WSTMINSTER, MD Del-
Myr Farm (Roger and Jeff Myers),
Westminster, Maryland, had the
herd with the highest average for
the month of December according
to figures just released by the
Carroll-Baltimore Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
DHIA is a milk testing and
record system used by the modem
dairymen to help him to manage
his business more efficiently.
These records are also used in
improving sires for artificial
breeding and are used in research
conducted by the USD A and the
University of Maryland.
During the month of December
117 dairymen on Carroll-
Baltimore counties participated in
this program. Listed below are the
top ten herds based on their herd
averages over the past year.
Ist- Del-Myr Farm (Roger and
Jeff Myers), No. Cows- 56, Milk
21,894, Fat 800; 2nd- Maple Lawn
Farm (C.E. lager and Son), No.
Cows- 136, Milk- 20,412, Fat
-764; 3rd- Windsor Manor Farm
(Jason and Donna Myers), No.
Cows- 50, Milk 20,247, Fat- 748;
4th- Joe Schwartzbeck, No. Cows
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HARRISBURG Interview
ers will begin knocking on the
doors of 500 Pennsylvania farms
next week for the fourth-annual
Farm Costs and Returns Survey.
The major, nationwide survey
of costs of production and finan
cial conditions throughout the
farm sector is conducted by the
state offices of the National Agri
cultural Statistics Service, a
branch of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Across the nation, 24,000 far
mers will be contacted. The 500
Commonwealth farm operators
will be surveyed between Feb. 19
and March 21 by representatives of
the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sta
tistics Service (PASS).
State Statistician Wally Evans
said interviewers will collect data
on farm expenses, finances, capital
purchases and costs of production
for 1987. The information will be
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19,882, Fat- 735; 6th- Marlin Hoff,
No. Cows- 307, Milk- 20,010, Fat
-731; 7th- James and John Myers,
No. Cows- 60, Milk- 19,586, Fat-
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used to determine farm production
expenditures, measure farm
income, and assess other key indi
cators of the farm sector.
‘This survey is important to
Pennsylvania farmers, because in
addition to national results, state
level information will be pub
lished,” Evans said.
‘This will give those who parti
cipate in this state the opportunity
SOUTHAMPTON Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative distributed
$6.95 million in equity payments
Feb. 1 to more than 4,000 mem
bers, according to Treasurer Evan
L. Fineman.
The payout was the second of its
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13, 198&-A19
722; Bth- Edrich Farm, No. Cows
-130, Milk- 21,437, Fat- 719; 9th-
D. Richard Flickinger, No. Cows-
to tell their story and represent
Pennsylvania farmers in the
national sample.
“We are asking for their time
and cooperation so that the survey
can present an accurate, up-to-date
picture of agriculture in Pennsyl
vania and the U. 5.,” Evans said.
Responses to survey question
naires are confidential and are only
used with other reports to arrive at
state and national totals.
kind since Atlantic was formed
one year ago. It represents a return
of investment that dairy farmers
made in Atlantic’s predecessor
organizations, Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative and
Lehigh Valley Farmers.
Since Inter-State and Lehigh
merged on Feb. 1, 1987, nearly
$l6 million in equity and patron
age refunds have been returned to
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46. Milk- 18,3%, Fat- 717; 10th-
Robert Prigel, No. Cows- 74,
Milk- 17,978, Fat- 705.
The results will be published by
USDA in various reports sche
duled for release beginning this
summer.
Questions about the survey
should be directed to the Pennsyl
vania Agricultural Statistics Ser
vice at (717) 787-3904 or through
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture’s toll-free number,
1-800-AG-PENNA.
Atlantic members.
‘The success of the Atlantic
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possible,” Fineman said. “Atlantic
has continued the tradition of a
strong and stable cooperative.”
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in Pennsylvania, New Yoric, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
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