the Crouse brothers, Travis, 12, and Darren, 13, from Green County. (ContiiHMd from Page A3O) Ramboulllet Fall Ewe Lamb 1,2 John Strawbndge Ramboulllet Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Christina Gardner, 2 John Strawbndge Ramboulllet Champion Ewe 1 Bill George Leib Rimboulllet Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Christina Gardner Shropshire Yearling Ewe 1 Taryn McCaffrey. 2,3 Jessica McMurtne Shropshire Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Amanda Lynn Miller, 2,3 Jessica McMurtne Shropshire Champion Ewe 1 Amanda Lynn Miller Shropshire Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Jessica McMurtne Southdown Yearling Ewe 1 Jaime Fought, 2 Bill George Leib, 3 Stephanie Kauffman Southdown Fall Ewe Lamb t Jennifer Zimmerman Southdown Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Jaime Fought, 2 Jennifer Flmchbaugh, 3 Shannon Holtzinger Southdown Champion Ewe 1 Jaime Fought Southdown Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Jaime Fought Suffolk Yearling Ewe 1 Katrina Frey, 2 ADVANCED GRASS AND GRAZING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2000 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Harvest Drive Family Restaurant, Intercourse, PA AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS! CHRIS MORTLOCK, Forage Director, New Zealand Agriseeds (Barenbrug) will talk about grass management & profit figures in New Zealand, Australia, and South America. JOHNTHYSSEN, Forage Director, Barenbrug USA, Ex dairy farmer/ grazer in Holland will tell us about grazing in Holland, then discuss the best of both systems and what we can do to make it work here. Whether grass is used as a large or small part of the ration. Included in the discussion will be variety selection, fertility, grazing, harvesting grass silage, and incorporating high feed value grass into the ration. DAN CRAMER, a dairy grazier in Wise, agreed to renovate 20 acres of his traditional pastures to BG-34 perennial ryegrass in the fall of 98. In the spring of 99 he split his dairy herd in half with the one herd grazing BG-34 and the other herd grazing traditional grass (bluegrass, Quackgrass, fescue, etc.) The milk was weighed at each milking and the BG-34 pastures yielded more the TWICE AS MUCH MILK PER ACRE! ROMAN STOLTZFOOS, a leading Lancaster Co. organic grazier will give tips on how to make more profit with grazing and explain why we think most everybody should do at least some grazing. Will touch on reseeding, irrigation, and some of the best Profit per cow figures to be found anywhere. To ensure plenty of lunch for everyone PHASE REGISTER by January 17. Call Aaron King Seeds at 717-687-6224 or Barenbrug at 1 -800-435-5296 *lf you need to hire a driver, you can deduct half the cost off this spring's seed order! Shane Conaway, 3 Andrew Gerhart Suffolk Fall Ewe Lamb 1 Sharon Ankrom, 2 Dana Hardisky Suffolk Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Shane Conaway, 2 Kalnna Frey, 3 Shane Conaway Suffolk Champion Ewe 1 Katrina Frey Suffolk Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Shane Conaway Montadale Yearling Ewe 1 Jessica Schmidt Montadale Fill Ewe Limb 1 Jessica Schmidt Montidile Spring Ewe Limb 1 2 Paul Kitzmiller Montadile Champion Ewe 1 Paul Kitzmiller Montdale Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Paul Kitzmiller Columbia Yearling Ewe 1 Travis Crouse Columbia Spring Ewe Lamb 1 Travis Crouse Columbia Champion Ewe 1 Travis Crouse Columbia Reaerve Champion Ewe 1 Travis Crouse Oxford Yearling Ewe 1 Bill George Leib Oxford Spring Ewe Lamb 1,2 Jacob Garges, 3 Benjamin Sollenberger Oxford Champion Ewe 1 Jacob Garges Oxford Reserve Champion Ewe 1 Bill George Leib DAN CRAMER FARM TRIAL A Itv Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayea Jr. holds the grand champion market lamb banner for Lucas Svonavec. From left are Lamb and Wool Industry royalty, Alternate Amanda Darr of Somerset County, Princess Amanda Wilson of Cambria County, and Queen Laurie Bero of Bedford County. Svonavec And Burrell Capture Market Lamb Honors At Farm Show LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) For the third year in a row, a Svonavec captured the grand champion market lamb competition. Only this year Lucas clinched the title instead of his sister Heidi. For the past two years, Lucas had to settle for reserve champion market lamb at the state Farm Show. Although that in itself is a remarkable feat because of the top family’s annual spring sale, quality lambs that compete, Lucas “We exercise them everyday, was delighted that his crossbred but it’s mostly genetics,” Lucas lamb “Yo Yo” earned the judge’s said of the market lambs impress admiration for tying everything ivc conditioning. together with its wide base, pretty Lucas, 18, is a high school neck, pretty shoulders, ami tight senior. Heidi is in college and a top. younger brother Gabe also show The Svonavcc family raise sheep. Parents are David and Betty about 60 breeding ewes on their Lou Svonavcc. 150-acrc Somerset County farm. Michael Burrell broke the Svo- The ewes are crossbred to produce navcc’s two-year monopoly of market lambs that are sold at the clinching both champ ion and reserve titles, although it was a toss-up according to the judge ter Farming, Saturday of selecting Burrell's or another Svonavec lamb for the reserve. "Both are similiar in hip structure and handle well," the judge said after prolonged inner debating. He selected Burrell’s Suffolk Cross. It was the first time Burrell won at a Farm Show. He raises about 10 breeding sheep on the family’s MBC Acres. The acronym MBC stands for Michael, and parents Bill and Carolyn. The 18-year-old is a Messiah College pre-med student Of the show, Robert Kimm, judge and lowa breeder, said the lambs were good and practical for the industry. A partial listing of market lamb results will appear in next week’s issue of Lancaster Farming. r, January 15, 2000-A3l
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