National FFA Names Star Farmer,
Star Agribusiness Recipients
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Brian
Wade Johnson, 21, Gotebo, Okla.,
and David Snyder, 21, Hamilton,
N.Y., were named the American
Star Farmer and the American Star
in Agribusiness, respectively, at
the 67th National FFA Conven
tion. Each received a $2,000 cash
award and will participate in an
international experience program
in Europe for achieving FFA’s
highest honor.
Each star was chosen from a
field of four national finalists.
Lloyd H. Vaill Jr., 20, Pine Plains,
N.Y.; Jeral Gross, 21, Bridgewa
ter, S.D.; and Jamie Judd, 22,
LaValle, Wis., were the other
three star farmer candidates cho
sen from 1,454 American FFA
Degree recipients. Neal C. Floyd,
21, Nicholasville, Ky.; Tammy L.
Yost, 20, Joliet, Mont.; and Craig
Eric Daniels, 21, Montello, Wis.,
were the other three star in
agribusiness candidates chosen.
National, state, and local FFA
officials selected the stars on the
basis of knowledge of their enter
prises, management skills, return
on investments and growth of their
programs. The stars were also
judged on leadership abilities
demonstrated through their FFA
activities.
Each finalist received $l,OOO
from the National FFA Founda
tion, Inc., and the national winners
received an additional $l,OOO. The
Stars Ova America recognition
represents the highest achieve
ment awarded in the organization.
Lowest SCC Crawford
DHIA Herds
For October 1994
The lowest rolling SCC herds in Crawford
DHIA as of the month of October are as
follows:
NAME
GERALD R DONOVAN
FORGET ME NOT FARM
STANHOPE FARMS
DENNIS B HALFAST
RICHARD L FIELD
EVERETT BRADLEY
BLY VALLEY FARMS
RANDY WHITMAN
ANDYGINGERICH
ALBERT BRENNER
SHANNON BRENDA IRWIN
RON&JANET TROYER
WILLIAM GINGERICH
DANIEL H DICKEY
GARRY WAGNER
STANLEY BRADSHAW
GARYKAREN FREYERMUTH
JAMES + JANET HUNTER
LESTER R MAST
DANA H MARTIN
KENNETH & JUDY MOOK
DEWAYNE IVAN HORNE
DEAN HORNE
ALLEN FARMS
JAMES R DAVIS
ORANGE BUCKET IPFINC
EVERETT & GAIL REYNOLDS
ALAN TRAVIS
OPEN ACRESDAIRYFARMS
RONALD KALINOWSKI
RYND HOME FARMS
BYLER BROTHERS FARM
BRYAN R MC CURDY
DEWEY STYER
MATTHEW PETERSHEIM
JEFFREY RANEY
CROMDELLFARHS
J-HO FARMS
E.DEAN AND DAN HOUSEHOLDER
JON A BRY DAIRY
O-DARLAN FARM
SELDOMRESTPFARM
RICHARD L BLACK
CHARLES MOOK
BOOZER FARM
MARSHALL SHREVE
RICHARD M LYONS
JAMES CUSTEAD
DEAN HORNE
BYLER BROTHERS FARM
FFA Selects Snyder
David Snyder, Hamilton, N.Y.,
started out with a push mower, a
gas can and snow shovel. Now this
entrepreneur operates Snyder Ser
vices, a successful residential and
commercial mowing, landscaping
and snow removal business. For
his career achievements, the
National FFA Organization has
selected Snyder for the 1994
American Star in Agribusiness
Award.
Snyder, 21, began his business
in 1984 servicing customers on his
street by mowing lawns on week
ends and shoveling snow before
and after school. Today, Snyder
Services hires one parttime and
four full-time employees.
“When I bought my first lawn
mower and started mowing four
neighborhood lawns, I never real
ized that I was starting my future
business,*’ Snyder said.
Snyder provides services for 25
commercial and 70 residential
properties in the Hamilton, N.Y.,
area. “I offer year-round service to
my customers. During the winter
months I remove snow, salt, and
sand, and clear walks and drive
ways. A large number of my cus
tomers have asked for my help all
year.”
Additionally, he donates ser
vices to the local Food Cupboard
and SOMAC, the Southern Madi
son County Ambulance Corpora
tion.
