Mineral Wells Livestock Exchange Mineral Wells, V\\ Report Supplied In Auction December 20. 200.5 SIOC K SIE FRS (iRAI)F M-l 500-UNDER. NONF 500-500 85-89 500-700 72 800-OVFR 69 75 s roc k hi in rs grade m i 500-UNDFR 85 500-500 68-86' 500 7<M> 61 76. 800-OVFR 54-67 SIOC K BUI I S GRADE M-I 500-UNDFR NONF. 500-500 68 75, 500 700 64 7) SI AUGHTFR BUI I S 46-60 BRED COWS 420 00-750 00 HEAD SI AUGHT FR ( OWS HIGH DRFSS 45 55, UTlim 58 48‘ .CANNFR 19-51' HOGS 200-250 IBS 54’ - 54* . 500-500 IBS 55- 57 MAI F HOGS 12 GOATS 56 00-60 00 HF AD MARKET CLOSED DEC 27 RFCiUI AR SALFONJAN 5 Educational Sessions - Expert Speakers from Across the Nation Trade Show - Over 130 Suppliers for Fruit and Vegetable Growers Tree Fruit January 2' 7. 2 - Technology Road Map for the Fruit Industry - George Goodlmg Memorial Lecture - Integrated Ground Cover Management - Dr lan Merwm, Cornell Umv - Apple Cultivars for the Mid-Atlantic Industry - The Impact of Current ERA Issues on the Future of the Hort Industry - Nancy Foster, U S Apple Association - Growing and Selling Sweet Cherries - New Sweet Cherry Cultivars - Virus Diseases in Stone Fruit January 28. 2004 Tree Fruit - Aztec Room - Host Preferences of Oriental Fruit Moth - Weed Control in Apples and Pears - Designing an Irrigation System - Frost Protection in Tree - Pruning and Training Systems Impact on Processing Apples - Cost of Orchard Removal/Replacement January 29. 2004 - Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program for Apples and Peaches - Reduced Risk Pest Management Programs for Apple and Peaches - Integrating Mating Disruption into Insect Pest Control - Management of Non-Lepidopteran Insect Pests with Reduced Risk Insecticides - - Role of Biological Control Agents in Reduced Risk Programs - Economics of New Insect Pest Management Programs January 27. 2003 - Ernie Christ Memorial Lecture - Peach Tree Training Systems - Dr Scott Johnson, Umv of California - Plum Pox Virus Projects January 28. 2003 - High Density Peach Plantings - MCP/Retam on Stone Fruit - Peach Tree Nutrition - Insecticide Resistance in Oriental Fruit Moth - Peach Market Perspective 2003 Season - Problems with Controlling Insect Pests on - Peach Rootstock Evaluations in the NC-140 - Phytotoxicity of Copper Bactericides Small Fruit January 28. - A Visit to Our Farm Lmvilla Orchards - Organic Methods for Highbush Blueberries - Strawberry Plasticulture Systems - Economics of High Tunnel Bramble Production January 29. 2004 - Methyl Bromide Alternatives - Gray Mold and Anthracnose on Strawberries - - The Rutgers Strawberry Breeding Program - Weed Management in Strawberries and Blueberries - Matted-Row Strawberry Cultivar Trial Results - Japanese Beetle Biology and Management - Blueberry Diseases For fruit program and registration fee information, contact- State Horticultural Ass’n. of Pennsylvania - 717-677-4184 New Jersey State Horticultural Soc. - 908-475-6505 http //oloucester rce rutgers ed Maryland State Horticultural Soc. - 301-271-7491 For vegetable, potato & flower program registration fees information, contact Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association - 717-694-3596 - \ Livestock Cooperative Auction Market Of North Jersey llackettstonn, NJ. Report Supplied In \iicli m I uesdac. Deteinher 23, 2005 ( \l VFS 02- 84 COWS sfl*j 69' I ASYCOWS 299-41‘j FFFDERS 500-6001 BS 32-89 HFIEFRS 47 79 BUI LS 51 1 4 - 77 STEERS 52- 9) HOGS 41 ROAS TING PIGS FAC H 29 00-59 00 BOARS 27 SOWS 24‘ - 26 SHFFP 47-86 I AM BSE A 59 00-95 00 I AMBS PF RIB 66-1 40 (.OATS FA 52 50-162 50 KIDSEA 15 00-107 50 HIDES I 00-20 00 TOTAL 584 Vegetables - January 27. 