Sugar Beets Test Growers Fertilizer Trials and Varieties
Sugar beets tested at PSU Southeastern Field Research Lab near Landisville include 14 varieties. Planting occurred in May with harvest timing tied to ground freezing. At John W Neff farm Mount Joy RD one commercial variety is grown. fertilizer trials compare 500 1000 and 2000 pounds per acre with 2000 giving greener plots. Observations forthcoming from Kilheffe farm tour and York county plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSU Southeastern Field Research Laboratory
Landisville
Lancaster Farming
John W Neff
Mount Joy RD
Michigan
Local Holstein Records Set In Lancaster County
Two Lancaster County Holstein producers set new lactation averages per 305 day mature equivalent basis. John W Eshelman & Sons Red Rose Research Center record 29 cows at 16958 lbs milk and 648 lbs butterfat. Robert H Kauffman Elizabethown 45 cows at 14888 lbs milk and 560 lbs butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
John W Eshelman & Sons
Red Rose Research Center
Lancaster
Robert H Kauffman
Elizabethtown
USDA
Pennsylvania State University
National Holstein Association
Vintage Market Lambs And Hogs Price Ranges
Spring slaughter lambs stay steady to weak with Good 69-85 lb range at 2000 to 2200 for light weights and utility at 1700 to 2000. Hogs show barrows and gilts mostly off about 50 cents, with fat classes spanning 160-240 lb ranges from 1750 to 1950 and sows trading 1060 to 1385.
Dairy Show Announces New Pennsylvania State University Exhibitors
Starvey E Shaffer announces a dairy show with Penn State exhibitors by breeds Ayrshire Brown Swiss Holstein Jersey Guernsey and Shorthorn. Sponsorship comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture the Farm Show Commission and Dairy Industry Association with state funds and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starvey E Shaffer
Pennsylvania State University
Ayrshire
Stephen B Spencer
Sidney E Barnard
Donald L. Ace
Jersey
Dexter N. Putnam
Guernsey
Orville A. Yoder
Towanda
Mualking
John H Holbert
The
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Farm Show Commission
Pennsylvania
Dairy and Allied Industry Association
Leland H Bull
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. M. Smith
Neff
Hershey
L. F
Albert Hunter
John Yocum
Willis Kilheffe
Manheim RD
York County
Cert
Ranger Alfalfa
Pennscott Clover
Lincoln Brome
Climax Timothy
Ladino
Norline
Wong Barley
Pennrad
Seneca Wheat
Pennell Wheat
Smoketown
Phone Lance
Farm Bureaus
Prescription
Farm Bureau
New Holland
Quarryville
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