A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5, 2000 NORTH CORNWALL (Leba non Co.) Kyle Fleener exhib ited the supreme champion hog Monday here at the Lebanon Fair. Justin Fuls won reserve champion. Jason Shirk exhibited the champion Yorkshire. Joel Crouse captured champion Duroc. Janine Winebark won cham pion complete market hog in the carcass contest. Brandon Wine bark was reserve. Trisha Berger exhibited the champion Landrace. Henry Holloway judged the show. Following is a list of plac ings. LEBANON FAIR SWINE SHOW RESULTS Light Weight Class 1:1. Nate Artz. 2. Kirk Artz. 3. Tyler Bohannon. Light Weight Class 2:1. Shane P. McKin ney. 2. B.J. Atkins. 3. Cart Bsenhauer. Light Weight Class 3: 1. A.J. Atkins. 2. Angela Decker. 3. Zach Breidenstine, Light Weight Class 4:1. Joe Tice. 2. Kurt Fleener. 3. Angela Decker. Light Weight Class 5; 1. Shelly Spatz. 2. Josh Kleinfelter. 3. Matt Kleinfelter. Light Weight Class 6; 1. Hannah Artz. 2. Rachel Bechtel. 3. Renee Blatt. Light Weight Class 7: 1. Nate Tice. 2. Blake Ziegler. 3. Michael Marks. Light Weight Champion: Joe Tice. Light Weight Reserve Champion: Kurt Fleener. Medium Weight Class 8:1. Travis Adam. 2. Morgan A. Firestine. 3. Hannah Artz. Medium Weight Class 9: 1. Erin Willard. 2. Blake Ziegler. 3. Jordan Wenger. Medium Weight Class 10:1. Ryan Spatz. 2. Natalie Wenger. 3. Becky Spatz. Medium Weight Class 11: 1. Brandon Winebark. 2. Lianna Fisher. 3. Nate Artz. Medium Weight Class 12:1. Nate Tice. 2. Nathan Spatz. 3. Ryan Spatz. Medium Weight Class 13: 1. Michelle Risser. 2. Alisha Risser, 3. Tabitha Kohr. Medium Weight Champion; Erin Willard. Medium Weight Reserve Champion: Ryan Spatz. Light Heavy Weight Class 14: 1. Kurt Fleener. 2. Tim Crouse, 3. Deanna Ebling. pennState ” ' " College of Agricultural Sciences From the Department of Dairy and Animal Science The FH Syndrome Virginia A. Ishler PSU Program Assit. Dairy & Animal Science UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) The fat heifer syndrome is a prevalent condi tion observed out in the field. As herds undergo expansion, it ap pears that the situation is be coming worse. There are several reasons for this. The first is that older heifers are spending the majority of their time in a free stall environment. They obtain minimal exercise by going to and from the feed bunk. The second reason is that aca demia and industry have pro moted harvesting good to excellent quality forages so that low quality forages are difficult to obtain for many herds. Even when heifers do receive lower quality forages in a well balanced ration, it still is a chal lenge to keep heifers from gaining too much condition in confined housing. The ramification from raising fat heifers is that they usually perform poorly after calving. They are candidates for going off feed, getting a displaced abomasum, and in some cases being culled for poor perform ance. With the costs invested in raising heifers, this is a terrible waste of resources. In order to avoid the fat heifer syndrome, there are few man- Fleener Exhibits Supreme Hog Champion Janine Winebark, right, won champion carcass swine at the Lebanon Fair. Henry Holloway, left, judged the show. Light Heavy Weight Class 15: 1. Joe Tice. 2. Danielle Ebling. 3. Renee Blatt. Light Heavy Weight Class 16: 1. Mar geaux L. Firestine. 2. Samantha Kohr. 3. Jake Spatz. Light Heavy Weight Class 17; 1. Jami Willard. 2. Jordan Wenger. 3. Aaron Be chtel. Light Heavy Weight Class 18: 1. Emily Ziegler. 2. Aaron Bechtel. 3. Becky Moyer. Light Heavy Weight Class 19; 1. Brandon Winebark. 2. Kyle Fleener. 3. Gretchen Artz. Light Heavy Weight Champion: Brandon Winebark. Light Heavy Weight Reserve Champion: Kyle Fleener. Heavy Weight Class 20:1. Lianna Fisher. 2. Eric Ziegler. 3. Laura Ziegler. Heavy Weight Class 21; 1. Margeaux L. Firestine. 2. Emily Wenger. 3. Derrick Ebling. Heavy Weight Class 22; 1. Justin Fuls. 2. Natalie Wenger, 3. Becky Wenger. Heavy Weight Class 23:1. Kyle Fleener. 2. Tim Schaeffer. 