C4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19, 2003
Maryland Junior Angus Preview Show Posts Results
The champion bred and owned heifer, Windy
Ridge Miss Shadoe, was exhibited by Chad
Hahn of Rocky Ridge.
AHIR Program To Include Younger Calves
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The American Angus Association
has made enhancements to the Angus Herd Improvement
Records (AHIR) program for weaning weights by expand
ing the age window to now include calves as young as 120
days, while also adopting a new formula for adjusting
205-day weights.
The change will benefit producers moving to earlier
weaning programs and was effective on June 8.
For genetic evaluation and contemporary group ratios,
weaning weights are standardized to a calf age of 205
days and a mature dam equivalent.
Previously, only weaning weights from a range of 160
to 280 days were adjusted to 205-day weights and in
cluded in the American Angus Association National Cat
tle Evaluation (NCE).
As a result, calves weaned earlier than 160 days of age
did not receive the 205-day adjusted weights, and their
data did not contribute to genetic predictions.
“Lowering the minimum age requirement for taking
CRAWFORD COUNTY HERDS WITH A RHA SCC LESS THAN 200,000
NAME TOWN BREED RHA SCC #COWS
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
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GARY LEE fc PATRICIA HASE
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DANIEL H DICKEY
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DOUG & DEBRA FIELY
ST. LOUIS, Mo. The Na
tional Com Growers Associa
tion (NCGA) has released The
World of Corn 2003, the na
tion’s only comprehensive alma
nac and one-stop shop for corn
industry information.
“NCGA has taken the lead
for more than a decade in pro
ducing World of Corn as a ser
vice to its more than 32,000
members, as well as all of agri
culture, government and aca
demia” said NCGA President
Fred Yoder.
The World of Corn includes
statistics on NCGA’s six pri
mary focus issues ethanol,
trade, research and new uses,
biotechnology, transportation
and farm policy as well as
consumption, export and pro
duction data, contacts within
NCGA, its affiliated state asso
ciations, and the agriculture in
dustry.
Yoder noted the World of
Corn 2003 is dedicated to all the
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individuals “who help make our
world go round,’’ and this year’s
issue introduces readers to six of
them. “Their stories reflect a di
versity of backgrounds but share
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its potential,” said the Plain
City, Ohio, corn grower. “All
play vital roles in the six core
corn and its potential. All play
vital roles in the six core theaters
of action where NCGA is heav
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“World of Corn 2003 tells our
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“As you read, you will meet
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Yoder concluded by stating
the World of Corn is meant as a
tool to reach out to the everyday
producers who make agriculture
the strong industry it is.
“Like many com growers. I’m
The reserve champion cow/calf, Champion
Hill Lady 2356, was exhibited by Ryan Frank,
Monkton.
weaning weights will provide breeders more flexibility for
taking these measurements, permitting younger calves to
remain in their respective contemporary groups to better
fit the management system that may be in place,” says
Bill Bowman, director of performance programs for the
Association.
In addition, the new nonlinear adjustment formula per
forms a more reliable job of the calculation of adjusted
weights on the calves that are on the outer bounds of the
age windows.
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The reserve champion Angus steer, JSAR MR
170 E, was exhibited by Morgan Meisenheimer,
Mt. Airy.
The reserve champion owned heifer, PVF
Proven Queen, was exhibited by Brittany Full,
Mt. Airy.
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