Agriculture Department Completes Successful Ram Performance Test, Sale HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Helping to keep Pennsyl vania’s sheep industry at the forefront of excellence, the De partment of Agriculture offered 133 rams and ewes at its Annual Performance Test Ram Sale at the Livestock Evaluation Center, State College, Aug. 4. “It is not possible to conduct a performance test without the in volvement of many persons in cluding the sheep breeders of Pennsylvania, department staff, the livestock technical commit tee, sale committee, and staff professionals at Penn State Uni versity,” said Pennsylvania Agri culture Secretary Sam Hayes. USDA Announces New Guidelines For Reporting Program WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced new confidenti ality guidelines for the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program which will increase the number of reports available while protecting the identity of market partici pants. These changes will become ef fective Aug. 20. 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Leading the Suffolk breed test was the ram owned by Anne Rich of Jersey Shore. At the sale, 65 rams were of fered for sale by breeders looking for rams to help improve the ge netic quality of their flocks. The The new A3/70/20® confiden tiality guideline will require the following three conditions: • At least three reporting enti ties need to provide data at least 50 percent of the time over the most recent 60-day time period. • No single reporting entity may provide more than 70 per cent of the data for a report over the most recent 60-day time peri- Prevent deer damage to sweet :om and pumpkins. All organic deer epellent effective jp to 8 weeks ■■■ will not wash off in rain. Bobbex Call:(800) 555-9634 www.deercontnl.com top selling ram was a Dorset owned by Justin Smith of Dor cas, W. Va. and was purchased for $BOO by Dean Wehry of Her shey. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture sponsors the annu al ram performance test and sale, helping Pennsylvania’s sheep in dustry achieve its mission of re maining a leader. The Depart ment’s annual performance test evaluates the quality of rams to stay on the progressive edge of agriculture. Over the course of the 84-day test, genetics and feedlot per formance are evaluated in a con trolled facility to determine the od. • No single reporting entity may be the sole reporting entity for an individual report more than 20 percent of the time over the most recent 60-day time peri od. These changes will enable USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to issue more frequent and more complete reports on livestock and meat, provid ing all segments of the live- stock and meat industries with information on which to base market decisions, while preserving the confi dentiality of proprietary business transactions. 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PURINA CHDWS construction of the new center, the Department of Agriculture will be able to further its mission of conducting 21st century live stock test programs. Hayes said “We should enter the construction phase for the new Livestock Evaluation Center in the near future. It is my hope to have a Livestock Evaluation Center that serves as a model for the nation. It is important for livestock producers and consum ers. In addition to the perform ance test, the new facility will also be available for instruction, research, and as a professional conference center for livestock producers.” entities had supplied the data, and no single entity was responsi ble for reporting 60 percent or more of the data. For additional information, contact John Van Dyke, Chief, Livestock and Grain Market News, AMS Livestock and Seed Program, USDA Stop 2619, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Wash ington, DC 20090-2619; tele phone (202) 720-6231; fax (202) 690-3732; or e-mail john.vandy ke@usda.gov. Mills, Inc
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