C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 24, 1993
Timothy Shultz
Pennfield
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Pennfield Corporation, 711
Rohrerstown Road, is pleased to
announce the following additions
to their Feed Marketing Division:
Timothy Shultz; A. Norman Cos
ncr, Sr.; and Stephen Isaacson.
Shultz was graduated with a
degree in agribusiness from the
State University of Morrisville,
N.Y. Upon completion of his edu
cation, Shultz was employed with
Lowellville Feed and Grain. As a
Dry House Farm
DeFOREST, Wis. Dry
House Farm, owned and operated
by Lester Yoder and his brother
Ray Yoder, received the February
Genetic Management System
Elite Herd award from American
Breeders Service (ABS). This
award is one of 12 that will be giv
en in conjunction with the 25th
Anniversary of ABS’ Genetic
Management System (GMS).
Dry House Farm, located near
Belleville, Pa., is home to 102
milking Holslems producing an
average of 21,801 pounds of milk,
792 pounds of fat, and 674 pounds
of protein. Good management as
well as solid genetics are keys to
the success of the Yoder herd. Ar
tificial Insemination (A. 1.) and
ABS’ Genetic Management Sys
tem help the Yoder operation
achieve production goals set for
their 100 percent ABS-sired herd.
GMS has been a oar! ji the
Yoder management program for
17 years. “With so many bulls to
choose from, we were having a
hard lime making mating deci
sions,” said Lester Yoder. “GMS
not only simplifies our mating de
cisions, it also reduces the amount
of time we need to spend selecting
bulls to mate with individual
cows.”
The Yoders meet with their
GMS Evaluator, Paul Baudcr,
once a year to re-evaluate and es
tablish sire standards for their
cows. Yoder said, “We place our
main emphasis on milk production
and functional type traits when se
lecting bull standards, with secon-
Names Servicemen
Pennfield dairy and livestock feed
sales and serviceman, he will be
covering Bradford and Tioga
counties and parts of Columbia
and Lycoming counties.
Cosner joined Pennfield in
January after 13 years as sales
manager for Paramount Feed &
Supply Co. in Hagerstown, Md.
Cosner will be the dairy and lives
tock feed sales and serviceman for
Fulton, southern Huntingdon, and
western Franklin counties.
dary emphasis on protein produc
tion.”
Two cows in the Dry House
Farm herd stand out in Yoder’s
mind as top notch GMS offspring.
“We have an Excellent scored Tri-
Day Valiant GOLD daughter that
produced over 30,000 pounds ol
milk and over 1,000 pounds of fat
in 305 days!” said Yoder. Yoder
said that they are milking an Ex
cellent (2E) Lime-Hollow Eleva
tion MARS daughter producing
more than 20,000 pounds of milk.
In addition to using GMS on
cows, the Yoders recognize the
advantages of GMS evaluation for
J-Star Electronics
‘Weighs In’
For Livestock
FT. ATKINSON, Wis. J-
Star Electronics has introduced its
new Stock Weigh Electronic
Scale.
Designed for weighing live
stock, the Stock Weigh features its
exclusive “Lock-On” display fea
ture, and provides 99 percent ac
curacy even when weighing the
most restless animals. The Stock
Weigh will provide a fast, accur
ate static weight for restless and
moving animals, enabling you to
determine correct market weights.
The new Stock Weigh system is
designed with a digital indicator
display that provides fast, easier-
ness
News
Isaacson has earned his bache
lor’s in general agriculture from
the University of Maryland. Prior
to joining Pennfield, he was a field
technician for Sire Power and
more recently had been the assis
tant herdsman and crops assistant
manager on the Roy Crow Farm in
Kennedyville, Md. Isaacson’s
responsibilities include dairy sales
and service for the Eastern Shore
in Maryland and Delaware as well
as the southern New Jersey area.
Receives Herd Award
heifers. “We didn’t initially use
GMS on our heifers, but now UX)
percent of them are mated with the
program,” said Yoder. “We feel
the heifers are just as important, if
not more important, than the cows
when it comes to mating deci-
sions.”
With the help of GMS, the Yo
ders find it easier and less time
consuming to select the genetics
for building a profitable dairy
herd.
The Genetic Management Sys
tem was designed by American
Breeders Service (ABS) to help
dairy producers make sound mat-
10-read weights. Combined with
the “Lock-On” feature, the indica
tor eliminates fluctuations that
other electronic or mechanical
scales experience.
The Slock Weigh also provides
just two operation keys for ease of
operation: - a “check weigh” key
which allows the operator to dou
ble check the animal’s weight
without taking it off the scale, and
a tare key for temporary zero of
weight. TTie Stock Weigh Systems
offer capacities from 2,000
pounds up to 6,000 pounds. The
two-channel corrosion-resistant
stainless steel loan cell mounts are
Dennis Massler, left, general manager of the Case Power
& Equipment store In Des Moines, lowa, accepts the award
for North American Store of the Year from Jon Carlson,
Case vice president-retail operations. Nearly 150 Case
stores competed for the honor.
Case
Power &
Equipment
‘Store Of Year’
DALLAS, Texas J 1 Case
has honored Case Power & Equip
ment of DesMoincs, lowa, as
North American “Store of the
Year” for outstanding perfor
mance in 1992.
The award, presented at a recent
company sales meeting held in
Texas Stadium, singles out the
Des Moines store from among
nearly 150 Case stores for its
superior financial management of
the business, including manage
ment of new and used inventory,
proficiency in parts and service
management and management of
receivables.
Seven other Case Power &
Equipment stores received top and
runner-up honors for their regions:
• CP&E Philadelphia Complex
(comprised of stores in Mont
gomeryville, Penn., and Newcas-
ing decisions for their heifers and
cows. The program has experienc
ed tremendous success that can be
seen in thousands of herds
throughout North America and
Europe.
Deslgned for weighing livestock, the Stock Weigh fea
tures Its exclusive “Lock-On” display feature, and provides
99 percent accuracy even when weighing the most restless
animals.
available in 16-inch, 24-inch, or
44-inch widths and easily adapt to
any type of steel or wood deck.
cage or chute.
Although most Slock Weigh
scales arc used for weighing live
stock, to determine market
weights, to obtain litter weights,
evaluate feed performance, deter-
lie, Del.) Eastern Region Store
of the Year
• CP&E Red Deer, Alberta
Northern Region Store of the Year
• CP&E Shoal Lake, Manitoba
Northern Region Runner-up
• CP&E Houston Complex
(comprised of stores in Houston
and Alvin, Texas) Southern
Region Store of the Year
• CP&E Hobart, Okla., Com
plex (comprised of stores in
Hobart and Elk City, Okla.)
Southern Region Runner-up
• CP&E Davenport, lowa
Western Region Runner-up
“Employees at these Case
stores can be very proud,” said Jon
Carlson, Case vice president-retail
operations. “These awards are the
Case store equivalent of ‘Best Pic
ture’ honors; they encompass
every facet of the business.”
Dennis Massier, general mana
ger of the Des Moines store said,
“We’re extremely pleased to be
named ‘Store of the Year’ because
of the positive reflection on our
entire staff. We’re especially
proud of what it suggests about the
quality of service we strive to pro
vide to the customers in our area.”
mine weights for medicine doses,
plus select the best breeding stock.
For more information about the
Stock Weigh Scale Systems, con
tact J-Star Industries Electronics,
801 A Janesville Avenue, Ft. At
kinson, WI 53538, (414)
563-5521 or (800) 225-7695.