BY SUE CROW
Maryland Correspondent
FELTON, DE A record was
made in Delaware’s history as five
herds passed the 20,000 pound
production record. Heatwole,
Wyatt, Bailey, Voss and Phipps
all had records with this produc
tion as well as over 740 of fat.
The top herd, in the state of 41
herds, went to J. & A. Heatwole
with a production of 23,115 m and
825 f on 61 cows. This Sussex
County herd also had the top
record for butterfat. The top herd
for protein production went to J.E.
& S. Bailey from Sussex County.
They had a record of 21,626 m
717 p on 116 cows.
The top herd for both milk and
butterfat from Kent County went
to C. Wyatt. His 36 cows pro
duced 22,491 m 794 f. In New
astle County the top milk record
'ent to W.L. & S. Phipps
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Delaware DHIA Makes History
20,192 m 748 f on 64 cows. E.
McDowell had the top record, for
butterfat on his 27 cows 19,936 m
756 f.
R. Kauffman from Kent County
had the highest individual cow for
lifetime production. His 11-year
old produced 218,121 m 8468 f.
Following the production
awards Leslie Jane Moore, the
1988 Delaware Dairy Princess,
crowned this year’s Dairy Prin
cess Shelly Tucker. Shelly ip a
1986 graduate of
High School near BridgevjJle
Delaware. She is the daughter.of
Edna and Tommy Tucker in Sus
sex County. While in school s,he
was a member of the Woodbridge
FFA and a member of the Green
wood Hi-Hyer 4-H Club, where
she was an officer. She also was p
member of the Honor Society and
Student Council.
Shelly is presently employed by
a Agri-business Construction
Company where she is a secretary.
She hopes to return to school to
get a degree in computer program
ming. As a dairy princess. Shelly
hopes to broaden her knowledge
concerning the dairy industry as
well as passing on what she has
learned to others.
RCMA Works With The Agency
BATAVIA, NY Members,
directors and staff of the Regional
Cooperative Marketing Agency
(RCMA) plan to work with the
Producers Equalization Agency
(tjie Agency), to secure over-order
premiums for their dairy farmer
members in Western Pennsylvani
a and Eastern Ohio. “We are
pleased that an organization has
been set up in Federal Order #36
to set higher milk premiums in
The alternate princess is Lis
Lynne Eger of Seaford. She is the
daughter of Richard and Kathleen
Eger. She has been an active
member for 11 years in 4-H. Lisa
has been involved in many food
related activities in 4-H and has
developed an educational presen
tation for children concerning
dairy products.
that area,” commented Ed Anna,
RCMA Executive Director and
General Manager, A number of
farmers from, the Order #36 area
have indicated that they would
like to be represented by
“RCMA”. Since RCMA and the
Agency have the same goal,
“improved fanner income,” the
two organizations will comple
ment each other in that mutual
effort.
Fanning,
Shelly presented a skit entitled,
“Keep ON MOO-ING WITH
MILK. It dealt with the nutritional
aspects of nature’s most natural
food. Martha Cook who has
chaired the committee for a long
time handed over the duties to
Lynn Bullen to be the new
chairman.
According to Anna, RCMA
will continue to recruit members
in the Order #36 area in coopera
tion with the Agency because
“over-order premiums are impor
tant to the financial well-being of
dairy farmers.” An appropriate
number of representatives (1 for
every 250 RCMA members) will
be appointed by RCMA to sit on
the Agency’s Board of Directors,
which will carry out the functions
of that organization.
Tom Croner, newly elected
president of the Agency, indicated
that the members will begin to be
signed up to the Producer Equali
zation Agency in full force begin
ning in May, 1989. “We are work
ing to put the Agency in operation
by September, 1989,” he said. The
Agency now has sixteen dairy far
mer volunteers on its Board of
Directors.
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