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BABY CALVES, per head 2000-45 00
GOATS, per head SLAUGHTER CLASSES Kids
Selection 1* 40-60 lbs 45 00-65.50, Selection 2
25 00-42 50, Selection 3. under 20 lbs 10 00-15 00
Yearlings Selection V 80-100 lbs 50 00-72 50 Does/
Nannies Selection 2 70-100 lbs 3000-45 00, Selection
3 50-70 lbs 2000-32 50 Bucks/Billies Selection 2
70-100 lbs 35 00-57 50. REPLACEMENT CLASSES
Bucks/Billies Selection 1 100-150 lbs 10000
Lancaster County
Weekly Cattle
New Holland, Pa.
Friday, November 29,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.)
Because of Thanksgiving Day and New
Holland Sales Stables regular Thursday
auctions taking place Friday, Lancaster
County Weekly Cattle Summary was not
available at presstime.
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Evaluation Center Bull Test Under Way
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The 2002 BuU Perform
ance Test is under way at the
Pennsylvania Department of Ag
riculture’s Livestock Evaluation
Center in State College.
Bulls were placed on test on
Oct. 29th, and over the course of
112 days will be evaluated for av
erage daily weight gain, feed effi
ciency, and genetic potential.
Based on the performance of the
bulls, the Livestock Evaluation
Center can objectively determine
their hereditary potential.
By unlocking this genetic po
tential, the PA Department of
Agriculture is able to present val
uable information to beef produc
ers for their breeding programs.
“Pennsylvania agriculture has
‘Products for the Planet,”’ PA
Agriculture Secretary Sam Hayes
said. “To maintain our leader
ship status in America
and the world, we
have to keep building
a strong future for ag
riculture. The PDA
Livestock Evaluation
Center does this.
“At minimal cost to
the producer, genetic
traits can be evaluated
on their bulls, provid
ing guidance in mak
ing important man
agement decisions
about their herds.”
At the conclusion of
the test, the bulls will
be offered for sale on
March 28, 2003 at the
Ag Arena, University
Park, Centre County,
To accelerate and
elevate the PA Depart
ment of Agriculture’s
support of the live
stock industry, PDA
has embarked upon
the construction of a
new, world-class Live
stock Evaluation Cen
ter.
“This construction
project, in excess of
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ITHACA, N.Y. —The Northeast
Sheep and Goat Marketing Program
at Cornell University was established
in Januaiy 2001 to improve the mar
keting infrastructure for sheep and
goats in the 12 northeastern states of
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Mar
yland, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
and West Virginia.
The program is funded by the
Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance
Program, which resulted from legal
actions taken by the American Sheep
Industry Association to limit cheap
lamb imports to the U.S.
Bob Melchior was highly effective
in the marketing coordinator posi
tion for the program until his unex
pected death in early August. To
continue to serve producers in the
Northeast and fulfill the obligations
of the grant, Cornell University elect
ed to fill the marketing coordinator
position.
Susan Schoenian, a University of
Maryland (small ruminant) extension
agent and sheep and goat producer,
assumed 50 percent of the responsi-
$6.4 million, is moving towards
completion,” noted Secretary
Hayes. “Agriculture is our num
ber one industry in Pennsylvania,
contributing over $4O billion an
nually to our economy. To keep
Pennsylvania’s livestock species
out-front in the quest of genetic
excellence, we need to provide
21st century facilities.
“Now it is time for a test facili
ty that better reflects what our
livestock producers need,” said
Secretary Hayes.
“This new complex is ten times
larger than the current facility
operated by the PA Department
of Agriculture. Our new Live
stock Evaluation Center is over
178,000 square feet and will in
clude learning venues for stu
dents of agriculture and a meet
ing place for agriculture
conferences.”
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Graded tele-auctions have been or
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group of a half dozen producers, rep
resenting 1,200 ewes on accelerated
lambing programs, is supplying 10 to
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One of the primary accomplish
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An estimated ISO beef
bulls can be placed on test
at the new center, provid
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for the beef industry.
The most recent census
data shows income from
Pennsylvania beef produc
tion on 28,000 farms was
$409.7 million, an increase
of 6.7 percent from the
previous year.
For more information on
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ance Test, or Pennsylva
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keting Website at www.sheepgoat
marketing.org. The site includes
program information, news, links,
calendar of events, links to regional
auction prices, an ethnic calendar,
articles on marketing, and a directo
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wholesalers, and processors. It is a
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in the upcoming regional marketing
summits, by adding their names to
the program mailing list, and by pro
viding input to Cornell University,
Susan and Chris, and/or the advisory
board, all of which have contacts on
the Website.
The dates and locations for the re
gional marketing summits are as fol
lows:
• Saturday, Dec. 14 from 10 a.m.
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