A36-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, December 13,1986
New York DHIA Management Seminar
ITHACA, N.Y. - Urge herd
dairy farmers wishing to sharpen
their herd management skills can
attend a two-day seminar on better
herd management in Ithaca, Feb. 5
to 7.
The Large Herd Management
Seminar “will send farmers away
with a whole new way of thinking
about their operation," according
to Dr. Arden Nelson DVM, co
founder of Dairy Production
Consultants who are sponsoring
the seminar. “The seminar will
give farmers added value to their
management records,” Nelson
added.
The seminar will incorporate the
Remote Management System
computer program into the
discussion of more efficient herd
management with dairy
production records.
At the seminar, farmers will
leam how to interpret lactation
curves and realize the significance
of milk fat and protein curves in
determining the effectiveness of
their nutrition program.
They will also learn to
manipulate data to measure
changes in the nutrition program
as well as monitor reproduction
and mastitis levels.
Finally, each dairy farmer will
have a comprehensive set of RMS
records run on his own herd in
addition to obtaining a complete
analysis during the “hands on”
session of the program.
Nelson said farmers could obtain
valuable management information
by using RMS with their produc-
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Nelson will speak on first calf
heifer burnout syndrome and
mastitis analysis at the seminar.
Additional speakers include Dr.
Howard Redlus DVM, co-founder
of DPC, Asst. Professor Thomas
Cannon, and Dairy Extension
Specialists Drs. Terry Smith and
R. David Smith.
WASHINGTON - Four former
Arkansas gasohol plant operators
were charged today in a 52-count
indictment involving the sale
earlier this year of contaminated
dairy feed.
Robert Beuley, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s in
spector general, said the in
dictment charged that feed sup
plied to dairy farmers in a three
state area by Valley Feeds in Van
Buren, Ark., contained the banned
pesticide heptachlor. The incident
may eventually cost the federal
government some $lO million in
indemnities to dairy farmers.
In M'irnh, officials from the
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Dairy fanners with herds of
more than 100 milking cows are
encouraged to attend the seminar
with concentrates on enhancing
the farmer’s management
capabilities using the RMS
program. However, Nelson said
the seminar is not limited to herds
of this size and smaller herd
owners are welcome.
The cost of the seminar is $4OO.
This includes a complete herd
analysis (normally $100), a
comprehensive manual ($75) and
two dinners and two lunches.
To register send $5O deposit to;
Dairy Production Consultants, PO
Box 353, Homer, NY, or call: Dr.
Nelson (1-607-749-7514), Thomas
Cannon (1-607-276-6356) or Dr.
Redlus (1-609-267-7971).
Food and Drug administration and
state public health agencies
confirmed the presence of hep
tachlor in milk from cows
Arkansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma.
The alcohol fuel plant at Valley
Feeds apparently used pesticide
treated seed grain in the
production of ethanol used for
gasohol. The contamination
resulted when the company sold
the by-product, a distiller’s mash,
as animal feed.
In response to the contamination
of milk and dairy cattle, Secretary
of Agriculture Richard E. Lvng
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sent an emergency task force to
the affected states with orders to
review the situation and recom
mend action by USDA. Based on
the task force’s recommendation,
137 dairy herds were quarantined.
In May, Congress appropriated
$lO million for dairy losses. More
than $4.5 million has been
distributed to date. Forty-three
dairy herds remain under
quarantine.
Beuley said the indictments
were the result of an eight month
investigation by U.S. Attorney J.
Michael Fitzhugh, Fort Smith,
Ark., assisted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the
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Arkansas State Police, the En
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the Army Corps of Engineers and
the USDA office of the Inspector
General.
The men were indicted on a
number of charges, including
racketeering, mail and wire fraud,
and violation of FDA and EPA
statutes, said Beuley.
Indicted were Jack E. White, 47,
Henry R. White, 62, Jerial Lynn
Finley, 40, and Brownie C. Mc-
Bride, 49. Jack White, Henry White
and Mcbride live in the Fort Smith
area, and Finley is from Tulsa,
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