Pa. Performance Tested Bull Sale Posts Results
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center wishes to an
nounce the results from Pennsyl
vania’s 28th annual Performance
Tested Bull Sale.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Ag
riculture Samuel E. Hayes ad
dressed the crowd with a wel
come from the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture and
expressed his continued support
for the performance testing pro
grams and his commitment to
the completion of the new testing
facility at Rockspring.
The dead of the College of Ag
ricultural Sciences, Dean Robert
Steele, welcomed everyone to
Penn State University and to the
facilities of the college.
The 151 registered bidders
from nine states and Puerto Rico
were first offered the Angus
Great Lakes Grazing Network Launches Website
MONONA, Wis. The Great
Lakes Grazing Network has re
cently launched the Website,
www.glgn.org, to provide inform
ation targeted to grazers in the
upper Midwest and Northeast.
The site features a publica
tions section which includes list
ings of books and manuals that
provide comprehensive informa
tion on grazing and pasture man
agement as well as listings of fact
sheets and articles on specific
topics.
The specific topics include in
frastructure, pasture/forages
(grasses and legumes), animal
husbandry, financial considera-
bulls. The lot number one Angus
bull, the top-indexing Angus,
consigned by Marlin and Steve
Paul, was a full brother to the
top-indexing Angus bull in last
year’s sale.
These bulls were sired by a
top-performing bull that was
purchased in the 1997 Perform
ance tested bull sale. This accom
plishment is a testament to the
value and to the high heritability
of growth rate of performance
testing.
This buU and the lot number
10 was selected by George
Hempt of New Cumberland for
the winning bid of $3,100 each.
These $3,100 bids were the sec
ond highest prices paid for an
Angus buU. The lot number 10
bull was consigned by John
Corle.
The highest-selling bull overall
was lot number six Angus bull
tion, business planning, and envi
ronmental aspects of grazing
livestock. Most of the resource
information is available for view
ing or downloading if not, then
there is information on how to
order. There also is a section on
teaching aids, including Power-
Point presentations.
Also included on this Website
is information on how to contact
grazing advocates in the Great
Lakes region, the benefits of
management intensive grazing,
the Grazing Lands Conservation
Initiative with national, regional
and state contacts, direct mar
keting, links to other Websites,
consigned by Monica Feeser.
Mark Sanders, Gettysburg, of
fered $3,500 for this popular se
lection. The 29 Angus bulls sold
for an average of $2,105.
Seven red Angus bulls sold for
an average of $1,386. The top
selling red Angus, consigned by
John Myers, sold to Brown’s
Ranch of Gettysburg for $2,000.
The top-indexing and the top
selling Simmentals consigned by
H. Robert McQuiston of Haven
Woods Farm sold for $2,600 to
Deer Pond Farm of Port Matilda.
This bull received the award
presented by the Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association for the
top-indexing bull of all breeds.
This bull also set a new all
time record for Pennsylvania in
average daily gain on test. He
gained 6.32 pounds per day
through the 112-day test. The
second highest selling Simmental
was the moderately framed bull
farm tours, grazing schools, and
upcoming conferences.
The Great Lakes Grazing Net
work is a coalition of farmers
and agricultural professionals
from university, government,
and environmental groups or
ganized as independent working
groups in Illinois, Indiana, Mich
igan, Minnesota, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wiscon
sin, to assist with the improve
ment and advancement of man
aged grazing systems. Regional
activities are coordinated to
share information from research,
education, training, policy, and
outreach activities.
consigned by Robert Simpson.
This bull sold for export to Puer
to Rico for $2,400.
The 20 Simmental bulls sold
for a total of $30,700 to record an
average of $1,535.
Five Herefords in the sale sold
for $7,500, to average $1,500.
The award winning Hereford,
the top-indexing bull of the
breed, was nominated by Eugene
Sapp and sold to Russell Robin
son of Buckhannon, W.Va. for
$1,500.
The top price paid for a Here
ford was $1,650. Matthew Mar
tin, Tafton, offered this bid for
the bull bred by Paul and Bette
Slayton of Bedford.
In the ring next was the very
popular Charolais bull. After
spirited bidding, the bull sold for
$3,300 and was bought by Frank
Valentin Balaguer, of Anasco,
Puerto Rico.
World Dairy Expo Not Canceled
Because Of Foot And Mouth
MADISON, Wis. The
35th World Dairy Expo will
be Oct. 3-7 here at the Alliant
Energy Center.
The World Dairy Expo Ex
ecutive Committee concluded
there was no reason not to
proceed with the show despite
the recent outbreak of foot
and mouth disease in the
United Kingdom and Europe.
World Dairy Expo is aware
of the serious outbreak of foot
and mouth disease in Europe
and will implement a biosecu
rity system to lessen dairy cat
tle exhibitors’ concerns. World
Dairy Expo is in the process
of working with the Wiscon
sin Department of Agricul
ture, Trade and Consumer
Protection, the USDA, and
the Immigration Service to en
courage appropriate steps are
taken to protect the health of
all animals at the show.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,2001-A29
This bull had the heaviest life
time weight per day of age and
the largest adjusted loin-eye over
all bulls on test this year. This
1,500 pound plus yearling weight
bull was bred by Raymond Brat
ton, McVeytown, who is the
longest active participant in the
bull performance testing pro
grams.
The final bull offered for sale
was a Limousin owned by Dave
and Lynda Miller of Bedford.
This red Limousin is also bound
for Puerto Rico on the winning
bid of $1,500.
For more information about
Pennsylvania testing programs,
contact Glenn Eberly, director,
Meat Animal Evaluation Center,
651 Fox Hollow Road, State Col
lege, PA 16803, (814) 238-2527
(phone) or (814) 865-5857
(phone/fax) or e-mail: geber
ly@psu.edu.
Foot and mouth disease has
been found in many countries
for decades. The development
of the disease in the United
Kingdom and Europe has fo
cused attention on the contin
ual need for the U.S. to be
proactive in protecting domes
tic animal health. It is impor
tant to note that any infec
tious disease can be
devastating to the dairy indus
try and appropriate steps
should be taken to minimize
that risk. Additional informa
tion regarding foot and mouth
disease can be found at the
USDA Website http;//
www.usda.gov/special/fmd/
fmd.html.
For more information, con
tact World Dairy Expo at
(608) 224-6455 or go online at
http : I I
www.worlddairyexpo.com.