Al4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,2003
Eighty-Four
Livestock Auction
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, January 6,2003
Report Supplied By PDA
CATTLE 244...{PDA)..c0ws steady to
2.00 higher, bulls steady.
STEERS: Standard 1-2 60.00-63.50.
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean
38.50- Boners 80-85% lean
35.00-38.00, Lean 85-90% lean
29.50- Shells 29.00 and down.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 965-2395 lbs
46.50- Yield Grade 2 1500-2375 lbs
41.50-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medi
um and Large 1 350-495 lbs 78.00-87.00,
535-670 lbs 75.00-83.00, Medium and
Urge 2 330-450 lbs 58.00-71.00, 665-885
lbs 56.00-66.00; HEIFERS: Medium and
Urge 1 310-470 lbs 64.00-74.00, 505-615
lbs 62.00-73.00, Medium and Urge 2
350-495 lbs 54.00-62.00, 510-760 lbs
45.00- BULLS: Medium and Large
1 340-480 lbs 75.00-91.00,
570-690 lbs 67.00-71.00, Me
dium and Urge 2 350-490
lbs 58.00-68.00, 530-795 lbs
50.00-
CALVES 113...(A1l calves
sold per cwt). VEALERS:
Standard and Good 65-120
lbs 19.00-40.00, Utility 55-90
lbs 10.00-20.00. FARM
CALVES: No 1 Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs
80.00-103.00, No 2 85-125
lbs 42.50-80.00; No 1 Hol
stein heifers 90 & 105 lbs
330.00 & 350.00.
Beef cross bulls and heif
ers 90-115 lbs 70.00-111.00,
155-290 lbs 60.00-91.00.
HOGS 12... BARROWS
AND GILTS: 40-45% lean
250-300 lbs 27.00-32.00.
SOWS: Medium 215 &
315 lbs 14.00 & 20.50.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0
MARKET TEST!
SHEEP 61... Slaughter
lambs steady to 15.00 high
er. SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
High Choice and Prime
110-125 lbs 88.00-105.00,
Choice 55-75 lbs
108.00- couple to
141.00, 80-100 lbs
102.00- SLAUGH
TER SHEEP: 32.00-46.00.
GOATS 11...(AU sold by
the head with weights esti
mated). Kids: Selection 1
40-60 lbs 57.00-63.00. Nan
nies: 70-100 lbs 50.00-64.00.
Billies: one 70-100 lbs 60.00,
100 lbs and over 108.00.
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■ January 2,2003 ■
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Report Supplied by Auction
Friday, January 3,2003
348 HEAD.
STEERS: 200-300 LBS. 78.00-92.00,
300-500 LBS. 80.00-96.00, 500-575 LBS.
84.00- 580-695 LBS. 72.00-85.00,
700-900 LBS. 67.00-78.50, 900-1000 LBS.
63.00-
HOLSTEIN STEERS; 200-400 LBS.
50.00- 400-500 LBS. 44.00-48.00,
500-700 LBS. 43.00-46.50, 700-900 LBS.
40.00-
HEIFERS: 200-300 LBS. 72.00-82.00,
300-500 LBS. 70.00-81.00, 500-700 LBS.
68.00- 700-900 LBS. 65.00-72.50,
900-1000 LBS. 57.00-63.50.
BULLS: 200-300 LBS. 80.00-90.00,
300-500 LBS. 76.00-92.50, 500-700 LBS.
60.00- 700-900 LBS. SS.OO-65.00,
900-1000 LBS. 45.00-56.00.
HOLSTEIN BULLS: 500-900 LBS.
35.00-
Educational Sessions - Expert Speakers from Across the Nation
Trade Show - Over 120 Suppliers for Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Tree Fruit
February 4. 2003
Honeycnsp Salvation or Problem Child?
