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4-H
Champion Berkshire boar Todd Lee
Bennecoff Jr.
Reserve champion Berkshire boar Todd
Lee Bennecoff Jr.
Champion Chester White boar Daniel
Billig.
Reserve champion Chester White boar
Daniel Billig.
Champion Duroc boar Jared Treichler.
Reserve champion Duroc boar Todd
Lee Bennecoff Jr.
Champion Hampshire boar John Straw
bridge.
Winner of grand champion 4-H market lamb honors
was Melana Lovell. Melana also took home the champion
showman placing.
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Reserve champion Hampshire boar
John Strawbndge.
Champion Landrace boar Geoge Billig.
Reserve champion Landrace; George
Billig.
Champion Poland China boar Melana
Lovell.
Reserve champion Poland China boar
Melana Lovell.
Champion Spotted Poland China boar
John Strawbridge.
Reserve champion Spotted Poland
China boar John Strawbridge.
Champion Yorkshire: Samantha Rabe
nold.
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Reserve champion Yorkshire; Samantha
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Champion Berkshire gilt: Todd Lee
Bennecoff Jr.
Reserve champion Berkshire gilt: Todd
Lee Bennecoff Jr.
SWINE MARKET
SHOW RESULTS
OPEN
Champion lightweight: Samantha Rabe
nold.
Champion medium weight; George Billig.
Champion heavyweight; John Straw
bndge.
GRAND CHAMPION
George Billig
4-H
Champion lightweight: Jeremy Gonzalez.
Reserve champion lightweight; Saman
tha Rabenold.
Champion medium weight: George Billig.
Reserve champion medium weight: Jus
tine Bennecoff.
Champion heavyweight: John Straw
bndge.
Reserve champion heavyweight. John
Strawbndge.
GRAND CHAMPION
George Billig
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
John Strawbridge
SUPREME CHAMPION
George Billig
SHOWMANSHIP RESULTS
4-H
Champion: Daniel Billig
SUPREME CHAMPION
Daniel Billig
STEER MARKET
SHOW RESULTS
OPEN
Champion lightweight: Samantha Rabe
nold.
Champion medium weight; George Billig.
Champion heavyweight: John Straw
bndge.
GRAND CHAMPION
George Billig
4-H
Champion lightweight: Jeremy Gonzalez.
Reserve champion lightweight. Saman
tha Rabenold.
Champion medium weight: George Billig.
Reserve champion medium weight. Jus
tine Bennecoff.
Champion heavyweight: John Straw
bndge.
Reserve heavyweight: John Strawbndge
GRAND CHAMPION
George Billig
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
John Strawbndge
SUPREME CHAMPION
George Billig
SHOWMANSHIP RESULTS
4-H
Champion. Daniel Billig.
SUPREME CHAMPION
Daniel Billig
BREEDING BEEF
SHOW RESULTS
OPEN
Champion Angus bull; Jamie Hower
Champion Simmental bull; Shelby Rar
ick.
SUPREME CHAMPION
Jamie Hower
Champion Angus heifer: Jennifer Hower.
Reserve champion Angus heifer Jamie
Hower.
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Champion Hereford heifer Luke Lichten
walner.
Reserve champion Hereford heifer Kyle
Newlin.
Champion Limousin heifer Shelby Rar
ick.
Champion Simmental heifer Jesse Polis
kiewicz.
Reserve champion Simmental heifer;
Eliza Walton.
SUPREME CHAMPION
Jesse Poliskiewicz
4-H
Champion Angus heifer: Jennifer Hower
Reserve Angus heifer Elena Poliskie
wicz.
Champion Hereford heifer Luke Lichten-
walner.
Reserve champion Hereford heifer Kyle
Newlin.
Farm Production Expenditures
Up 2.4 Percent In 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.
farm production expenditures to
taled $188.5 billion in 2000, up
2.4 percent from the revised 1999
total of $184.1 billion, according
to the National Agricultural Sta
tistics Service (NASS).
The largest contributors to the
increase were: fuels, up 32.0 per
cent; farm improvements and
construction, up 18.0 percent;
livestock and poultry purchases,
up 7.1 percent; and other farm
machinery, up 2.9 percent.
The increases were partially
offset by decreases in: farm sup
plies and repairs, down 1.6 per
cent; farm services, down 1.2 per
cent; and ag chemicals, down 1.2
percent.
The largest two expenditure
categories were farm services
which accounted for 13.5 percent
of the U.S. total production ex
penses, find feed which account
ed for 13.0 percent of the U.S.
total production expenses.
The farm services category in
cludes expense items such as cus
tom work, utilities, marketing
charges, veterinary services,
transportation costs, and miscel
laneous business expenses.
The average expenditures per
U.S. farm in 2000 were $87,035
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Champion Simmental heifer Jesse Polis
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Reserve champion Simmental heifer.
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MARKET BEEF
SHOW RESULTS
4-H
Champion: Jennifer Hower.
Reserve champion: Shelby Ranck.
AQ-ED
Champion: Jill Nelman.
SUPREME CHAMPION
Jennifer Hower
SHOWMANSHIP RESULTS
4-H
Champion: Jennifer Hower.
AQ-ED
Champion- Jill Neiman
SUPREME CHAMPION
Jennifer Hower
compared to $84,195, as revised
for 1999.
On the average, U.S. farm op
erations in 2000 spent $11,728 on
farm services; $11,312 on feed;
$9,142 on labor; $8,311 on live
stock and poultry purchases; and
$7,434 on rent.
Revised estimates for 1999 in
dicated that U.S. farms spent an
average of $11,757 on farm serv
ices; $11,208 on feed; $9,012 on
labor; $7,685 on livestock and
poultry purchases; and $7,274 on
rent.
The Northeast Farm Produc
tion Region (Connecticut, Dela
ware, Maine, Maryland, Massa
chusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont) contrib
uted $11.9 billion or 6.2 percent
of the 2000 U.S. total for farm
production expenditures.
The regions with the highest
total expenditures were: the Corn
Belt (IL, IN, lA, MO, OH) at
$35.3 billion; Pacific Region (CA,
OR, WA) at $31.2 billion; North
ern Plains (KS, NE, ND, SD) at
$24.2 billion; Lake States (MI,
MN, WI) at $19.4 billion; and the
Southern Plains (OK, TX) at
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