Bureau Honors Hayes
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greetings from Governor Ed Ren
dell and congratulated PFB on
another successful year.
Donaldson also recognized
John Hileman, Holidaysburg for
his service to the PFB board of
directors as he leaves his post.
Hileman thanked the member
ship for the opportunity to serve
on the board of directors and en
couraged everyone to stay involv
ed, saying “serve it well, and it
will serve you.”
Earlier in the day, Matthew
November Bull Proofs
See this week’s Dairy Plus section for Hoi- Information contained in bull proofs may vary
stein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, and Red from breed to breed. Check with your breed asso
and White bull proofs. ciation to get a full explanation.
INKS Order)
Bull Name
ARDROSSAN MARATHON WANDRINGEYE
WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER ET
PALMYRA LOVER'S HELIGO'S
BROW-AYR TRIDENT GRIFFEY 3
MILLBROOK MARATHON'S LEGACY
PALMYRA TRI STAR
PALMYRA REWARD SATELLITE
BROW-AYR TRIDENT MOHAWK
KILDARE BflK KELLY
COVEY FARMS RAMSES RUNAWAY
Coverage Increased As Part Of AGR-Lite
Insurance Expansion
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Secretary of Agriculture
Dennis C Wolff has announced
an expansion of the Adjusted
Gross Revenue-Lite (AGR-Lite)
Crop Insurance Plan.
“Pennsylvania’s Department
of Agriculture developed and in
troduced AGR-Lite last year as
one of several initiatives driven
by the department to help the
state’s farmers,” said Wolff. “I
am pleased that we are able to
expand the program this year.”
Wolff added that as a result of
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and Barbara Balliet of Drums
were named winners of Pennsyl
vania Farm Bureau’s Young
Farmer and Rancher (YF&R)
Achievement Award during the
organization’s Annual Meeting.
Starting in 1998 with the pur
chase of a rundown farm in a
neighboring county, Matthew
Balliet single-handedly operates a
500-acre cash grain enterprise.
He grows com and soybeans,
plus some hay and oats for a
small herd of custom-raised beef
cattle. Cropping on the farm is
now 100 percent no-till.
Ayrshire
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AGR-Lite’s initial success, cover
age was expanded from Pennsyl
vania excluding Philadelphia
county, to 11 northeastern states
including Connecticut, Delaware,
Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland,
New Hampshire, New Jersey ex
cluding Hudson County, Rhode
Island, Vermont, West Virginia
and 52 counties in New York. Li
ability coverage has increased to
$250,000 from $lOO,OOO. AGR-
Lite continues to offer coverage
for farm-raised crops, animals
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31 89 +lO6B + 02 +44 59 117 89 - 03 +2B BONNIE BRAE HELIGO
60 64 +lOO2 +O7 +5l 15 20 64 +O7 +43 ARDROSSAN EV KATES TRIDENT
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WE INSTALL COMPLETE
DUST SYSTEMS
• Blowers
STOLTZFUS WELDING
& REPAIR
76 S. Vintage Rd., Paradise, PA 17562
717-442-9148
Matthew Balliet has served on
the Luzerne County Farm bureau
board of directors. He chairs the
county Farm Bureau’s State Leg
islative Committee and serves as
its national legislative spokes
man. He and his wife Barbara
have served on Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau’s YF &R State
Committee.
Balliet, Heagy, and Semmel
will travel to the American Farm
Bureau annual meeting in Ha
waii in January for national
YF&R competition.
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and animal products.
“Unlike many crop insurance
programs, AGR-Lite is geared to
ward smaller growers and pro
vides coverage that many have
been unable to get before,” said
Wolff.
A list of participating crop in
surance agents can be obtained
from local USDA Farm Service
Agency offices. Farmers can also
contact the Risk Management
Agency at www.rma.usda.gov/
tools/agents or call (202)
690-2803. The deadline is Janu
ary 31, 2004.
• Pipe
• Cyclones
•Bins
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22, 2003-A23
Andrea Semmel, left, is being congratulated by YF&R
chairperson Shawn Miller for her selection as the YF&R
Excellence In Agriculture Award winner.
Standardbred Horse Auction
Sales Approach $5O Million
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) About $5O million
changed hands during the Stan
dardbred Horse Sales Company
Auction, Nov. 3-8, at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
The 62nd Annual Auction of
the Standardbred Horse Sales
Company featured some of the
finest horses from the United
States and Canada and attracted
buyers from around the world.
Standardbreds, noted for speed
and stamina are most frequently
used in harness racing.
“This show attracts hundreds
of international guests to the
Harrisburg area,” said Agricul
ture Secretary Dennis C Wolff.
“We are fortunate to be home to
world-class breeding facilities
with highly sought after race
horses and breeding stock. This
was a great event for the horse
industry and the local economy.”
The annual Penn State Hybrid Reports are part
and parcel of the Jan. 31 issue of Corn talk in i
Lancaster Farming. Also scheduled is a feature from a iw
Columbia County 5-Acre Corn Club winner, silage
reports, meeting updates, and a calendar of crop growing
and management events.
“The newly renovated and ex
panded Farm Show Complex
was an ideal venue for this
show,” said Dale Welk, Director
of Operations for the Stan
dardbred Horse Sales Company
of Hanover, the event sponsor.
“We had the space and accom
modations we needed to conduct
a world class sale in a world class
facility.”
Consigners from throughout
the United States and Canada
marketed yearlings and other
Standardbreds during the sale.
According to the Standardbred
Horse Sales Company, this year’s
show increased to 1,936 horses
selling for $49,998,400, or an av
erage of about $25,826 per horse.
In 2002, 1,717 horses sold for
$49,229,300, averaging $25,428
per horse.