Judy and Richard Trlnca and herdsman Dari Johnstonbaugh are shown
on the lawn of their new Dairy of Distinction farm.located east of Rebers
burg In Centre County. Pulled out to represent the beautiful Trlnca regls*
tered Holstein herd Is Trincas’ Royalty Crystal, VG-87 with milk records to
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
REBERSBURG (Centre
Co.) When you walk into
Richard and Judy Trinca’s regis
tered Holstein dairy bam, you can
easily see why this has been the
top-producing herd in the county
for the past two years. The cows
are big and strong with dairy char
acter and fancy udders. And sever
al excellent, and a lot of very good,
classified cows are stabled in the
long tie-stall bam, too.
Milk production averages over
25,000 lbs., and the BAA classifi
cation score is 104.3. In the June
issue of Profiles “Trincas’ Trio”
advertisement includes three
excellent cows all with over
1,032 f, and records that average
30,000 m. Trincas Tempo Tulip
peaked at 158 lbs. for the second
year and was still milking 140 lbs.
seven months later. Needless to
say. Tulip is projected to reach
nearly 40,000 lbs. of milk and
1,200 f by the end of this lactation.
Richard and Judy both grew up
Trincas Combine Beautiful Cows, Lovely Setting
To Show Source Of Milk To Consumers
on dairy farms and remember when
rotational grazing was the recom
mended way to feed cows. “We
went through that 40 years ago,”
Judy said. “We had three or four
pastures and rotated the cows every
few days. Now they are back to
recommending this again with
some new innovations.”
“For us. we have the equipment
and need to store feed for the wint
er,” Richard added. “So we haven’t
gone back to rotational grazing at
this time. We did switch to TMR
several years ago, but we didn’t see
as much increase in milk produc
tion as some people said we would
get We were feeding very well
before we changed so I guss that is
why it didn’t make as much differ
ence for us. TMR did allow us to
use more silage, so our work load
baling hay was reduced.”
Richard’s father was a “better
than average” dairyman in New
Jersey and milked 100 cows. This
was considered a very large herd at
the time. But the farm was sold,
and Richard began life as a dairy
Dairy of Distinction Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 30,1994
4y 29,223 m 916 f 891 p and now has milked 142 lbs. per day. The herd
includes several excellent and many very good cows, all homebred. Photo
by Everett Newswanger, managing editor.
farmer by renting local farms
around his home.
In 1973 the Trincas had the
opportunity to buy this farm in
Centre Co., Pennsylvania, and
have since bought some additional
acres as they bcame available. The
1994 Pennsylvania
Dairies Of Distinction Listed
KINGSTOWN (LUZERN
CO.) The Northeast Dairy
Farm Beautification Program
announced Pennsylvania winners
of the 1994 Dairy of Distinction
Dairy
of ■
Distinction
Dairy Farm DaaulWeation Fragrant
soil is limestone with some sands
tone mixed in.
“We can grow good alfalfa here,
and our com yields are from 150 to
180 bu.,” Richard said. “I kinda
like to farm. But sometimes I have
second thoughts. My brothers are
award this week. Thirty-three
farms in Pennsylvania have been
selected as new recipients of this
honored award.
The Dairy of Distinction prog
ram has been operating in Pen
nsylvania since 1986. Including
this year’s winners, a total of 555
Pennsylvania dairy farms have
been recognized through this
program.
The program was established in
New York State in 1983, and has
since spread to Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. The program was
developed to recognize farms
builders in New Jersey, and they
take long vacations.
“I must say, we have taken vaca
tions, too, when we had extra hired
help. But it takes both our herds
man, Dari Johnstonbaugh, and I to
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which maintain a high quality
farm appearance.
Farms that apply are judged on
the roadside appearance of build
ings, grounds and surroundings.
The winning farms receive attrac
tive 18x24-inch signs which are
placed on the roadside. In addi
tion, Lancaster Farming gives
each winner an 11x14 photograph
of the farm.
Winning entries are judged
annually to insure that they con
tinue to meet the standards of
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