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Administration Changes
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Dairy
Herd Improvement Association is
pleased to announce that Ronald T.
Coder, of State College, now holds
the position of manager of finance
and human resources.
In this position, Ron is responsi
ble for all finance and personnel
operations for the 6,000-member
organization.
For the past three years, Ron has
served as the accounting associate
with James Garrity, who is also
Average Farm
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 2.69 BU. 4.82
CWT.
assuming a new role with Pa.
DHIA.
Ron is a 1951 graduate of Penn
State and received an MBA degree
from George Washington Univer
sity in 1972. After a 23-year career
as an Air Force pilot, he worked for
a year in the accounts receivable
and credit department at Herbert
R. Imbt Inc., of State College, then
became director of renovation,
purchasing and inspections for the
Federated Home and Mortgage
Company of State College.
He spent four years as the
Feed Costs
Wheat, No. 2 - 2.65 BU. 4.43
CWT.
Barley, No. 3-1.97 BU. 4.22
CWT.
Oats, No. 2-1.45 BU. 4.52
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.52 BU. 9.22
CWT.
New Ear Com - 69.94 BU. 3.50
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay - 101.75 BU. 5.09
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 122.50 BU. 6.13
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 75.00 BU. 3.75
CWT.
MEMDrRFDIC
executive director of the Second
Mile, an organization for
neglected youth. He is also interim
treasurer for the State College Pre
sbyterian Church.
Ron and his family are solid
Penn State fans. Ron was a mem
ber of Penn State’s National
Championship Soccer Team in
1950 and 1951, and was a member
of the 1956 Olympic Soccer Team.
All four of his sons played Penn
State football and his oldest son
played professional football for 10
years.
He and his wife, Hope, reside in
Boalsburg. They enjoy computers,
gardening and Penn State athletics.
Pa DHIA Staff Changes
James P. Garrity has assumed a
new and temporary position as the
transition director for Re
organization.
In this position, Jim is responsi-
LARRY SPECHT
PSU Dairy Specialist
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Questions about the cal
culation for fat-corrected milk
have surfaced in recent months.
The following item by Dr. Larry
Chase of the Animal Science
Department at Cornell University
illustrates the procedure.
How can you compare the milk
production of cows within a herd
which have large differences in
milk fat test?
Cow lbs Milk
10
Dedication and
Dependability...
These words sum up our service to
Pennsylvania agribusiness.
Cultivate a relationship with the
Meridian banker near you.
Palmyra/Myerstown Kennett Square/Thorndale Lancaster
Andrew C. Terrell
717-274-6402
ft Meridian Bank
ble for all aspects of the merger of
local DHIA associations through
out Pennsylvania into a single,
statewide DHIA by Oct. 1, 1992.
Jim has been performing this
task, while working as director of
finance and personnel. His associ
ate, Ron Coder, is to assume those
duties, allowing Jim to direct his
attention to re-organization.
Jim is also heading up the deve
lopment and implementation of a
new computer-based member bill
ing, employee payroll, and
employee benefits system.
Prior to joining the Pa. DHIA
staff, Jim had spent over 20 years
in the finance and personnel admi
nistration field with such compa
nies as Pond Hill Ltd., Toyad,
Wcstinghouse, Warner-Lambert,
and the Surgitool Division of
Baxter/Travenol.
Jim, who assumed the new posi-
Corrected Milk
Fat
One approach is to convert all of
the individual cow milk weights to
a standardized milk fat content
This conversion is commonly
termed fat-corrected milk.
The dairy industry currently
uses two differently formulas to
accomplish this task. One method
uses a 4 percent milk fat base,
while the other uses a 3.5 percent
base.
Northeast DHI uses the 3.5 per
cent formula. However, a number
of feed companies use the 4 per-
% Fat
3.9
2.8
3.6
3.9
3.1
3.7
4.1
5.1
' 4.7
5.2
Clay Thomson
215-444-6060
Or call toll-free, 1-800-222-2150
Professionals with the personal touch
tion on May 1, is married and has
two grown daughters. He and his
wife enjoy spending lime at their
home near Pennsylvania Furnace.
Other Staffing Changes
With staffing changes within the
Pa. DHIA including Dean Amick
assuming the role of director of
field operations, and Ron Coder
taking the role of manager of
finance and human resources,
there have been other in-house
assignments as job responsibilities
shifted.
Amy Nyman, executive secret
ary, is now a finance clerk under
Ron Coder. Norma fitters, former
ly inventory coordinator, is now
the supervisor of support opera
tions, reporting to Dean Amick.
Lisa Yearick has moved from
being inventory assistant to the
coordinator of the inventory
department under Norma fitters.
cent formula in terms a ration
balancing programs.
The formulas used a accomplish
these conversions are:
• 4 percent Fat-Corrected
Milk: Pounds of 4 percent FCM =
(15 x lbs fat) + (.4 x lbs milk)
• 3.5 percent Fat-Corrected
Milk: Pounds of 3.5 percent FCM
= (16.216 x lbs fat) + (.432 x lbs
milk)
The accompanying chart indi
cates the results of using these
formulas.
lbs 4% FCM !bS 3-5%-FQM
105.4 113.9
75.4 81.5
79.0 85.3
72.9 78.8
67.5 72.9
62.1 67.1
58.9 63.6
64.1 69.2
53.0 57.3
47.2 51.0
Bob Zook
717-295-8577
Reading
William Hughes
Blaine Fessler
Doug Darling
215-320-FARM