Mike Young urges Blair Holstein Breeders to use all resources
BY BETSY STITT
Staff Correspondent
WILLIAMSBURG - Blair
County Holstein breeders met at
the Williamsburg School March 6
for their annual banquet.
speaker for the
evening was Mike Young, director
of promotion for Holstein World.
Young said 1986 will be a year of
decisions, one of which farmers
have already had to make to
participate in the dairy herd
buyout program.
Some other decisions dairymen
may face is whether to register
calves or not. The National
Holstein Association reported that
registrations are down 20 percent.
A Holstein breeder himself,
Young said he would not want to
risk missing a good calf by not
registering her because her dam
Ken Diebold and Jennifer Frederick are Blair County's
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wasn’t at the top of the herd.
Still another decision is whether
to classify every seven or 14
months. Young spoke out in sup
port of the seven-month option. He
said he believes that to get out and
stay out of the current economic
situation Holstein breeders must
use all tools available to them.
Young also urged breeders to
pay more attention to the amount
of protein when selecting bulls.
Although some dairymen are not
being paid for protein now, in three
to five years, they will be. And, he
continued, if they choose bulls with
high protein now, it will pay for
itself later.
Young noted that although he
doesn’t see droves of new Holstein
breeders in the United States, he
does see foreign markets opening
up.
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Winners in the milk and fat contest, from left, were Doug Smith, Miriam Kelly, Kevin
Diebold, Alice Smith and Ken Diebold.
Following Young’s speech, the
association selected the following
new directors: Martin Brum
baugh, Tom Kelly, Max Smith and
Randy Huntsman.
Blair County dairy princess
Sheila Biddle reported on her
activities, which have included
talking to 90 school groups.
Ken Raney from the state
association offered an update on
state activities and reminded
everyone that the June issue of
“Profiles” will be taken to the
National Holstein Convention. He
also reported that Tom Kelly, state
director from Blair County, was
selected to represent Pennsylvania
on the national board of directors.
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memberships to the five high
schools and donated trophies to the
dairy show. They also toured
Lancaster County and donated
funds to the Dairy Promotion
Committee to purchase T-shirts for
local T-ball teams.
Judy Black, youth director,
presented awards to outstanding
junior members. In the milk and
fat contest two-year-old com
petition had Miriam Kelly in first
in both milk and fat; Susanne Kelly
was second in milk and fat.
Susanne was also first in the three
year olds, while Dan Smith was
second. Doug Smith was second for
fat.
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with Susanne Kelly first in both
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milk and fat, while Kevin Diebold
was second in both categories.
Alice Smith was first in the five
year olds for fat and Kevin Diebold
was second. Karen Diebold was
first in the milk contest and
Susanne Kelly, second.
Jennifer Frederick, a member of
the Morrisons Cove 4-H Dairy
Club, was named outstanding
junior Holstein member in the
junior division. Senior division
winner was Ken Diebold, a
member of the Warriors Mark
FFA and Sinking Valley 4-H Dairy
Club.
Kristen Metzker was recognized
for competing in the state
distinguished junior member
contest.