Draft Horse Sale History Made At Harrisburg HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The annual Pennsylvania Draft Horse Sale was conducted in conjunction with the Keystone Haflinger Sale Feb. 13 at the Farm Show Complex in Harris burg. Consignments came from nine different states including Penn sylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Del aware, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Indiana, and Virginia. The buyer list included 19 differ ent states: Pennsylvania, Dela- Top seller at Pennsylva nia Draft Horse Sale: Bel gian stallion, Market Ways Master Duke; owned by Amos F. Beiler Jr., Gap; sold to Dale K. Stoltzfus, Leola, for $9,200. Videos Available From Dairy Stakeholders MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin Co.) Need an opener or pro gram for that upcoming 4-H, FFA, Young Farmer or service club meeting? Two informative videos on the dairy industry are currently available through the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders that may help you fill your pro gram needs. Pennsylvania farm business owners are not alone in their quest to become better producers. That is the message sent by the video “Make It Work in Pennsyl vania” to dairy producers across the state. This 13 minute presen tation exhibits the many services available to aid Pennsylvania farmers in their success. The video showcases successful dairy farm businesses and the manage ment systems they are utilizing. Several industry professionals make appearances to present tips on how to. focus on what is im portant in making a dairy farm Animal Agriculture Professionals To Meet In Chicago March 24-28 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. “Animal Agriculture Dealing With New Realities” is the theme for the 2002 annual meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA). Consider able attention will be devoted to food and agricultural security, bioterrorism, animal health safe guarding and emerging diseases. Scheduled for March 24-28, at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, 111., this gathering will include producers, veterinarians, business execu tives, scientists, academicians, state and federal regulatory offi cials and other stakeholders in the animal food and fiber indus try. Among the speakers invited to appear at the opening general session is Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman. Among con firmed keynote speakers is Dr. Paul Kitching, director of the Na tional Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnepeg, Manitoba. ware, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, Con necticut, Vermont, Georgia, Illi nois, North Carolina, Maine and West Virginia. Forty head of draft horses and 22 Haflingers found new homes in Lancaster County. Sale averages were up in every category with the exception of Percheron stallions. This catego ry was down $199 after having posted a $632 gain in the 2001 Yearling Belgian filly, Orndorff’s Captain Rosa, from Corbly L. Orndorff, Waynesburg; sold to Roy A. Miller, Stevens, for $4,200. business more profitable and en joyable. Part of making the Pennsylva nia dairy industry stronger is changing how the state’s non farm population looks at the business of producing milk. “Milk: It Does an Economy Good!” shows what a successful dairy farm business can do eco nomically and socially for its sur rounding community. Farming does not look the same as it did twenty years ago, and it does not work the same either. This 10 minute video shows how dairy farm businesses, as they have continued to develop, are having an even greater positive impact on various factors of community development. Both videos make excellent presentation pieces for group meetings. To obtain a free copy of either of these videos, contact Michelle Jaymes-Parks at (717) 948-6609 or mmjll3@psu.edu. Dr. Kitching, recognized globally for his expertise in foot-and mouth disease (FMD), will speak on FMD, Hog Cholera and BSE Lessons Learned from the U.K. Experience. NIAA committees will present 15 information-packed seminars addressing the breadth of issues affecting animal agriculture today. Other groups that will meet in conjunction with the NIAA annual meeting are the National Assembly of Chief Ani mal Health Officials, National Johne’s Working Group and the National Animal Health Emer gency Management Steering Committee. More information on the 2002 