A2B-Lancast»r Farming, Saturday, July 1,1989 SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.) Daryl R. and Brenda J* Crider, St. Thomas, have been named Atlantic Dairy Cooperative’s 1989 Outstanding Young Cooper ators, it was announced by Presi dent Robert B. McSparran. The Criders were among 16 contestants competing for the title at the 19th annual Pennmarva Young Cooperator Contest. The three-day program was held June 19-21 at the Rosslyn Westpark Hotel in Arlington, Va. Daryl and Brenda Crider oper ate a 400-acre, 214-head Holstein farm near St. Thomas, Pa. They are in partnership with Daryl’s parents. Average annual production stands at 18,403 pounds of milk and 688 pounds of fat on 100 cows. Other livestock include chickens and a horsc.Crops grown arc alfalfa, com, wheat, barley, timothy hay, sorghum, oats, and rye. Daryl is a graduate of James Buchanan High School. Brenda graduated from St. Thomas High School. Daryl is responsible for all decision making and management of the farm. Brenda helps out with record keeping involving the cattle. In addition, she is a beauty consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics. The Criders have two children. They are members of the Grace Brethren of .Chambers burg and arc involved ip a variety of music-related activities. In addition to singing at worship ser vices, they also sing at weddings and community events. Brenda and Daryl are members of the St. Thomas Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association, and they participate in a YMCA co-ed volleyball league. Brenda is also treasurer of the Franklin County Farm Women’s Group No. 15, and Daryl is a member of the Pa. Farmer’s Association and the loc al young farmers group. In 1988, Daryl was named the regipnal winner in the Pa. Young Farmers “Outstanding Young Farmer Under 30 Award.” In addition to the Outstanding Young couple, four runners-up were named. They are: Mildred L. and James L. Widmann, Oxford, second place; J. Martin and Sand ra J. Hamish, Willow Street, third place; Jeffrey L. and Linda L. Grove, Shippensburg, fourth place; and William E. and Loni R. Myers, Newburg, fifth place. Mildred L. and James L. Widmann Mildred “Millie” and James “Jim” Widmann operate a 219-acre, 98-head Guernsey farm near Oxford. Pa. The Widmanns are in partnership with Millie's brother. Axel Linde. Average annual production at Lindenhof is 16,634 pounds of milk and 735 pounds of fat on 53 cows. Crops grown include com, alfalfa, alfalfa grass mix, barley, soybans, Sudan grass, and clover. They also raise three Black Angus/Guemsey cross cattle. Millie is a 1976 graduate of Sol anco Senior High School and a 1978 graduate of the Slate Univer sity of New York, Cobleskill Ag & Tech School. Jim graduated from Central High School in 1979 and is currently taking continuing education classes at Millersville University. On the farm,. Millie is responsible for milking,* calf-, raising, feeding, record keeping,' and general maintenance. Jim is a 1989 Outstanding Young Cooperators unit technician for Atlantic, Breed ers Cooperative and, does all the breeding atLindenhof. The Widmanns attend Smith ville Church of God. Millie serves on the advisory committee for the Solanco High School Ag Depart ment. Both she and Jim are active in the Solanco Young Farmers Chapter and the local, state and national Guernsey Associations. Millie is both a former Pennsylva nia and National Guernsey Queen. The Widmanns also serve on the Atlantic District 3 Dairy Bar Committee, which participates in the Solanco Fair. J. Martin and Sandra J. Harnish J. Martin and Sandra “Sandi” Harnish operate a 130-acre,' 65-head Holstein farm near Wil low Street, Pa. They are responsi ble for all decision making on the farm, which is owned by Martin’s parents. Average annual production at Middle Willow Farm is 18,300 pounds of milk, with a ,3.86 per cent butterfat test on 39 cows. A variety of crops are grown, include ing com, hay, barley, soybeans, tobacco, sweet com, and fruits and vegetables -- watermelons, pump kins, potatoes, cantaloupes, and orchard fruit. They also raise steers and AKC cocker spaniel dogs. Martin is a 1972 graduate of Penn Manor High School. Sandi graduated from high school in 1971 trad earned a bachelor’s degree/in sociology and social work from Eastern Mennonite College in 1975. Martin’s farm responsibilities include equipment maintenance, field work, herd health, and breeding. Sandi’s work involves record keeping, calf-raising, management of an on-farm produce stand, and rais ing AKC cocker spaniels. They both milk mornings and evenings. The Hamishes have two child ren. They are active in their church and have hosted foreign farm trainees through the Menno nite Central Committee. Martin is a substitute Sunday School teach er, and Sandi is involved in a “mother’s morning out” prpgram and Vacation Bible School. Mar tin is president and assistant chief of the West Willow Fire Company and Relief Association, and a member of the Willow Street Fire Company and Pequea Township Task Force Committee. Sandi is a director of the West Lampeter Community Fair Board and is a member of the West Willow Ladies Auxiliary. They are both members of Atlantic Breeders Cooperative, Agway, the local and state Holstein Associations, and the Lancaster County Fruit Grow ers Association. Martin has served as a delegate and secretary of the Atlantic West Lampeter Local. Jeffrey L. and Linda L. Grove Jeffrey “Jeff” and Linda “Lin” Grove operate a 325-acre, 211-head Holstein farm near Ship pensburg. Pa. They are in partner ship with Jeffs brother. Average annual production at Gro-Lan Farms is 15,683 pounds of milk, with a 3.8 percent butter fat test on 107 cows. Crops include alfalfa, com, wheat, and rye. Jeff graduated from Shippens burg Area Senior High School in 1974. Lin graduated from Cham bersburg Area Senior High School