2004 Season Extension - Nigerian Room - Production and Marketing of High Tunnel Crops - Use of BioControls in High Tunnels - High Tunnel Production in England - Growing Fruit and Flowers in High Tunnels Basic Vegetable School - Pest Control and Marketing - Pollination and Cover Crops ■ Soil and Tissue Analysis - Plasticulture Organic Production - Insect Control in Sweet Corn - Managing Grape Diseases - Organic Certification - Assembling the Nuts & Bolts to Put Together a Whole Farm System - Eero Ruuttila, Nesenkeag Farm Vine Crops - Insect, Weed and Disease Control - Use of Pre-Sidedress Soil N Testing Peppers - Quality Pepper Transplants for Optimum Production - Fertility Management on Plastic - Dr Eric Simonne, Umv of Florida - Successful Red Bell Pepper Production Asparagus Variety Availability -Insect and Weed Control Beans Fresh Market Bean Varieties Insect and Disease Control January 28. 2004 Water and Irrigation - Pond Construction and Maintenance - Wells Regs, Location and Management - Drip vs Overhead Irrigation - Water Quality - Automation and Uniformity of Irrigation Systems Pumpkins - Pumpkins and Virus Resistance - No-Till Pumpkin Production - Steve Groff - Varieties and Insect Control - Competitive Pumpkin Projectiles Tomatoes - Heirloom Tomatoes and Profitability - Weed, Insect, Disease Control - Fertility Processn - New Crop Protection Product and Varieties - What’s New for Planting, Irrigation and Harvesting January 29. 2004 Sweet Corn School - Sweet Corn Breeding - Early Sweet Corn Production Using Plasticulture ■ Insect and Disease Control - No-Till Sweet Corn Production - Steve Groff - Bt Sweet Corn Acceptance in the Marketplace - Irrigating Sweet Corn - Commercial Sweet Com Production in Florida - Dr. Eric Simonne, Umv. of Florida Specialty Vegetables - - The World of Specialty Vegetables - Cns West, Frieda’s Inc - Melons, Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes - Generating More Dollars During Halloween - Adding Value Through Food Preparation Cattle On Feed 4 Percent Higher Than Year Ago Washington, D.C. December 19, 2003 Report Supplied By USDA/NASS Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter mar ket in the United States for feedlots with capac ity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11 * million head on December 1, 200? The inventory was 4 percent above December 1, 2002 but S percent below December 1.2001 Placements m feedlots during November to taled 1 9? million, * percent below 2002 but I percent above 2001 Net placements were 1 8? million During November, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 680.000. 600-699 pounds were 578.000 7(H) 799 pounds were *79,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 289,000 Marketings of fed cattle during November to taled 1 54 million, II percent below 2002 and IS percent below 2001 Other disappearance totaled 97.000 during November, 8 percent above 2002 and 21 percent above 2001 imatoes Lancaster Farming, Saturday, 27, 2003 All Staunton Weekly Feeder Cattle Sale Richmond, Va. December 22. 2(M13 Report Supplied By IJSDA Staunton Wccklv Auction for Dec 19 Prices Based on In Weights Feeder steers. Feeder heif ers and Feeder bulls steady Feeder Cattle *97 (Steers 17S, Holstein Steers 12, Heifers 170 Bulls 40) Feeder Steers Medium and 1 200 *OO lbs 100 00-119 00. *OO-400 lbs 100 00-119 00 400-SOO lbs 96 00-11* 00 500-600 lbs 95 00-10*00, 600-700 lbs 89 00- 99 00, 700-800 lbs 89 00 97 10, 800-900 lbs few 85 00- 87 25 900-1000 lbs few 85 00- 86 50 Medium and large 2 400-500 lbs 95 00-105 00 500-600 lbs 90 00-100 00 600-700 lbs 85 00- 95 00, 700-800 lbs 82 00- 85 00 Small 1 400-500 lbs 90 00-100 00, 500 600 lbs 90 00 9900, 600-700 lbs 85 00- 92 00 Holstein Steers Large 2-* *OO-400 lbs 75 50, 400-500 lbs 7* 00- 75 50,600-700 lbs 65 00 Feeder Heifers Medium and targe 1 200- *OO lbs 80 00- 85 00, *OO-400 lbs 85 00 96 00, 400-500 lbs 82 00- 90(H), 500-600 lbs Marketing - January 27. 2004 - Factors in a Marketing Plan - Making Quality Hard Cider - Apple Wine from Oak to Ice January 28. 