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Beef l
Exposition's*
March 27 - 30
Penn State Ag Arena
Beef Expo Begins March 27
(Continued from Page A 1)
PJCA members to exhibit their
animals in a weekend of fun and
education.
Special educational demon
strations and exhibits will be
given on Friday and Saturday,
March 28 and 29.
Since its creation in 1988, the
Pennsylvania Beef Expo has ex
panded to include activities tar
geted at both junior and senior
cattlemen. This year’s Expo be
gins with the PCA Awards Ban
quet and Annual Meeting, sched
uled for Thursday, March 27 at
Celebrations Hall, near the Nltta
ny Mall, in State College. Festivi
ties will begin with a reception at
6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
The association will recognize
cattle producers with several
awards including the Industry
Service Award, Commercial Cat
tleman, Seedstock Breeder and
Cattle Feeder of the Year.
One farm will be recognized
with the Stewardship Award for
dedication to preserving agricul
ture and the environment for fu
ture generations.
Other banquet highlights in
clude announcement of the Penn
sylvania Cattlemen’s Beef Am
bassadors. Banquet reservations
can be made by calling or faxing
the PCA office at (814) 238-5888
or by e-mail at llw@psu.edu.
TRADESHOW
The Beef Expo Trade Show
will be available on Friday and
Saturday, March 28 and 29. The
trade show is an excellent oppor
tunity to visit and ask questions
of equipment, genetics and phar
maceutical companies, as well as
show supply, feed, and specialty
PC A To Award Scholarship
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Penn
sylvania Cattlemen’s Association (PCA) has an
nounced that a $l,OOO scholarship will be award
ed to a young person planning a career related to
the cattle industry . The scholarship will be
awarded at the PCA banquet, March 27.
Funding for this scholarship is provided
through PCA’ s previous participation in the
IVOMEC: GENERATIONS OF EXCELLENCE
TM program.
“Nothing is more important than providing a
sound education for tomorrow's producers,”
according to Terry L. Shearer, President of PCA.
“Those planning to work in the changing cat
tle industry into the next century will need to be
proficient in animal and crop sciences, business
economics, and communications. That’s why
PCA is providing a $l,OOO IVOMEC Scholarship
to help a deserving young cattleman or cattlewo
man prepare for the future.”
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exhibitors. Once again the trade
show will also feature various
displays of different beef breeds.
SKILLATHON, QUIZ BOWL
This year’s Pennsylvania Beef
Expo will again provide juniors
with an opportunity to test their
knowledge at the annual Penn
sylvania Beef Expo Skillathon
and Pennsylvania Beef Expo
Quiz Bowl.
This year’s Beef Skillathon will
be conducted Saturday, March 29
from 8 to 10 a.m. The Skillathon
allows young beef enthusiasts to
test their beef industry knowl
edge. By incorporating project
skills and industry basics in a se
ries of mini-learning stations par
ticipants compete in areas such
as identification of beef breeds,
retail cuts, feed ingredients and
feed safety. Divisions for the Skil
lathon include senior (16-21), in
termediate (12-15), and junior
(8-11).
The Beef Expo Quiz Bowl will
also take place on Friday, March
28, beginning with preliminaries
at 4 p.m. Any teams of four
PJCA, 4-H or FFA members are
invited to compete. The competi
tion will be divided into two divi
sions: 14 to 21 year olds (seniors)
and 8 to 13 year olds (juniors).
Quiz Bowl topics will include nu
trition, genetics, reproduction,
animal health, marketing and
promotion, and cattle breeds.
The Beef Skillathon and Quiz
Bowl competitions are open to all
PJCA, 4-H,
and FFA
members.
Individuals
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can join the
The American Simment
al Association (ASA),
located in Bozeman,
Montana, is universally
respected as a beef
industry leader ASA 1)
was the first beef breed
to develop and publish a
sire summary, 2) was on
the leading edge in the
development
of Estimated Breeding
Values, 3) developed
multi-breed EPDs, and,
4) brought performance
the show
PJCA for a
$5 annual membership fee at the
contest site. Four-member PJCA
county, club or school teams in
any division also are invited to
participate. For more informa
tion contact Elizabeth Ackerman
at (717) 484-0888.
JUNIOR SHOWS
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• 3 Embryos STF Celine X LRS Preferred Stock
• Pregnancy - Selling Full SIB to Tices Alert Legacy
• Bred Heifers and Cows, A-I to GW Lucky Dice, Nichols Blk Destiny,
Highwayman, MV Red Light, Shoemakers Top Gun, Rains Limit Up, Black
Resolve, NLC Good A Nuff, Prowler
• Cow/Calf Pairs w/calves by Black Joker, MF Powerßilt, HEB Limited, HEB
Powerful.
* Show Heifer Prospects - Black and Red Black Joker, Power Drive, Limit Up,
Lucky Break, Galvanizer, Show Down, Shake Down, Craftsman, Lucky Dice,
Black Resolve, Night Moves
Expo Heifer Show will be con
ducted Saturday, March 29 and
will include more than seven dif
ferent beef cattle breeds. All heif
ers bom between September 2001
and October 2002 are eligible for
the show. The Junior Steer Show
is scheduled for Sunday, March
30. Light, middle, and heavy
weight division champions will
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Also selling: Top Bulls from our Maryland Bull Test
PENNSYLVANIA BEEF EXPO
Simmental Cattle Sale
FRIDAY, MARCH 28th, 2003
Starting at 1:30 PM
at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Selling 40 Select Lots
FOR YOUR SALE CATALOG
LARRY MARTIN CATTLE SALES
email lmcs2ooo@yahoo.com
217-935-8211 Office or 217-935-3873 home
6 Nancy Lane
Clinton, Illinois 61727
American Simmental Association • 406-587-4531
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K>r information or sale book;
Wye Angus
Edward Draper, Program Manager
P.O Box 169
Queenstown, MD 21658
(410) 827-6016
(410) 758-1233-evenmg
(410) 827-7821- fax
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Visit our Web site;
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compete for grand champion lai
rels.
The final showmanship coi
petition will also be on Sunda
More information is availab
from Elizabeth Ackerman <
(717) 484-0888, the PC A office i
(814) 238-5888 phone/fax, e-ma
llw@psu.edu or on the PCA Wei
site at www.pacattle.org.
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