AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26, 1991 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) John Tenneson, who will be a featured speaker at the Penn sylvania Holstein Convention, held in Reading from Feb. 21 through Feb. 23, started in the dairy business right out of high school when he began working with his younger brother, Glen. The brothers purchased the all grade herd owned by their uncle and rented their father’s farm which had absolutely no buildings or facilities except a 23-stanchion milking bam. The only registered cows they had to begin with were the two or three which had been 4-H project animals. They began adding registered cows by purchasing older or damaged cows at sales in the area, as financial resources were very limited to say the least. Their father gave his sons two major pieces of advice. First, he cautioned them that the registered business was one to be very wary of as some of the people involved were not too trustworthy. Secondly, he said to buy all the tractors possible, build all the bams needed, buy all the cows wanted, and purchase all the land desired as long as you pay CASH!! That was the beginning of Skagvale Registered Holsteins. And with those words of advice, you can imagine it was a good many years before the Skagvale herd was all registered. Today after more than 35 years of experi ence, the brothers still find a lot of people and ideas in the Holstein business to be skeptical of! Perhaps that’s been a major factor in the unique and successful fanning and breeding strategies employed at Skagvale all these many years. When the farm is turned over to the next generation, the same advice will be given: Question every single shortcut, gct-rich-quick gimmick presented by the registered business: and always pay CASH! ' The small Skagvale herd (averaging about 40 milking cows) has bred 11 cows with 200.000 pounds or more lifetime, including two 300.000 pound life timers! All were sired by Skagvale-bred sires except two. All were classified Excellent except two, who were 88 and 87 points. Numerous more cows with lifetimes of 150.000 to 199,000 pounds carry the Skag vale prefix. Several Skagvale-bred cows have made 2x records from 35,000 to over 44.000 pounds. Nearly 70 Excellent females have been bred in the small Skagvale herd, including two at 95 points, two at 94 points, and five more at 93 points. Most have been sired by Skagvale Farms herd-sires! Washington Dairyman: Six All-American nominations have been garnered by Skagvale bred animals. In 1971, Skagvale Graceful Hattie broke a world’s record which had stood for decades when she completed her 2x record of 44.019 M 1.505 F at seven years of age. This event brought immediate national and international attention to Skagvale. The current BAA stands at 110.9 and the current Rolling CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) “The federal government should rescind the assessment placed on dairymen starting Janu ary 1,” Harold M. Shaulis, Jr., chairman of the dairy committee of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association (PFA), said today. “It’s an unfair tax, which will harm agriculture and do little to balance the federal budget. “Recent milk price drops are creating financial stress, not only hurting dairymen but also placing a heavy burden on the state’s over all economy,” the Somerset Coun ty farmer staled. “The ‘dairy tax’, which amounts of five cents per hundredweight in 1991 and increases to 11.25 cents in 1992, will make the dairy outlook worse. Eliminating the ‘dairy tax’ would save the average dairyman $5,131 during the next five years.” Shaulis, a PFA Board of Direc Call Toll Free 1-800-673-2580 SOLD AND SERVICED BY ■ NORTHEAST AGRI SYSTEMS, INC. FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK 139 A West Airport Rd. (717) 569-2702 Dealer Inquinee Invite yfc GOLDEN LEAF W TOBACCO CO. INC. NOWHERE IN LANCASTER CO. ARE TOBACCO GROWERS RECEIVING MORE TAKE HOME PAY FOR THEIR TOBACCO. If you have not sold tobacco to Golden Leaf Tobacco Co. before, we invite you to check our company with your next load. As you know, the market has moved higher and prices may be changing daily. Please call us for dally price changes. We hope our company has helped get the market prices where they are today and we will continue to work for our 609 customers in the future. We will receive tobacco at our buying station from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday. We are located in Martin’s Sales Bam, 2 miles east of Intercourse at the inter section of Rt. 340 & New Holland Rd. If you have any questions, please contact Golden Leaf Tobacco Company, or one of our buyers for dally prices. Gene Bare Bird In Hand, PA 717-656-9306 Herd Average is 20.795 M 3.9% 805 F 3.4% 698 P. Every cow in the herd is home-bred. John Tenneson has spoken at Holstein conventions or seminars in IS different states or provinces. Internationally, he was a keynote speaker at Canada’s “Benchmark 100” symposium in 1984 and at the New Zealand Friesian Confer ence in 1988. He has also judged major shows in nine western states and provin- PFA: tors member, explained that feder al farm programs amount to a little more than one percent of the fed eral budget, yet cuts in farm prog rams including the ‘dairy tax’, are two to three times higher than reductions in other areas. Shaulis also called for the rein statement of the capital gains tax treatment provision which was eli minated in 1986. “If this tax provi sion was reinstated, it would save the dairyman another $6,000-plus during the five years of the federal farm program,” he said. Presendy, the average dairyman loses about $1,210 per year to federal taxes in the sale of cull cows, because of Made in USA Aaron Miller Bird In Hand. PA Use Caution, Pay Cash Rescind Dairy Assessment CARCASS RESULTS OBTAINED BY OUR CUSTOMERS: These hogs were all sired by our Hampshire boars with the exception of a few barrows sired by maternal line Large Whites. This producer stated that the whitefine barrows did not help the average. These hogs were sold at Mariah Packing @ Monmouth, IL. Ham % Loin % Prem/CWT 18.65 14.85 4.56 18.91 15.09 5.17 17.85 15.06 4.11 18.00 15.03 4.17 18.85 15.25 5.34 19.50 15.52 6.02 The averages are 18.63% ham, 15.14% loin and a $4.90 premium per hundredweight, or a $11.27 premium for a 230 lb. hog. The con sistent results show the uniformity of the pigs sired by our boars. If you have any questions or need anything please call. Our Toll-free number is 1-800-752-7113. Call 1-800-752-7113 for more info. OUTLAW SEEDSTOCK SERVICES Ben Outlaw ces, and was a director of North west Dairymen’s Assoc., “Darigold.” In the area of community ser vice, John is a dedicated Rotarian (and past club president) and was a 4-H club leader for over 20 years. He has served on boards of his church, Bible camp, and group homes for troubled youth. His current hobbies include raising exhibition type chickens (Brahmas, Minorcas, Cochins), the loss of this tax provision. “Hopefully, the lower prices will not last very long,” the farm leader said, “because the average dairy farmer will soon be selling milk for about $2.00 per hundred weight (cwt.) less than his cost of production. Agriculture is the Commonwealth’s number one business and dairy is the single largest part of agriculture’s eco nomy. So everyone connected with the agriculture industry will feel this downturn in the dairy prices.” He went on to explain that it’s important to realize that the same factor responsible for the record Route 2, Box 324 A • Seven Springs, NC 2857 8 Mac Bailey President 717-768-3074/ 804-736-9604 and intensive raised-bred veget able gardening. He and his wife Beverly have two daughters and a son. Jonelle has a B.S. from Pacific Lutheran U. and is beginning a business career; Carolyn is a sophomore at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.); and Mark is a junior and redshirt-sophomore starting quar terback at Eastern Washington University. high dairy prices a year ago, namely the amount of milk supp ly, is responsible for the low prices now. Since the dairy indus try is dependent on the national milk supply and demand, very little can be done by the individual farmer to prevent this roller coas ter ride affecting dairy prices Shaulis said that in 1988 PFA successfully initiated the need for price increases with the Pennsyl vania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB), which held hearings to gather testimony. PFA is a general farm organiza tion with more than 23,000 family members in Pennsylvania, Clark Stauffer Ephrata, PA 717-733-8921
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