Snyder’s success has come
with hard work, as well as a dedi-
RHA
TOWN SCC
TITUSVILLE 65
TITUSVILLE 84
ESPYVILLE 115
CENTERVILLE 130
COCHRANTON 141
CENTERVILL 141
TITUSVILLE 144
HARTSTOWN 145
COCHRANTON 146
SPARTANSBURG 147
CENTERVILLE 147
CENTERVILLE 148
GUYS MILLS 148
ESPYVILLE 151
COCERANTON 175
HEADVILLE 182
COCHRANTON 182
MEADVILLE 184
JAMESTOWN 185
SPARTANSBURG 206
SAEGERTOWN 207
GREENVILLE 207
ATLANTIC 209
CONNEAUTLAKE 214
SPARTANSBURG 214
CENTERVILLE 216
PITTSFIELD 222
TITUSVILLE 226
CONNEAUTVILLE 227
COCHRANTON 228
COCHRANTON 230
SPARTANSBURG 230
COCHRANTON 234
MEADVILLE 235
TOWNVILLE 244
ADAMSVILLE 246
JAMESTOWN 254
CONNEAUTLAKE 255
SAEGERTOWN 255
COCHRANTON 261
LINESVILLE 266
GUYS MILLS 272
SAEGERTOWN 276
CAMBRIDGE SPRING 278
COCHRANTON 280
UNION CITY 281
COCHRANTON 283
COCHRANTON 285
ATLANTIC 286
SPARTANSBURG 290
cation to customer service. He
helps his employees understand
customer relations and improve
their communications skills.
Snyder, son of Howard and
Patricia Snyder, has been recog
nized by the National FFA Orga
nization in the past for his business
and leadership skills. He has been
named State Star Agribusiness
man, regional winner of the Turf
and Landscape Proficiency
Award, and National Agricultural
Sales and/or Service Proficiency
Award winner.
Adviser of the Hamilton FFA,
Neil Lamb, said, “David took
complete advantage of the SAE
program. He developed a program
and has made it into his profes
sion. I have been most impressed
with his professionalism and pride
in his business. The payoff has
been loyal and satisfied cus
tomers.”
FFA Names Johnson
Brian Johnson, Gotebo, Okla.,
did not begin his agricultural
career on a traditional family farm.
However, his determination and
the support from his family helped
make his goals for a successful,
diversified agricultural enterprise
come true. For his accomplish
ments as an agricultural leader and
producer, Johnson, 21, has been
recognized by the National FFA
Organization with the 1994 Amer
ican Star Farmer award.
Johnson’s family background
is rural, but not typical. His family
bought 60 acres and some sheep
back in 1978 as a way for his
father to “relax” after his job.
Johnson became responsible for
the sheep when he was eight years
old and developed a love of live
stock and an early appreciation for
hard work that became the founda
tions for his present agricultural
enterprises.
In 1989, Johnson oversaw 100
acres that he rented. He went on to
own that land and purchase the
machinery necessary to maintain
it. After a series of acquisitions and
agreements, Johnson’s enterprises
grew to include the 160 acres he
owns, the 100 acres he rents, and
the 1,120 acres he has in partner
ship with his father. The sheep
flock consists of 250 ewes includ
ing 90 head of his own and 20 head
purchased with his father. The rest
belong to his sister and father.
The addition of rented acres to
Johnson’s program has allowed
him to diversify into a fullscale
stocker cattle operation to comple
ment his sheep, wheat, forage, and
cotton operations. The cattle oper
ation, a partnership venture for
Johnson and his father, has had as
many as 450 head, and his cow
calf herd includes 21 cows and one
bull. “Aside from cash flow, grow
ing pains have been my biggest
problem.” said Johnson. “Rapid
growth in cattle numbers drastical
ly increased labor and manage
ment time because of makeshift
facilities. I decided to build perma
nent receiving and shipping facili
ties that allow two men to do the
work of four in less time.”
Johnson has been recognized as
regional winner in both thc'Agri
cultural Electrification and the
Diversified Livestock Proficiency
awards. In 1990, he was named a
national winner in the Home
and/or Farmstead Improvement
Proficiency Award, and in 1991 he
was named Star Farmer of Okla
homa.
The son of two former teachers,
Bradley and Sue Johnson, Brian is
a full-time student at Cameron
University.
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EQUIPMENT
100 KW Gen set, 3304
CAT engine, good condi
tion, $7500. NO Sunday
calls 717-922-1135.
(1)3000 & (1)9000 Gal. SS
nitrogen storage tanks.
703/639-2262, after Bpm
703/382-0570.
13V4' Bush Hog chisel
plow, $5200; 23‘ Bush Hog
wingdisc, $4200; JO #27
chopper, $2400.
