Huntingdon County Youth Beef Winners Announced William R. Nichols of Tyrone won Supreme Champion Beef Female at the Huntingdon County Fair. Branded Beef Market By Bill Henning Penn State Another large pack er has entered the branded beef market. The success IBP has shown in the introduc tion of the Thomas E. Wilson 1 ' line of beef products has prompt ed others to follow suit. IBP continues its ex pansion into the pro duction of case-ready, branded meat prod ucts. The company has chosen Sherman, Texas as the site for a new case-ready meats operation that will em ploy up to 1,400 peo ple. The Sherman plant will produce packaged cuts of fresh beef and pork that are ready for retail grocers to place directly into the meat case. The operation will eventually pro duce several million pounds of fresh meat each week. Product from the plant will be sold to re tail grocers, primarily in the southern U.S., under the company’s new Thomas E. Wil son' 1 brand name. Hormel Foods Corp., pleased with its branded fresh pork product line, now plans a move into the branded beef category, reported Reuters. Sales of Hormel’s Al ways Tender' 1 flavor ed marinated pork items were up 18 per cent in the first half of 2000 in terms of ton nage, while the Always Tender Boneless pork line saw sales tonnage expand 45 percent. “What’s next? Obvi ously we’re moving into beef,” said CFO Michael McCoy. Two flavors of Always Ten der marinated beef, peppercorn and barbe cue, have received a “phenomenal” re sponse in five test markets, he said. Huntingdon county iff"** ' WVJS * You can lower your cost of milk production and increase your 1/2 acre or more per cow in GOOD Pasture, and still feeding some corn silage but cutting back on concentrates and stored feeds etc. With proper management and the right grass - clover - alfalfa mix this can be your most profitable acreage. Now Is A Good Time To Seed Pastures In Lancaster County, Ryegrass Can Be Seeded Until Oct, 20, Orchardgrass Oct, 10, Timothy Oct, 15 fed BARENBRUG Forages For Profit GREAT IN GRASS HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PRODUCE A HUNDRED LBS. OF MILK Pasture Blends To Fit Your Needs GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent HUNTINGDON (Mifflin Co.) The 2000 Huntingdon County 4-H and FFA Beef Show took place in mid-August and con cluded with John D. Nichols of Tyrone accepting the grand champions honors. Show judge Wendall Landis of Lancaster se lected Nichols’ 1,314-pound Angus. Nichols, an 18-year-old freshman at Penn State, later sold his steer to Eric Lindberg of Hoss’s Steak and Sea House in Huntingdon. Lindberg purchased the steer for $3.20 per pound. Reserve grand champion mar ket steer went to Becky Mowrer of Petersburg after she showed her 1,149-pound Angus cross. Mowrer is a sophomore at Junia ta Valley High School in Alexan dria. At the livestock sale, Poole Anderson Construction of Hunt ingdon purchased her steer for $1.40 per pound. AARON KING SEEDS Specializing in high quality forages and grazing since 1993 Fairview Fruit Farm, 96 Paradise Lane, Ronks, PA 717-687-6224 - Call For The Name Of Your Nearest Dealer - John D. Nichols of Tyrone proudly accepts grand champion honors during the Huntingdon County 4-H and FFA Beef Show held during the Huntingdon County Fair. Supreme champion honors School, went to the grand champion The beef sale took place Fri- Angus female owned by William day, Aug. 18. The 23 steers sold R. Nichols of Tyrone. Nichols is averaged $1.09 per pound with 12-years-old and in seventh champions and $.97 without grade at Juniata Valley High champions. Call Us For Your Nearest Dealer!) Lebanon valley enterprises, Inc. Manufacturing * Powder Coating • Precast RO. Box 187, Myerstown, PA 17067 • (717) 866-2030 Herd Health is ai Top Rated Alfalfas at an Attractive Price