Pennmarva Young Cooperator Winners Named
GETTYSBURG - The cream
came to the top here last week, as
more than 40 young dairy
producers took part in Pennmarva
Dairy Federation’s 16th annual
Young Cooperator Convention at
the Sheraton.
Following three days of personal
interviews, farm tours and
fellowship, the four participating
cooperatives announced winners in
their individual contests during
Friday’s wrap-up luncheon.
Named Young Cooperators for
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Young Dairymen winner for the Middle Atlantic Division of
Dairymen, Inc. Alternate winners are Alan and Kendra
Meyers.
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Desmond and Deborah Kayea,
New Holland, for Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative; Tracy
and Janet Stiles, Clearbrook,
Virginia, for Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers
Association Inc.; Glenn and
Deborah Shirley, Westminster,
Maryland, for Middle Atlantic
Division, Dairymen, Inc.; and Jeff
and Judy England, Mt. Airy,
Maryland, for Capitol Milk
Producers Cooperative, Inc.
Desmond and Deborah Kayea
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The Double-D herd has a
production average of 12,800 milk
and 558 fat. Crops include com,
alfalfa and rye, primarily for
feeding of the milking herd and
about 30 head of replacement
animals.
Runners-up in the Inter-State
competition were William and
Susan Schnebly, Clear Spring,
Maryland. Their 125 Guernsey
cattle and 250-acres at Crown
Stone farm are operated in part
nership with his brother.
Production average on the 65 head
of milking animals is at 14,087 milk
and 667 fat. The cropping program
includes com, alfalfa, barley,
wheat and mixed hay.
Other Inter-State finalists were
Nevin and Audrey Mast, Oley,
third place; Glen and Cathy Over,
Williamsburg, fourth, and Carl
Kreider, Onarryville, fifth.
Maryland and Virginia’s win
ners, Tracy and Janet Stiles, own a
quarter of the family’s dairy and
farming partnership. Their
Clearbrook, Virginia, operation
milks 210 head of purebred Jer
seys, with a herd production
average of 13,532, and crops 505
acres of ground. The Stiles have
one son.
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Interstate Milk Producers newest Young Cooperator couple
is Desmond and Deborah Kaye, left, with William and Susan
Schnebly named first runners-uo.
First runner-up Steve and
Barbara Wilson farm 160 acres
near Port Royal. Their herd of 37
registered Holsteins has an
average of 19,315 milk.
Named third and fourth place
winners in the Maryland and
Virginia contest were Mark and
Gretchen Naugle, Carlisle, and
Ralph, Jr., and Teresa Shank,
Hagerstown, Maryland.
Young Dairymen winners Glenn
and Debbie Shirley are part of
their family farm operaton near
Westminster, Maryland. Included
in the Shirley farm are a herd of 63
milking Holsteins, replacement
young stock, and 396 acres of
cropground.
Runners-up for Dairymen’s
Middle Atlantic Division were Alan
and Kendra Myers, of Greencastle.
The couple farm with his parents,
maint 185-head itered
Virginia Milk Producers Association as the 1986 Young
Cooperator couple. Others, from left, are Steve and Barbara
Wilson, first runners-up; Mark and Gretchen Naugle, second;
and Ralph, Jr., and Teresa Shank, third.
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and 210 acres cropped. They have
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Capitol Milk Producers’ win
ners, Jeff and Judy England, farm
near Mt. Airy, Maryland. The
couple farm with his uncle,
maintaining a rolling herd average
of 15,500 pounds of milk, with 3.6
percent test and 570 pounds of fat
on ISO Holsteins. Englands’ crop
about 600 acres of com, alfalfa,
barley and soybeans.
Winners and alternates will
represent their cooperatives
through the next year at various
local, state and national co-op and
dairying events. The Young
Cooperator program provides
young members with continuing
education about cooperatives and
the dairy industry, and aids in
surfacing and training cooperative
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