UD To Construct Poultry,
Environmental Research Facility
NEWARK, Del. The Uni
versity of Delaware will break
ground in spring on a state-of
the-art poultry research and
demonstration house at the Re
search and Education Center
(REC) on Route 9 in George
town.
The new facility will help poul
try researchers identify new ways
to enhance litter quality, improve
in-house air quality and reduce
odors and dust emitted from
poultry houses. Another goal is to
demonstrate best management
practices on and around a work
ing poultry house. Completion of
the 6,000-capacity broiler facility
is expected by early spring.
The 4,674-square-foot budding
will be constructed on an eleva
tion to facilitate water drainage
into the wetlands designed by the
Natural Resource and Conserva
tion Service for an area next to
the poultry house. Not only will
2002 BQA Training Dates
MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania Beef
Council announces the winter/
spring 2002 listing for the class
room training of the Beef Quality
Assurance (BQA) program.
The classroom training is the
first part of a two-part program
that enables producers and others
to become BQA certified. The
second part, chute-side session,
dates and locations will be an
nounced at a later date. Training
and evaluation provided by ex
tension and industry profession
als assist producers in the neces
sary steps to insure safety and
quality of beef.
• Feb. 13 Clarion County at
the Clarion County Park, Clar
ion, 7-9 p.m. Contact Nelson
Smith, Clarion County Extension
Office, (814) 782-0033.
• Feb. 14 Green County at
the Green County Extension Of
fice, Waynesburg, 7-9 p.m. Con
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the wetlands provide wildlife
habitat, but trees planted around
the perimeter of the site will serve
to demonstrate the effectiveness
of tree barriers to nutrient runoff
into filter surface water and
groundwater. The trees also will
help to show that tree buffers also
reduce noise, odor, feathers, dust
and ammonia emitted from pro
duction poultry houses.
Jones-Hamilton Co.-PLT Divi
sion, a litter-amendment compa
ny, will provide partial funding
for construction and the state of
Delaware will equip and instru
ment the facility.
“Two years ago Jones-Hamil
ton approached the university
about a possible poultry research
and demonstration house for en
vironmental quality studies,’’
says Bud Malone, Cooperative
Extension specialist for poultry.
“Both the university and the
company will use the facility for
research. UD scientists also will
tact Bob McCurley, Green Coun
ty Extension Office, (724)
627-3745.
• Feb. 18 Lancaster County
at the Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster, 7-9 p.m. Contact Chet
Hughes at the Lancaster County
Extension Office, (717) 394-6851.
• Feb. 19 Somerset County
at the Rural Electric Coop, Som
erset, 7-9 p.m. Contact McGill
Saviroff at the Somerset County
Extension Office, (814) 445-8911.
• Feb 20 Huntingdon Coun
ty at the Huntingdon County Ex
tension Office, Huntingdon, 7-9
p.m. Contact Stan McKee, Hunt
ingdon County Extension Office,
814)643-1660.
• March 5 Franklin County
at the Franklin County Extension
Office, Chambersburg, 7-9 p.m.
Contact Jerry Wingert at the
Franklin County Extension Of
fice, (717) 263-9226.
• March 6 Dauphin County
at the Community Center, Gratz,
Lancaster Dairy Herd Improvement Association
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collaborate with Jones-Hamilton
on some aspects of company re
search.
“This cooperative effort with
UD complements our ongoing
training and research programs
on topics of current and future
interest to the poultry industry,”
says Dr. Bernie Murphy, general
manager of the Jones-Hamilton
Company, PLT Division, the first
company to develop a litter
amendment program for the
poultry industry.
“An exciting aspect of the new
facility is its educational compo
nent. Students from the Del Tech
Poultry Program and other high
school students will be invited to
participate in managing the high
tech poultry house,” Malone says.
“Using a remote computer-con
trolled system, students, from
their classrooms, will be able to
monitor air quality, temperature,
humidity, carbon dioxide and
ammonia in the facility.”
Announced
7-9 p.m. Contact Tim Allison at
(717) 365-3181 or Fred Ruby at
(717) 921-8803.
• March 19 Lehigh County
at the Farm Credit Office, Fogel
sville, 7-9 p.m. Contact Bob
Leiby, Lehigh County Extension
Agent, (610) 391-9840.
• March 20 Columbia County
at the Columbia County Exten
sion Office, Lightstreet, 7-9 p.m.