610-868-5781.
13' floating grain head, A 43
corn head, motor burnt.
717-927-6553.
1665 Martin Scavenger
spreader, $5000; 14.9x26
duals for UniSystem, $400;
73 FlOO pickup, $5OO.
717/272-0041.
1947 John Deere A; Ford
BN. 717-336-2497 after
4PM. *
1980 Ford 6600, All Pur
pose Model; 1978 Ford
8700 w/Cab and Dual
Wheels. (609)769-3608
Before 7:3OAM or After
4:OOPM.
1989 Nl 364 manure
spreader, good condition,
$2200. 410-836-1795.
20-ton vertical wood split
ter, like new, $700; Mighty
Mack sprayer, 22-gal. tank,
6' boom, $250.
717/859-1866.
(2) 14,000ga1. steel glass
lined storage tanks w/
piping & valves, excellent
for nttan solutions or liquid
fertilizers, very good oondi
tion, $5OO/both.
717/766-6741.
2640 JD, fiberglass cab,
AC, front weights, new
front tires, 60% rear tires,
less than 2000 hrs.
$13,000. 609-567-4186.
281 Vicon disc mower con
ditioner. $4900; JD 5-16,
#1450 semi-mount plow w/
operators manual, cushion
disc coutlers and hillside
cylinder, very good condi
tion. $B5O. Reason for
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26, 1994*07
sale, bought bigger equip
ment. 717-534-1253.
(2) OC4 Oliver crawler
loaders, 4 cyl and 3 cyl, (1)
needs parts, hydraulic tilt
blade, extra set tracks,
PTO, other miscellaneous
parts. Best offer over
$5,000. (814)733-4019 Fn.
noon thru Sat.
(412)279-2022 Sun-Thurs.
2-Way IHC Plows: new
bottoms, good condition.
WANTED: Rollaway
chicken nest. Nickle Mine
Welding, 2133 Mine Road,
Paradise, PA 17562,
717/786-7363 7:30-Bam.
3,000 gal. tandem tank
manure spreader, 640 or
1000 RPM, refurbished, all
new, $7500 080.
410-635-6141.
30' lowboy livestock trailer
w/mini sth wheel; 6R Bush
Hog row-till machine, used
to subsoil under com row;
MF 1163 6R corn head.
410/438-3261.
350 Oswalt mixer wagon
w/scales, $4600. Virginia.
804-724-4647 after BPM.
354 NH grinder mixer,
good condition, extension
auger, $2500. Cumberland
Co. 717-776-4763 NO
Sunday Calls.
36* Myers sprayer, 500
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stainless steel plumbing, 6
cyl. engine, good coni
Call 609-461-4922.
(3) Coleman Kerosene
Heaters, large, medium,
small, $ 1 0 0/a 11.
609/561-5279 5-Bpm
weekdays.
4320 JO. excellent condi
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flywheel, new brakes, new
final drive, bearings, 75%
tires 20.8x34 radial.
717-388-2495.
438 Com head for Gleaner
LorM, like new, $lOOO. Can
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4-cylinder Wisconsin mo
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717-265-9588.
(4) pull-type Nl manure
spreaders for parts, $3OO
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Many more items.
(609)723-2574.
51 Oliver Super 77,
painted, runs gooidl Needs
good farm home.
410-378-3920.
5220 NH Manure
Spreader, Hydraulic Web
and Endgate, 3 Years Old,
$3500. (610)593-5535.
55 hp. While diesel, com
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work, $2700 080. KIRK
WOOD REPAIR
717-529-3299 8-B:3OAM
702 Uni gas rebuilt, 710
combine like new, 713
grain head. 717/862-3290.
'7B 7700, turbo, hydro,
hydraulic latch auger, wide
spread chopper, big tires,
E.H.C., clean, $12,900.
Trade & Finance. Call
Stephen. 717-249-2317
AC plow 4x16, semi
mounted, $350.
(301)896-7426.
Allis Chalmers HO5, craw
ler loader, diesel, good
condition. $4,500 080.
(410)287-9030.
BACKHOE 1960 JO 440 on
rubber w/fresh Detroit
diesel, $3,900.
410-833-9091
lition
BACKHOE BUCKETS,
ONLY 4 LEFT, new. fils
Ford/Bradco hoes 8 NH
Generals, $225.
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blower belts. Franklin Co.
717-263-0573. NO Sunday
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Belarus Tractor 420 AN,
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(717)647-9020.