ip 1973. On Ihe farm, Jeff is Criders Named Atlantic’s ..nere Dairy Cooperative's 1989 Young Cooperator Contest are, from left, Daryl and Brenda Crider, Outstanding Young Cooperators; Mildred and James Widmann, second place; J. Martin and Sandra Harnlsh, third place; Jeffrey and Linda Grove, fourth place; and William and Lonl Myers, fifth place. responsible for milking, .equip- Glenbem is 18,566 pounds of milk ment repair, field work, hired and 707 pounds of fat on 68 cqws. help, general farm maintenance, Crops include corn, alfalfa, mixed and care of the young’ stock. Lin hay, barley, and oats. They also helps with the milking, running raise four steers, errands ind cleaning the milking The Myerses are both graduates equipment. She is in charge of ofShippensburg Area Senior High selling sweet com and garden pro School; Bill in. 1974 and Loni in duce from the farm. 1979. Bill’s farm responsibilities The Groves have two children, include breeding, feeding, herd They are active in their church, health and calf registration. Loni serving as youth advisors, Sunday j s a part-time secretary at the Ship school teachers and volleyball pensburg University Frehn Center team members, among other for management Wien not sche activitics. Jeff is a member of the dtt|ed to work, she helps with Franklin County Extension board, after-milking chores, is vice president of the Capital Region Extension board and serves on the Pa. Council of Cooperative Extension Associa tion board. They are members of the Pa. Farmer’s Association, the Pa. Young Farmers Association and the Franklin County Soil and Conservation Association. Also, Lin is vice president of the Frank lin County Society of Farm Women #l7 and is secretary of the Mi. Rock Care & Share Center board. William E. and Loni R. Myers William “Bill” and Loni Myers operate a 295-acre, 146-head Holstein farm near Newburg, Pa. They are in partnership with Bill’s parents. Average annual production at UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) My newsletter this month will be used to introduce you to Bob Yonkers, our new extension specialist in dairy marketing. Bob joined our faculty on June 12, arriving from Texas A. & M. where he just completed his Ph.D. program in agricultural econom ics. His dissertation there is titled Impacts of Exogenously* Determined Variables on Dairy Farms: % A Simulation Modeling Approach, and had as its purpose to evaluate the potential farm level impacts of BST on income and survival, on the structure of the dairy industry, and on the reg ional distribution of milk produc tion. Bob was bom in northern New Jersey (not far, coincidentally, from Yonkers, New York), in The Myerscs have one child and are expecting their second in August. The church activities include choir, lay leader, admini strative board. Council of Mini stries, substitute teacher, and nursery aid. They are active mem bers of the Newburg-Hopcwell Fire Company; the Pa. Farmer’s Association, of which Loni is president of the PFA Advisory Council; Atlantic Breeders Cooperative; Pa. Holstein Associ ation; and the Cumberland County Holstein and Farmers Associa tions. As the top five winners, these young farmers will be named to Atlantic Young Cooperator Con- sultant Committee for a three-year Robert Yonkers Named PSU Dairy Marketing Specialist 1956. In 1979 he receiVed a B.S degree in dairy science at Kansas State, then in 1981 a Master of Agriculture in dairy science at Texas A. & M. While in New Jersey, at Kansas State, and at Texas A. & M., Bob worked in various capacities on commercial dairy farms and university dairy centers, gaining considerable hands-on experience in the pro duction of milk. At Kansas State Bob was a member of the intercol legiate dairy cattle judging team, and at Texas A. & M. was coach At Penn State, Bob’s appoint of the intercollegiate dairy cattle , m ? nt « 75 percent extension, 25 judging team there. He remains an * percent research. The primary Approved Judge by the Texas focus of his efforts in both these Purebred Dairy Cattle Associa- areas will be dairy marketing and tion. policy economics. His office address is Room 1 Weaver Build ing and his office'phone is *l4-865-2561. During the period between receipt of his Master of Agricul- term. They will join the 1987 and 1988 winners in developing and planning Young Cooperator activ ities for the coming year. Additionally, the Criders and the Widmanns will attend the National Milk Producers Federa tion's annual meeting, Nov. 26-30, ih Nashville. Tenn. The Hamishes, Groves and Myerses will attend the American Institute of Cooperation’s summer insti tute, July 24-27, in Indianapolis, In. The contestants, representing Atlantic’s membership districts, were judged on their knowledge of dairy issues, farming practices, leadership, poise and .speaking ability. Judges for the contest v/ore John Piwowar, a Fayette County dairy farmer; RpseDlllner, former chairman of the Elementary Phys ical Education Department at Chambersburg School; and Porter Little, senior vice president and region manager of the Baltimore regional office of Coßank- National Bank for Cooperatives. Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, which represents 3,700 dairy farm families in a seven-state region, established its Young Cooperalor program in 1968. The program’s emphasis is on cooperative educa- tion and leadership development ture and the completion of his Ph.D. program. Bob worked on a variety of projects on dairy mark eting and policy in the Agricultur al and Food Policy Center at Tex as A, & M. Among his activities there were studies involving multiple milk component pricing, the effects of the milk diversion and dairy, herd buyout programs on the structure of the dairy indus try, dairy plant location decisions, and the market for whey products.
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