Contact Dave Hartman at the
Columbia County Extension Of
fice, (570) 784-6660.
• March 28 Beef Expo at
Penn State University Ag Arena,
State College, 2-4 p.m. Contact
Bill McCoy at the Pennsylvania
Beef Council, (717) 939-7000.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Please confirm your attend
ance at any of the above listed
meetings by calling or E-mailing
the Pennsylvania Beef Council at
(717) 939-7000 or E-mail pstoop
s@pabeef.org.
National Gelbvieh Show
Sees Quality Entries
DENVER, Colo. The 2002
National Gelbvieh Show went in
the books as a show with excep
tional quality deep into each
class. Dr. Scott Schaake of West
moreland, Kim., evaluated 200
plus entries at this year’s Nation
al Gelbvieh Show. “I have been
extremely impressed with the
quality of the entries and com
mend Gelbvieh breeders for the
job they are doing,” said Judge
Schaake.
Taking home the National
Champion Female banner for
Eagle Pass Ranch of Highmore,
S.D., was EGL Farah LOO3 ET, a
February 22, 2001, daughter of
SLC Freedom out of EGL
Phoebe G 374. This outstanding
mating of Freedom x Phoebe pro
duced three division champions,
a reserve division champion and
the Reserve National Champion
Bull & Breeder’s Choice Bull Fu
turity Champion. EGL Fosters
LOl7 ET first won the Division I
Champion Bull honors before
winning the Reserve National
Champion Bull honors. Fosters-is
a March 2, 2001, calf and earned
the most votes in the Breeder’s
Choice Bull Futurity to earn a
$35,000 paycheck.
The Reserve National Champi
on Female honors went to TWA
Annie Ashley 02K, a September
2000 daughter of SLC Freedom.
Annie Ashley is owned by Twin
Ash Farm, Lexington, Ky.; Eagle
Pass Ranch, Highmore, S.D.; and
Jumping Cow Gelbvieh, Ramah,
Colo. Annie Ashley also won the
AGA Ring of Gold Show Heifer
of the Year award. Pembrook
Cattle Company of Oklahoma
exhibited this tremendous female
throughout the year. Pembrook
also exhibited the AGA Ring of
Gold Show Bull of the Year. ALS
Freedoms Reflection, owned by
Jordan Farms of Kentucky,
earned the most points at desig
nated shows since February of
2001. The National Gelbvieh
Show was the last point show of
the year.
The National Champion Bull
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honors went to JRI Extra Expo
sure 285L71, owned and exhibi
ted by Judd Ranch, Inc., of Po
mona, Kan. This exceptional
February 18, 2001, son of FHG
Flying H Extra 150 D earned high
marks from the judge for his per
fect phenotype, depth of rib,
strong set of feet and legs, as well
as outstanding eye appeal.
Eagle Pass Ranch of High
more, S.D., earned the Premier
Breeder and Premier Exhibitor
honors for the 2002 National
Gelbvieh Show. Named Co-
Herdsman of the Year by their
Gelbvieh peers were Travis and
Beth Pembrook of Pembrook
Cattle Company in Fairview,
Okla., and Chris Effling of Eagle
Pass Ranch.
In the National Western Stock
Show Junior Gelbvieh Heifer
Show, CIRS Joy 29K took
Champion honors for Kaycie
Shearer of Canton, Kan. This
March 12, 2000, daughter of
DMG DI Geronimo 100 H has
won many awards for the Shear
er family this past summer. Tak
ing Reserve Champion honors
was JBOB Let Freedom Reign
3429 K. Chris Tyndal of Athens,
Ga., owns this stylish September
3, 2000, daughter of SLC Free
dom 178 F ET out of one of J-Bob
Farms’ strongest cow families.
The Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh
Bull Futurity once again featured
some of the breed’s best young
sires. The Breeder’s Choice Futu
rity allows the 62 members of the
Futurity to vote for their three fa
vorites. The top three finalists are
based on the number of points
earned from Futurity members’
votes. Eagle Pass Ranch earned
the Champion slot with EGL
Fosters LOl7 ET. Taking the run
ner-up positions were the Nation
al Champion Bull, JRI Extra Ex
posure 285L71 from Judd Ranch
of Kansas, and the Division 111
Champion, XXB Titus 880 K
from Boehler Gelbvieh of Or
leans, Neb. Titus is a December
28, 2000 son of MRCO New Di
rection 90SJ.
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