A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7, 2000
Nine Years In Making, Martin Finally Captures
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) It took some time. Took a
lot of time, actually (nine years),
but Gary Martin of New Holland
could finally claim a supreme
market swine trophy, as he did
Tuesday evening here at the New
Holland Farmers’ Fair.
Gary, 19, a 2000 Garden Spot
High School graduate and grad
uate of the architectural drafting
program at Brownstown Vo-
Tech, watched as his brother
Gerald took home a champion
trophy in 1995, said Gary.
But on Tuesday evening, a
Yorkshire/Hampshire gilt, the
256-pound light heavyweight
champion, captured the eye of
Dave Holloway, Glen Rock,
swine judge.
Gary, son of Clarence and
Marilyn Martin, purchased the
hog from the Strauss Brothers in
Lincoln. Gary works as assistant
draftsman for Conestoga Pole
Building, New Holland.
The former Grassland FFA
sentinel plans to continue show
ing at upcoming fairs.
Reserve champion went to
Sarah Boyd, 19, daughter of
Kerry and Deb Boyd, Ephrata.
This is the last year of 4-H show
ing for Sarah, Ephrata High
School graduate, but she plans to
continue showing as an FFA
member.
Sarah exhibited the 262-pound
heavyweight division winner.
Sarah’s family nicknamed the
hog “Xena” in honor of the TV
warrior princess.
There were 63 hogs and 26 ex
hibitors. Following is a list of
show placings.
Supreme champion swine at New Holland went to Gary
Martin, left. At right is Dave Holloway, judge. Photo by
Andy Andrews
Cambria County Livestock
Sale Announces Results
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.)
At the Cambria County 4-H
Livestock Sale in early Septem
ber. 196 animals brought a total
of $82,237.63 from area buyers.
From Windber, Michael We
yant’s grand champion market
swine sold for $2.95 a pound to
Dr. Kerry Kirsch. The reserve
champion swine of Megan Ske
beck, Patton, sold for $2.40 per
pound to Agway Energy Prod
ucts. The sale average for 112
market hogs was $1.36 per
pound.
Scott Strittmatter’s grand
champion lamb was bought by
Direct Value Outlet for $3.30 per
pound. He is from Ebensburg.
The company also purchased the
reserve champion of Jamie
Johns, Johnstown, for $2 per
pound. The per-pound average
for some 23 market lambs was
$1.26.
Boss’s Steak and Sea House
bid $2.95 for the grand champion
steer of Andy Myers, South Fork,
but donated it back for resale to
Farm Bureau: Labels Needed
For Homegrown Meat
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In patently unfair to American pro
the interest of fairness to Ameri- ducers.
can consumers and the produc- "Today, a great deal of foreign
ers who put meat and poultry on beef is graded by USDA and sold
their tables. Farm Bureau recent- at retail to the consumer simply
ly told Congress that country-of- as USDA-graded beef,” Rigoliz
origin labels should be standard zo said. “Foreign beef is fre
on all retail meat. quently advertised as USDA-in
“We feel that consumers have spected meat without mention of
the right to know where the food whether it is a domestic or im
they are buying is produced, in ported product.”
order to distinguish American He said despite failed legisla
products from those produced in tive attempts to amend the Fed
other countries,” New Jersey eral Meat Inspection Act to re-
Farm Bureau President John Ri- quire imported product labels,
golizzo told a House Agriculture Farm Bureau continues to push
subcommittee. “Consumers have the issue,
confidence in America’s farmers Rigolizzo told lawmakers that
and ranchers. This allows them Farm Bureau and other farm
to buy products produced by and livestock groups recently
their fellow Americans and be as- asked Agriculture Secretary Dan
sured that the products were pro- Glickman to write new regula
duced in America.” tions to create a program to
Rigolizzo, a Garden State allow home-grown beef to be la
farmer and American Farm Bu- beled “Beef: Made in the USA.”
reau Federation board member, “Farm Bureau believes that a
said surveys show consumers process-verified program certi
care about the origin of the food tied by USDA would be benefi
they eat. He said current govern- cial to our livestock producers,”
ment policy, which allows im- Rigolizzo said, noting that the
ported livestock to carry USDA certified beef must originate from
inspection labels when the ani- cattle that are processed, raised,
mals are processed in U.S. pack- and fed a minimum of 100 days
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benefit the 4-H scholarship fund.
Alex Froehlich Packing Co. then
purchased the animal.
Kostas Restaurant purchased
the reserve champion steer of
Kelly Myers of South Fork for
$1.20 per pound. An average of
$l.Ol per pound was paid for the
24 steers that crossed the auction
block.
Long Hardwoods paid a pre
mium price of $2.85 per pound
for the grand champion market
goat of Katie McMullen of Ash
ville. The reserve champion goat
of Clairissa Myers of Ashville
brought $1.35 per pound from
Long Barn, Inc. The five market
goats sold averaged $1.50 per
pound.
Blarney Stone Personal Care
purchased the grand champion
veal of Kelly Myers of South
Fork for $l.lO per pound. Kry
stal Heinlein of Summerhill had
the reserve champion veal, which
brought $2 per pound from Alex
Froehlich Packing Co. Fifteen
veal animals averaged $1.07 per
pound.
