A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,2001
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Pa. Grazing , Forage
Conference , Others Set
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The planning committees
from the Pennsylvania Grazing
and Forage Conference, The
Northwest Grazing Conference,
and Bradford and Tioga Grazing
Conference met earlier in the
year to plan a central theme for
all three conferences.
In the process of deciding on
the theme, the combined group of
planners decided to invite Char
lie Opitz of Mineral Point, Wis.
as their main speaker to focus at
tention on large-herd grazing.
Opitz is a dairy producer who
grazes 1,200 lactating cows on a
3,000-acre grazing system. His
farm is located in southern Wis
consin, about 40 miles west of
Madison. He manages more than
100 paddocks in his grazing sys
tem.
National Youth Horse Leader’s
Symposium January 25-27
ROCK HILL, S.C. The
American Youth Horse Council’s
25th National Youth Horse Lead
er’s Symposium will be held at
the Rock Hill Holiday Inn in
Rock Hill, S.C.
This 2Sth anniversary event
brings together youth leaders
from all riding disciplines to
share their collective voices and
help shape the equine industry.
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Opitz insists that “you have to
understand your grasses and how
they grow.” His pastures com
prise a diverse mixture of grasses
and legumes, which have devel
oped as a result of his intensive
management.
He fertilizes his pastures rou
tinely throughout the grazing
season and overseeds them regu
larly. Opitz will be bringing his
large cowherd grazing experience
to Pennsylvania to help us under
stand that grazing is not just for
the small herd owner.
In addition to having Opitz at
each conference, each will have a
battery of different speakers to
address various other grazing
topics. Many of these topics have
been requested by producers who
attended past year’s conferences.
The symposium attracts leaders
from breed associations, equine
sport organizations, extension
service, universities, and the cru
cially important “hands-on”
youth leaders from such groups
as 4-H, U.S. Pony Club, National
High School Rodeo, FFA, and
many more.
Symposium events begin Fri
da) evening and run throughout
Call 8 AM-5 PM M-F
The conferences are all
planned and all the specifics are
set. The Northwest Grazing Con
ference will lead off on March 5
at the Ramada Inn in Dußois.
The Pennsylvania Grazing and
Forage Conference will happen
next on March 6-7 at the Holiday
Inn in Grantville. The Bradford
and Tioga Grazing Conference
will finish the circuit on March 8
at the Fire Hall in Troy.
For registration forms or in
formation, contact Gary Swope
at (814) 375-2125 for the North
west Grazing Conference; Duane
Pysher at (717) 237-2221 for the
Pennsylvania Grazing Confer
ence; or Craig Williams, (570)
724-9120, for the Bradford and
Tioga Grazing Conference.
the weekend with roundtable dis
cussions, lecture-style presenta
tions, live horse demonstrations,
and trade show exhibits.
Topics include innovative pro
grams for teaching horse man
agement and care, the impact of
horse activities on academic per
formance, equine industry career
opportunities, riding safety, fund
ing equine programs, developing
horse and rider part
nerships, youth issue
roundtables, “horse
less” horse projects,
and more.
Anyone with an in
terest in youth and the
horse industry is wel
come to attend. The
conference is arranged
with presentation
tracks to target the in
terests of three audi
ences: youth leaders,
adult leaders, and
equine industry profes
sionals.
Register by calling
800-879-2942 or by
email ayhc@minds
pring.com . Registra
tion fees for the Na-
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M.M. Weaver
Receives Award
LEOLA (Lancaster Co.) M.M. Weaver and Sons, Inc.,
located here, was honored as the Forage Dealer of the
Year by Claas.
This award Is given annually to recognize a dealer of
Claas Harvesters who excels in all areas of the business,
including sales.
M.M. Weaver and Sons also won the award for top
sales volume of Claas self-propelled harvesters in eastern
Pennsylvania.
In photo, from left, Bob Armstrong, Claas North Ameri
ca sales manager; Richard Rutt, M.M. Weaver sales rep
resentative; Frank Wilbert, Claas regional sales manager;
and Case Koorn, Claas national retail finance manager.
tional Youth Horse Leader’s should be postmarked before
Symposium: Non AYHC Mem- Dec. 27)
bers $85.00 AYHC Members The Symposium is being held
$65.00 Youth Teen Leader Par- January 25th to 27th at the Rock
ticipants (Ages 14 to 19 only) Hill Holiday Inn at 2640 N.
$35.00 (Made payable to the Cherry Road, Rock Hill SC,
American Youth Horse Council, 29730.
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