Pcnn>>h«iaij Dairy Ilird* Impruurmnl AtMKUhon How Does Your Herd Compare? STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —This data is pulled from Pennsyl vania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. It is a one-week summary representing approximately one-fourth of the herds on test, as they are tested monthly. These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from almost 1,400 herds across the state. DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 3/30/92 and 4/06/92 Number of Herds Processed 1,362 Number of Cows Processed 79,483 Number of Cows Per Herd 58,3 Milk Per Cow (Lbs) 18,239 %-Fat 3.68 Fat Per Cow (Lbs) 672 %-Protein 3.17 Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 578 Average Days in Milk Per Cow 318 •Value for CWT Milk(s) 12.61 •Value for CWT Grain(s) 7.83 •Value for CWT Hay(s) 4.38 •Value for CWT Silage(s) 1.54 •Value for Pasture Per Day(s) .27 •Value for Milk Per Cow Per Year(s) •Feed Consumed Per Cow Per Year(Lbs) A: Grain Today, There is an Alternative - FOif Environmentaly Sound Control of Insects on Potatoes Ecogen Inc. developed Foil® Bioinsecticide from a novel genetic combination of three strains of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis). As insects eat Foil, they immediately stop feeding and crop destruction is halted. Foil is the only biological insecticide that is effective against both Colorado potato beetles and European com borers. Foil makes a power ful alternative to chemical pesticides and other Bt products. With environmental issues a concern for all growers. Foil is indeed today's alternative. FOCUS MamgMNnl Information For Bam Uh Make a Difference with HNL’ Foil is a registered trademark of Ecogen Inc ©1992 Ecogen Inc Membership Development STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) PRIME is the basic no frills testing program that provides accurate, timely, and essential management information along with production records that carry the "DHIA NAME” and at a cost that gives you the most return for your dollar! A DHIA technician helps you get started, he or she can explain how to report the infer- mation on the easy-to-use bamsheet and how to weigh and sample each cow's 2.300 6,986 Derived from Bt, a natural pesticide. Foil has no pre-harvest interval and does not contaminate ground water. If you would like to find out how Foil can make a difference in your potato crop this year, call or write us at: Enasm Ecogen Inc. / 2005 Cabot Boulevard West Langhome, PA 19047-1810 (215) 757-1590 Prime DIXIE L. BURRIS Pa. DHIA Manager B: Hay C: Silage D: Day Pasture •Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s) A: Grain B; Hay C: Silage D; Pasture •Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s) •Income Over Feed Costs Per Year(s) •Grain to Milk Ratio •Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s) Avg Level For 1,159 SCC Herds •Member generated flguiee Time For PRIME production on your test day. The technician is then available as a resource person to help in any way possible. PRIME Program allows the member to collect and record the data, eliminating the labor of the technician. You would be a direct member of the State association and not subject to county associa tion assessments. The PRIME program has nine different options. You may choose to decide how often you want to test your herd. You can test every month of the year, every other month or quarterly; you decide 2,600 15,031 55 1,390 1:2.6 4.99 317,243 lancntar Finning, Saturday, May 2, 1992-A2l when. You can choose to weigh and sample each cow's milk each month; one milking or both, or you may choose to just weigh the milk and not take samples every month, or you may choose certain cow's to test As a member enrolled in PRIME we will have your indivi dual cow and herd production records on file in our computer at Ihe PA processing center. One advantage is that your records are in our computer and can be trans ferred at no cost if you would choose to change type test As a PRIME member "moving up the ladder" into a mote complex, or "official" program is a an oppor tunity to use die young sire semen from the A.l. studs. PRIME designed in the first place for the producers'who want management records with a mini mum of effort and cost It also appeals to those producers who find the full range of information services in DHI, AMIPM, and DHIR either too complicated or too expensive. PRIME is available across the state of Pennsylvania at a variety of cost considering equipment needs, technician involvement and the wide range of options with in the program. If you are inter ested in what this low cost service program has to offer, or if you know of a dairy producer who could use PRIME, (or any of our other programs, please contact a DHIA technician or Region Man ger for details. Please feel free to also call the DHIA office in State College at 1-800-344-8378 and ask for assistance. 547 114 232 15 909 Fruit Grower (Continued from Pago A2O) bud development As long as we can get through the spring without a freeze, it should be a good apple crop, according to the fruitgrower. Harvest half The last time a late freeze occurred, harvest of the crop was cut in half (from a normal 1,000 bushel-per-acre season to about 500 bushels per acre). Kuntz grows a great deal of the York variety, which he said is “a good keeper and it’s a good apple for sauces” and other uses. “It’s a hardy apple and is better to grow than any variety, I think,” said Kuntz. “It’s a good keeper. You can keep it a long time in cold stor age, that’s the main thing.” The Apple Blossom Festival, set for this Saturday and Sunday, is the “Ag Progress” of the county’s apple industry. There will be vari ous fruit displays and lots of enter tainment for the whole family, including apple pie eating and bob bing contests, squaredancing, anti que car exhibits, hayriding, a large arts and crafts show, and other activities. On Sunday, May 3, the annual crowning of the Apple Blossom Queen takes place at 2:30 p.m. For more information about the Festival, contact Ruth Detwiler, Adams County Fruit Growers Association, Biglerville, (717) 677-7444 or the Gettysburg Travel Council at (717) 334-6274.
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