ONO (Lebanon Co.)—A local vet
erinarian opened the Umberger’s
of Fontana dairy mepting here
Tuesday, by listing goals dairymen
should consider for their herds.
“Goal setting on the dairy farm
is very important,” said Charlie
Gardner. “You need to ask your
self is the goal of interest to you? Is
it obtainable? Is it measureable?
and what is the time frame?”
Gardner said the most important
goal should be to know what it
costs to make 100 lbs. of milk. If
you know such things as feed cost,
labor cost or machinery cost, you
can figure where to cut back if you
need to do so.
Other suggested goals were:
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make hired labor part of the team;
receive all possible premiums for
your milk; feed high quality for
ages; improve cow confort; keep
calving intervals reasonable; be on
track with replacements; control
culling; and work on the level of
milk production.
“When you reach the first eight
goals,” Gardner said, “the milk
production will take care of itself.
If you look only at production and
not at profit, you may not be doing
the besf job.”
Another topic covered by Purina
Mills representatives included
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At Umberger’s dairy meeting are, left to right, Don Umberger, owner; Kim Horning
district dairy specialist; Dr. Randy Lyle, Purina Mills Dairy Nutritionist; Don Umberger
Jr., owner; Larry Wile, district manager; and John McCormick, farm consultant’
cows in commercial herds by five
pounds of milk per day per cow.
In addition, speakers covered
fly control, protein nutrition, and
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio—
Pennsylvania dairy leader Tom
Croner, of Berlin, has been elected
first vice president to the board of
directors for Milk Marketing Inc.,
a regional marketing cooperative
headquartered in Strongsville.
Ohio.
Actively involved in dairying,
Croner was first re-elected as a
director to the MMI board, repre
senting District 3 dairy producer
members in Fayette, Somerset, and
Bedford counties, and also the
West Virginia counties of Mono
ngalia, Preston, Garrett and the
western part of Tucker County.
The board elected him first vice
president
As a director, Croner is to serve
a 2-year term for the 6,000 mem
ber cooperative. Among his duties
are representing his cooperative
before such industry agencies as
the Advertising and Promotion
Agency Order 36; the Great
Lakes-Southem Milk Inc.; the
National Milk Producers Federa
tion; the Pennsylvania Co-op Edu-
MMI Elects Officers
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Lunch was on the house and a
panel discussion concluded the
program.
cation Council; the Pennsylvania
State Council of Farm Organiza
tions; and the Producers Equaliza
tion Agency Inc. (Croner is presi
dent of the PEA Inc. board of
directors.)
A graduate of Penn State Uni
versity with a bachelor of science
degree in agricultural economics
and rural sociology, Croner oper
ates a 1,400-acre dairy farm where
he milks more than 160 cows. He
has been an active member of a
dairy cooperative for 37 years.
Croner also is involved with the
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa
tion, Agway Inc., Pennsylvania
Potato Growers and previously
was director for the Somerset
County Farmers Association.
Others elected to MMI office
include Herman Brubaker, of West
Alexandria, Ohio, as president;
George Bancroft Jr., of Centervil
le, second vice president; Dale
Kauffman, of Shreve, Ohio, as sec
retary; and paul Ramsey, of Louis
ville, Ohio, as treasurer.