Showmanship champions at the New Holland Farmers’
Fair Swine Show. From left, Gerald Martin, junior champi
on; Dave Holloway, judge; and Derick Bollinger, senior
champion. Photo by Andy Andrews
Class 3 (236-238 lbs) 1 Zack Stoltzfus Class 9 (254-258 lbs) 1 Gary Martin 2
2 Jen Hughes 3 Jenny Hoover Enc Ober 3 Zack Stoltzfus
Lightweight Champion Zack Stoltzfus Light Heavyweight Champion Gary Mar-
Reserve Andrew Gerhart tin Reserve Mitchell Hershey
Middleweight Class 4 (238-240 lbs) - 1 Heavyweight Class 10 (260 lbs) 1 Ger-
Mltchell Hershey 2 Angela Hoover. 3 aid Martin 2 Derick Bollinger 3 Rachel
Jenny Hoover Brubaker
Class 5 (242-244 lbs.) 1 Sarah Boyd 2 Class 11 (262-266 lbs) 1 Sarah Boyd
Nathan Hoover 3 Justin Martin 2 Nathan Hoover 3 Jacob Brubaker
Class 6 (246-250 lbs)- 1 Andrew Ger- Class 12 (264-270 lbs) 1 Gerald Martin
hart 2 Jason Martin 3 Denck Bollinger. 2. Enc Ober 3 Zack Stoltzfus
Middleweight Champion- Sarah Boyd Heavyweight Champion Sarah Boyd
MARKET SWINE Reserve Nathan Hoover Reserve Gerald Martin
Lightweight Class 1 (220-228 lbs) 1 Light Heavyweight Class 7 (250 lbs) 1 SUPREME CHAMPION
Matthew Gerhart 2 Amy Becker 3 Cory Mitchell Hershey. 2 Justin Martin. 3 Todd MARKET HOG
Simo Stoltzfus Gary Martin
Class 2 (228-232 lbs) 1 Andrew Ger- Class 8 (250-252 lbs)' 1 Derick Bolling- RESERVE
hart 2 Gary Martin 3 Nathan Hoover er 2 Gary Martin 3 Todd Stoltzfus Sarah Boyd
USD A Reaches Proposed Settlement Of Animal Welfare Lawsuit
NEW HOLLAND
FARMERS’ FAIR
SWINE SHOW
RESULTS
SHOWMANSHIP
Seniors 1 Derick Bollinger 2 Amy
Becker 3 Jenny Hoover Champion De
rick Bollinger
Juniors 1 Gerald Martin 2 Todd Stoltz
fus 3 Jason Martin Champion Gerald
Martin
Amateurs 1 Holly Hoover 2 Cody
Drace 3 Josh Hoover Champion Holly
Hoover
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USD A has reached a proposed
settlement of an animal welfare
lawsuit brought by the Alterna
tives Research & Development
Foundation.
Under the terms of the set
tlement, which has yet to be ap
proved by the federal judge over
seeing the case, USD A will
initiate and complete a rulemak
ing process on the regulation of
rats, mice, and birds under the
Animal Welfare Act. These ani
mals are not currently regulated
under the Animal Welfare Act by
USDA.
“I believe this proposed set
tlement is a reasonable resolution
of this case,” said Agriculture
Secretary Dan Glickman. “By
initiating rulemaking, we ensure
an open process with significant
opportunity for public input. If
the settlement is approved, I
would strongly urge interested
parties to actively participate in
the rulemaking process to ensure
that alt points of view are fairly
New Holland Swine Champion
Sarah Boyd won reserve champion hog at the New Hol
land Farmers’ Fair. Dave Holloway judged the show.
represented.” the public informed throughout
USDA will keep ARDF and the rulemaking process.
National Farmers Organization
Commends GAO Report
AMES, lowa A major farm
organization recently heralded
congressional moves to corral
America’s agricultural giants.
Working hard for U.S. family
farmers and ranchers, National
Farmers Organization commend
ed the recent General Account
ing Office report and Sen.
Charles Grassley’s legislation to
restore fairness to agriculture.
“We’re extremely enthusiastic
that it appears the bull is finally
being taken by the horns,” said
Paul Olson, President of Nation
al Farmers Organization. “With
all the mergers, consolidations,
and anticompetitive practices
that have taken place in the last
10 years, it’s certainly time to
exercise some regulatory authori
ty, and restore equitability and
profitability to family farming.”
The General Accounting Of
fice (GAO) reported in 1991 that
USDA was not effectively moni
toring competition in livestock
markets, and its most recent re
port suggests that the nation’s
agriculture department has not
exercised its regulatory power
provided by the 1921 Packers
and Stockyards Act. Gerald
Thain, a noted expert on compe
tition and a professor at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin law school,
has said that the Secretary of Ag
riculture holds complete regula
tory power over packers and all
their actions.
A study commissioned by the
American Meat Institute, which
represents some large U.S. pack
ers, even found a negative side to
contracting. Its study concluded
that when contracting becomes
widespread, open markets wither
away and fair price discovery
does not take place. The report
also noted that increased market
concentration can raise the bar
for independent producers to re
main in business and prosper.
“While USDA has acknowl
edged the need to make changes
in the past, the agency has never
gotten the job done,” said Sena
tor Charles Grassley, R-lowa.
“The GAO report provides the
blueprint for fixing the prob
lems.” National Farmers, along
with several other farm groups,
have been calling attention to the
problem for several years.