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Scope Of Pa. Cattle Industry
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) There are about 12,000
different owners of beef cattle in
Pennsylvania.
There are 175,000 beef cows of
calving age, and about 250,000
cattle are on feed annually. There
are two large beef packing plants
in Pennsylvania; Taylor’s Beef at
Wyalusung (tenth largest beef
packer in the U.S.) and MOPAC
at Souderton eighth largest beef
packer in the US). Because of
these two large beef packers,
there are over 1 million head of
cattle (beef and dairy origin) har-
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vested annually.
Pennsylvania’s seedstock
herds, just like the commercial
herds, range in size from IS head
to over 200 head, and are dispers
ed around the state.
The main areas for cow-calf
production are in the southwest
part of the state, but the beef cow
herd is the primary method of
harvesting hill-land pasture in all
sections of the state.
Cattle feeding is concentrated
in the southeast part of the state,
but practiced throughout south
ern and middle parts of the state.
Youth Prep For Expo
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showed the reserve champion.
The family, including father
Dale Byers, keeps a total of about
30 Charolais and Angus cows.
From May to October, the herd is
transported to 150 acres of pas
ture land within the Gettysburg
National Military Park.
In wintertime, the herd is
housed and fed on the Byers’s
18-acre home farm. The family
also rents another 78 acres of
farmland.
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Present Scholarships
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Cattle
men’s Association will present
two additional scholarships this
year to young persons who are
planning a career in the cattle in
dustry.
Pfizer Animal Health Compa
ny, Inc. provides funding for one
PCATo
Derek Byers washes his yearling Charolais heifer in preparation for
the Pennsylvania Beef Expo this week.
of the $5OO scholarships in con
nection with Pfizer’s Dectomax
Extra Education Dollars
(‘DEED’) program. The Pennsyl
vania Cattlemen’s Association
provides the second $5OO schol-
arship from the PCA general
fund.
Winners will be awarded
scholarships at the annual Penn
sylvania Cattlemen’s Association
Banquet on Thursday, March 28.