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New Section Has Survey Info, News From Del Val College
This issue, Lancaster Farming launches a brand-new exclusive
for horse lovers: Boarder & Trainer includes a look at the compre
hensive equine industry survey conducted by the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture, information about the new Equine Center
at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex, calendar of events, and
other items. The premier issue features award-winning jumping
horses, horse care, and advertising messages. Look for these and
other items of Boarder & Trainer now and in upcoming months.
Preservationists Celebrate 51,000 Acres
DAVID GRIFFITH
Special To Lancaster Farming
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Sever
al hundred of those involved in farm pres
ervation efforts that recently put Lancaster
County at the top of a nationwide list got
together here Tuesday evening to celebrate
the achievement.
Gathered at the Landis Valley Museum,
preservationists joined local and state
leaders and others to talk about how it
happened and how to keep the movement
going.
Former Kansas FFA Star Farmer, Rodeo Roper Reports Markets
Taylor Cox is pictured above getting ready to cover the New Holland
Sales Stables’ Thursday cattle auctiort. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
www.lancasterfarming.com
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“Every generation that rises up needs
the land,” Lancaster County Commission
er Paul Thibault told the crowd. “ ‘The
good Lord makes us all stewards of the
land. We’ve come a long way in a relative
ly short period of time. Our challenge is to
preserve a resource that forms the root of
who and what we are.”
Lancaster County has now preserved
more than 51,000 acres through the com
bined efforts of the county’s Agricultural
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Five Sections
Saturday, October 12, 2002
Va. Team Tops In
Stockman’s Contest
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) More
than 45 FFA and 4-H teams competed in
the Keystone Stockman’s Contest as part
of the Keystone International Livestock
Exposition (KILE) on Monday here at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex.
The top team was Central FFA Chapter
Team Number 1 from Virginia. Central
FFA Team Number 1 was the division
winners for the meats division and total
identification. The management division
winner was Steuben County 4-H from
New York State. The Livestock division
winner was the Tipton 4-H team.
Keystone Stockman’s Contest winners were announced Monday dur
ing the Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE) at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show Complex. Top team was Central FFA Chapter Team
Number 1 from Virginia. Virginia also had a strong representation as the
top three individual awards went to that state. From left, winners in
cluded Allen Heishman, Nicole Ross, Laura Neff, and Adam Heishman.
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.)
Taylor Cox has traveled far from his roots
in the Kansas heartland to Lancaster
County’s “Garden Spot” to become the
Officer in Charge (OIC) of the USDA
Market News office in New Holland.
Arriving here at the end of August with
his wife and two young daughters, Cox
settled in quickly to establish a home for
his family and at the same time take on a
new job. It helped that he was prepared in
advance for both endeavors by Corbitt
Wall, who formerly worked here and was
his boss at the St. Joseph, Mo. USDA of
fice.
Cox was graduated from high school in
Anthony, Kan. (south of Wichita) and
earned a degree in animal science at near
by Fort Hays College, where he met his
wife Maggie. Taylor and an older sister
grew up on a l,ooo+-acre farm where cat
tle were grazed on the early wheat.
During high school, Cox was active in
FFA, with his activities centered on horses
(namely in rodeo competitions), not cattle.
He, .participated. »a calf raping and. team
$36.00 Per Year
In competition, young people test their
beef, sheep, and swine industry knowl
edge. The contestants participate in tests
on their judging skills, meats identifica
tion, and livestock management. Team
awards were presented on the basis of high
scores on the tests.
In the individual competition, top five
scoring individuals are interviewed by a
panel of three judges, where each contest
ant is judged on his or her knowledge of
the livestock industry and individual
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roping events. He received the Kansas
State Star Farmer Award in 1995.
After college graduation, Cox worked
on the other side of the fence, so to speak.
He worked two years at Excel’s Friona,
Texas plant, where he was involved in cat
tle procurement to provide for a
4,200-head-per-day slaughter level. It was
a pressured job that involved a six-day
workweek.
At age 25, Cox has found his work expe
rience for a packing operation was advan
tageous to market reporting. He was able
to readily work with the USDA’s new
mandatory price reporting (MPR) system
for packers. Technology has enabled the
market reports to be quickly disseminated
for all the producers, packers and mar
ket analysts, not to mention the traders in
the futures market.
Although Cox is new on the job here, he
understands the importance of marketing
information for the small-sized producer.
He said that he uses a laptop computer,
and programs have been developed to al
most instantly average out weights and
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