Ag Expo showcases bull riding and tractor pulls event
The 17th Washington County Ag Expo runs Aug 2 to Aug 9 at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. 4-H and FFA members display projects, with bull riding at 8 30 p.m and multiple demonstrations, contests, and a grand livestock sale concluding the week.
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Washington County Ag
Washington County Agricultural Education Center
4-H
FFA
Washington County Agricultural Organization
County Extension Service
Hagerstown
MD. 65
Qualer's Guild
Frederick Keys host dairy night with county promoters
Thousands attended at Harry Grove Stadium as Frederick County dairy producers and state committees sponsor dairy night. Jersey milking demonstrations feature Andrea Hood and dairy princess Emily O Mara guiding Tim Olszewski and Joey Rhodes while promoters hand out seat cushions.
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Frederick County Dairy Producers
Maryland Dairy Princess Committee
Mid-Atlantic Milk Marketing Association
Frederick Keys
Harry Grove Stadium
Andrea Hood
Frederick County
Emily O'Mara
Tim Olszewski
Joey Rhodes
Laura Sigler
Tyler Nowell
Frederick County Dairy Princess Committee
Debbie Smith
Brenda Nowell
Downey
Williamsport
Emily O’hara
Maryland
Sarah Bedgar
Cattle Market Feeds Drought Pressures Farmers to Sell
Livestock producers in drought areas sell more cattle due to feed and pasture shortages. Four States Livestock Sales owner Jim Starhper notes a roughly 20 percent year over year rise, mainly feeder cattle, with high prices for cull cattle but weaker demand for dairy calves. Western buyers and rising hay costs push fall sales into earlier times, though prices for feeder cattle exceed last year.
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Jim Starhper
Four States
Frederick
Hagerstown
Starhoer
Starhper
Slarhper
Champion steer Jay Covell wins grand at National Junior Angus Show
Frederick exhibitor Jay Covell debuts Annihilator, an April 1996 Rita SFR3 offspring, as grand champion steer at Perry Georgia’s National Junior Angus Show. Harold Callahan of Shawnee Ohio judged 659 entries amid 430 owned heifers and 38 bred bulls, with Covell shown alongside Jeff and Diana Covell.
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Jay Covell
Frederick
Perry
Covells
Rita
Harold Callahan
Shawnee
Ohio
Covell
Mr Callahan
Jeff Covell
Diana Covell
Sheep disposal woes tied to BSE scrapie links
Frederick County sheep producer Robert Dinsmore faces high disposal costs for lamb carcasses amid concerns over BSE and scrapie. US USDA notes no US link between scrapie and BSE, while renderers limit lamb intake of mammalian tissues. Incubation delays and lack of live tests complicate disposal and policy steps.
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Alexandra Drenning
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Roger Olson
Dinsmore
Frederick County
University of Kentucky
Jacob Casper
Maryland Department of Anamal Health and Diagnostics
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