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
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today announced new confidenti
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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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“Also, I appreciate the buyers
who attended the sale. This is a
team effort.”
Of the high quality rams en
tered into the performance test,
several rams rose to the top of
their breed at its conclusion. In
the Hampshire division, Clyde
Brubaker of Robesonia owned
the highest scoring ram. The Ken
Staver Family of Palmyra ram
entry topped the Dorset Breed.
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
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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-
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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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taining a solid genetic foundation
in flocks. Through the Depart
ment of Agriculture’s testing pro
grams, Pennsylvania’s sheep
growers are able to identify pre
ferred characteristics.
At the conclusion of the test,
only the highest-ranking rams
are offered at the annual ram
sale, allowing for farmers to pur
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farms.
Excitement continues to build
in anticipation of the new Live
stock Evaluation Center to be
constructed at the Ag Research
Center, Rockspring. With the
The Livestock Mandatory Re
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USDA to publish mandatory
data on livestock and meat price
trends, contracting arrange
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conditions in a manner that pro
tects the identity of reporting en
tities and preserves the confiden
tiality of proprietary
transactions.
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mandatory reporting program on
April 2, USDA has attempted to
preserve confidentiality by fol
lowing a A3/60@ reporting guide
line. Data was only published in
a report if at least three reporting
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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.
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