Maryland shepherd finalist for national sheep center spot
Westminister Maryland sheep breeder David L Greene advances as one of 15 finalists for seven board seats on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. He represents Maryland and Pennsylvania breeders and notes the east coast retail and marketing outlook, with center appointments to be made by October.
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Maryland
David L. Greene
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center
Carroll County
U.S
Congress
Pennsylvania
Greene
Carroll County Agriculture Extension
Nancy
National Board
Mississippi River
National Center
Worthington
Heister, Clark
Cruise
Racing Park
Childrens
Warner Williams
John Harrison
Sheep referendum faces second try for check off program
ASI seeks a second national vote in October to approve the Sheep and Wool Promotion, Research, Education, and Information Order. If approved, producers pay 1 cent per pound on live sheep and 2 cents on greasy wool. importers 1 cent per pound. About 1,000 sheep producers in the state raise 25,000 sheep, with the industry contributing $2.7 million to the economy.
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American Sheep Industry
ASI
David Greene
Carroll County
USDA
Greene
U.S
Montgomery County Fair Opens With Olympian Parade
The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg runs Aug 16–24, celebrating the Year of the Dairy Goat and Year of Arts Crafts Hobbies and Photography. The opening parade honors 15 Olympians with 4-H floats and autographs after, as 200 Hamas and 500 plus dairy goat entries spotlight entries, goat butter sculpture and a new community square.
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Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Joanne Leatherman
Fairgrounds
Leatherman
Hamas
Farms shrink in number yet grow larger nationwide
Census data show farms with annual sales of 100000 or more rose sixfold from 1969 to 1992, while total farms fell from 2.7 million to 1.9 million. Large farms held 54 percent of land and 83 percent of products, with 98 percent of poultry, 93 percent of vegetables and melons, and 92 percent of cotton. Framing entities like Murphy Farms illustrate scale, while critics warn of the decline of small family farms.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
Jeff Kisse
Bureau
United States
Murphy Farms
Rose Hill
Wendell Murphy
Holmes
Lois Britt
Bill Christison
Chillicothe, Mo
Christison
National Family Farm Coalition
Times
National Brown Swiss honorees Dwayne and Miriam Bell
Dwayne and Miriam Bell of Walkersville received the National Brown Swiss Yount Breeder honor at the national convention in Iowa. The Bells run Bell Manor Farm milking 63 Brown Swiss with a rolling herd average of 17497 pounds milk 736 pounds fat and 606 pounds protein. From left are Foahn Meyer Nat Brown Swiss executive secretary Mrs and Mr Bell and Pete Namderham national president.
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Dwayne
Miriam Bell
Walkersville
Iowa
Bells
Bell Manor Farm
Foahn Meyer
Nat Brown
Mr. Bell
Pete Namderham
National Brown Swiss honors announced at Cedar Rapids
Robert Sigler of Middletown was named district III national youth achievement winner at the National Brown Swiss Convention in Cedar Rapids. Christina Harper of Union Bridge was named first alternate in the National Brown Swiss Ambassador Contest, with Tammy Voegels of Wisconsin and Clifford Helken of Minnesota as alternates.
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Robert Sigler
Middletown
Cedar Rapids
Town
Christina Harper
Union Bridge
Miss Harper
Tammy Voegels
Wisconsin
Clifford Helken
Minnesota
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