- - - -- 1G „ 0Z I) 66468 030 .. . f v s,is h 4 ... ini *** I in or>6o*<4 °ir. ##« I Rl -x. p( RIdDICALS DIVISION —ii II I ll'' PATTE LIBRARY I I" 1 » 11 11 1 PI NN STATE UNIVERSITY I UNIV PARK PA 16802 V 01.46 No. 17 Beef 201 Teaches Production From Beginning To End MICHELLE RANCK Lancaster Farming Staff UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) In today’s vertically-integrated business world, those in the agriculture industry are quickly learning the value of knowing the start-to finish, farm-to-table production process. The “Beef 201”’ course hosted by the Pennsylvania Beef Council and Penn State Univer sity’s department of dairy and animal science gave industry representatives the chance to learn about the beef production process from visual evaluation to carcass breakdown. Course Overview Approximately 20 partici pants first learned about deter mining value of live cattle from Dr. Keith Bryan, Penn State professor. In addition they stud ied the mechanics of calculating value, besides visually and ultra sonically evaluating cattle. Dr. Bill Mies, Texas A & M Univer sity, was the keynote speaker of the evening. This produce of Windsor Manor Broker May owned by Amy and Nathan lager, Fulton, Md. provides the introduc tion to a photo page of All-Maryland winners on page A 36. EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) - Lancaster Farm ing’s Editor Everett R. Newswanger has an nounced that he will retire at the end of February. The current issue is the last one that will be published under his direction. A longtime friend of the ag industry and a strong advocate of the production side of farm ing, Newswanger began his career as a farmer for 10 years south of Kinzers in Lancaster County. During that time, he put together a small herd of registered Holsteins with limited capital that ranked fourth in the local DHIA one year and had several individual records that were first in the county. During this time he served as president, vice president, and news re porter for the Lancaster County Holstein Assn. And he was the news reporter for the Lancaster County Poultry Association. His work with Lancaster Farming began as a staff reporter prior to the dispersal of his dairy herd in the late ’6o’s. Later as editor, he became known for the wide range of commodity, specie, and area coverage of farm news found in each issue. Under Newswanger’s direction, the “real (Turn to Page A 44) Four Sections The second day classes cov ered not only Beef Quality As surance but also slaughter observation and evaluation. Dr. William Henning and the Penn State Meats Lab staff covered carcass inspection, beef grading, and a beef carcass breakdown demonstration. Beef 201 stu dents then tried their hand at cutting wholesale cuts in the af ternoon. During day three of the course Dr. Henning led the review and grading of the car casses, followed by Dr. Harold Harpster, who taught about nu trition and growth factors and their relevance to carcass qual ity. Dr. Erskine Cash presented about the relevance and use of EPDs and Dr. John Comerford spoke on marketing challenges and opportunities. Mike Miller, from Cattle-Fax, gave a 5-year outlook for the beef industry. Gene Gagliardi, designer of sev eral visionary food items, gave a cutting demonstration which was followed by a producer panel discussion. Newswanger Retires, Andrews Named Editor Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 24, 2001 Deb Roeber, graduate re search assistant at Colorado State University, presented “Improving the Value of Cattle in the Beef Industry.” According to Roeber, the final steps of revision are now fine For 55 years, three days a week every week Margaret and John Krape have been serving customers at the York Farmers’ Market with fresh produce from their Hill View Farm near Hellam. See story on page 82. Photo by Joyce Bupp, York Co. correspondent WEST MIDDLESEX (Mercer Co.) National Holstein Asso ciation President James N. “Bud” Leckie told about 200 Pennsylvania Holstein Associa tion (PHA) members Wednes day evening that they’re all in a “cows/people” business. “You can have the cows, but if you don’t have the right kind of people, you don’t have any- Everett R. Newswanger, left, has announced his retire ment and Andy Andrews has been named editor starting March 1. Quality Audit Results Cow Business ‘Mostly About People ’ ANDY ANDREWS $32.00 Per Year tuning the executive summary of NCBA’s 2000 quality audit. The audit, a collaborative effort of four universities, began sur veying 30 meat processing plants in May last year. The study is the sequel to the 1991 and 1995 audits and includes thing,” he said. Those words were clarified even further by Duane Hershey, who with wife Marilyn was pre sented with the PHA Distin guished Young Breeder Award at the annual convention ban quet at the Radisson Hotel in West Middlesex. Duane said, “You can call it cows and people, but it’s mostly about people. Cows come and go. But the relationships we (Lancaster Co.) Andy An drews, 11-year membelf of the Lancaster Farm ing staff, has been promoted to managing editor, announced Bill Burgess, general manager of Lancaster County Weeklies. Andrews assumes the duties of Everett Newswanger, who is retiring. Andrews joined Lancaster Fanning in Janu ary 1990 and brings two decades of writing and editing experience from several industries. In 1992, Andrews was awarded the PennAg Industries outstanding ag business journalist honor. A year later, Andrews won second place in the statewide Keystone Award contest for a series on water quality. In 1995, Andrews won an honorable mention from the Keystone Awards program for a series on sinkhole protec tion. In 1982, Andrews earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University. He has worked as assistant editor for Chilton Compa ny’s Electronic Component News and as associ ate editor for Chilton’s Automotive Industries. Andrews was publisher and editor of his own computer magazine, Entry (formerly Philadel phia Computer). Copy survey responses from 3,500 in dustry representatives. Roeber highlighted the results of the national market cow and bull beef audit. The evaluations took place in packing plants in (Turn to Page A 27) build in the Holstein breed are what we appreciate the most.” Dean Johnson, PHA presi dent, told the banquet members that Hershey’s Ar-Joy Farm, Cochranville, includes Duane and Marilyn with their four chil dren, Steve, Kelby, Robert, and Kacie. The dairy has 100 regis tered cows and the Hersheys farm 140 acres at home, along with 360 acres of rented ground. (Tutf n to Page Al 9) (Turn to Page A 43)
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