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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 sum
mary 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 6/12/93 and 6/19/93
Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
ARLINGTON. Va. With a
large number of U.S. cheese pro
ducers attending the International
Dairy-Deli Show in St. Louis June
6-8, the National Dairy Promotion
and Research Board took the
opportunity to let those producers
learn more about cheese export
opportunities.
“We (National Dairy Board)
wanted to take advantage of the
fact that many U.S. cheese pro
ducers were in one place long
enough to attend a seminar about
key cheese markets abroad,” said
Tom Suber, staff director of the
Penn State Offers
Master Gardener Program
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Penn State’s Master Gardener
educational sessions are sche
duled for a 12-week period begin
ning August 12. Sessions will
meet on Thursday from 8:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. at the Farm and
Home Center in Lancaster and at
the Lebanon County extension of
fice. The purpose of the program
is twofold. First, the program
wants to make gardeners the best
general horticulturalists possible.
At the same time, the extension
service wants to better serve Lan
caster County by using the gar
deners’ new skills and talents to
Penn State, PCC
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) A 27-year collaborative
program will continue thanks to a
renewed agreement between Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences and the Pennsylvania
Council of Cooperatives (PCC).
The agreement supports the
Penn State Cooperative Business
Education and Research Program,
which has offered . education,
training, and leadership develop
ment to thousands of Pennsylva
nians since it was established in
1966.
The program involves coopera
tive directors and employees as
well as teachers, extension agents,
and young people. Participants in
clude Agway, Farm Credit, Dairy
lea, Eastern Milk Producers, se
veral artificial breeding coopera
tives. and many others. *
1,040
61.787
NDB Holds Cheese Export Seminar
National Dairy Board’s export
department.
The seminar provided firsthand
information on marketing cheese
from two experienced cheese
wholesalers, one from Mexico and
one from Japan. The wholesalers
talked about the problems of get
ting new products into a foreign
supermarket or restaurant, how
U.S. suppliers can help introduce
new products, common 'shipping
and quality problems, preferences
on cheese sizes and packaging for
service and retail markets, market
demands and future trends.
help teach the people of the coun
ty
Topics to be taught during the
course include plant science, ento
mology, soil Science, plant
pathology, safety,
diagnosing plant problems, turf
culture, communications, plant
propagation, and landscape princi
ples.
In return for the course and
workshops, graduates will be ask
ed to volunteer SO hours of time to
the Lancaster County Cooperative
Extension. This year the extension
is seeking volunteers who have a
particular interest in the following
Renew Agreement
Dr. Lamartine Hood, dean of
the College of Agricultural Sci
ences. and Carol Mcrcncr, presi
dent of the PCC, signed the agree
ment at PCC directors meeting in
April on Penn State’s University
Park Campus.
“The Cooperative Business
Education and Research Program
is designed to teach principles of
the business enterprise system and
the role of cooperatives within
that system,” said Dr. Cathy Ham
lett, program director and assistant
professor of agricultural econom
ics at Penn State. “This partner
ship between Penn Slate and the
Pennsylvania Council of Coopera
tives is well-known among other
cooperative education programs
for its duration, stability, and
quality.”
Number of Cows Per Herd
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protein
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
♦Value for CWT Milk(s)
♦Value for CWT Grain(s)
♦Value for CWT Hay(s)
♦Value for CWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s)'
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(s)
♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
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)
♦lncome Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
♦Grain to Milk Ratio
♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 921 SCC Herds
*M«mber generated flfuree
“By teaching U.S. cheese sup
pliers how to and helping them
break ihto foreign markets, we
(National Dairy Board) hope to
help the American dairy farmer by
selling more U.S. milk through
cheese exports,” said Steve Hof
man, California dairy farmer and
chair of the National Dairy
Board’s Export Market Enhance
ment Committee.
Completed evaluation forms
reflected strong satisfaction by
those attending the seminar.
“Many attendees noted they did
areas:
• Horticultural answering ser
vice (answer home gardening
questions in person and by phone)
• Meet the plants (provide edu
cational programs on plant bo
tany, identification, culture and
care to youth in elementary
schools)
• Urban outreach education
(provide horticultural educational
information to community groups
and individual gardeners in urban
settings).
At the end of training and ser
vice graduates will be awarded a
Penn State Master Gardener’s cer
tificate from the dean of agricul
ture.
This is the sixth year for this
program in Lancaster County. En
rollment is limited and the appli
cation must be returned no later
than July 12.
Cost for the program is $35,
payable upon acceptance. (This
covers the cost of the handbook
and name pin.)
A personal interview and pre
test will be scheduled in July once
the application has been complet
ed and returned.