2004 - Small Things That Improve Marketing Success - Selling to Chefs - Robert Russell - Marketing Organic Produce - Eero Ruuttila, Nesenkeag Farm. - Signs - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Are There Profits in All 4 Seasons and Roadmap to Success - Frederick Funk - Selling Your Produce For What’s Worth Wine Grapes January 27. 2004 - Vineyard Nutrition Management - Opportunities, Challenges and Problems - Weed Management in New Vineyards -Training Young Wine Grape Vines - Canopy Management Systems for Yield and Wine Quality - Disease Management Strategies Potatoes January 2 2004 - Ralstoma solanacearum and Brown Rot of Potatoes - Proper Design and Differences Between Box and Bulk Storages - Insect and Disease Control - Potato Seedpiece Treatment Study - Breeding Potatoes for Disease Resistance - Monitoring Resistance in Colorado Potato Beetles lanuarv 27. 2004 - What are the National Labor Law Trends - Civil Money Penalties - How to Avoid Them - - Creative Ways to Comply with a Labor Inspection - Wage and Payroll Systems - Changes in Penna Labor Laws Bedding Plants January 29. 2004 - Color Bowls - INSV and Thnps - Managing pH, Fertility and Nutrition - Pot Plant Culture - Marketing—Principles and Practices - Culture of Wax and Elatior Begonias - Bacterial Diseases of Geranium (Ralstoma) Cut Flowers January 29. i - Getting Started in Cut Flowers - Varieties and What Florists Want - Fall-Winter-Spring Cut Flower Production and Marketing - 2003 Pennsylvania Sunflower Trials - Succession Planting and Growmg/Marketmg Experiences - Woody Ornamentals - Variety Selection, Production, Harvesting, Post Harvest, and Marketing - Edward Pmcus, Third Branch Flowers Co, Roxberry, VT lonlim WWW 8' (M) 97 00 600-700 lbs 82 00 87 00 Medium and Urge 2 (00-400 lbs 80 00- 90 00 400 500 lbs 80 (HI- 88 00. 500-600 lbs 78 00- 88 00 Small I (00-400 lbs 75 00- 82 (Ml 400-500 lbs 70 00 7( 00 500-600 lbs 70 00- 75 00. 600 700 lbs 68 00 72 00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Urge I, (00 400 lbs 9500-10900, 400-500 lbs 90 00-102 00 500 600 lbs 85 00- 95 00 600-700 lbs 80 00 85 00 Beef Production Down 18% In November Washington, I). 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December 19, 2003 Report Supplied B> USDA/N \SS Commercial red meal production for the United Stales totaled 1 S 3 billion pounds in No vember down 10 percent from the 3 91 billion pounds produced in November 2002 November 2002 contained 21 wcekdavs (in eluding two hohdavs) and 5 Saturdays Noveni her 2003 contained 20 weekdays (including two holidays) and S Saturdays HfEF production, at 1 7S billion pounds, was 18 percent below the previous year ( attic slaughter to taled 243 million head down 15-I 5 - percent from November 2002 The average live weight was down 24 pounds from the previous year at 1,236 pounds VLAL production totaled IS 2 million pounds, 10 percent below November a year ago Calf slaugh ter totaled 78.000 head down 14 percent from November 2002 The a\eragc h\c weight was 12 pounds above last at 321 pounds PORK production totaled 1 71 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year Hog kill totaled 8 S 8 million head, I percent below No yember 2002 The average live weight was 1 pound above the pre vious year, at 269 pounds LAMB AND MUTTON produc tion, at 16 3 million pounds, was down 8 percent from November 2002 Sheep slaughter totaled 2*6,300 head. 13 percent below last year The average live weight was 138 pounds, up 6 pounds from No vember a year ago January to November 2003 com mercial red meat production was 42 7 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2002 Accumulated beef pro duetton was down 3 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton pro- duction was down 9 percent CLASSIFIED ADS IN Lancaster Farming PHONE: 717-626-1164 OR 717-394-3047 FAX: www pvaa on BUY, SELL, TRADE OR RENT THROUGH THE 717-733-6058 Mon., lues., Wed., Fri. 8 AM to 5 PM Thors. 7 AM to 5 PM
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