AFBF President Predicts Lower Feed Costs Amid Cutbacks
William J. Kuhfuss, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told reporters in Harrisburg that cutbacks in the feed grains set aside program will lower feed prices as over 30 million acres return to production this year. He noted beef prices should stay strong for a year or two as demand remains solid.
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William J. Kuhfuss
Harrisburg
Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Park Ridge
Illinois
Mackinaw
Il Kufuss
Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asssociation
Chambersburg
PFA
NFU Group Flies To Midwest Farms
A busloads of National Farmers Union members departed Lancaster Municipal Airport aboard the NFU 580 Convair for a three day leadership training in Iowa and South Dakota. The program, coordinated by Forney Longenecker, aims to develop leadership and recruit new members while staying with host families. Lancaster County participants included Roy Steffy Roy Garber Clarence Keener Jr Ronald Herr Ronald Kline Jay Rohrer Mervin Lauder Cletus Weber Vincent Becker Harold Esbenshade Amos Roland Forney Longenecker Mark Osborne Jay Wenger and Clair Delon.
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National Farmers Union
Lancaster Municipal
NFU
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Roy Steffy
Roy Garber
Clarence Keener, Jr
Ronald Herr
Ronald Kline
Jay Rohrer
Mervin Lauder
Cletus Weber
Vincent Becker
Harold Esbenshade
Amos Roland
Forney Longenecker
Mark Osborne
Jay Wenger
Clair Delon
Officers Named At DHIA Meet In Lancaster County
The Lancaster County Dairy Herd Improvement Association held its regular quarterly meeting at the Farm and Home Center and elected officers for the coming year. Robert Kauffman was reelected president, James Kreider was chosen vice president, Nathan Stoltzfus elected secretary, and Jacob Houser named treasurer for an eleventh consecutive term. Two new directors attended: Calvin Byler of Paradise and J M Frey Jr of Lancaster. Annual prizes for top DHIA production were discussed and the board decided to retain the present practice of awarding prizes only to those with identified DHIA production records.
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DHIA
I. Tor
Nathan Stoltzfus
Robert Kauffman
James Kreider
Jacob Houser
Lancaster County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Farm and Home
Calvin Byler
Farm Calendar March 5 Evening Meetings Across Lancaster
Monday schedule lists the Annual Ortho Dinner at Meadow Hills Dining House in Lancaster at 7 pm. Penryn Community 4 H Club holds an organizational meeting at 7 30 pm at Penryn Fire Hall. Lancaster County Poultry Association meets at 8 pm at the Farm and Home Center. Continued on Page 12.
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Meadow Hills
Lancaster
Penryn
Penryn Fire Hall
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Wheelin and Dealin in Elizabethtown High Farm Class
Elizabethtown High School students in the farm management class meet weekly to study futures as hedging tools. Teacher Elvin Hess uses LANCASTER FARMING market pages as transparencies to project totals from an imaginary $10,000 start, tallying weekly paper gains and losses.
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Elizabethtown High School
Vong
Elvin Hess
Hess
Lancaster Farming
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AFBF
NFU Group
Midwest Farms
Towa
South Dakota
Lititz R3
Longenecker
Iowa
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