Contact Lancaster County Co
operative Extension for an appli
cation. Mail your request to Lan
caster County Cooperative Exten
sioir; c/o MASTER
GARDENING. 1383 Arcadia
Road, Room 1. Lancaster, PA
17601.
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18,390
3.70
682
3.18
586
317
12.96
7.83
4.22
1.52
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2,383
7.246
2,289
15,015
68
567
96
228
19
913
1,470
1:2.5
4.97
338,109
little to no exporting of their
cheese or other dairy products, but
the seminar must have piqued
their interest,” Suber said. “Many
asked for additional information
about trade regulations, importers
and brokers, product consumption
in other countries, and labeling
and shipping requirements
much of the information we com
piled before beginning our promo
tions in Japan and Mexico two
years ago. For a while now, we
have been distributing much of
that information as we receive
requests.”
During the show, the two
wholesalers presenting the semi
nar also toured the exhibits, tast
ing many cheese varieties. The
wholesaler from Mexico. Eduardo
Sucarrats, was particularly inter
ested in cottage cheese, Suber
reported. Ironically, Sucarrats was
also impressed with Hispanic
cheeses made by U.S. producers.
The Japanese wholesaler, Itasu
Kimura, imports over 4.4 million
Animal Housing Expo Set
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Dairy, livestock and poul
try producers can get the latest in
formation about building and re
modeling farm structures to im
prove the handling and housing of
farm animals at the Animal Hous
ing Expo, July 13-14 at the Leb
anon Fairgrounds in Lebanon
County.
The event, sponsored by Penn
State Cooperative Extension in
cooperation with agribusinesses,
runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each
day.
‘The demonstrations, speakers,
and exhibits’at the expo will focus
on proven, state-of-the-art ventila
tion, feeding, watering, manure
handling and housing systems,”
said Dan McFarland, general chair
and Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension agent in York County.
“Farmers may spend as little as
a few hundred dollars for renova
tions or up to several hundred
thousand dollars for new facilities
to provide adequate housing for
their animals,” he said. “At the ex
po, these producers will be able to
explore available options, talk
with experts, and select the best
system or services for their
needs."
Commercial exhibitors includes
PADHIA
Calendar of Events
JULY
7-8 Stale Board Meeting., Erie
23,24 Technician Summer
Conference, Danville
AUGUST
AgProgress Days,
Rock Spring
SEPTEMBER
29,30 State Board Mlg,
State College
NOVEMBER
1 SE District Mtg., Berks
Ag Center
2 SW District Mtg., Ramada
Inn, Somerset
3 C District Mlg, Family House
Restaurant, Mifflintown
4 NE District Mtg., Pink Apple
Restaurant, TUnkhannock
5 NW District Mtg., Bonanza
Restaurant, Franklin
8 State Board Mtg,
State College
9,10 NE Caucus, Ithaca, NY
FEBRUARY
18,19 PADHIA Annual Mtg,
State College
pounds of cheese, handling mostly
small volumes of specialty
cheeses. His current line of 360
types of cheese holds only three
from the U.S. .
“Surprisingly, he (Kimura) was
looking for as sharp a Cheddar as
he could find for a narrow niche in
Japan that would appreciate the
taste,” Suber said. “And he found
one he liked at the booth of a U.S,
cheesemaker exhibiting a Cheddar
cheese aged 30 months.”
Suber said. Kimura would like
ly order sampled of Hispanic and
Arabic style cheeses made in the
U.S. as well as larger columes of
cream, Monterey Jack and moz
zarella cheese to fill out a
33,000-pound shipping container.
The National Dairy Promotion
and Research Board, comprised of
36 dairy farmers from across the
nation, develops and executes a
coordinated plan of promotion,
research and communications to
strengthen the dairy industry’s
position in the market
builders, contractors, suppliers,
painters, roofers, lenders and con
sultants. Universities and agencies
will present educational displays.
' Demonstrations will feature swine
handling, poultry composting,
floor surfaces, free-stall bam de
signs, pit ventilation and more.
Leading animal housing experts
will be on hand to discuss devel
opments in their fields.
Richard Hoover of R.E. Wright
Associates will discuss environ
mental impact studies. Dr. Temple
Grandin, Colorado State Univer
sity, will explain successful ani
mal handling techniques. Dr.
Robert Graves, Penn State, will
present an overview of basic
ventilation concepts.
State representative Sheila
Miller will offer an update on
Pennsylvania’s new nutrient man
agement law. Dr. Ken Kephart,
Penn State, will discuss tech
niques for handling swine safely.
A panel also will discuss dairy
expansion, poultry composting
and trends in the swine industry.
For more information about the
Animal Housing Expo, contact
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion, 112 Pleasant Acres Road,
York, PA 17402-9041 or call
(717) 757-9657.