UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania State
University Dairy Club has sche
duled its spring dairy judging con
test for March 21 at the college
Agriculture Arena.
The contest is open to all state
4-Hers whose date of birth falls on
or after Jan. 1, 1978, and to FFA
members up to and including those
in ninth grade, but no older.
Additionally, bonafide 4-H
members who have not judged in
the national contest may compete
in the senior 4-H division. Also,
FFA members who have not com
peted in the national FFA contest
are eligible.
The spring judging contest is a
feature of the club’s 67th annual
Dairy Exposition, though the rest
of the exposition is slated for April
2S at the arena.
The dairy judging contest
begins at 10 a.m. and costs $4 per
contestant, and per coach, attend
ing, if paid by March 4. Entries
received after that date will be
charged SS. Registration on the
day of the event begins at 9 a.m.
The entry fees pay for lunch and
help reduce the cost of mailing
contest results.
PFA President Criticizes
Television Show
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) A statewide farm organi
zation leader recently criticized a
television program which stated
that the nation's milk supply is
unsafe to drink.
Keith W. Eckel, president of the
Pennsylvania Farmers' Associa
tion (PFA), said "milk quality is
stringently monitored by milk pro
cessors and state authorities”
across the nation.
A TV program. "In America"
which was aired on WNEP-TV,
Avoca, "was absolutely terrible."
Eckel wrote in a letter to Elden
Hale, WNEP-TV president.
"Dairymen deserve an apology for
poor judgement and (poor)
reporting.
"If a dairyman was shipping
'tainted' milk as alleged by the
show, he would soon be out of bus
iness, because it would cost the
average dairyman in Pennsylvania
more than $5,000 in penalties for
each offense.”
The farm leader explained how
milk sanitation is enforced: "Test
samples are taken at every farm
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PSU Dairy Club Judging Contest Soon
Contestants in the junior 4-H
and junior FFA divisions are to
have the option of attending an
afternoon workshop or deliver a
set of oral reasons. They can not
participate in both activities.
Reasons scores will not count in
calculating high individuals and
teams in these two divisions. How
ever, the three highest scoring
individuals in the junior reasons
division are to receive awards.
It is important to note that junior
contestants giving reasons must
pre-enter by indicating their inten
tions on.the entry form.
Send the completed entry form
and a check payable to the “Penn
State Dairy Science Club,” to:
Shelly Harshbarger, Penn State
Dairy Science Club, 324 Henning
Building, University Park, 16802.
The club plans to present awards
in eight classes, including both
cows and heifers, during the
exposition banquet in April.
The PSU Dairy Club is inviting
4-H and FFA teams from across
the state to participate.
For more information, call Lar
ry Muller at (814) 8634205 or
Dale Olver, at (814) 863-3914.
and random testing can be done on
any milk, picked up at the farm.
"Dairy farmers are aware of the
withdrawal period necessary when
medicating sick dairy animals.
Lactating cows are kept out of the
milk herd for at least 72-hours after
the last application of medication.
Many farmers use a leg band sys
tem to identify an animal on medi
cation. Many farmers report that
those animals are hand-milked and
the milk is dumped.
"Milk haulers agitate each milk
tank at the farm for IS minutes and
then take a sample from each tank
prior to pumping that farm's milk
into the bulk tank of the truck haul
ing it to a processing plant. "Upon
arriving at the plant, each bulk tank
is tested for all impurities. If any
questionable product is found,
then each sample collected at vari
ous farms is analyzed to determine
the type and source of residue.
This method helps to pinpoint the
source of contamination. That
farm is then 'penalized' the total
value of the milk contained in that
truck's tank.
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PENN STATE DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB INVITATIONAL
DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST ENTRY FORM
DIVISION ENTRY
From (County if 4-H: Chapter if FFA)
Team Members
Name
I certify that all team members listed above are eligible for the contest
according to the published rules and regulations.
Signature of person authorizing team
mature
Coach's address:
CONTEST IS MARCH 21, 1992, AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE AG ARENA
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 9 A.M. AT THE AG ARENA
Eptrv fee: $4.00 per team member plus $4.00 per coach attending
contest and eating lunch if paid in advance. Make checks payable to
Penn State Dairy Science Club Judging Contest.
If not prepaid, $5.00 per contestant and coach on day of
contest or late entries received after March 9, 1992.
This form mav be reproduced for additional teams or for vour personal copies
ENTRY DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992
Mail forms to: Shelly Harshbarger, PSU Dairy Science Club
324 Henning*Building
University Park. PA 16802
"Federal law also stops all ship
ments from that farm for two days
at the farmer's expense. If the pro
ducer violates sanitation regula
tions the second time, he can't ship
for three days, plus the cost of a
tank load of milk. Repeated viola
tions would result in the dairy farm
losing its contract for milk pro
cessing," Eckel said.
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