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Vol. 47 No. 14
World’s Smallest Breed Of Cattle Growing In America
I Richard and Sue Powell, Bainbridge, have been raising and breeding Irish Dexter
* cattle, the smallest purebred breed of cattle in the world, for six years.
Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
JConvention Honors Region’s Top Growers
I MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
A Lancaster Farming Staff
HERSHEY (Lancaster Co.)
About 300 industry repre
sentatives and government offi
cials from several Mid-Atlantic
states attended the annual fruit
and vegetable growers dinner
Tuesday evening.
After dinner, Sam Hayes, Jr.,
secretary of agriculture, re
marked that “as important as
the military is, so too is agricul
ture. One of the great strategic
strengths of America is agricul
ture. To sustain and support our
agriculture is one of the things
for you and I to live independ
ently and without dependence
on other nations.
“I hope that there will never
be a day that we say that it’s no
longer possible for us to feed
ourselves as a nation. We cannot
push agriculture from our
shores.
“We are bound together voca-
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Keystone Pork Expo Feb. 5 At Expo Center
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
! he 24th annual Keystone Pork
Lxpo will take place Tuesday,
.Feb. 5, here at the Lebanon
Valley Expo Center.
Along with educational semi
nars, this year’s event will have
one of it largest trade shows ever
with 44 exhibitors.
Coinciding with the expo, the
Keystone Pork Bowl and Junior
Speaking Contests will take
place u. {' ' Lebanon extension
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Henry and Therese Frecon, center, won the 2001 Out
standing Grower Award at the annual banquet. They are
joined by former Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Associ
ation president Brooks Way, left, and Glenn Shaw, presi
dent of the State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania,
right. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
office, adjacent to the main
buildings.
Ken Kephart, Penn State pro
fessor of animal science, will
preside over the program which
will begin at 10:15 a.m.
The featured speaker for this
year’s expo will be Dr. Roy
Schultz, a consulting veterinar
ian from Avoca, lowa, who wdF
address sow mortality and
ileitis. Having been a swine
practitioner for more than 40
Four Sections
years, he will be providing prac
tical as well as up-to-date tech
nical knowledge pertaining to
swine health.
Robert Mikesell, Penn State
senior extension associate, will
provide Pork Quality Assurance
(PQA) training for producers
who need initial instruction or
recertification.
" Lou Moore, Penn State pro
fessor of agricultural economics
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Saturday, February 2, 2002
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE, BAIN
BRIDGE (Lancaster Co.) If
your last name is O’Connell, Do
novan, or O’Grady, perhaps
your relatives owned a few head
of the world’s smallest purebred
breed of cattle.
Originating in Ireland, Irish
Producers Gather Decision-
Making Tools At Conference
Lancaster Farming Staff
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)
Grain producers at a market
ing conference here Tuesday
heard strategies to help them
make the most out of corn and
soybean selling.
They also listened to a long
range weather forecast calling
for “normal” conditions this
year.
About 70 people attended the
conference sponsored by the
Lehigh Valley Grain Producers
Assocation.
Cattle Feeders Gather
In Lancaster This Week
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) More than 230 cattle
producers gathered at the Farm
and Home Center in Lancaster
Tuesday for Cattle Feeder’s
Day.
The day included agricultural
economy forecasts, a report on a
survey of area cattle feeders,
presentations about custom
Getting a head start on pig farming are these cousins,
Micah Martin, 5, left, son of Delvin and Bonita Martin, and
Josiah Martin, 4, son of Daryl and Andrea Martin. Turn to
page 810 to read more about these farm helpers.
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Dexter Cattle have made the
jump across the ocean to Amer
ica and into the hearts of their
owners.
According to information
from the American Dexter
Cattle Association (ADCA),
based in Prairie Home, Mo.,
early Dexter cattle were selected
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While corn usage in the U.S.
has been increasing, generally
good growing conditions across
the country have kept supplies
up since the mid-19905, said
lowa market analyst Scott
Davis.
“For the last six years, we’ve
nailed trendline corn yields,”
Davis said.
Since 1998, a “captive” corn
market has barely strayed out of
the $1.85 to $2.35 per bushel
trading range, $0.40 to $0.45
< heaper than it should be ac-
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cattle feeding, and information
from a Smithfield Beef Enter
prises representative.
More information about the
packer’s plans is in an article on
page A 39.
Economy
Lou Moore, Penn State exten
sion ag economist, spoke about
what may be on the horizon for
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