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the local level, because teenagers
are too busy with school and other
activities to do more at the state
level.
In addition to educating farmers
and youth, PHA needs to help
inform businessmen and legisla
tors about the dairy industry, said
Harpster. Because the economy
benefits greatly from the “real”
money farmers put into circula
tion, he feels businessmen
involved with dairying should be
PHA members to learn how they
can best support dairymen.
“When I pay my employees,”
he said, “they go into town to buy
shoes, groceries, and other goods
and services. This money keeps
local businesses going. The more
dairy farmers prosper, the more
the whole local economy
prospers.”
Harpster brought a local bank
president out to Evergreen Farms
to show him what dairy farming
was about, so that he would set up
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a farm loan department at his
bank. PHA should encourage
dealers, bankers, and other
businessmen who can help far
mers to be members to stimulate
this kind of interaction.
PHA should also combine with
other dairy groups to have a united
voice on political issues, Harpster
said. Having a regional pricing
system instead of one based on the
Minnesota-Wisconsin prices is an
example of an issue he would like
to see the Holstein Association
push for.
As PHA president, Harpster has
two main goals he would like to
see accomplished. The first is to
increase the activity of the PHA
committees. He feels strongly that
the success of the organization lies
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in the grassroots support that com
mittees generate for programs
designed by the staff with direc
tion from the board of directors.
Because members are all very
busy, it is not an easy goal to
attain, but he has confidence in the
ability of committee chairmen to
carry out essential member
services.
Increasing the membership role
by 1,000 during his two-year
tenure is Harpster’s second goal.
Convincing more dairymen with
primarily grade Holsteins and bus
iness people to join is essential to
reaching this goal. Making PHA a
Dairylea Names
Regional Manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— David
Rothfuss of Webster, N.Y., has
been named regional manager of
western Central and Southern Tier
New York for Dairylea Coopera
tive Inc.
As regional manager, Rothfuss
is responsible for monitoring com
petitive conditions and dairy far
mers’ needs in his region, and for
developing and implementing per
tinent programs.
A Dairylea membership rep
resentative since 1989, Rothfuss
formerly worked in partnership
with his father and brothers on a
dairy farm in Penfield, N.Y.
The Monroe Community Col
lege graduate is a member of the
South Central and Rochester Area
Sanitarians associations, the New
York State Grange, and the Web
ster Republican Committee.
Rothfuss and his wife Judy
have four children: Paul, Kelly,
Jennifer and Kristen.
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fun activity with more enjoyable
social functions is another way he
wants to attract members.
In general, Harpster is optimis
tic about the future of the Pennsyl
vania dairy industry. He predicts
that Pennsylvania dairymen won’t
be able to produce enough milk to
meet the increase in consumption
from a higher state population. So
even though urban expansion in
eastern Pennsylvania will push
farmers out of that area, dairy
farms in the central and northwest
sectors of the state should still
thrive.