D2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28, 1995
Top Protein Cows , Pennsylvania
The highest protein producing herds in Pennsylvania above 750
lbs. for December are listed as follows:
ROLUNG HERO AVERAGE
TOWN & STATE NO. PgT MILK
NAME
COWS DM LBS
FREDERICK FARMS MARTINSBURG 71.1 91.6 30205
ROBiDONNA VANBLARCOM COLUMBIA X ROADS 78.3 90 7 29732
RV+SV HtXLENSHEAD MERCERSBURG 141 1 93 3 28756
NORTH VIEW FARM BERUN 1105 88.2 27661
FANTASYLANDHOLSTEINS ROBESONIA 536 940 27093
RANENFARM BURGETTSTOWN 21,5 932 26681
NARR+OAVID CAMPBELL FORD CITY 722 82.9 27715
RETTH E DECRER KNOX 59.1 892 25942
JACOB+SALLY TAMS CENTRE HALL 977 86.3 26968
CUFMN+DAWN GOOD MYERSTOWN 72.7 87.6 27015
NORTH RUSH HOLSTEINSDANVILLE 19.8 88.7 27971
MELWOODFARM COCHRANVILLE 44.7 889 26298
KEYSTONE FARM EASTON 863 88.3 26676
SCOT LYN DAIRY ROME 44.9 882 27385
DUNWOOO FARM OXFORD 57.3 89.9 25684
MEADOW SPRING HOLS NEWMANSTOWN 96.5 89.0 26883
BURK-UN FARMS PUNXSUTAWNEY 40.0 89.5 27204
HUNTER CREST FARM ORANGEVILLE 75.1 88.6 25403
FRANK MILLER JR BANGOR 560 902 26447
VERN-LEE HOLSTEINS MCVEYTOWN 55 3 91.0 25225
LA FAY FARM LEWISTOWN 43.5 89.7 25494
JUNGE FARMS INC +RAY RRI NEW TRIPOLI 87.5 87.8 25458
LONDONDALE FARM PUNXSUTAWNEY 56.1 932 25534
VALLEYS END FARM REBERSBURG 66.6 88.7 26873
JAY W GOOD LEBANON 63.2 892 26327
KLEIN FARMS EASTON 60.7 89.5 25680
BRAUND VALLEY FARMS TROY 02 2 85.4 25203
SOLID GOLD HOLSTEINS EMLENTON 75.9 88.6 25911
JAMES D DUNN NEW RINGGOLD 62.1 85.8 26200
DALE + PAULA WACK HARMONY 45.4 87.5 25177
MILOS & SANDY SINAN HOME 1007 87.6 26899
JGORDONHIT7 LEBANON 53.7 92 0 25171
OREN J OAYPOOLEiSON WORTHINGTON 97.7 87.6 25001
JOSEPH S STAYDUHAR MARTINSBURG 51.4 91.4 27061
FAIR VIEW DAIRY DAYTON 801 92.0 25677
GLEN &ARLEN LANDIS TROY 89 0 90 4 25896
RICHARD WSMITH4SONS NORTHAMPTON 85.7 88 2 24925
DARREN&CARYN PEACHEY BELLEVILLE 53 5 89 8 25679
TRINCAFARM REBERSBURG 62 5 86 7 25365
BLUE KNOLL FARMS YORK 85 5 90 9 24768
BRIAN RUCH ANDREAS 507 906 24290
JAMES ROOCHOK TOWER CITY 731 886 23990
Top 50 Protein Herds, Lancaster
The top SO protein producing herds for
December in Lancaster DHIA are listed as
follows:
NAME
EUGENE & SUSAN HESS 25645
JOHN H HOWARD 24662
BOB+KARENGOCHENAUR 24024
STEPHEN LHERSHEY
PARKE HRANCK JR
JOHN E COLEMAN JR 23386
RICHARD N SAUDER
ROBERT L SHELLY
HENRY D ZIMMERMAN 23847
EARL & ANNA MAE REIFF 23960
DENNIS E TICE
CLAY FARM
Beginning Farmer Program To Feature Farmer Teachers
MILLHEIM (Centre CO.)
