Pork honors awarded at Hatfield Schick show in Kutztown
Berks Lehigh pork show crowned grand champion crossbred barrow weighing 195 pounds with 0.8 backfat 5.26 loineye 33.6 ham loin percent and 30.6 inch length. Reserve champion went to Herbert Schick's 230 pound crossbred with 1 inch backfat 5.8 loineye 32 ham loin percent and 31.6 inch length. Other top breeders include Mike Moore and Paul Gansinger. Lancaster spring show winners named at Friday Fire Hall banquet.
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Melissa Piper
Berkshigh
Lanaster County
Hatfield ‘Sto Schick
Kutztown
Pion
Herbert Schick
Schick
Hamlein
Mike Moore
Reading
Paul Gansinger
Lancaster
Fire Hall
Eastern Milk Cooperative official rebuts milk surplus claims
Dieter Krieg reports from New Holland that dairy cooperatives deny a milk surplus causing dumps. Lisle Dutton of Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative says no homeless milk exists and markets remain continuous with guaranteed checks. He notes pressure from NEDCO Dairylea and NFO to amend the marketing order, which Eastern opposes citing lower prices if changed.
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Dieter Krieg
NEW Holland
Lisle Dutton
Eers Cooperative
Renee
NEDCO
Dairylea
NFO
Eastern
Dutton
Ten Republican congressional hopefuls address Lancaster farmers
Dieter Krieg reports at a Lancaster County LCFA event ten Republican candidates spoke to farmers. Outbursts of dissatisfaction occurred with State Representative Marvin Miller criticizing a late question as a cheap shot. No apologies were offered by sponsors. The piece lists each candidate alphabetically with talks and Q A segments.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Marvin Miller
LCFA
Ed Eshieman
Ross
Labor Party
Berks County Finally Welcomes Judy Mitchell as Correspondent
Lancaster Farming welcomes Judy Mitchell as Berks County correspondent. She lives in Stony Run with husband Stan and children David and Wendy. The family moved from South-Central New Jersey to Pennsylvania for Stan’s Confer-Smith job in Hamburg. Judy notes the village feels like true country living and reflects on rural decline nearby.
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Lancaster Farming
New Berks County
Judy Mitchell
Stony Run
Pennsylvania
Stan
David
Wendy
Mitchells
New Jersey
Confer-Smith
Hamburg
Judy
Weather favors area peach growers in York County
Stewartstown report says pleasant weather could lift peach crop to about 90 percent but early blossoms risk frost damage if temperatures dip into the teens. Blevins brothers note bloom advance two weeks and warn of past killing frosts as late as May 10, stressing cautious optimism.
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Eugene Blevins
York County
Dieter Krieg
Stewartstown
Blevins Brothers
Blevins’ Orchard
William and
Free markets urged for global food policy
Allan Grant of the American Farm Bureau Federation says free markets are the only path to feed the world. Speaking to a United States Japan Trade Council and Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry gathering, he warns political control of food supplies risks disaster and cites past U.S. experiences.
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Chicago
Ill
Allan Grant
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States - Japan Trade Council
Chicago Association of
Commerce and Industry
Grant
America
Farm Calendar highlights and youth features across counties
A multi item farm page lists Poultry management reports and cooperative notes. It covers school and club fairs, DHIA results for Berks and York, FFA activities, a public sale notice, and conservation notes with regional mentions of Rose and Sourcolostrum.
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Homestead
Country Corner
Berks Farm
Solanco Ffa
Lebanon
Dhia Berks
FFA
York
Dhia Osha
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Lancaster County Park
John Strawbridge
Dale Nolt
George Getz
Gehman’s Mill
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