VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
FREDERICKSBURG (Leba
non Co.) Lebanon County
leads the state in rolling herd aver
age milk and protein production
for the third year in a row, it was
announced Tuesday night during
the county’s annual Dairy Herd
Improvement Association meeting
and banquet at Kenbrook Retreat
Center in Fredericksburg.
The county claims the fourth
largest dairy herd in the state with
11,161 cows in the association for
an average of 19,313 pounds of
milk, 612 pounds of protein and
697 pounds of butteifat
The state average for 1991 was
17,656 pounds of milk, 647 pound
s of fat and 563 pounds of protein.
Production records are calculated
from data collected for a year,
from September 30 to September
30.
Kenneth Winebark, county
extension dairy agent, told the
group of dairy producers that he
was very proud of their accom
plishments and that they should be
too.
The county’s somatic cell count
average, based on 6,413 cows
enrolled in that testing program,
was 299,000, which is an increase
from last year 0f33,000. However,
87 percent of the herds had an SCO
count below 400,000.
In March, the Lebanon DHIA
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Lebanon DHIA Tops State For Third Time
joined Pennsylvania DHIA under
the reorganization plan which
made for some change in reports
during the annual meeting, the
sixty-second for Lebanon.
And although Lebanon dairy
men excelled for a third straight
year, Winebark cautioned that in
order to stay competitive, they
must continue to “Pay strict atten
tion to things you have to do. Once
again, you have a tremendous
amount of resources and each and
every one of the DHIA forms are
the backbone of the information”
that will enable breeders and pro
ducers to advance.
Dennis Kauffman, president,
told the group that the Financial
statement for the group showed a
surplus balance in excess of
$6,000 which is being held in a
DHIA account at State College,
with sole control of the money
retained by the county members.
According to Kauffman, since
the money will not be used for ban
quet and awards costs, members
must still decide what to do with
the excess funds. It was suggested
that some formula for redistribu
tion of money to members be
considered.
In other business, Kauffman
discussed some of the other
changes to the association. There
is a nine-member committee
no longer a board of directors —,
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Receiving recognition for their herd’s and cow’s leading production in Lebanon
County, are, from the left front, Raymond Getz and Gary Lentz. In the back row, from
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gered so that three members are to
be elected annually. Results of
Tuesday’s election were yet to be
calculated and will be announced
later.
• The committee basically is
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directors of the past, except more
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Donald Duncan, Berks County,
regional director for the state
DHIA was present and talked
briefly about the changes and some
of the resistance by certain coun
ties to join the state under
reorganization.
“I just wish other counties
would have the same feelings as
Lebanon and Berks did,” Duncan
told the group. He said that ser
vices to members are expanding
and that state directives are to “Do
whatever you have to do not to
raise fees through September
1992,” he said.
Duncan also reported that a new
billing system is set up to go into
effect by Jan. 1 and that emphasis
is being put on collecting calving
ease records to help with breeding
information.
“I feel this is going to help,”
Duncan said, adding that at least
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ness is set to pay for the informa
tion collected.
He said that on the forms an area
will be set aside for breeders to rate
calving ease on a scale of 1 to 5. A
tape with the records information
on it will be reviewed every six
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He is also to be a point of contact
for member complaints and to
serve as an area representative for
member needs. “Any complaints,
feel free to tell me what you want.”
Louise Sible, member relations
with the state DHIA and expert on
the organization’s ARIS service,
told the group that there are 32
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