Pennsylvania, not unlike neigh
boring sister stales, may be near
ing a point that puts a new spin on
the old chicken-and-egg dilemma.
This time the question may be
which will come last the chick
en or the egg or the farmer?
With the average age of Penn
sylvania farmers now over 55 and
the loss of farms at a rate of about
1,000 per year, with more and
more farmers taking off-farm jobs
to help make ends meet, the state
is m jeopardy of being forced to
rely increasingly on imported
food.
“It’s a situation that must be
taken seriously,” said Preston
Boop, a farmer and president of
the Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture (PASA).
“Wc must adopt measures that
will encourage more people to get
into farming and to assure that
they can derive an adequate
income for their work.
“Agriculture continues to be
our slate’s major industry, but its
base is eroding rapidly. A healthy
farming industry is important to
the stability of rural communities,
to the preservation of open spaces
RHA
MILK
23954
24597
23334
22339
22722
aud the environment, not to men
tion the production of nutritious
food locally,” Boop said.
To that end, PASA and a related
group, Pennsylvania Farm Link,
will sponsor a daylong workshop
for beginning and aspiring farmers
On Feb. 2 at the Nittany Lion Inn
on the Penn State University cam
pus. The PASA’s two-day Farm
ing for a Greener Future follows
on February 3-4.
The workshop will feature pre
sentations by hands-on farmers,
larm finance leaders, and univer
sity experts with advice and
counsel on various problems and
obstacles faced by people aspiring
to careers in production agricul
ture, either as full-timers or
weekend farmers.
“We’re bringing together a
group of presenters that represents
many years of practical experi
ence in farming and in farm
related activities,” Boop said. “We
encourage anyone interested in
farming in Pennsylvania or in any
neighboring states to take advan
tage of this program.”
Registration information may
be obtained from the PASA office
at (814) 349-9856 or Pennsylvania
THOMAS W KELLY TYRONE 78.8
MATT WILL B&W TROY 60.7
EMERY-RICK DAVIS MIDDLEBURY CEN6B.O
HILLTOPHEAVEN KITANNING 54.8
JANJURBALA ORANGEVILLE 43.7
DAVIOCHRIS WILL LEBANON 61.9
RH D SHULTZ FARMS DANVILLE 85.3
CHESS+TRISH NIPPLE MT PLEASANT H1LL52.1
LYNN WOLE ABOTTSTOWN 93.8
RUSSELL MAPLE FARMS ROME 50.7
HARRY RHARRER UGONIER 71.5
THOMAStSHRLEYKRALL LEBANON 89.4
BARETT+BARB BYLER SPRINGVILLE 702
BONZO ONE-OONE ROCHESTER 31.2
FRED & TOM STHOUSE NORTHUMBERLAND 65.6
GEARY E SHADE & SONS ALEXANDRIA 96.6
CARL A FARMS INC PITMAN 88.0
ARNOLD ACRES LEBANON 58.7
HICRS DAIRY FARM DUBOIS 71.3
PLUM IDE HOLSTEINS TITUSVILLE 60.5
THOMAS TRAVER HESHOPPEN 25.8
BROWNCROFTFARM ROME 29.6
STEPHEN JHELLOTT MERCERSBURG 119.1
SHYSERS RCLUN FHS YORK 75.4
COVE VIEW FARM CURRYVILLE 97.1
MOUNT-TOP-VUE FARM CANTON 87.4
EUGENE W HALL NUNCY 73.9
RICHARD R HIGLEY FORKSVLLE 92 2
