Elizabethtown Youth Selected for IFYE Netherlands Visit
Elizabethtown R2 21 year old senior majoring in animal science at Penn State Harvey M. Gipe Jr reports Elizabethtown youth Everett will join five Pennsylvania youths abroad in the International Farm Youth Exchange program. He will spend six months in the Netherlands as a farm helper and goodwill ambassador.
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Elizabethtown
Netherlands
Everett Newswanger
Harvey M. Gipe
Pennsylvania
International Farm
Henry T. Moon
IFYE
Pennsylvania State University
Harvey Will
United States
Penn State
Clearfield County
PSU Swine Center
Meats la
Witmer Cows Post Top Official Records
Four registered Guernsey cows in RF & L A Witmer’s Willow Steel herd in Penna have completed top DHIR production records supervised by Pennsylvania State University. Cows Zettle Cardinals Aida 13 950 pounds milk 659 fat in 305 days. Penn Del Kings Polly Anna 11 640 pounds milk 585 fat in 303 days. Penn Tyes Reliable Cherry Pink 5 years old produced.
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Guernsey
RF & L A Witmer
Willow Steel
Penna
DHIR
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Pennsylvania State University
Zettle
Cardinals
Aida
Penn del Kings
Polly Anna
Economics of automated cattle feeding for small herds
Penn State extension livestock specialist Lester Burdette told about 40 county farmers that automation pays only with larger herds. He said profits require low costs and that 100 steers or fewer justify little more than basic hand tools, while more than 300 allows an auger and fence-line feed banks.
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Lester Burdette
Penn State Extension
Burdette
Increased Profits From Lower Feed Costs With P A G Corn
If your herd nears efficient production, the simplest profit boost is cutting feed costs. Plant P A G corn to boost yield potential, lowering cost per bushel of grain or ton of silage.
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Witmer Cows
Lloyd Lefever
Christiana
Mountville Feed
Columbia
Walter B. Martin
Brumore
Eugene Spotts
Honeybrook
Ray D. Deiter Lancaster
David B. King Lancaster
Cloyd Wenger Lancaster
Leola
Franklin J. Becker Manheim
Paul G. Nolt
Manheim
Willis Weaver
Mt, Joy
Eli O. Nolt
New Holland
L. J. Denlinger Company
Paradise
Stanley P. Herr
Rheems
Fred Frey
Puister Associated Growers, Inc
Aura
Ulingis
Gilbert H. Porter
Carnation-Albers
Carnation
Wolgemuth Bros
Mount Joy, Penna
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