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Pork Expo
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Lou Moore, Penn State pro
fessor of agricultural economics,
will be on hand to deliver his hog
market outlook.
Robert Mikesell, senior exten
sion associate from Penn State,
will provide a pork quality as
surance overview for producers
who need initial certification or
recertification.
Robert Meinen, also a senior
extension associate from Penn
State, will be providing the live
stock environmental certifica
tion program overview. This is a
voluntary program sponsored by
Penn State and the State Con
servation Commission in coop
eration with PennAg Industries.
A legislative activity fund
auction is scheduled at the
Expo. A live auction begins at
11:30 a.m. by Col. Harry Bach
man. Silent bidding closes 1 p.m.
The junior public speaking
contest begins at 10 a.m. The
Keystone Pork Bowl begins at
9:30 a.m. and concludes at 2
p.m.
Pork Expo programs are
available at most county exten
sion offices.
According to USD A esti
mates, pork output fell slightly
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at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center
Lebanon Fairgrounds, Cornwall & Rocherty Roads, Lebanon, PA
VISIT THESE EXHIBITORS:
A & E Enterprises
Aerotech, Inc.
Agri King
Animal Medic
Automatic Farm
Systems
Birchwood Genetics
Sponsors: • Agway, Inc. • Hatfield Quality Meats • Leldy’s Pork Products • Purina Mills
last year but will increase this
year. Production in 2000 is
about 18.9 billion pounds and is
expected to increase to 19.4 bil
lion pounds, slightly higher than
the previous record production
in 1999.
The price of hogs in 2000
averaged 43 cents to 45 cents per
pound. The 2001 price will aver
age two to three cents less than
last, with most of the drop
coming in the second half of the
year.
Because feed is inexpensive,
hog production will continue to
be profitable for most producers
through 2001.
The 10-year economic boom,
what some believe is the longest
in U.S. history, has helped the
nation’s meat industry. This
year each person will consume
about 221 pounds of meat, up 11
pounds from a decade earlier.
According to Lou Moore,
Penn State ag economics, the
size of the com and soybean
crops has been revised down
ward since the initial crop report
in August, but the harvest is still
a bin-buster. The corn crop, ini
tially estimated at 10.4 billion
bushels, is estimated at 10.2 bil
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Tuesday,
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KEYSTONE PORK EXPO
Ttiesday, Feb- 6 - 1 8 a-m- ■ 3 p.m. I
LEBANON VALLEY EXPO CENTER
AT LEBANON FAIRGROUNDS
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February 6, 2001 - 8 AM to 4 PM
Live Auction ■ nao am
A Sampling of Silent Auction Items:
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PRODUCERS PROGRAM
8:00 am
MORNING SEMINARS
East Hall
8:55 am
9:00 am
9:45 am
10:30 am Environmental Certification
Robert Meinen
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIVITY
FUND AUCTION
Farmer Boy Ag Booth
North Hall
11:30 am Live Auction
Col. Harry Bachman
Presents the Twenty Third
KEYSTONE
PORK EXPO
FREE ADMISSION
Grand Valley Fortifiers
Hatfield Quality Meats
Hubbard Feeds
Lebanon Valley
Enterprises
Leidy’s Pork Products
Loveland Industries
TRADE SHOW
North Hall
Registration - Doors Open to
Trade Show
Presiding •
Ken Kephart
Welcome
Ken Kephart
Market Outlook
Lou Moore
Pork Quality Assurance
Certification/Re-certification
Robert Mikesell and Ken
Kephart
Presiding
Kurt Good
Pa. Ag Statistics
Pig Improvement
Company
Pfizer Animal Health,
Inc.
PIGSALE.COM
Progressive Pressure
Systems
Cornwall and Rocherty Roads
Lebanon, Pa.
Silent Bidding Closes
1:00 pm
JR. PUBUC SPEAKING CONTEST
West Hall
Presiding -
Linda Spahr
10:00 am Presentations Begin
KEYSTONE PORK BOWL
Sponsored by Hatfield Quality Meats
West Hall
Presiding -
Linda Spahr
Preliminary Eliminations
9:30 am
Final Eliminations (time subject
to change)
2:00 pm
Coffee and Doughnuts Sponsored by
Purina Mills, Inc ,
Purina Mills, Inc.
Raytec Manufacturing
Schering-Plough
Animal Health
Schick Enterprises
White Oak Mills
Zeiset Equipment