RAYMOND HOPPAUGH CaUMBIA CROSS RD 67.0
DARE ELAND MT PLEASANT HHLS2I.9
RON + LORI MUNCY 61.8
R GALEN LEATHERMAN OTTSVILLE 381
DON&KATHY CORNELIUS MERCER 47.6
STONEY ACRES FARM BERUN 51.6
RALPH STHROWER SAXONBURG 69.8
SHERRY&JOHN IVANCIC NEW WILMDGTON 24.0
STONE HART FARM ST THOMAS 117.3
LEWIS WBERKEY BERUN 67.3
GLENN B GOCKLEY MOHNTON 52 7
RODRICK&TRUDY HINISH WILLIAMSBURG 88.5
RICHARD KRIEBa BENTON 63.0
KARL MILLER BANGOR 68.9
PLEASANT VIEW FARM MARION CENTER 129.8
JAMESAVAN BLARCOM COLUMBIA CROSS RD 85.7
ROYESENSENIG
J ELMER STOLTZFUS
CURTIS E AKERS & SON
KENNETH EZURIN
LAWRENCE GOOD
ABRAHAM SHELLY JR
STAR POINT DAIRY
EDGEFIELD FARMS
JOHN M. BURKHOLDER
DONALD B TRIMBLE
VERNON R UMBLE+SON
TIMOTHY KURTZ • •
JOSEPH CWIVELL
WARREN Z GOOD
WEA-LAND FARM
NEFFDALE FARM
ARUN BENNER
SPRING BELLE FARM
HARRY HRANCK JR
NO.
COWS
Farm Link at (800) 9PA-FARM.
A $25 registration fee for indivi
duals, or $4O for couples, will cov
er enrollment and lunch.
According to Farm Link coordi
nator Marion Bowlan, “This
workshop is a very good oppor
tunity for people hoping to partici
pate in Farm Link. Our program
requires some training for new
farmers, particularly in the area of
Hereford Bull Sales Mark Record Average
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Here
ford bull sales increased slightly in
1994 with a solid average price of
$2,280 paid at public auction sales
across the nation. This is the high
est average price documented in
the 114-year history of record
keeping by the American Hereford
Association.
A strong demand for Hereford
bulls has existed for each of the
last five years as national sale
averages have exceeded $2,000.
Following is a listing of national
bull sale averages by year: 1990 —
$2,053; 1991—52,210; 1992
$2,194:1993—52,260; and 1994
$2,280.
DHIA For December
HEADAdCRERFARM BEDFORD 175.2
JAY HOUSER SPRING HILLS 74.6
TROTACRE FARMS ENON VALLEY 523
SNOWICRESTFARM ELAN 91.1
BEN 4 DEAN JACKSON COLUMBIA CROSS RD 79.8
DONALD CKRALL LEBANON 74.7
MAYPORT HILLS HOLST HAYPORT 52.5
DAVID NANCY BISHOP ELLSS6URG 442
REESE RUN HOLSTEIN PINE CITY NY 43.8
ROLLING SPRING FARM FRANRLD 63.2
DALE I RING BELLEVILLE 552
JOHN (ROBERT GRAHAM BOUVAR 526
VALLEY WIDE FARM SPRING HILLS 873
IRVIN ZBRUBARER LEBANON 64.5
GRIFFIEID FARMS MARION CENTER 69.1
JESSELSPICHER BELLEVILLE 36.5
ROBERT FHNDHAN RITTANNING 52.7
JAMES HARIBS EBENSBURG 87.7
WILLIAM E HUNSBERGE DAVDSVHJE 78.6
DAVD4SHAHON BISHOP DOYLESTOWN 082
ROBERT INSINGER DUSHORE 632
DAVE 4 DON STUTZMAN BERUN 95.8
GEORGEADAVEBANCKY THOMPSON 50.4
RONALD P DAVIS WARREN CENTER 43.0
GARY+NANCY LYNCH FRIEDENS 832
JOHN CASTROGIOANNI MONTROSE 12.4
RONALD L CHAPMAN WATERFORD 40.7
DANIEL R HOPPAUGH COLUMBWCROSSRDS2I.3
JOHN K KAUFFMAN REDSELLE 93.8
LOCUST-ROW-FARM WINFIELD 72.1
MARLYNtOUANBIERSHEY COCHRANVILLE 80.4
SCHRACK FARMS LOGANTON 872
JOHNfSHARON KUNE MYERSTOWN 69.4
GERALDOJDYWEIGLE FRIEDENS 41.6
