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A36-Lancast»r Farming! Saturday’ January 27,1990
Sire Power Gains Strength
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW CUMBERLAND (Cum
berland Co.) The past year has
seen a financial turn-around for the
East Coast dairymen cooperative,
Sire Power Inc., according to
officials.
Following a devastating
1987- fiscal year, in which the
bull semen processing operation
saw its first loss, officials report a
1988- rebound of some $1.3
million dollars in sales. The year
ended with a net income of
$427,459. The previous year, the
company had shown a net deficit
of $273,757.
Sire Power Board President
Gary Rickard said the turn-around
is directly attributable to two
changes in business; reducing the
amount of surplus inventory and a
large increase in overseas sales.
Futhermore, expense only rose
.025 percent, keeping the profit
margin in the black.
Rickard said that, while the
financial turnaround should be
applauded, “ ... we need to be
concerned to a degree . .'. ” about
the heavy reliance on sales
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Adding to his concern, Rickard
said sales within the four-state Sire
Power membership area dimin
ished 3.5 percent Overseas sales
increased 19 percent. Rickard said
members should be concerned
about the ever-decreasing cow
population within the United
States which would directly affect
demand for the semen.
Rickard also cautioned that,
while overseas sales were good
last year and brought the coopera
tive out of the red, depending too
much on a potentially-unstable
foreign market to maintain a cost
effective operation could result in
trouble. Especially, he said, if
trade relations, political changes,
or dairy cattle improvements over
seas, decrease demand for Ameri
can bull genetics.
According to figures provided,
part of the reason for the loss of
income in the previous year was
due to overprocessing of semen in
relation to sales. This past year,
management emphasis was placed
on trying to more closely match
supply with demand; thus, the
overall number of semen units pro
cessed was down, but the number
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of units sold broke records, official
said.
Also shown was a decrease in
the number of first-time services
and an increase in follow-up
service.
Rickard said that earlier projec
tions that foreign sales would
probably decrease soon have
change toward optimism. “With
changes in communist bloc coun
tries, (foreign sale are) not as cer
tain to decrease,” he said. “It will
take awhile to develop those
markets.”
Also announced was the startup
of a computerized cow-mating ser
vice that officials said “without a
doubt” will revolutionize breeding
programs.
According to Dwayne Kutz,
manager of Sire Power, specifica
tions of about 36,000 cows are
included on the computer program
already. Two-thirds of the cows
are now being done with computer
mating.
Sales and service representives
said the program works by work
ing out each dairyman’s require
ments for his herd and with the
computer information on each of
the cows, matching up suitable
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey
producer William Gostkowski
reported to the American Sheep
Industry Association that animal
rights advocates approached
youngsters at county fairs in that
area with anti livestock materials
and photographs. ‘They dispersed
and talked to children about rais
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Sire Power Inc. President Gary Rickard (right) presents a
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bull semen to turn the future herd
into what each dairyman requires.
In other business, the board of
directors was confirmed by mem
bership. All except one director
has retained a seat. Directors are:
Gary Rickard; Stanly Dunn Jr.,
West Virginia; William Terhune,
of New Jersey; Richard Remsburg,
of Maryland; John Epler, North
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Rhoderick replaced Marlin
Hoff, who resigned his position
because of a scheduling conflict
with a position he has with the
Holstein Association.
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as pets,” he said. To combat the
negative impact, producers talked
to the 4-H members about realistic
aspects of livestock production
practices and benefits to the
American public. This year, Gost
kowski said, they are planning
ahead to provide educational dis
plays on production for the gener
al public and will prepare their
young 4-H members in advance to
avoid negative reaction.
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