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ering expenses," said Robert M. bined raw milk and manufactured
Dever, chief executive officer of product business annualy with
ADC. Hcrshey,” Dever said.
Another highlight of the year
was a major contract with Hcrshey
Chocolate U.S.A. Atlantic is the
supplier of milk for the manufac
turing facility in Hershey.
“It will result in Atlantic doing
somewhere between $75 million
AdC names Althea Zanecosky, a registered dietitian and
nutrition media specialist for Dairy Council, as the 1994
Agiicutural Communicator.
Named the 1994 Outstanding
Young Cooperators are John and
Julie Mayer of Taneytown, Md.
The Mayen own Stoney Point
Farm, which includes 279 acres
and a mixed herd of 145 Holstein,
Brown Swiss, and Jersey cattle.
The Holsteins average 20,204
pounds of milk and 711 pounds of
fat Coined breeds average 13,950
pounds of milk and 652 pounds of
fat Crops include corn, barley,
alfalfa, timothy, clover, and
pasture.
The couple have two children,
Ashley, 8, and Sean, 4. They are
members of the Holstein Associa
tion, Maryland State Holstein
Association, Farm Bureau, and
DHIA, where Julie serves on the
board of directors. The couple are
active members of the Taneytown
Baptist Church and open their farm
on weekends to boys from the
Cedar Ridge Boys Home.
Althea Zanecosky, a registered
Dairy princesses appearing at ADC’s annual banquet with Dr. Lamartine Hood,
dean of Penn State’s College of Agriculture and master of cermonies for the event,
are, from left, Lorraine Emerson, Delaware Dairy Princess; Natalie Welch, Pennsylva
nia Dairy Princess; Holly Sutphln, New Jersey Dairy Princess; Kelly Jo Myers, York
Dairy Princess; Angela Mummert, York Alternate Dairy Princess; and Shannon Sem
mel, Northampton-Lehlgh Dairy Princess.
RALEIGH, NC. Vermont DHIA and
DRPC Raleigh conducted a remote printing
pilot project from mid-August through mid-
September.
During the project, processed DHI data
included on the monthly report and herd
summary were teleprocessed to the Vermont
DHIA office for printing on their laser print
er to be mailed from White River Junction.
DRPC Raleigh continued to print all
processed reports and mail them from
Raleigh.
The purposes of the project were to:' 1)
determine the practicality and efficiency of
printing reports at a remote site, 2) identify
the difference in mailing times for the two
types of reports, 3) survey herd owner
response to black and white forms (from Ver
mont) versus color reports (from DRPC
Raleigh), and 4) determine the relative costs
of remote printing.
The reports printed in Vermont were
received by DHI members 1 to 1.6 days soon
er than reports printed in Raleigh. Herd
owner response to the forms was mixed, but
more than 80 percent agreed they liked the
color reports better. Producers emphasized
that they wanted the TPE (Total Program
Marks Successful Year
dietitian and nutrition media spe
cialist for Dairy Council, received
the Agricultural Communicator
Award.
Through her work, Zanecosky
provides dairy-related information
to consumers, cooperative mem
bers, and industry employees. She
appears regularly on television,
radio, and for newspaper inter
views. She works closely with
ADC’s public relations depart
ment to help field calls regarding
bovine somatotropin and other
dairy issues.
Although pleased with the
cooperative's successful year,
Robert McSparran, president of
ADC, cautioned members that
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Printing
Entry) reports left on the farm on test day and
the “Hot Sheet” mailed directly from the lab,
but could wait longer for the “traditional”
DHI reports in color from Raleigh.
So is remote printing a dead issue for Ver
mont DHIA? “Absolutely not,” according to
Vermont DHIA Manager Bob Albrecht. He
concluded that it is not cost effective to print
all reports remotely because a much faster
and more expensive laser printer is needed to
handle the volume and two sided printing.
However, Vermont DHIA will continue
printing some reports. Along with their lab
SCC “Hot Sheet,” they will download and
print other time-sensitive data associated
with the current test day. Getting these cus
tom management reports to DHI members
earlier makes remote printing a value added
service rather than a replacement service.
Lancaster County DHIA in Pennsylvania
plans to test downloading and printing sever
al custom management reports beginning in
late November according to manager, Jay
Mylin. He said he is encouraged with Ver
mont’ s results and feels remote printing of
time-sensitive data adds even more value to
the DHI system. Other DHI Service Affiliates
in the DRPC Raleigh service area are also
considering a remote printing project.
now is not the time to relax.
“We still need to monitor and, to
the extent we can, carefully man
age the many aspects of doing bus
iness in an environment that is so
highly regulated and competitive,”
he said.
The theme of the two-day con
vention centered on “Building for
the Future.” This focused on deci
sions and goals set by members
and the board of directors, ways to
develop new markets, and partici
pation in the national organiza
tions such as National Milk Pro
ducers Federation, and the Nation
al Council of Farmer Cooperatives
to seek solutions to the domestic
problems of the industry.