Jill Hotlines. 3.
Dean Uvengood.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION. Jaymi Mc-
criteria for production needs to be
met in order to receive a pedigree.
The third service option is Clas
sification Pedigrees. With this op
tion the owner sets a minimum
score for a cow that will trigger a
pedigree. For example, an owner
may decide he or she only wants
pedigrees on cows that score over
VG 85.
It is important to note in order
to use the TriStar or Classification
service options the owner must
use those programs. These two op
tions are aimed at the breeder who
merchandises regularly and needs
updated pedigrees as the informa
tion is updated.
Jane Jones. Holstein Associa
tion’s manager of performance
Products points out that “these op
tions allow breeders to keep up-
Michael
RESERVE CHAMPION. Travis Donough
MEDIUM WEIGHT CHAMPION. Katie
Molt.
RESERVE MEDIUM WEIGHT CHAMP
ION Daniel Fox.
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Jill Hot
lines
RESERVE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Amand Grube
dated pedigrees at the bam for
their best animals.”
Once the criteria has been set,
the pedigrees are automatically
generated when the criteria is met
When a customer’s needs change,
they can have the criteria adjusted
to meet those needs.
The Holstein Association also
gives customers the option of get
ting three, four or five-generation
pedigrees; three-generation over
the Internet or pedigrees sent on
disk. Customers can also choose
whether or not to have A-Values,
genetic values and owner informa
tion printed on the pedigrees.
These preferences and options
give the customer the flexibility
they need and automatically gen
erate pedigrees according to their
own criteria.