A42—lucastf Fanning, Saturday, Fabruary 18,1984
Ag seminar
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remain in the feedlot. The longer
he stays in the feedlot the more
interest the operator is paying on
his borrowed money.”
Fairbairn said a good cattle
manager is aware of these factors
and keeps records to help deter
mine the performance of each
feedlot group. Records farmers
keep include average daily gain
and feed efficiency. Fairbairn
presented formulas and presented
examples of • determining these
factors.
Glenn Shirk shared with the
dairymen in the group ways to
increase cash flow. He broke these
into the following categories:
feeding considerations, feeding
high producing cows, reducing
somatic cell count, maintaining
the fat test, avoiding long dry
periods, feeding fewer heifers and
calving heifers early.
Under these categories, Shirk
presented management tips far
mers can follow to get the best
production efficiency from their
cows. Shirk also outlined steps to
control mastitis such as dipping
each teat after milking with a
germicidal teat dip, preparing
cows properly for milking, and
making sure all equipment is
working properly and that housing
is clean.
Speaking on the debt carrying
capacity of a farm was Fred
Hughes who said that “more and
more agriculture representatives
will be in the banking business.”
This trend is important, Hughes
said, because farmers are
agribusinessmen and need trained
people to look at their businesses.
In determining the debt carrying
capacity of a farm, Hughes said
that farmers need to know the
amount of cash available - the
amount of money coming into the
family. “You’re going to have to
know it,” Hughes said of the family
living expenses.
To help fanners determine their
debt capacity, which farmers need
to know when considering loans,
Hughes gave examples of short
and long term loans and the in
terest calculated for each. He
stressed the need for farmers to
“sit down at home and know how
much debt load you can carry.”
“Don’t over borrow more than
what you’re farm can uphold,” he
said.
Avian flu
holding steady
LANCASTER - With the out
break of avian influenza in a
400,000 bird layer flock last week,
the USDA-imposed quarantine
zone was expanded to include 5,700
square miles. It was previously set
at 5,100 square miles.
The quarantine zone was ex
panded to include the 400,000 bird
flock located in Fredericksburg in
Lebanon County although no other
outbreaks were diagnosed in that
area. Task force spokesman Chuck
Williams said that the number of
positive flocks was holding steady,
and as of Wednesday, 273 flocks
had been declared positive. This
total includes 11.1 million birds
appraised at $22 million.
Also, as of Wednesday, 125
premises received approval for
cleaning and disinfecting,
Williams said. Forty-two premises
were granted permits for
repopulation. Nine of the
repopulated premises, mostly
layer flocks, have been
reevaluated for avian flu and have
come up negative, Williams said.
Concluding the seminar was
Senator Wenger who gave an
update on farm legislation and the
agriculture outlook. Wenger said
that fewer dollars are put into the
Departments of Agriculture,
commerce and banking, yet “we
depend on these to generate the
dollars.” He said it’s important to
get more money into ag research
and ag funding.
The agriculture seminar was the
first one sponsored by Blue Ball
National Bank. Coordinating the
program was Ken Overly,
agriculture-commercial loan of
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