3. Rebecca Palm. Heavy Weight Class 24: t. Justin Fuls. 2. agement modifications to con sider. Pasture is one of the best ways to of getting animals off concrete and promoting ex ercise. If pasture ground is a limiting factor on the home farm, then contracting heifers to a heifer grower with the avail able pasture could be an option. Regardless of who is growing the heifers, they need to be ob served on a regular basis. It is necessary to ensure there is ade quate pasture and water, and that no injuries have occurred. Proper practices should be fol lowed related to control internal and external parasites. Abundant pasture that is kept young and actively growing may provide most of the nutrients needed by heifers more than nine months old. Pastured heif ers should be provided with a minimum of free-choice trace mineral salt. In the hot dry peri ods of summer if adequate rain fall has not been forthcoming for pasture regrowth, then supple menting heifers with grain or a total mixed ration is recom mended. The body condition scores of heifers should be monitored to avoid under- or over conditioned animals. Breeding age heifers should have a body condition score near a 3.0 to 3.25 (scale one to five where one is thin and five is fat). A body con dition score of 3.5 to 3.7 are con- Alex Seaman. 3. Eric Ziegler. Heavy Weight Class 25:1. Tabitha Kohr. 2. Alisha Risser. 3. Niomi Bechtel. Heavy Weight Class 26:1. Janine Wine bark. 2. Deanna Ebling. 3. Matthew Moyer. Heavyweight Champion; Kyle Fleener. Heavy Weight Reserve Champion; Justin Fuls. Crossbred Champion: Kyle Fleener. Crossbred Reserve Champion; Justin Fuls. BREEDS Duroc Class 27:1. Joel Crouse. Champion; Joel Crouse. Hampshire Class 28:1. Janine Winebark. 2. Jesse Stratton. Champion: Janine Winebark. Reserve Champion; Jesse Stratton. Landrace Class 29; 1. Trisha Berger. 2. Trisha Berger. Champion: Trisha Berger. Reserve Champion: Trisha Berger. Yorkshire Class 30: 1. Jason Shirk. 2. Danielle Ebling. 3. Joshua Seaman. Champion: Jason Shirk. Reserve Champion: Danielle Ebling. Overall Champion: Kyle Fleener. Overall Reserve Champion: Justin Fuls. sidered ideal for heifers calving at 22 to 24 months of age. If older heifers lose too much weight and body condition on pasture, this can be as detrimen tal on performance as being over-conditioned. If heifers cannot be placed on pasture, there are some practices to consider, which will minimize over-conditioning. Heifers should not be fed corn silage or any good to excellent quality haycrop forage free choice. Pro ducers should feed heifers ac cording to the nutritionist’s recommendations for dry matter intake, protein, energy, miner als, and vitamins. Feeding some low protein and energy hay to older heifers is desirable. Avoid feeding excessive amounts of concentrates. Heifers are a very important resource for the dairy producer. The time, money, and labor in vested in raising them so they calve at 22 to 24 months is at least a minimum of $1,000.00 per animal. Avoiding the FH syndrome allows animals to per form to their genetic potential and alleviates the headache in volved in treating metabolic problems at calving. Gelbvieh Alliance Hits 200,000 Head Mark The Gelbvieh Alliance profitable. Simply schedule your reached another milestone in cattle directly with Con Agra by July, processing a total of more Monday noon of the week before than 200,000 cattle through its the cattle are harvested. No min innovative grid marketing pro- imum percent Gelbvieh is re gram with Con Agra. More than quired. Then complete the 26,000 cattle were processed in American Gelbvieh Associa the first half of 2000, the second tion’s (AGA) brief scheduling highest mid-year volume in the confirmation form. Con Agra Alliance’s five-year history, will send your proceeds check June 2000 set an all-time promptly, with all AGA and monthly record of 9,106 cattle. Con Agra fees deducted up front. Participation in the Gelbvieh If you choose to provide feedlot Alliance is easy, flexible and closeout information, 25 percent Justin Fuls, right, won reserve champion overall at the Lebanon Fair. Judge was Henry Holloway, left. Joel Crouse, right, won champion Duroc hog at the Leb anon Fair. Henry Holloway judged the show. Jason Shirk, left, exhibited the champion Yorkshire at the Lebanon Fair. At right is show Judge Henry Holloway. of the AGA fees will be re funded. The AGA will send your results, including tag transfers and/or complete carcass data if requested, within 24 hours of re ceiving the data from Con Agra. Your results can be mailed, faxed or emailed. Over the past five years, pro ducers have enjoyed overall av erage live premiums of $9.84, with the top 25 percent of pens netting an impressive $35.03 per head.'
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