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VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
RONKS (Lancaster
Co.) The Garden Spot Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improvement
Association held its annual meet
ing and banquet Wednesday at the
Ronks Fire Hall, in Ronks.
According to officials, the asso
ciation is doing well and can
expect to see dramatic changes to
services as soon as March.
During an election of directors
to its board, James Brenneman, of
Quarryville, was re-elected, and
Mervin Stoltzfus, of Lancaster was
elected.
An, election of officers is to be
done during a re-organizational
meeting, to be announced.
David Slusser, recently named
general manager of the Pennsylva
nia Dairy Herd Association, said
that there are a lot of changes in the
operation of national DHIA and
that Pennsylvania has become
somewhat of a testing ground.
He said that the 4,300-member
Pa.DHIA is undergoing a rebuild
ing of its foundation and is work
ing toward making improvements.
He said that because of the tight
profit margin, family farms need to
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From the left, Jack Fritz, representing J. Harold Fritz dairy farm, accepts an award
for herd management and high herd for protein and milk production among members
of the Garden Spot Red Rose DHIA, while Tom and Dale Smith, of K&Q Swiss, receive
a first place award for having the lowest average somatic cell count.
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working to cut down unecessary
costs and provide services mem
bers want.
Slusser said that while he and
others may long for past day s when
margins were more foigiving of
errors in personal farm manage
ment, “We have different times
and have to serve those different
times.”
He said he has a personal inter
est in seeing that Pa.DHIA is of
direct benefit to its member
producers.
He said that the milk testing
laboratory in State College recen
tly was scored 100 percent on a rat
ing system by National DHIA,
making it one of the best in the
nation. Its data processing and
field service also received a 100
percent rating from National
DHIA, he said.
Slusser, who has been traveling
the state and meeting with Held
technicians, staff and producers,
basically said that it appears to him
that the competitiveness of the
industry and the marginal profits
has seemed to cause some people
to lose their compassion and abili
ty to forgive each other.
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