Rohrer Family Dairy Farm
(Continued from Pago A 39)
500,000 pounds per man per year
was a good guideline for success.
The new operation is expected
to exceed that amount of milk pro
duced per man considerably.
There are other considerations,
other that profit and ease of opera
tion that go into expanding a busi
ness, which also represents a sig
nificant change from 40 years ago.
Located within several miles of
the Susquehanna, environmental
Public Auction Register
Closing Date Monday 5:00 P.M.
of each week’s publication
JUNE Restaurant Equipment.
cat JUN 12 -10 AM Dis~ Located 932 N. Front St.,
ES aSo rS Enola lxi? S On Rt.
Seated On l5 T ° Sale ' Mark **ra-
KrlJle 'co Inf; " owski ' Auct -
7600 Windsor Mill Road, WED. JUN. 16-4 PM, 1977
Woodlawn, Md. ('/< Mile Dodge Van, Power & Hand
West Of Rolling Road). Tools & Plumbing Supplies.
Owners, Laurel Lumber Located 202 Whittier Lane,
Co., Inc. Phil Gregory & Lane., Pa. (Dir.: From Lam-
Denms Warfield, Aucts. peter Rd.. Turn Onto To
m JUN. ,3 -12 Noon, £SS
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The Maryland State Fairgrounds
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FRI., JUNE 18, 1993
AT 10:00 A.M.
INSPECTION: JUNE 17 - 10 AM to 4 PM
PARTIAL LIST ONLY - MORE
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10 Tanden Axle Dump Trucks: 1 Tri
Axle & 3 Single Axle Dumps: 7 Conven
tional Tractors T/A; 4 Coe Tractors T/A; 14
Van Trucks, Vans & Pick Ups: 2 Flat Bed/
Utility Trucks: 5 Fuel/Lube Van/Service
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Roller/Compactor; 4 Low Boy/Tag Along
Trailers; 4 Flat Bed Trailers; 2 Storage
Trailers: Horse Trailer; 50 Ton Dropdeck
Trailer; Crawler Crane: 2 Crawler Loaders:
5 Crawler Tractors: 2 Excavators; 2 Load
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Front End Loaders; 3 Hydraulic Breaker
Hammers: Motor Home; 3 Fire Trucks;
ATV Vehicle.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Ware
backhoe attachment for JD/Dresser; (2)
Portable Light Towers, 76-74 OVERLITE -
TF3M2G, 2 cycl. gas engine, 3 section of
tower; Cub 1-Vi Yd. sale spreader box;
Sioux E4O-5; steam jenny; FMC wheel
balancer; electric generator; Olathe 12
brush chipper, Wacker-W74A, Walk
Behind Vib. Roller; 4 air compressors
PLUS A GRUMMAN KURBMASTER
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considerations are not news for the
Rohrers. With the density of the
milking herd on the immediate
property exceeding the limit of
1,000 pounds of livestock per acre
of land suitable for the application
of manure, as is set under the
Nutrient Management Act (which
goes into effect in August), addi
tional land had to be secured in
order to have an acceptable nutri
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to the financing being secured.
On Comer Of Buttercup &
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FRI. JUN. 18- 12PM, Sell
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Old Early 1900's Baby Car
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Antiques, Coins, Band &
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5 BEDROOMS * 2 1 /* BATHS
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3400 Scarboro Road
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***lN CONJUNCTION WITH
It was not a problem, however,
Rohror said. A neighbor who
doesn’t raise livestock agreed to
allow some manure to be spread on
his fields. The Rohrers own two
4,500 gallon tandem-axle manure
trucks which they use to haul and
apply manure.
Rohrer said he considers spend
ing money on labor-saving devices
and designs as one of the most
important edges in staying
competitive.
“You’ve got to get efficient
You got to hold this labor (cost)
down,” Robert said. “Labor you
pay out year after year. Equipment
will lasta few years (after an initial
investment.”
Such is the unwritten motto of
the Rohrer dairy farm welcome
change and new ideas and tech
niques; embrace the challenge of
understanding new research and
tools; become immersed in the
search for how the new things can
be made practical and bring an
advantage; adapt to the new
efficiencies.
In other words: Grow or get out.
While many producers are still
deciding whether or not they want
to invest in an expansion, or
whether to use a totally mixed
ration, or whether going to a three
times-per-day (3X) milking may
help make ends meet, Rohrer has
kept abreast of the latest changes
and incorporated them.
In 1973 he had his first firee-stall
bam and used a carousel parlor for
10 years; in 1983 his parlor went to
a double-10 herringbone; then he
went to 3X milking eight years
ago; he’s been feeding a mixed
ration for years, though not neces
sarily mixed the way it is now.
All these changes are milestones
Thur., June 17, S:00-7.-00 p.m.
Sun., June 20, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
at the 450-acre Rohrer dairy farm.
Just as a family changed, the farm
changed.
In the past, Robert Sr. pastured
his cows frequently and didn’t feed
a ration as high in energy as
today’s mixtures. He shipped cans
of milk to local Manor View
Dairy.
“We didn’t talk about pounds
then,” he said, smiling. “We talked
about cans. We had 100 pounds
cans and 75 pound cans.”
Now a member of Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative, he ships thou
sands of pounds of milk a week.
Even being a member of ADC
was a change. He became a
cooperative member when ADC
bought out Turkey Hill.
Switching to ADC wasn’t that
dramatic, he said. He had been
selling his milk to Turkey Hill for
years. When ADC purchased the
outfit, his mik still went to the
Turkey Hill plant.
He said the change to a coopera
tive is an example of the need to be
efficient to stay competitive: prior
to ADC buying Turkey Hill, the
Turkey Hill dairy concern had to
buy cream for the large amount of
ice cream they were making.
With the cooperative taking
over the operation, the price of the
cream charged to Turkey Hill
dropped considerably, making the
manufacture of ice cream much
more profitable. Rohrer said.
With the new operation, labor
has been eliminated in a lot of
areas.
The new freestall bam sits atop a
manure storage area. Lengthwise,
underneath the slotted flooring, are
two parallel 1 million gallon man
ure holding tanks with a total of 12
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pump-out valves. The need to
scrape manure has been decreased
significantly. The bam floor stays
dry.
The parlor is outfitted with the
labor- and time-saving devices:
• A quick release reel which
allows all cows to leave their milk
ing station all at once, within sec
onds, and a new group to enter and
take their place;
• Plate cooler and floor warming
water is recycled for wash water
and for cattle use;
• Computerized archways
scgrctate cows according to what
is entered on the main computer;
• Eventually all the farm man
agement information is to be
entered and stored on the compu
ter, eliminating the bulk of physi
cal file keeping and searching;
• The reproduction and health
equipment and records are kept in
a room located near the end of the
parlor, on the return line, and the
computerized, automated system
diverts cattle returning from milk
ing to a catch aisle with a head
locking gale.
• Feeding is done by tractor pull
ing a large Rissler TMR mixer and
driving down the center aisle of the
bam, where the floor is solid.
There are many other examples
of minor aspects of the operation
which seemed custom-made for
the elimination or ease of labor. No
searching for shovels, or other
tools. Everything has a place and
everything in its place.
Another benefit to the operation
is the phsycological effect the
newness and efficiency brings.
Rohrcr said working in such an
operation makes it exciting to get
up in the morning and go to work.