How to Grow Big Gala - Dr. Peter Hirst, Purdue
University
Current Status of MCP
Reducing Spray Drift
Wood Borers - Dr. Henry Hogmire, WVU
Kearneysville
Cost of Orchard Removal/Replacement
Use of Rapeseed for Soil Renovation in Orchards
February 5.2003
Pesticide Security Regulations
Control of Black and White Rot in Apples
Flower and Spur Development In Apple
Global Positioning System (GPS)
What’s New in Sprayer Technology
The FQPA As It Is - An EPA Perspective
Apple and Cider Quality Assurance
Pa Apple Marketing Board and US Apple
Association Working for You
National Peach Council
- Optimizing Peach Yields Through Training
Systems- Dr. Kathryn Taylor, University of Georgia
- Unique White Peach Varieties
- Nematodes
- Increasing Organic Matter
-Update on Plum Pox Virus
-Can We Grow Peaches Without OP Insecticides?
-Skinny Peach Trees
February 6. 2003
Control of Pear Diseases
Organic Asian Pears
Woolly Apple Aphids- Dr. Henry Hogmire WVU,
Kearneysvllle
Deer Control - a New Jersey Perspective
Bitter Pit, Calcium Deficiency or Plant Bug
Damage - Dr Mark Brown, USDA Kearneysvllle
Controlling Insects Without OP Insecticides
Irrigation System Design
Value of Trickle Irrigation in the Eastern U.S. - Dr.
Mike Glenn USDA Kearneysvllle, WV
Orchard Herbicide Application the How To’s
National Peach Council
-Peach Thinning - panel
-Efficient Water Management in Peach Orchards -
Dr. Kathryn Taylor, University of Georgia
-Precision Forecasting for Insects & Diseases
Small Fruit
February 4. 2002
British Soft Fruit (Berry) Production - John Berry,
Haygrove Co., Ledbury, UK
Strawberry and Bramble High Tunnel Production
Fumigation Options
Bramble Breeding Program
February 6. 2003
Strawberry Production from Florida to Erie
Strawberry Plasticulture
Grower-Proven Trickle Irrigation Set-ups
Disease and Weed Control
Eastern Seedless Table Grape Production
For fruit program and registration fee information, contact:
State Horticultural Ass’n. of Pennsylvania - 717-677-4184
www shaponlme org
New Jersey State Horticultural Soc. - 908-475-6505
http //gloucester rce rutgers.edu/
Morrison’s Cove
Livestock
Martinsburg, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Monday, January 6,2003
CATTLE: % HEAD.
STEERS: CHOICE 67.00-73.00,
GOOD 65.00-67.00.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 67.00-72.00,
GOOD 62.00-66.00.
COWS: UTILITY AND COMMER
CIAL 36.00-42.50, CANNER AND LOW
CUTTER 15.00-34.00.
BULLOCKS: GOOD & CHOICE, NO
MARKET TEST.
BULLS: YG+NI 44.00-48.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS, NO
MARKET TEST, BULLS, NO MARKET
TEST, HEIFERS 55.00-68.00.
Vegetables
Season Extension -
- Cut Flower and Potato Production
- Controlling Diseases
- Equipment for Use in High Tunnels
- Twelve Month Vegetable Production in Unheated
Greenhouses
Basic Vegetable School -
- Produce Growling Systems <:
- Marketing Produce
- Variety Selection, Cover Crops & Crop Rotations
- Season Extending Techniques
-Trickle Irrigation Systems
-Managing Weeds, Diseases and Insects
-Crop Scheduling
Sweet Corn
- Varieties
- What is Sweet Corn Worth: Am I Selling It for the
Right Price - Gary Sweet, Cleveland, OH
- Sweet Corn Populations
- No-Till/Strip-Till Sweet Corn
Onion, Garlic and Leeks
Beans
- Use of Gaucho
- Weed Management
- Bean Viruses
Greenhouse Vegetables and Herbs
- Raising Greenhouse Tomatoes - Dr. Richard
Snyder, Mississippi State University
-1 PM - Dr. Les Schipp, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada
-Producing Herbs in the Greenhouse
February 5.2003
Weed Control
- Non-Chemical Weed Control
- Herbicide Rotations
Irrigation
- Water Management: Crop Management
- Drip Tape Characteristics and Performance
Wildlife Management
- Deer, Groundhogs, Birds, and Geese
- Animal Repellants
February 6. 2003
Pumpkins
- Seventeen Acres of Pumpkins from Transplants
- Managing Phytophthora and Other Diseases
- Comparison of High vs Low-Input Production
Tomato Pest Management
- New Options for Insect Control
- Use of Actigard
- Biological Controls for Spot
Organic Production
-Media and Nutrient Additions for Transplants
-Orgamc Production of Medicinal Herbs- Dr.
