Cornell honors dairy leaders
ITHACA, NY A dairy farmer
and an executive with a New York
State dairy cooperative have been
honored by Cornell University for
their contributions to the state’s
dairy industry and Cornell’s dairy
research and extension programs.
Nelvin B. Empt of Freeville and
William T. Underwood of Tully
received the Awards of Merit from
the Department of Animal Science
in the New York State College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences at
Cornell.
J. Murray Elliot, a professor and
chairman of the animal science
department, presented the awards
during Cornell’s annual “Dairy
Days” conference this month.
“Each, in his own way, has
helped the dairy industry a great
deal,” Elliot said.
Cornell sponsors the annual
event during which dairy experts
discuss research advances and
other issues affecting the dairy
industry. This year, the two-day
conference attracted more than
300 particpants from throughout
New York State.
Empet, who was raised on a
Pennsylvania dairy farm, is
general manager and chief
executive officer of the New York
Dairy Improvement Cooperative.
The cooperative provides dairy
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For The Dairyman Birka
Barley is more than a good nurse
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tion of oats Birka is an excellent
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far ahead of corn harvest
herd improvement records and
farm management information to
more than 7,800 dairy farmers in
New York, New Jersey, Con
necticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine. It is
recognized as one of the leading
dairy records centers in the United
States.
A graduate of the Pennsylvania
State University, Empet is
chairman of the National
Cooperative Dairy Herd Im
provement Program Rules
Committee. Previously, Empet
was a sales and service director of
the Northeastern Breeders
Association, director of member
relations for Sire Power Inc., and a
vocational instructor for the
Mountain View School District in
Kingsley, PA.
Empet maintains a close
working relationship with the
Dairy Records Processing
Laboratory at Cornell and with
various Cornell faculty members
involved in coordinating the Dairy
Herd Improvement and Cornell
Cooperative Extension programs.
Empet is also a member of the
Advisory Council for Cornell’s
Department of Animal Science.
Underwood, a lifetime farmer,
earned an associate degree (1950)
in animal husbandry from the
high yield, test weight, and ex
cellent resistance to lodging
Two-rowed Birka is a good har
vester Its plump kernels head
out well and do not fall to the
ground before combining There
is generally an immediate
favorable price market for
barley unlike oats, which may
have to be stored to await best
price, and barley fills that long
period before corn harvest Also,
Birka's stiff, sturdy straw makes it
a good seller at the race tracks
and other profitable markets
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SUNY Agricultural and Technical
College at Alfred. He owns and
operates two farms consisting of
1,000 acres of approximately 500
head of purebred Holstein cattle.
One of his farms is located in
Cortland County and the second in
Seneca County.
Underwood is the treasurer and
past president of the Preble Milk
Cooperative, and a member and
Maryland Ag Secretary praises
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland Secretary of Agriculture
Wayne Cawley praised soil con
servation leaders recently for “the
tremendous progress achieved in
strengthening the state’s soil and
water conservation program over
the past few years.”
Speaking at the Maryland
Association of Soil Conservation
Districts’ winter meeting in
Hagerstown, Cawley said “I
believe our plan for reducing
nonpoint pollution to the
Key Technical
Data For
Birka Barley:
Before May 15, as soon as
ground can be worked
Seeding Rate:
110 lbs per acre
Soil pH:
6 4 or higher
Fertilization:
Not Forage Seeded 211
Forage Seeded Ml
Birka's stiff straw permits
maximum Nitrogen application
for Top Yields without lodging
Seed Treatment:
Vita Flow 280 for protection
against covered smut, loose
smut, and seedling blight
Nurse Crop:
Birka allows more light
through to the seeding than
taller varieties do
Disease Resistance:
• Powdery Mildew
• Covered Smut
• Black Semi-Loose Smut
• Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus
Heading:
Midseason
Shattering Resistance:
Good
Drought Tolerance:
Good
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the past director of the York State
Holstein Association. He also is a
member of the Holstein
Association of America and the
Farm Bureau State Tax Com
mittee. In addition, he serves as
chairman of the New York State
Milk Promotion Advisory Board.
He is a member of the Advisory
Council for New York State College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences at
Cornell and Cortland County
Cooperative Extension. He is the
past president of the Cortland
County Holstein Club and was
bay cleanup effort
Chesapeake Bay is working.
Perhaps we’re not moving as
quickly as we’d like or we’ve run
into obstacles, but we’ve achieved
what we set out to do two years
ago.”
In the past two years, said
Cawley, the state has quadrupled
funds for soil and water con
servation programs from (840,000
to over $3 million. It has increased
the number of employees assigned
to districts from 36 to 95. Over (12
million has been approved for the
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named New York State’s Out
standing Young Farmer in 1962. He
is chairman of the New York Dairy
Farm Beautification Program Inc.
An original member of the New
York State Milk Promotion Ad
visory Board 14 years ago, Un
derwood has worked closely with
faculty in the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences on
various projects, including studies
that evaluated the cost of dairy
advertising and ways to improve
milk quality.
state’s agricultural cost share
program for water quality prac
tices. Another $600,000 has been
made available for educational
and research programs.
Cawley also attributed the
progress to new federal resources
that have been directed into the
state from the USDA’s Soil Con
servation Service (SCS) and
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS).
Despite the progress, Cawley
said he realized that the “past two
years have been vey difficult for
soil conservation districts. I
recognize as a result of rapid
program expansion, some things
have slipped through the cracks.”
He conceded that delays in
releasing funds for the cost share
program, in executing contracts
and in hiring new employees have
been frustrating for local con
servation districts.
However, he said that the state
plans to sell bonds in February
that would make the remaining $7
million in cost share funds
available by March. “There is no
reason to hold up applications from
farmers,” Cawley told them.
The agriculture department has
submitted its soil and water
conservation funding request for
1987 to the Governor. Although
Cawley declined to be specific, he
said it requests additional funds
for districts, especially for those
with urban workloads and those in
critical areas as well as additional
cost share funds.
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