(Continued from Pago A3l) Scheduling is also to change as of August 1 and members will geta letter in the mail explaining sche duling changes. However, the three options are to be Area Scheduling, Non-Area Scheduling, and Special Schedul ing. The names are fairly self explanatory and the costs are asso ciated with the degree of conveni ence the breeder desires. Non Area Scheduling is more expensive that regular Area Sche duling and requires Oat participa tion in a herd classification prog ram has occured within the past 14 months and will again within the next 14 months. Under this prog ram. the breeder decides when the classification is to occur. The Special Scheduling howev er is for those who, for example, are preparing for a herd dispersal and/or don’tqualify for entry in the Non-Area Scheduling. It is a one time deal. Other topics covered during the forum included animal identifica tion, genetic issues, alternative rat ing systems, animal care, member ship and finance. 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The association has been basi cally operating with an annual loss of $270,000, although income from earnings off of die associa tion’s reserve fund which has a cash value of $l4 million, though a paper value rtf $l6, million. According to Cope, for the past four to five years, the association began paying some overhead expenses with earnings from the reserve fund. He said that practice has extended to the point that all earnings from the reserve fund are used to pay association operating expenses, above what registration fees and dues and other revenues can cover. “We have come to a critical stage in the association,” Cope said. “We have become used to using earned income from the reserve to the point of using all of it to tun the organization.” He said that while the associa tion is not in financial danger, it has come to the point where addi tional revenues must be generated. 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In the meantime, he said that the annual loss has been averaging about $270,000 in actual cash loss and the association leadership is projecting a similar loss for the current year. Registrations have been down, along with total cow number num bers. Cope said the percentage of Holsteins being registered hasn’t changed, but the real number has declined, because the total number of cattle available for registration has dropped. Opening up the association’s herd book has added some registration numbers, he reported, but he compared 1992 registra tions of 360,000 to last year’s 340,000. He said only 320,000 are projected for 1994. Discussion coveted what' kinds of price increases for registrations might be reasonable, and whether or not a pedigree should be included in that price was also m and wide array of attachments allow you to plant in nearly any field condition — no-till, mulch till, or finely worked — with row widths ranging from 15" to 40". White BY WHITE-NEW IDEA Outlines considered. Cope said that the association shouldn’t be quick to give away pedigrees, since the basic value of the organization is in the informa tion it generates through pedigree verification. Bill Nichol, manager of the Pa. Holstein Association said that he thought an increased registration fee that included a pedigree would be a better way of doing business. He said that since dairymen already pay for all the information gathering systems upon which the Holstein Association depends, then they shouldn’t be expected to pay a lot for the pedigree. Animal identification was reviewed. The Holstein Associa tion has adopted a permanent, two ear-tag system, or die use of an ear tag in one ear and a transponder in the other, for animal identification. The association also has other options for identification, but Cope said that field work done with the tamper-proof ear tags shows a low rate of loss. In the event an ear tag is lost, members will have a certain amount of time to submit for a replacement tag. Among a number of other items, up for consideration at the national New 6600 Planter two-bar design features interplant row units Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 1994-A33 convention are three proposals for change of the association Bylaws. A name change from the Holstein-Freisian Association of American to Holstein Association of America Inc. has been prop osed. Cope said that although the association has adopted a new logo with the name Holstein Associa tion and has pretty well ceased to use the word “Freisian” in any of its literature, it is still the legal name of the association. Those supporting an official change now have said that in Eur ope cattle breeders associate the Freisian name as refering to a dual purpose line of Holstein, rather than the predominately dairy functional animal that is represen tative of the breed. 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