UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.)-The PA Department of Agri
culture’s Meat Animal Eval
uation Center announces the 84-
day results of the Bull Perform
ance Testing Program. We have
78 outstanding bulls on test this
year. The group consists of 39
Angus, nine Polled Herefords, 28
Simmentals, one Charolais and
one Limousin.
The 39 Angus have main
tained a group average daily
gain of 4.26 lbs per day through
84 days with a lifetime weight
per day of age of 3.47 pouftds.
The top-gaining Angus bull is
the T.C. Stockman 365 son
owned by Ed Dunkelberger. The
5.77 Ibs/day this bull recorded
through 84 days is the 2nd high
est gain overall breeds! The sec
ond fastest gaining Angus is the
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PS Traveler 351 614 son of Mar
lin and Steve Paul, who gained
5.46 lbs per day.
The top-gaining Polled Here
ford bull is the SBF Royal Ran
cher son consigned by Shawn
Eberly. This bull gained 4.76 lbs/
day. The second-fastest gaining
Polled Hereford is the MGM
Renegade son owned by Steve
and Jeff Reigel and he gained
4.64 pounds per day through the
84 days. The nine Polled Here
ford bulls achieved an average
daily gain of 4.17 pounds per
day and a lifetime weight per
day of age of 3.56 pounds per
day.
The 28 Simmentals on test
gained an average 3.98 pounds
per day and maintained a life
time weight per day of age of
3.53 pounds. The top gaining
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Simmental bull is the Lehman
Lucky Buck 7049 C son owned by
John Myers. This bull recorded
an ADG of 5.80 which is the
highest ADG overall breeds. The
second-fastest gaining Simmen
tal was the bull consigned by
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G7Z son gained 4.54 pounds per
day on test.
The top-gaining Limousin bull
is the Quail Run Black Ink son
which gained 4.06 pounds per
day and was consigned by Kevin
Murphy. The top-gaining Charo
lais, consigned by Raymond
Bratton, gained 4.19 pounds per
day on test and is a son of BCF
New Trend 992. P.
The bulls will all be weighed
off test February 22, 2000. They
will then have their final aver
age daily gain, adjusted 365-day
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weight, frame score, and adjust
ed fat thickness calculated. The
bulls will be scanned ultrasoni
cally to determine fat thickness,
and estimated loin eye areas.
The bulls will undergo a compre
hensive breeding soundness
exam, including collections, and
a semen evaluation. The bull
must meet minimum require
ments for structural soundness
and breed character.
After all of the evaluations,
approximately the top 75% of
the bulls will be selected to be
offered in PA’s 27th Annual Per
formance Tested Bull Sale
scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Friday,
March 31, 2000. The bull sale is
First Union Salutes Ag Industry
At Agri-Education Seminar
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
-’’Agriculture 2000” will be the
forward-looking focus of the
19th annual First Union Agri-
Education Seminar Thursday,
Feb. 24, here at the Farm and
Home Center.
According to Damn Boyd,
manager of First Union’s Agri-
Finance Department, First Un
ion annual sponsors this semi
nar for members of the agricul
tural and agribusiness commu
nity to keep them informed of
the changes and potential oppor
tunities in the industry. The
seminar will be conducted from
8:30 a m. to 3 p.m
In Pennsylvania, agriculture
is the number on industry, and
Pennsylvania farms lead the
way in the Northeast. According
to Boyd, Pennsylvania agricul
ture led the Northeast with
$4.14 billion in cash receipts and
an additional $4O billion related
economic activity. Agricultural
business creates jobs for one out
of every five Pennsylvanians.
The keynote speaker will be
Marcia Z. Taylor, editor of Top
Producer, Farm Journal Publish
ing’s business magazine for
executive farmers. Taylor will
challenge attendees to “Don’t
Underestimate the Competi
tion.” Also appearing at the sem
inar for the first time will be G.
David Orr and Ronald J.
Hanson. Chief economist of First
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 19, 2000-C3
planned as a central part of PA’s
11th Annual Beef Expo which
runs March 30th through April
2nd at Penn State’s Ag Arena.
The Expo will have something
for everyone. There will be edu
cational displays, a large trade
show, junior activities and
shows, purebred Angus Short
horn and Simmental sales, and
great food.
For more information about
the bulls on test, the PA Beef
Expo, or to request bull sale cat
alogs, contact Glenn Eberly, Dir
ector, Meat Animal Evaluation
Center, 651 Fox Hollow Rd.,
State College, PA 16803. Phone
814-238-2527 or 814-865-5857.
Union National Bank, Orr will
share his economic forecast of
“Optimism Tempered by Real
ism.” Hanson is professor of
agricultural economics at Uni
versity of Nebraska and will
look at “The Unspoken Words of
a Family”
Dr. David M. Kohl, professor
of agricultural economics and
snail business management at
Virginia Tech and a past semi
nar presenter, will provide new
insight in his talk, “Agrivisions
m the New Millennium” John
M Blanchfield, another previous
participant and manager of agri
cultural banking and rural
development for the American
Bankers Association’s federal
legislative operations depart
ment, will outline “Federal Ag
Policy Changes in 2000 ” H
Louis Moore, professor of agri
cultural economics at Penn
State University, will discuss
“Agricultural Markets in 2000 ”
Other seminar speakers will
be Jennifer Zimmerman, Lan
caster County FFA president,
and Sarah Boyd, 1999 Superior
4-H recipient in Lancaster Coun
ty. Zimmerman is a senior at
Ephrata High School. Boyd is a
student at Millersville Univer
sity.
For further information, con
tact First Union’s Agri-Finance
office in Lancaster at (717) 291-
3519.
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