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.