DENNISt+DOUG SMITH MARTINSBURG 10.5
EARLRHAPER4SONS DOUGLASSVILLE 204.6
ROSETREE ACRES FARM STOYSTOWN 49.0
VINCE A WAGNER MYERTON 66.7
GARY LENTZ LEBANON 82.3
BOSCH FARMS MUNCY 55.8
HIOOENVIEW HOLSTEINS ROBESON IA 75.1
BUFF RUN FARM LEESBURG 47.7
MERVIN BRUBAKER WOMELSDORF 71.2
PAUL L COURIER MILLHALL 139
EMPET FARMS KINGSLEY 636
CURTIS+ANN DAY SHIPPENSBURG 559
VALLEY VIEW FARM MCVEYTOWN 664
889 775
766 774
721 773
852 772
869 772
930 771
727 771
823 771
821 771
851 771
995 770
807 769
DHIA For December
VERNON W HEISEY
DAVID K STOLTZFUS
AMOS E STOLTZFUS
DALE R HERSHEY
GLENN H WENGER
MELODY LAWN FARMS
WARREN E BURKHOLDER
J RAY RANCK
JOHN K PETERS + SON
NEVINS HORNING
MERVIN S STOLTZFUS
SHELMAR ACRES
ROBERT KAUFFMAN JR
LAPP VALLEY FARM
ELVIN+DORCAS REIFF
DARYL+SAM MARTIN
KATUN FARM
JEFFREY LAUNGST 21665
ROBERT L & UNDA SENSENIG 21373
estate planning and transfer.”
The conference will include
presentations on farm financing,
farm profitability, start-up
approaches, marketing strategies,
vegetable, dairy and livestock pro
duction, machinery-purchasing
tips, opportunities in alternative
and innovative farming approach
es and farm-family dynamics.
“We’re looking for new ways to
National bull sale averages for
the Hereford breed in 1994 were
compiled from reports of 170 pub
lic auction sales held from coast to
coast. Of these auction reports,
118 were breeder production sales
and 52 were consignment safes.
The sale of 7,789 1/4 bulls amassed
a gross of $17,760, 217 to average
$2,280.
Sales of Hereford females were
brisk in 1994 as 2,937 1/2 lots sold
at auction for $3,315,567 to average
$ 1,333. This average had decreased
compared with the averages of the
previous four years: 1990 —$1,442;
1991—51,669; 1992—51,608; and
1993—51,527.'
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22161
21802
22428
22530
22912
23027
22205
22103
22531
22765
22414
20910
21328
21935
21559
21283
reduce the high costs of getting
into fanning,” said PASA execu
tive director Timothy Bowser.
“New sustainable, less capital
intensive methods such as rota
tional grazing, reducing depen
dence on purchased chemicals and
fertilizers, and diversifying farm
production offer hope to begin
ning farmers who need to squeeze
more out of tight profit margins.”
The combined average of bulls
and females was $2,021. This
average was established on the
sale of 10,726 3/4 head of regis
tered Herefords at 1994 auction
sales for a gross of $21,675,784.
For reference, in 1993, the Here
ford breed marketed 11,726 1/4
head of registered bulls and
females for a gross of $23,677,778
averaging $2,019.
The top Hereford bull sales in
1994 were recognized in two dif
ferent sale categories, production
and consignment. Within each cat
egory, sales were broken down
according to number of bulls sold.
719 31
719 36
718 64
718 82
717 63
716 64
715 38
715 64
713 45
713 53
710 64
709 91
707 92
704 52
703 55
702 102
702 66
698 43
697 83