Pennsylvania Maple
Syrup Production
Up 47 Percent
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania’s 2001
maple syrup prodwction is esti
mated at 69,000 gallons, up 47
percent from last year’s produc
tion of 47,000 gallons, according
to the Pennsylvania Agricultural
Statistics Service. The value of
the syrup produced is estimated
at SI.7S million.
Nationally, maple syrup pro
duction in 2001 totaled 1.05 mil
lion gallons, down 15 percent
from last year. The estimated
crop value is $28.2 million, down
17 percent from last year. Ver
mont leads all states with pro
duction totaling 275,000 gallons.
Lamb Information Center,
Summer Barbecue Promotion Launched
DENVER, Colo. Consum
ers, media and culinary profes
sionals who need information
about American lamb, whether
about purchasing tips, prepara
tion methods or recipes, now
have a designated one-stop center
to obtain answers.
The new American Lamb In
formation Center was recently
launched by the American Sheep
Industry Association’s American
Lamb Council. The in
formation center is a
media resource de
signed to provide in
formation about fresh
American lamb.
Information pro
vided by the center in
cludes recipes, photog
raphy, purchasing tips,
cut information and
preparation advice.
The American Lamb
Information Center
phone number is (877)
747-4566.
“The American
Lamb Information
Center will be a great
resource for anyone
consumers, media
chefs, etc. who are
looking for more in
formation on Ameri
can lamb and ways to
incorporate it into
meals,” said American
Lamb Promotion Di
rector Paul Rodgers.
The American
Lamb Council also has
launched a new
promotion program
called “Simple Sum
mer Entertaining -
With the Great Flavor
of Fresh American
Lamb.” The promo
tion focuses on Ameri
can lamb’s mild flavor
and texture, which
make it an ideal grill
ing meat and a wel
come change from or-
Laiuaster
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Feeder Cattle Prices Impacted By Varied Factors
ITHACA, N.Y. An evalua
tion of feeder cattle prices in the
fall of 1997 and 1998 at sale
bams in lowa and Missouri was
completed to determine the value
of source verification (SV) and
pooling to feeder cattle buyers
(2000 lowa State University Beef
Cattle Research Report).
In order to account for the
price difference due to SV and
pooling, one must factor in all
sources of price variation. Feeder
cattle prices are impacted by a
combination of lot characteristics
(calf weight, number of head,
source verification) and market
forces (price of com and fed cat
tle).
While there are some variation
between years and between steers
and heifers, equations developed
explained most of the variation in
feeder price. The value of an ad
ditional animal in a lot increased
at a decreasing rate. In other
words increasing lot size from 10
to 50 head increased price to a
greater extent than increasing the
lot size from 100 to 150 head.
This increase was about a penny
dinary barbecue fare.
The promotion features several
recipes, including Grilled Medi
terranean Lamb Chops with
Olive and Tomato Butter. The
recipes also include “wine notes”
from the Wine Market Council
with wine recommendations for
each recipe.
News about the information
center and the promotion was re
cently distributed to 500 top food
writers in the United States. The
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per hundred for every one head
increase in the number added to
the lot. Source verification in
creased price sl-$2 per hundred
over non-source verified cattle,
depending on year and sex. For
example, a pooled group of 90
head of S5O pound steers received
$6.30 per CWT ($34.65 per head)
more than 10 head of similar
steers in a non-source verified
sale during the same year in the
same auction market, all else
being equal.
Similar results were obtained
at the Fall 2000 New York Pool
ed Weaning and Marketing Pro
gram Sale. Steers and heifers
weighing 663 pounds and 599
pounds, respectively sold at a
premium to most other sales
bringing $.86 per pound (steers)
and $.BO per pound (heifers). The
42 head of steers and heifers were
pooled from four farms and
backgrounded for 45 days before
being sold.
To participate in the Fall 2001
program, contact Mike Baker at
(607) 255-5923 or E-mail:
mjb2B@comell.edu.
information center and summer
promotion are part of iamb
promotion activities being con
ducted by the American Lamb
Council through a one-year mar
keting grant from the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture. T
The grant is part of an indus
try assistance package awarded
following the successful 201
trade action against lamb
imports.
George Thornton To Lead Agriliance
ST. PAUL, Minn. Agrili- Minn.
ance, LLC recently named
George Thornton president and
chief executive officer. Thornton
has more than 28 years of experi
ence in the agriculture industry
including executive, finance,
sales, and marketing positions in
the U.S., Latin America, Asia,
and Australia. He has held senior
leadership positions with Griffin
Corporation, ICI Americas, and
American Cyanamid Company,
among others. Most recently,
Thornton was chief executive of
ficer of Agweb.com.
Thornton’s appointment to the
newly created position will be ef
fective July 16. He will office at
Agriliance’s corporate headquar
ters in the CHS Cooperatives
building in Inver Grove Heights,
Wool Forum Will Provide
Information Marketing
DENVER, Colo. An Ameri
can Sheep Industry Wool Forum
will provide participants inform
ation on domestic and interna
tional marketing of American
wool, as well as an opportunity
for input into wool marketing
programs.
The forum is being sponsored
by the American Sheep Industry
Association’s (ASI) American
Wool Council and will be held in
Denver, Colo., Aug. 16-17.
The international session on
Aug. 16 will feature speakers dis
cussing marketing wool on an in
ternational basis, including inter
national financing,’ freight
forwarding, e-commerce and
marketing conditions in various
wool importing countries.
The Aug. 17th session will pro
vide forum participants with an
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opportunity to identify key issues
in the U.S. wool industry. In
formation also will be presented
on current wool programs being
implemented through the Wool
Trust Fund, which is the current
funding source and program
focus for the American Wool
Council.
“In addition to participating in
the international session, forum
attendees will be able to help cre
ate and shape the future direc
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Samuelson, ASl’s international
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