Lancaster (Continued from Pago At) happening in their bid to move pro cessing to Raleigh and lab services to Maryland. Principal spokesmen included John Howard, committee chair man; Bob Wenger, Lancaster pres ident, Ken Butcher, director. Dairy Records Processing Center, Raleigh, N.C., and Glenn Shirk, county agent. About 100 farmers attended. In summary, as reported at the meeting, the Lancaster board and the Pennsylvania board have agreed to a 10-point proposal, fash ioned by National DHIA, that says PaDHIA will release Lancaster’s herds to Raleigh “without the cur rent contingencies based on execu tion of a long-term agreement.” And Lancaster DHIA agrees to not pursue its move of lab services to Maryland until National DHIA has another annual meeting in March to bring national bylaws and policies into harmony. The agreement is for six months. During the agreement, a working ' from ' state and MFGR. LIST PRICE $11,689 a Ford 1220 - 16 HP, 4 WD, Hydrostatic Transmission MFGR. 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If we could pick up 10,000 cows on test we would be the 11th largest And we are only a county organization. “Some other DHIAs need to go across their state to get the number of cows we have. This gives us tre mendous advantage in running our field service. We don’t need to Kubota 87100 - 16 HP, Hydro. Trans, 4WD, Cat I 3 Pt. Hitch, Std. 540 PTO, Mid PTO, 3 Cyl. Famous Kubota Liquid-Cooled Diesel m k • aawv-F.arßßr si Serving Central PA Since 1921 HOURS; HONDA Y-FRIDAY 7:30-5:00 SATURDAY 7:30-12:00 travel many miles in our concen trated dairy area. Consequently, our supervisors lest two to three times more cows per person than in most states. This keeps our over head down. “We can contract for processing and lab service from large organi zations to give us access to the best technology at competitive cost With lower overhead, this gives us the ability to be one of the best Being independent will give us the ability to set our rates and prog rams especially for owner sampler herds. We want to keep as many people on test as we can. “Because of our size and close proximity to supervisors, the hir ing, training and supervisor confer ences can be done with very little expense. The entire cost to run the county is about three cents per cow,” Howard said. “When you have competition, the service gets better and the prices go down.” Wenger said “That’s the trend and national agrees that’s the trend But the question remains how do we go to Maryland and not be in violation of national bylaws. With this six month agreement, we will stay with Pennsylvania for lab service and field certification and keep ourselves within the national bylaws.” Butcher said 83 percent of Raleigh’s cows are on their elec tronic data transfer systems. “As we look at the future record pro cessing, we can see that computing will move away from centralized locations to more local associa tions. A lot of computing and pro cessing will be done closer to the farm, and only the necessary infor mation transferred to a central location and on to USDA, etc.” Raleigh is a cooperative with an advisory board that includes one member from each of the 16 states in the association. Lancaster will become the 17th. According to Butcher, they have not had a rate increase since 1985. and since that time have given more than $lOO,OOO in a lump rebate to mem bers on two different occasions. Meanwhile, they have built MFGR. LIST PRICE $12.063 T Case 1120- MFD, 19 HP 4WD, Hydrostatic Transmission PS9WR9 MFGR. PRICE 0! I ■■■■■■ I i i* John Deere 670 - 18.5 HP, 4 WD, Gear Tractor yvVW >^v, ? FINANCING Z OR CASH / DISCOUNTS > AVAILABLE LANCASTER ifso fOut pa imp* At Dm* M « FnrtvSt* m» 717*539-2500 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 12, IM2-A2S MFGR. LIST PRICE $12,048 reserves of $350,000 to be used against new computing equipment when needed. If things go as proposed, the Lancaster supervisors will have the pertinent information that has been transferred from Pennsylvania to Raleigh when they arrive on the farm for the October test When the lest is complete and records pro cessed, the dairy farmer will receive the first reports from Raleigh. According to the 10 point agreement, Lancaster will permit DRPC choice for their members, and Pennsylvania will not compete in the county. “DHIA is at a crossroads, and many important decisions must be made,” Shirk said. ‘The dairy industry is also in a state of change, and DHIA must meet those changes and challenges of the industry. I think that’s what your board struggles with as they try to meet your interests to make sure you get the kind of records and ser vice you need to be current, effec tive as managers, and competitive with dairymen across the country. “Your board has worked long and hard the past year, volun teered in your behalf to wrestle with these decisions. They arc to be commended. They have taken the leader ship nationwide to challenge decisions or lack of decisions and policies that need to be put in place. “They have your support, as witnessed by the more than 1,000 requests for transfer. That’s solidarity, that’s unity, numbers, and power that catches people’s attention. “You need freedom of choice. As an exten sion agent, I will sup port either choice you make. I’ll give them both my full support. You have a big deci sion to make. 1 hope you think about it very carefully, talk to your directors, make up your mind,” Shirk said. “You will get my support if you go south or if you stay with Pennsylvania.” UNI-HYDRO IRONWORKER 35 to 120 . , Selling; Scotchman DAVIDS. KING 873 S. Railroad St. Myerstown, PA 17067 | Answering Service | (717) 866-6556
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