National DHIA To Honor Several At Annual Convention
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of work at the state, regional and
national levels of DHIA. That
involvement included being a
national director for six years, as
well as serving as vice president
for one year.
The award itself, named post
humously in honor of the past
National DHIA president, is an
annual recognition of those serv
ing in leadership who have demon
strated outstanding and unselfish
service for many years, and who
the National DHIA board of direc
tors feel has made a notable contri
bution to the advancement of
DHIA in the United Slates.
Noble served from 1980 to 1988
on the New York DHIC Board,
was elected its president in 1986
and 1987, and during that time he
was instrumental in the formation
of Northeast DHIA, bring together
New York, New Jersey, Connecti
cut, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire and Maine.
Noble served on a number of
national DHIA committees,
including chairing the Labor Effi
cient Records Committee. This
committee created the successful
innovative testing plans project,
which made great strides in linking
electronic on-farm meters and
computers to the DHI system.
His contributions to the value of
records issue brought about a grea
ter understanding in the dairy
industry of the flow and signifi
cance of DHIA data, and the
importance of an integrated dairy
records industry.
He was active in the formation
of the DHIA Services subsidiary in
1988 and served on that board
from 1990 to 1992.
The Martin A. Wilson Award
being.presented to Sam Chafln is
bestowed upon a person who is, or
has been, employed by an affiliate
DHIA in a management position
for at least five years, and in the
opinion of the selection committee
of peers, has been dedicated to the
improvement of, and provided
leadership to, the advancement of
DHIA.
Chafln began his DHIA career
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in July 1981, as an area manager in
Shenandoah Valley, Va. ONe of
his many achievements as an area
manager was development of the
statewide meter calibration prog
ram, which helped establish Virgi
nia as a center of excellence in
accurate DHIA records.
His work with Va.DHIA’s Long
Range Planning Committee and
with adjusting DHI rates has
helped build a framework for far
mers, resulting in better service to
DHI members in Virginia and
Nutrient Management
Meeting Set
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) On Wednesday, March 2,
the Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council and Penn State Coopera
tive Extension are providing an
educational seminar and “hands
on” workshop to assist you in your
nutrient management planning at
Yoder’s Restaurant, New Holland,
from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Environmental issues play a
major role in decisions made on
farms today. The recent enactment
of nutrient management legisla
tion in Pennsylvania will affect
your swine operation. It is impor
tant for you to know your role in
nutrient management planning.
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council President Abe Fisher said,
“Nutrient management may be the
most important issue facing pork
producers during the next five
years.”
Topics included in the seminar
include “Concepts of Nutrient
Management,” “Nutrient Manage
ment Bill Requirements,” and
“Alternatives with Nutrient
Management.”
Bring your calculator to aid you
in a simple assessment of your
nutrient situation. A lunch will be
provided, and your only cost is a
$3 registration fee.
Mark March 2 on your calendar
and call Abe Fisher on Saturday,
Feb. 26 at (717) 768-8378 or Mon
day morning, Feb. 28 at (717)
768-3301 to make your
reservation.
North Carolina.
Since accepting the state mana
ger position for the Virginia Feder
ation of DHI As in 1989, Chafln
has guided the federation through a
continuous period of change, with
steadily decreasing number of
dairy farmers in the urban areas of
Virginia’s eastern corridor.
In addition, he helped guide
Blue Ridge DHIA Laboratory
through a period of considerable
change, culminating in a merger of
lab services with North Carolina.
Last year, the entire DHIA oper
ations of Virginia and North Car
olina were brought together under
United DHIA.
According to Eubert Correll,
president of United DHIA, “The
stability of DHIA services to dairy
producers in Virginia and North
Carolina has improved dramatical
ly in the past two years due lo Cha
fin’s tireless efforts to merge the
two states into one United DHIA.”
The National DHIA Outstand
ing Service Award is presented to a
DHIA manager, university worker
or dairy industry person who, in
the opinion of the National DHIA
board of directors, has been dedi
cated to the improvement of, and
has provided notable leadership to,
the advancement of DHIA over the
years.
Although Dr. Butcher has
served as director of DRPC at
Raleigh since April 1984, he has
been involved with almost every
facet of the DHI program offered
by Raleigh since 1969.
His contributions to the dairy
industry in computer technology
have been significant. While at
Raleigh, he oversaw the develop
ment of the Direct Access to
Records by Telephone (DART)
system. This system allows access
to the processing center's comput
ing file via on-farm terminals and
allows the farmer to update his
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The DART program grew to
include PCDART, an on-farm
software system based on periodic
access to the DRPC. As a result of
these programs, dairy producers
have unlimited access to their own
farm management information
without incurring major on-line
telephone costs.
Other computer programs
Butcher has been instrumental in
developing include Total Program
Entry (TPE), a software package
for use by DHIA technicians;
CAS, an accounting program for
state DHIA affiliates to manage
their finances with little duplica
tion of entry, CD DART, an on
line access program for consul
tants; and DART-SAS, a statistical
package for use with DHIA data
for education-research efforts.
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Sharon and David Smith, Dairlea members from Middle
port, N.Y., will chair the National Milk Producers Federa
tion’s 1994 Young Cooperator Advisory Council.
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One of Butcher’scarly contribu
tions was his development of a
milkfat variance program for
monitoring milkfat tests run by
DHI technicians.
Butcher has served on many
National DHIA committees,
including the first Quality Certifi
cation Committee, which boosted
the consistency of DHIA records.
In 1993, Raleigh was the first
processing center to complete
programming for a standard trans
fer format, allowing a complete
electronic transfer of a cow’s or
herd’s data from one center to
another.
In his 25 years of service to the
dairy industry, Butcher has
addressed numerous groups in the
United States and several foreign
countries and authored at least 40
scientific and general articles.
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Young Cooperators
from across the region
elected David and Sha
ron Smith, Dairylea
members from Middle
port, N.Y., to chair the
National Milk Produc
'ers Federation’s
(NMPF’s) 1994 Young
Cooperator (YC) Ad vis
ory Council.
The Smiths were
selected from 72 other
r young farm couples at
the NMPF’s Annual
Meeting this winter in
'New Orleans, La.
‘The YC program is a
leadership program
Idesigned to educate and
develop tomorrow’s
dairy leaders,” David
explained. The Smiths
said they had a wonder
ful time in New Orleans,
especially talking and
meeting with people
from across the country
and getting new ideas.
“We really enjoyed
meeting other young
farmers who arc inter
ested in milk promotion,
producing quality milk
and furthering the posi
tive image of the dairy
industry,” Sharon said.
The Smiths milk 60
cows and farm 250 acres
in Niagara County.