A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 21, 1991
Awards, State Speakers Highlight Juniata Meeting
CHRIS McCAHREN
Juniata Co. Correspondent
MIFFLINTOWN (Juniata
County) The Juniata County
DHIA recently held its annual ban
quet at the Milford Grange Hall.
Members and guests were
greeted by Charles Wochley, who
served as Juniata County's DHIA
president
After a banquet Linda Scibilia,
the testing laboratory manager for
the state DHIA, presented a prog
ram on somatic cell counting. Her
presentation examined the accura
cy of testing and whether it was a
true benefit, or a paper benefit. The
program described somatic cells,
their possible causes and effects.
Scibilia’s talk emphasized the
importance of DHIA and its role in
detecting problem cows with high
somatic cell counts (SCC), and the
relationship of high SCC to the
potential loss of future milk
production.
The lab manager also had slides
showing the lab equipment, and
she described the current technolo
gy and procedures involved with
accurate somatic cell counts.
The Pennsylvania lab ranks
above the National DHIA Quality
Standards for machine accuracy
and calibration within the national
tolerance standards, she said.
The Pennsylvania lab also has
some of the best and most-recent
equipment available of any DHIA
lab in the United States, according
to Scibilia.
The Regional DHIA Area Man
ager Harry Fritz also presented
more slides and information about
the DHIA program locally and
statewide.
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Horn, Terry Willow, and Christo
pher Yohn were recognized as the
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Juniata County.
Mike Beaver was also recog
nized for his IS years of service as
a DHIA Supervisor from which he
has recently stepped down to per
sue his own full-time dairy
operation.
This year a herd management
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system comprised of criteria such
as improvements in milk, fat, and
protein production, and lowering
of the SCC.
Russell Adamire of Mifflintown
received the Herd Management
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which reflects his herd's
3,726-pound increase in milk pro
duction over the past year.
Myron and Mary Gehman and
E. Marlene Peoples were second
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and third respectively.
Glen and Tracey Henry of Port
Royal were the top herd in Juniata
County for protein. Their rolling
herd average was 22,789 pounds
milk, 705 pounds protein, and 853
pounds fat.
Other herds in the top ten
included, in descending order, Ken
Deamer, Steve and Barb Wilson,
Rick and Jeanette Saner. Marie
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Other herds in the county were
noted for having somatic cell
counts below an average of
200,000. Those herds included
R.E. Shearer & Family, Timothy
Lauver, James and Anne Faulkner,
Gerald Hart, Steve and Barb Wil
son. and Fred Shoop.
Under business. Glen Henry and
Delbert Brubaker were elected as
DHIA directors, Melvin Martin o(
Thompsontown was elected presi
dent, Russell Dressier was named
vice president, and Steve Wilson
was elected secretary.
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