New Exhibit Halls
Scheduled For
Washington County Fair
A groundbreaking ceremony
was conducted April 18 for new
exhibit halls at the Washington
County Fair.
The $1,379 million project is
scheduled to be complete by Aug.
1, several weeks before the start
of the fair.
Two new exhibit halls will con
tain food preparation areas used
by food vendors. A dome-shaped
cover, similar to that on the Sil
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Despite Storms, Drought Persists In Southeastern Pa,
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drenching rainstorms that
slogged through Pennsylvania
during the last two months some
how missed the southeastern cor
ner of the state where a drought
persists, according to an expert in
Penn State’s College of Agricul
same way they were 20 years
ago,” Miller said. “Fair boards
have to be more progressive and
look at year-round uses for the
fairgrounds.”
“Washington County Fair
Board had the foresight in plan
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Pennsylvania State Association
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NCBA Conducts
Leadership Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. John
Allen, Sarver, Butler County, was
one of 42 beef producers who re
cently completed a seven-day na
tionwide tour as part of the Na
tional Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBA) Young Cat
tlemen’s Conference (YCC). The
22-year-old program is designed
to develop leadership qualities in
young beef industry leaders, who
were nominated by their respec
tive state cattlemen’s associa
tions.
The May 30-June 7 YCC tour
started in Denver, Colo., with an
introduction to NCBA and a pre
sentation on the beef industry’s
strategic plan and direction. The
group then participated in a Con
tißeef case study, discussing cur
rent industry issues. A Cattle Fax
outlook presentation highlighted
current cattle trends.
Participants visited a King
Soopers (Kfoger) grocery store,
viewing the meat case and also
toured Warren Analytical Lab, a
state-of-the-art laboratory provid
ing analytical services for the
food and agricultural industries.
Finally, they stopped by Con Agra
Beef Company headquarters for a
presentation and barbecue with
top management.
The group traveled across the
country to see more aspects of the
beef industry. In Kansas, the
group visited Grant County Feed
ers, a 112,000-head capacity feed
yard. In Nebraska, the group
toured a tannery and packing
plant. The group then traveled to
Chicago where they learned
about futures trading and toured
the Chicago Mercantile Ex
change. They also met with the
Bruss Company, a meat purvey
or.
The last stop of the YCC tour
was Washington, D.C. The par
ticipants first received an, issues
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Three eastern counties face a
drought warning Bucks, Mont
gomery, and Philadelphia and
seven others are listed under a
drought watch: Perry, Dauphin,
Luzerne, Carbon, Monroe, Pike
and Wayne.
briefing from the NCBA-Wash
ington staff that detailed top poli
cy issues affecting cattlemen in
the nation’s capitol. Then the
group headed to Capitol Hill,
where they had a unique opportu
nity to meet with various mem
bers of Congress and discuss poli
cy issues most important to them.
The Congressional Beef Cau
cus Picnic on Capitol Hill, spon
sored by NCBA, brought hun
dreds of people together,
including key members of Con
gress, their staff, and major in
dustry representatives. The group
had informative meetings with
top government officials, includ
ing Karl Rove, senior adviser to
the President and USDA Secre
tary Ann Veneman. Finally, they
toured and barbecued at White
Stone Farms, a large Angus oper
ation in Aldie, Va.
The conference is co-sponsored
by state and breed affiliates, IBP
(part of the Tyson Foods Family),
Contißeef and NCBA.
John Allen