-Making and Using High Quality Compost
Vine Crops
- Seedless Watermelon Production - Dr. Jonathan
Schultheis, North Carolina State Umv.
- Spacing and Fertigation in Winter Squashes
- Varieties of Summer Squash and Melons
Tomato, Pepper and Eggplant
- Physiological Disorders
CALVES: 91 HEAD. CHOICE
80.00-89.00, GOOD 70.00-80.00, STAN-
DARD 20.00-38.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS
90-130 LBS. 50.00-110.00, HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 150.00-250.00.
HOGS: 130. US+NI-2, 34.00-35.50; US
+N 1-3,32.00-33.00.
SOWS: US +NI-3 18.00-27.00.
BOARS: 5.00-21.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 11 HEAD. US +NI-3
20-50 LBS. 9.00-21.00.
SHEEP: 8 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS,
NO MARKET TEST, GOOD LAMBS,
NO MARKET TEST, SLAUGHTER
EWES 28.00-44.00.
GOATS: 50.00-60.00.
ie Convention
4-6, 2003
nd Convention Center
ey, Pennsylvania
[crsi
Maryland State Horticultural Soc. • 301-271-7491
For vegetable, potato & flower program registration fees information, contact:
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association - 717-694-3596 -
www.pvga.org , . . , .
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Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, January 7,2003
CALVES .05-3.50.
COWS .15-48 3 /4.
EASY COWS ,08‘/2-41.
FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .11-1.08.
HEIFERS 21Vi-.6l'A.
BULLS .35-.60.
STEERS ,27-.67.
HOGS .02-.30.
ROASTING PIGS EACH, NONE.
BOARS, NONE.
SOWS, NONE.
SHEEP .30-.76.
LAMBS EA. 25.00-64.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .81-1.54.
GOATS EA. 38.00-100.00.
KIDS EA. 10.00-70.00.
HIDES EA. 5.00-35.00.
TOTAL: 493.
- New Bell Pepper Varieties
- What's New in Eggplant Cultivars?
Processing Tomatoes
- Yellow Shoulder and Yellow Eye Disorders
- Using Stoller Products
- Insights in Managing Tomato Flow from Planting to
Harvest
- Variety Update
Wine Grapes
February 4.2003
Disease and Insect Pest Control
Opportunities, Challenges antf Canopy Management
Crop Estimating, Crop Management, and Thinning
Nutrition & Grapevine Tissue Analysis
Monitoring and Harvest Considerations for Wine
Quality
Marketing
February 4.2003
Food Trends - What’s Hot What’s Not
Impacts of Consumer Trends on Produce Commodities
Dr. Joseph Lord, St. Joseph’s University
February 5. 2003
Produce Pricing - Adding Margin
Promoting Your Direct Marketing Activities
Employee Motivation and Incentive Programs
Strictly Sweet Corn - Gary Sweet, Cleveland, OH
Entertainment Agriculture at Iron Kettle Farms -
Bonnie Jensen, Iron Kettle Farms
Labor & Legal Issues
February 4.2003
Worker Protection Law(s) in PA
How to Maintain Good Relations with your
Hispanic Workers
Farm Bureau Perspective on Seasonal Workers
PA Migrant Education Programs
Pro-active approaches to Labor Management
Potatoes
February 4. 2003
Quality Oriented Potato Management
Potato Production in Ontario
Weed Control in Potatoes-including Volunteer’s
February 5. 2003
Organic Potato Production
Getting the Rocks Out
Insect and Disease Management
Influencing Chipping Quality in the Field
Marketing Specialty Potatoes
Greenhouse Ornamentals
Febn
Fertility
Natural Ventilation
New Varieties
Pest Control
Dollars and Sense of Growing
2003
Cut Flowers
February 6. 2003
Plug Production Techniques
Marketing Cut Flowers -panel
Optimizing Fertilization
Perennials and Woodies
Insect and Weed Control