Member Input Critical
For DHIA Success
(Continued from Pago A 24)
a number of reasons to take a seri
ous look at Dairy Plan. First,
Westfalia’s agreement for a
license will save us money.
Second, Although Dairy Comp
305 has a larger following nation
wide, our members seem to prefer
the Westfalia product Third, we
have to consider ease of use. Dairy
Comp 305 is very powerful. I still
think it’s the best farm manage
ment program for dairy herds
available. But there’s no doubt
that Dairy Plan is easier to use.
And the level of cooperation
we’ve been getting Born Bob Tur
ner and his people is just
outstanding.”
“I need to stress that we aren’t
abandoning Dairy Comp 305,”
Boyer goes on, “It is, as I said, an
excellent program. We’ll continue
to sell Dairy Comp 305. We’ll
continue to support it And we’ll
continue to do whatever we can to
make our system as comfortable
with DC 305 as possible. We’ve
done that with a number of popu
lar PC programs our members use,
including C-TAP (Current Test
Day Analysis Program), Hols
tein’s Cow Search and a number
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of others. And I’d be remiss if I
didn’t mention how patiently 810
England over in Blair County has
beat in getting communications
with deLeval’s Herdmaster
Galaxy up and running. What
we’re talking about here is what’s
going to be the most suitable prog
ram for our technicians to use. Our
main emphasis has been to get the
traditional DHIA data into the sys
tem via the laptops. Beyond that
we’re going to evaluate our
options carefully.”
Finally, the DRPC Advisory
Committee considered new busi
ness opportunities raised in an
increasingly competitive national
environment Earlier this month
Pennsylvania DHIA began pro
cessing dairy records for a number
of herds in New Jersey, a territory
that has traditionally belonged to
Cornell University and Northeast
DHIA. Interest in Pennsylvania’s
processing center was also raised
by several states and independent
DHIA service providers in the
Mid- and upper Mid-West at this
month’s National DHIA Conven
tion. Possible modes of operation
could include sales to these enti
ties as customers, or might include
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Carroll County Holds Holstein Sale
LOIS SZYMANSKI
Maryland Correspondent
WESTMINSTER, Md. The
Carroll County Holstein Club held
its annual calf sale on Wednesday
night, March 16/ at the Carroll
County Agricultural Center.
Thirty-one Holstein calves were
sold at an average sale price of
$1,546.
The highest selling calf was a
6-month-old heifer calf offered by
the Myers’ family of New Wind-'
sor, Md., and purchased by the
Meyers Brothers of Franklin
County, Pennsylvania, for $3,850.
The calf was sired by “Broker”
and had three generations of
excellent dams with the first dam
making 22,250 pounds of milk as
a 2-year-old. The second dam
made 27,320 pounds as a 3-year
old and third dam made 29,300
pounds as a 4-year-old.
The Schwartzbeck family of
Peace and Plenty Farm in Union
cooperative joint ventures. “What
we need to keep in mind when we
talk about competition are the
unique strengths that Pennsylvani
a DHIA has to offer.” noted PaD
HIA General Manager Dave
Schlusser. “We know aU aspects
of the DHIA business here in Pen
nsylvania: the field, the lab, and of
course processing.
And it’s also important for far
mers and potential new members
to know that we’re a farmer own
ed DRPC. There’s only one other
state in the country that can make
that claim. Our farmers can prop
ose resolutions in their district
meetings, through their state
board, or by writing directly to use
here to have their ideas considered
and acted on. Dairymen in pros
pective joint ventures, and cus
tomers, need to know that they’re
dealing with a processing center
and a DHIA service provider own
ed by dairymen, not just buying a
service from somebody who’s out
to make a buck. The trust is
important”
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ond highest selling calf. At a sell
ing price of $3,500, the 6-month
,old heifer calf was a “Roy Brook
Vintage” with an “Astro Jet”
daughter who made 26,820
pounds of milk (with 1,055 in fat)
as a 3-year-old. The calf was pur
chased by Anthony Caruthers of
Rising Sun, Md.
The third highest selling calf at
the Carroll County Holstein Club
Calf Sale was a yearling calf
offered by Chip Savage of Mary
land. It was purchased by Kenny
and Kevin Ehrhardt of Baldwin,
Md.. for $3,300.
During the evening, a separate
auction offered many items for
sale. A cookie jar sold for $lOO as
did a cow shaped cake, baked and
decorated by Missy Stamer of
Westminster, Md.
Patsy and Tom Wiles of Taney
town, Md. purchased a calf, then
donated it back to the sale in mem
ory of their son, the late Alan
Wiles who died this past year in a
Eastern Milk
Local Elects
New Officers
LEBANON (Lebanon
Co.) The Lebanon Valley local
of Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative Association Inc., held
its local annual meeting recently in
Lebanon, electing new officers to
represent the cooperative’s dairy
farmers.
Samuel Fancy, of Rehrersburg,
was named president; Jonathon
Summy, of Myerstown, was
elected vice president; Jeff Zuck,
Lebanon, secretary; Nelson Bru
baker, of Womelsdorf, treasurer,
Robert Bollinger, Lebanon, dele
gate; and Joseph Meily, of Leba
non, delegate.
The delegate and alternate dele
gatc represent the local at the
cooperative's business meetings at
their Syracuse headquarters.
In other business. Director Bob
Gale discussed district activities.
traffic accident at the age of 23.
He was an active 4-H member and
a member of the Carroll County
Holstein Club. The calf sold back
for $1,200.
Club President Cam Davis said
a 12 percent commission was
charged. He declared the sale a
success, saying, “It was the high
est averaging sale the club has
ever had.”
Wayne Holstein
Plans Bus Tour
HONESDALE (Wayne
Co.) An April 9 bus trip to two
dairy operations is scheduled by
the Wayne County Holstein Club,
but it isn’t restricted to club
members.
The deadline for reservations is
Thursday, March 31. Call the
county Extension office at (717)
253-5970, extension 239; or call
Gerarda Burleigh at (717)
448-2950.
The cost of the bus trip is $l2
per adult and $6 per youth, aged 21
or fewer years old.
The bus trip is to feature visits to
Hillside Farms, in Shavertown,
one of the oldest established regis
tered Holstein farms indie United
States, and Pen-Col Farms, noted
for their work with embryo trans
fer and freezing.
The bus is to pickup passengers
at two locations: at 9 a.m. at the
Wayne County Courthouse in
Honesdale, and at 9:30 a.m. in the
Hamlin-Mt. Cobb area.
The first stop is to be at the Hill
side Farms, from about 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
The second stop is to be at Pen-
Col Farms at about 1:30 p.m.. In
addition to the farms’ ET work,
they also claim a number of bulls
which went into artificial insemi
nation and export embryos and
cattle.
The bus is tentatively scheduled
to return to the courthouse at 4:30
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