PI 17530 090 I V 01.46 No. 13 Julia combine efforts to come up prtth tbefr own custom- Ann Photo Rmaok Railroads, Wartime, And Long- Term Career&At The Stockyards Part 2 of 3 MICHELLE RANCK Lancaster Farming Staff Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series exploAng historical mid present-day Lan caster Stockyards. Jdhn M. Hooter, Melvin Horn, and Bill Three famiHec work together CO milk 400 Holstelne and terra 300 acree at Wolfe's Powertlne Dairy, leek, from left, ere Ray; Dawn; and Kathy Wolfe, holding Jello’s halter; Jennie; Erneet; Rinda; and Dean Wolfe. Front, from left, are Melinda, Taylor, Randy, Erie, and Deanna Wolfe. FlvoSocttom McCoy share their memories of the business conducted through the Depression, wartime, droughts, a fluctuating market and Ja grating stockyard busi ness. ■>.' LANCASTER (Lancaster £o.) Vestiges of a booming Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,2001 About 112 Attend Market, Weather Forecasting Event Conference Provides Producers With Cautious View Of Exports, Scientific View Of Weather ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.) Economic forecast for soy bean growers in Pennsylvania: good, and perhaps improving. Long-term weather forecast: That’s another story. Both were the center of pro ducer attention Tuesday at the “Decisions: For the Real Begin ning of the 21st Century” Con ference at the Days Inn and Conference Center near Allen town. For grain producers who be lieve ag export markets could improve price for corn and soy beans, there’s good, maybe even great, news. According to Bob Utterback, registered commodity broker, president of Utterback Market ing Services Inc. in New Rich mond, Ind., and ag marketing adviser for Farm Journal Maga sne, meat consumption in Ctyna “!» going W grew phe nomenally in, the next 15 years,” he told”'About 111 crop produc ers and agri-industry represent atives Tuesday morning at the conference. There will be “a tremendous demand for animal feeds in business still cling to the quiet stockyards in Lancaster. Rail cars still rattle past the stock yards, but no longer stop to de liver cattle from the West. Pens still stretch far along the property, laced with a labyrinth (Turn to Page A 22) $32.00 Per Year China,” he said, supplied by com exports from the U.S. that could bolster domestic markets. Lebanon Countian Renee Blatt clinched a national title last week when she was named American Honey Queen at the American Beekeeping Federation Conven tion, San Diego, Calif. Turn to page B 6 to read about the pageant and Renee’s incredible passion for the bee in dustry. Photo by Lou Ann Good Three Generations Work Together On Northumberland County Farm LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Stqff MILTON (Northumberland Co.) “It amazes me to see how much the farm has brought* us (three families) together, be cause we must work together to make it work,” said Melinda. Wolfe, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess. Teamwork is the name of the game at Wolfe’s Powerline Dairy, where three generations operate the recently expanded facilities. Melinda (better known as Mindy), her parents Dean and Rinda Wolfe, her grand parents Jennie and Ernest, and her uncle Ray and his family re cently added a freestall bam to increase herd size to 400 and a milking carousel that holds 32 cows. . The family milks three times daily, raises alfalfa and com on the 300 acres, and fulfills the many behind-the-scenes jobs re quired for a successful dairy op eration. s Melinda has 17-year-old twin siblings for which she grew up being the big sister. Now, roles are becoming somewhat blurred as her brother is in charge of the 60« Per Copy China, though a major trade player with the U.S., however, (Turn to Page A2O) morning milking and is “the boss” when Mindy helps with the milking. Hie experience in working as a team and helping each other has proven to be an asset in Mel inda’s new role as the state dairy princess, who with 44 other county princesses promotes the state’s number one industry. “The dairy industry is some thing I really believe in. It’s easy for me to promote the industry, because I see its importance,” Melinda said. “I believe in the value of wearing a tiara because it grabs the attention of people, but I want people to realize that ‘dairy princess’ is a working title, not a beauty contest,” Mel inda said. “I believe the dairy princess program does a lot of good for the dairy industry. We have the opportunity to talk with people that we wouldn’t have otherwise,” Mindy said of the attention garnered by the tiara. When Melinda was first crowned SUN dairy princess, she represented Northumber land, Snyder, Union, and Mon (Tum to Pago A2B)
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