Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting, (ContlniMd from Pago Ai) , „ _ „ and support of the county won- members were named. Those re- (TCn . Jody is a co-leader of the nuns ‘ FoUowin « Berks *uTthe elected are: Clarence Berger of ageducation^daSissiSre^De? Beaver/Lawrencc Farm Women esofWdtow ftU,Franldm ,bovc 500 member category was Kintnersville, District 2, (Bucks, thr mnort and is the treasurer for the 1995 9. and Rod Hawbate of St Tho- C ountTfaffSl Z Lehigh. Northampton. Monroe); JSSCJLK SgtSfi Pennsylvania Holstein Association 500 "*">«*' countieT MereS Don? Ffettemlf rfVaronsbur£ S convention. The Kinds have two County was first, and Snyder District 6 (Centre. Clinton, S^ShS^totheMrtLm young sons. relretedby apanel of judges on the c ounty wtl j econ( | > j n t |, c Lycoming); Ellis Crowl of Airvil- . .. The two other finalists were: basis of their ability to express up-to-350 member counties. War- le. District 8, (Dauphin. Lancaster, bill. Leading those goals _is a call Rodney and Karen Hawbaker of ldeM opinions on four pre- was first Lebanon, York); Wayne Freeman for inCTM *ed funding and aggres- St Thomas, Franklin County, and topics. The topics woe: The big prize announced at the of Elliottsburg, District 10, (Hun- sive programs for farm export Steve and Bonnie Wenger of Lcba- What is agriculture s responsibd- wu fom the drawing in tingdon. Juniata, Mifflin, Perry), promotion and expansion, non, Lebanon County. itym the management and disposal the membership contest heldjt the and Jerome Carl of Dysart, District Brown, in winning the discus- of waste?”, “What role do we, as Camp mu offices Nov. 4. This 12. (Cambria. Clearfield, Indiana), sion meet received a $5OO cash rural citizens, have in restoring our contest had 15,000 entries, and the Newly elected are: Cart Shaffer of merit award from the Dodge Truck country’s values?”, “ Why are so prize was a new Dodge pickup Mifflinville, District 4 (Columbia, Division of Chrysler and the free many fanners seeking off-farm The winner was David Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon); Har use of a Case IH Maxxum tractor employment?", and “As agricul- Braucher, Lees port, in Berks old Curtis of Columbus, District for 50 hours or 60 days. Other mre'i political influence is dimm- Coanly. 14, (Eric, Crawford, Warren) and members competing in the discus- ishing, should Farm Bureau seek to Later in the week, the voting del- Andrew Place of Ruff Creek, Dis sion meet were: Brian Dietrich of form coalitions with other egates re-elected Keith Eckel of trict 16 (Fayette, Greene, New Tripoli, Lehigh County; Dale organizations?" Clarks Summit to his seventh two- Washington, Westmoreland). Smeltz erf Lykens, Dauphin Coun- In the county recognition prog- term. In addition, five mem- In other action, PFB voting dele ty; Terry Stump of York, York ram won by Berks County, the bers of the PFB board of directors gates adopted policies concerning Count ■ Todd S rf Greencas- counties were judged on leadership were re-elected, and three new the 1995 farm bill, farm safet v A large crowd of members and many guests dine in the large ballroom at the Hershey Convention Center, Tuesday evening. Chester ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff GUTHRIES VILLE (Chester Co.) More than 80 Chester County DMA members and fami ly were on hand to review the year and accept recognition for milk production at the annual DHIA meeting and banquet Thursday evening at the East Brandywine Fire Hall. Dan Miller, president of the First place In milk production for Chester DHIA was awarded to, from left, Melwood Farm, Cochranville (represented by Merlin Stoltzfus) for 26,301 pounds of milk, 3.3%, 869 pounds protein; second place went to Dunwood Farm, Oxford (represented by Dwayne Stoltzfus) for 24,989 pounds of milk, 3.3%, and 826 pounds protein; and third place went to Charles J. Moore, Cochranville, for 24,768 pounds of milk, 3.1 %, and 763 pounds protein. County DHIA Reviews Year At Banquet Chester County DHIA, spoke to Miller, decided to go with the °" c °L can be generated at the about the challenges the organiza- state DHIA program. The agree- . . ,? farm. tion faced during the year! espe- ment began of this yearand meters because the older ones were Dan Miller. Chester County ciaUy reSrSgLwgSS ends May 31. 1995. ™ ch 10 DHIA president, provided the trea commitS £ DHIA Miller Lid the state DHIA rates report - A * ? f September program. “were slighdy cheaper for almost “ ad ®. ,te nght decision and feel 1994 year-to-date revenue. On the minds of the directors the all members.” and that the dircc- been gomg well so mcluding tesung fees and other past year was the eventual merger tors went with the Pa. DHIA far ;. MiUer. income. was $90 .it5. 50 . with total with Pennsylvania DMA. After because “we got better rates than Jim Boyer, PennsyWamaDHlA expenses of $92,799.90, for a mar review of the proposals put forth with Lancaster County.” He told gm of-2.614.40. AsssetsasofSep by the state and alsoby thcLancas- the members that everybody likes lenges faced by the techniciarui tember, including cash in bank and ter DHIA, the directors, accon the' from the state DHIA. when using new laptopcomputers. accounts receivable, were He spoke of the Westfalia Dairy $14,175.18. Total liabilities were Plan software to help generate $O.OO. Equity, including reserve reports on-site using information for contingencies, was $16,789.58. from the records. How- Less margin, that brough the total ever, Boyer said the Pa. DHIA will equity in the organization to support other dairy programs that $14,175.18. members want to use, including New directors were elected at Dairy Comp 305. But he said that the meeting are David Bartram, using the Dairy Plan, test-day Penny Moore, and Robert Peifer. reports, including sorting and (Turn to Pago A 43) Lancaatar Farming, Saturday, Novambar 19,1994A41 New directors were elected at the meeting are,-from left, Penny Moore and David Bertram. Not in photo, Robert Pelfer. Other policy adopted at the 44th annual meeting recommends the implementation of a voluntary farm safety and occupational health program for farm operators, their families and employees. Training should focus on the pre vention and avoidance of farm accidents and occupational illnes ses. Adopted was Policy concern ing U.S. Department of Agricul ture reorganization that recom mends that the local committees for the combined farm service agency consist of no fewer than five elected farmers to administer various programs of the new farm service agency. USDA reorganiza tion legislation enacted this year encourages a broader range of committee representation. Expressing concerns about the agricultural awareness of the gen eral public, voting delegates adopted policy calling for ag edu cation, and consumer and family science programs in school for both the college-bound and the non-college bound students. The American Farm Bureau’s annual meeting is scheduled for January 9 -11, 1995, in St Louis, Missouri.
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