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Pork queen speech highlights state banquet and awards
Nat’s pork queen spoke at the dinner where youth awards were handed to young members. Donald Brown of Hanover Al won a 4-H swine production award for raising 10 sows averaging eight pigs per litter, with a best litter of 13. Terri Ward, 19, Illinois, national pork queen, promoted pork across the country and discussed NPPC funding. Elwood Houser, Lebanon R5, named Pennsylvania Pork All American and national Pork All. other notes include a Park Council showmanship trophy for Jay Bomgardner and a $300 table grant to Houser for a Park Congress trip. Changes to the check-off system were discussed at a Lancaster meeting.
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Donald Brown
Hanover al
Brown
Elwood Houser
Lebanon
Pennsylvania Pork
Houser
National Pork All
Joanne Spahr
Schaefferstown
Terri Ward
Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council
Schaefferstown Fire Hall
American Pork Congress
Des Moines
Iowa
Lancaster Farming
House
Hank Edwards
Shell Chemical Company
Park Congress
Pennsylvania Park
Hanover