NIAA annual meeting can be found on the Internet at www.a nimalagriculture.org, or by call ing (270) 782-9798. sale. Belgian mares averaged $2,069, up $77; Belgian stallions averaged $2,229, up $1,210. Percheron mares averaged $2,435, up $418; and all geldings averaged $2,165 up, $332. The overall average for the draft horses was $2,086 up $3Ol. The top seller in the Draft Horses was a 3-year-old Belgian stallion selling for $9,200. The top gelding was a 4-year-old Bel gian at $6,300. Two Belgian mares, a yearling and a Pa. Draft Horse Sale: Mike, Belgian gelding from Maynard Troyer, Topeka, ind., sold to Kenneth Sand oe, Myerstown, for $6,300. Pa. Draft Horse Sale: Percheron mare, John* hart's Misty Lynn, 283545; from RUssell R. Johnston and Luann Barnhart, Blair sville; sold to Aden Miller, Dover, Del., for $4,200. Broadcast Seeding (On Grain Fields) Cleaning Gram Seed With Treatment Without Treatment Ground Equipment Spraying for Weed Control Excluding Material Spraying for Corn Borer Including Cost of Material Excluding Cost of Material Spraying for Spittle Bug or Alfalfa Weevil Including Cost of Material Excluding Cost of Material Aerial Application (Excluding Material) Fixed Wing Helicopter Grain Hauling Local Long Distance Gram Storage Stalk Shredding P T O Spreading Bulk Fertilizer Dry Liquid Side Dressing Grinding Feed Corn Oats or Barley Corn & Cobs Cobs Additional Charge for Mixing Machine Tiling (No Tile) Back Hoe Sawing Wood Cham Saw Pos) Hole Digging Manure Loading Solid Manure Spreading Solid Manure Pumping Manure Spreading Liquid Bulldozing (Avg HP 110} 3- along with a 4- Percheron mare tied for highest selling mares at $4,200. While the top mare at the 2001 sale was much higher, ($8,200) it is significant to note that the mare average was higher this year than last. Eighteen head of draft horses sold for $3,500 or more. The overall average of the Haf linger sale was $2,112. Mares av eraged $2,442; stallions $2,342; and geldings $1,623. The top gelding was $6,700; the top stalli on was $5,200; and the top mare sold for $8,700. Haflinger gelding, Alert Lee Rah, purchased by Bar bara Ann Uhlig, Medford, N.J., for $6,700. Top selling Haflinger mare, Baruna GF, pur chased by Ridgeview Haf lingers, Loysville, for $8,700. (Continued from Page A 36) Custom Rates: Selected Farming Operations, Pennsylvania, 2002, Continued _ , Mountain Section Basis of Charge , 00//are , Bushel Bushel Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Bushel Bushel Bushel Per Month Acre Acre Acre Hundredweight Hundredweight Hundredweight Hundredweight Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Sale organizers have an nounced that the 2003 event is scheduled for Jan. 21-23. Following is a list of the top horses, buyers and sellers: Sale topper at $9,200; Market Ways Master Duke, 3-year-old Belgian stallion, consigned by Amos Beiler Jr., Gap, to Dale K. Stoltzfus, Leola. A pair of Belgian full brothers, 3- and 4-year-olds, from Jacob Swarey, Allensville, to Tim Kriz, Bethany, Conn., $4,000 each. Chuck, 2-year-old Belgian gelding from Dale K. Stoltzfus to Cole Steinbrick, Marblehead, Ohio, at $6,000. Mike, 4-year-old top of the gelding from Maynard Troyer, Topeka, Ind., to Ken Sandoe, Myerstown, for $6,300. Johnhart’s Misty Lynn, 4- Percheron mare from Russell Johnston and Luann Barnhart, Blairsville, to Aden Miller, Dover, Del., at $4,200. Raber’s Penny, 3-year-old Bel gian mare from Amos Beiler Jr., Gap, to Elmer Kauffman, Chris tiana, for $3,600. Orndorff s Captain Rosa, year ling Belgian filly from Corbly Orndorff, Waynesburg, to Roy A. Miller, Stevens, for $4,200. Phinny’s Irish Spring, 6-year-old Percheron mare from Joseph Glick, Ephrata, to John David Martin, Selinsgrove, $3,600. Destinydale’s Rose, 5-year-old from David Peachey, Millcreek, to David K. King, Paradise, $3,600. Market Ways Roseann, 3- from Amos Beiler Jr. to Aaron R. Stoltzfoos, Gap, $4,200. Market Ways Kim, 3-year-old from Amos Beiler Jr. to David Hoffman, Flanders, N.J., $3,600. Market Ways Bonnie, 4- from Amos Beiler Jr. to Mark and Terri Houliston, Berryville, Va., $3,500. Valley Section (Dollars) —— Planting 4 Drilling (Continued) 6 80 8 00 Spraying 13 50 8 60 12 00 11 30 Miscellaneous 43 60 15 50 1 70 33 90 31 50 27 30 45 60 61 30 State (Dollars) 12 70 7 50 11 80 6 90 11 80 12 30 7 40 10 00 10 10 46 10 48 20 15 10 14 60 1 70 35 20 36 50 34 00 20 10 32 80 22 00 50 00 54 60 64 70 68 60