Pasture-Grain Feeds Tour Highlights Dairy Farm Practices
Lancaster Farming reports a tour starting at James G. Kreider farm Quarryville Pa to study dairy barn features free-stall housing and milking parlor then visits Muddy Run Project and Peach Bottom area farms to observe waterways terraces and conservation practices. Purdue and Indiana studies cited show pasture plus grain reduces total grain use by about one third versus dry lot finishing and accelerates market weight gains, suggesting pasture as a grain substitute at roughly 1,500 pounds per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Kreider
Quarryville
Kreider’s
Peach Bottom
Muddy Run
Neel
Peach Bottom Area
Purdue University
Indiana
American Society of Animals Science
University of Nevada
Reno
County Crops Continue Reports of Wet Conditions
County crops struggle with excess moisture in potato fields some rotting reported statewide conditions remain very wet. Potatoes yield well where digging possible sweet corn moves to market in growing quantities snap beans show excellent yields. Apple harvests continue in the north with scab and russet from wet weather showing. Early peach harvest has started with poor time for harvest.
Local Lancaster County Businesses Listed By Name
A row of April county business entries shows Brown and Rea Atglen J B Graybill & Son Strasburg A L Herr & Bro Quarryville Mountville Musser Farms Columbia Musser's Mill The Buck Chas E Lauder & Sons Terre Hill indicating a regional business directory snapshot with company names and locales.
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Lancaster
Susquehannock State Park
Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Penn State University
Paul Fissel
Biglerville
J. Robert Hess
Strasburg
NJ N
Nilo
Farmall
America
International Harvester
Ephrata
Cope & Weaver Co
New Providence
Messick Farm
Elizabethtown
C. B. Hooker
Kauffman Bros
Mountville
Earth
RED Rose
Walter Binkley & Son
Lititz
Rose
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc
Witmer
E. P. Spotts, Inc
Honey Brook
Brown & Rea, Inc
Elverson Supply Co
Elverson
Henry E. Garber
Elizabethtown, Pa
J. B. Graybill & Son
E. M. Heisey
Mt. Joy
Heistand Bros
A. L. Herr & Bro
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
Martin’s Feed Mill, Inc
R. D
Ephrata, Pa
Mountville Feed Service
Musser Farms, Inc
Columbia
Musser’s Mill
The
Chas. E. Lauder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E, Shelly Livitz
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