Groff brothers say beef farming pays to stay in business
Jim and Carlton Groff of Kirkwood Ri run 440 head in a feedlot and claim they can fatten steers 15 percent cheaper than commercial lots. They warn that high grain prices may force tax sheltered operations to exit, while investor owned lots survive.
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Carlton Groff
Lancaster Farming
Jim
Kirkwood Ri
Groff
Groffs
Carlton
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Beef Prospects Could Brighten Says Penn State Economist
Penn State extension economist Lou Moore told 200 cattle feeders at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center that beef demand should stay strong despite layoffs. He predicted profitable cattle feeding by fall, noting consumers will buy more beef in 1975 and per capita consumption could reach about 123 pounds, breaking the 117 pound record.
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Lou Moore
Lancaster Farm and Home Center
Moore
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Young poultry judge Robert Bair earns top FFA honors
Robert Bair, a 16 year old Eastern York High School student and FFA member, has won state and national poultry judging prizes. He ran a 6000 bird contracted broiler operation with a kosher focus and credits his father’s poultry business for his interest.
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Robert Bair
Eastern York High School
FFA
Robert
York Fair
Penn State
Kansas City
Local Youths Win FFA Star Red Rose Honors
Ruby Ginder of Manheim Central High School is named Lancaster County Star Farmer the first girl to win this honor. Chris McCarty of Conestoga R2 is Star Agribusinessman. Forty six FFA students from eight Lancaster County schools receive Star Red Rose degrees.
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Ruby Ginder
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County
Solanco High School
Chris McCarty
Conestoga
FFA
Manheim Central High School
Robert Ginder
Ruby
Kansas City
William I. McCarthy
Turkey Hill Farms
Turkey Hill
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Robert Kauffman
Quarryville
Dick Wanner
Kauffman
Wanner
Patrick R. Buggy
Marlin Dohner
James Rutt
Elizabethtown Ri
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