Vol. 48 No. 52
Nancy Hildebrand apecializea in primitives such as this early 1900 s jeHy cup
board, old slaw board, ySiloware teapot, and tobacco bowl. Turn to page 823 to
reed more about Hildebrand and a former chicken coop that has been transformed
into Shrewsbury Antique Center.
Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family faaturaa editor
Canadian Cattleman: Border Closing Is ‘Huge Blow’
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Beef cattle prices have
been breaking records In the U.S.,
Va. Farmers Air Concerns At Bridgewater College
GAY BROWNLEE
Virginia Correspondent
BRIDGEWATER, Va.
Shenandoah Valley fanners who
weren’t committed to field work
Mariah and Trevor Tompkins greeted more than 700
people for Susquehanna County’s "A Day On A Dairy
Farm.” Their parents, Mark and Cindy Tompkins, opened
their 200-acre dairy farm for the event. Turn to page 810
for more photos and to read about the many activities
guests enjoyed.
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but rancher Grant Hirsche of Al
berta, Canada, has a different
story to tell.
Hirsche manages a cow/calf
operation near Calgary, running
on the beautiful mid-October
Monday of the 2003 Agriculture
Conference took advantage of a
rare opportunity to personally
Four Sections
about 1,000 head of purebred
Angus and Hereford cows. He is
Also president of the Alberta
Hereford Association.
Hirsche spoke with Lancaster
meet with several persons from
Washington. The officials bear
the challenging responsibility of
representing the interests of the
multifaceted U.S. agriculture in
dustry.
Raw Milk
Takes Spotlight
At Info Meeting
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Why are people allowed to buy
life-endangering cigarettes when
their freedom to purchase raw
milk products is so limited?
Taylor Diaz, 15, asked that
question at a raw milk informa
tional meeting , this week, draw-
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Saturday, October 25,2003
Beef Market Still
Strong After Boom Week
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) ■— It looks like the live beef
market has gone as high as it will
go.
Finished cattle prices this week
slipped back from the record
breaking levels posted at local
auctions and across the country
during the week that ended Oct.
17.
Closing the border to Cana
dian cattle since a case of BSE
was reported in Alberta this past
May is widely viewed as a major
cause of the beef market boom in
the U.S.
Monday, slaughter steers at
Vintage Livestock Auction, Para
dise, sold $lO to $l5 lower per
hundredweight (CWT) compared
to the previous Thursday,
according to USDA-Pennsylva
nia’s market news report Oct. 20.
Thursday’s market at New
Farming Oct. 6 at the Keystone
International Livestock Exhibi
tion in Harrisburg.
The conference was conducted
at the Bridgewater College.
Farmers and processors alike
were granted an opportunity to
ask questions and to voice con
cerns about their livelihoods.
First, however, they listened to
the speakers expounding on the
“This is a tremendous honor,” Lancaster County Poul
try Association Ambassador Bobby Breach, center, said of
his appointment. With him are his parents, Lynda and Wil
liam Breach. Although Breach is from a nonfarming fami
ly, he became interested in the poultry industry through
his involvement in poultry judging for the Penn Manor
FFA. See page A 22 for more about the association’s an
nual meeting.
Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family foatures editor
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Holland this week held steady
with the Vintage auction.
The previous week had seen
top-quality steers going as high
as $132.50 per CWT at Vintage.
This past Monday, high choice
and prime steers sold mostly
$lO6-$lO9 per CWT, with three
going for $ll2-$ll6.
“It looks like they’ve peaked,”
said Henry “Butch” Brown, Vin
tage sales manager.
In more than 30 years in the
beef business, Brown said he had
never seen slaughter cattle sell
above $lOO per CWT, much less
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Inside
The Farmer
✓ Berks extension
meeting page A 23.
✓ Lancaster County
Poultry Association
meeting page A 22.
✓ Poultry IPM page
ASS.
✓ State Dairy One
Reports page D 3.
status of farm legislation, U.S.
trade policies, food safety in to
days greatly altered world, and
the ever-present threat of bioter
rorism.
Bridgewater College President
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