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Leprino, WAVERLY, N.Y. A Wav erly, N.Y., mozzarella cheese plant, owned by Eastern Milk Pro ducers Cooperative and operated by Leprino Foods, is in the final Western FOREST HILL, Md. The Maryland Cooperative Extension Service and Maryland Sea Grant have announced the upcoming program, Western Maryland Aquaculture Workshop on Satur day. November 12, at the Western Maryland Research and Education Center (WMREC). BIG BLOWER UP TO 3600 BU./HR. PROCESSED AND DELIVERED TO THE SILO TOP You get more feed processed ' - ' fl| with less horsepower with y Automatic Big Capacity Roller Mill and the efficr 40-inch blower dei it to the top of th( tallest silo. One-fi design handles ai material, regardlei of moisture contei without clogging packing. Automatic Roller Mills for Beef, Hogs, Dairy, Poultry. AVAILABLE IN MODELS TO PROCESS 2400 or 3600 BU./HR. IP O Box 219 Chumbersburg, PA 17201-0219 Phone 717 263 9111 Ryder supply Eastern Milk Celebrate Cheese Plant Expansion stages of a more than $5 million ver, Colo., is the country’s leading Eastern Milk Dairy Coopera expansion, Eastern and Leprino manufacturer of mozzarella, supp- tive, headquartered in Syracuse, officials recently announced in a lying pizza restaurants such as Piz- N. Y., has member-farmers in nine news release. za Hut, Domino’s, and Little states and last year marketed 1.95 Leprino, headquartered in Den- Ceasars. billion pounds of milk, or nearly Md. Aquaculture Workshop Set This full-day workshop will in- production, crawfish farming, re- talk w m discuss these systems, •reduce production systems and circulation systems, water re- followed by a tour of a nearby re management techniques that are source evaluation, and more. circulation facility, appropriate to the hillier terrain of Industry exhibitors wifi also For registration information, western Maryland, western Penn- discuss their products and services call: Anne Wakeford at Harford sylvania. West Virginia, and parts with potential producers. County Cooperative Extension of Virginia. Because of the widespread in- (410) 638-3255 or Steve Bogash Topics will include cage culture terest; in recirculation systems for #t WMREC (301) 432-4492 Re and production, marketing, trout the production of frnfish, the last gistration forms and program scheduled will also be available from Maryland Cooperative Ex tension offices throughout the area. 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The expansion increases daily plant capacity to 2,280.000 pounds of milk, accoridng to Cy Came, vice president for Leprino. He said that compares to year-ago daily capacity of 1,900,000 pounds of milk. "This represents a 20-percent increase which will take the plant’s annual milk volume from 640 mil lion pounds up to 720 million pounds over the next two years.” Lewis Gardner, president of the board of directors for Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative, said that the expansion project comes on the heels of a renewed 20-year con tract between Leprino and the co op. problems. fast In fact, the first application of Pit-Boss typically reduces the sludge blanket on a holding pit by 4” - 6”, the second by another 12” After the third application, most pits and lagoons are entirely free of solids What’s more, digesting the lop crust on your pits or lagoons destroys egg-laying habitat for flies With Pit- Boss, you can count on less odor, easier pump-out. and fewer flies Enhances the fertilizer value of waste by reducing nitrogen loss. Up to 90% of the nitrogen in untreated slurry is lost as ammonia What's left at pump-3lit generally contains about 25 Lb of N, 19LbofP, and 20 LB of K per 1000 Lb of waste Guidelines application 1. Sam with an empty pit whenever possible. or completely full, thepH* ■ must be adjusted toJS.S before applying Pit-Boas; This can be accomplished ' using Chem-A-Co's Adjusta-Boss ph balancer according to tne instruction! on the label., 3. Apply ene gaHon of Pit- Boss pit and lagoon treatment for each 60,000 gallons of usable pit volume (pit length xwidft x depth x 7.5) mmixeach gallon of Pit Boss with 3-4 gallons of water and empty into the pit at several locations. 4. Do not agitate the pit or use lime or ammonia in or near the pit. Hours; M-F 7:00-5:00; Sat 7:30-11:30 According to Gard ner, “It helps to provide stability for the 300 employees associated with the cheese plant, for our milk haulers who deliver up to 6S tankers of milk each day to the plant, for more than 1,300 dairy farms and their 70,000 cows who produce 186.000 gal lons of milk each day for the plant.” Michael Donovan, general manager of the co-op, said that Leprino and Eastern have been working together at the .plant for more than IS years, and that in 1993 they renegotiated their original agreement and extended the contract to 2013. Eastern agreed to recruit additional milk supplies for the plant in anticipation of the expansion planned by Leprino, and Leprino agreed to help fund increased incentives for farmers. In the past year, almost 300 farmers joined the 3,200-mem ber cooperative. Calling themselves partners in progress, Eastern and Leprino officials held a picnic and special plant tours for member New York and Pennsylvania farm families on Sept IS. Nearly every area of the plant was upgraded. There are eight new SO,OOO-pound cheese vats; new pasteurization equipment capable of pasteurizing 144,000 pounds of milk per hour; a 50-percent increase in brining ("salt solution) capacity; expansion of plant electrical service and distribution; a new reverse osmosis system for concentrating whey, along with new whey pasteurizer; modifica tions to the whey eva porator and spray dryer, additional refrigeration equipment; silos to handle additional vol umes of condensed whey, cow water, and boiler condensate; and a new layout for box making equipment and additional dicers in the processing area.