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
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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
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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
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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
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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