A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 1995
BRIDGEWATER,
Va. According to an article
published in the February issue of
Southeastern Holstein News, an
official quarterly publication of the
Delaware, Maryland, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia Holstein-Freisian
associations, Lebanon County
native David Lentz has been recen
tly named a field representative for
the national Holstein Association.
Lentz, a recent graduate from
Penn State University, is to serve
as field representative in Florida,
Georgia, Noth and South Caroli
nas, and southwest Virginia.
David, son of Gary and Barbara
Lentz, of Lebanon, is to serve as a
communication link between
members and the national office,
located in Braltleboro, Vt.
His main goal is to generate
more interest from members and
non-members in Holstein
programs.
A 1992 National Distinguished
Junior Member, Lentz has
achieved a great deal of success in
his pursuit of dairying and
Holsteins.
His parents, Robert and Sandra
Lentz, had milked 65 registered
Holsteins until selling their farm in
1987, and David helped with
chores there, and then at his uncle
Gary Lentz’s 70-head registered
Holstein farm, also in Lebanon.
In fact, while Dave is currently
residing in Kannapolis, N.C., he
said during a Thursday telephone
interview that he still has four
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wholy owned registered Holsteins
and interests in two others that kept
at his uncle’s farm.
While working for his parents
and uncle, Dave not only raised
and fed calves and did registration
work, he did breeding, marketing
and advertising for their registered
stock.
Lentz earned a degree in dairy
and animal science with an empha
sis on business form Penn State,
while also earning a minor in inter
national agriculture, Lentz has a
number of achievements to his cre
dit, including being named out
standing junior and senior in the
University’s College df Agricul
tural Sciences’s Deparment of
Dairy and Animal Science.
He was president of the Penn
State Dairy Science club, chaired
the Nittany Lion Fall Classic sale,
and was a member of the state’s
top dairy bowl team for two years,
1990 and 1991.
He also was an outstanding
dairy cattle judge, serving as a
member of three teams represent
ing Pennsylvania nationally in
contests: in 4-H, FFA and at the
collegiate level.
Prior to taking the job as Held
representative for the Southeast,
Lentz had worked as a field rep
resentative intern in 1993, spend
ing seven weeks in California
promotin Holstein activity.
More recently, he worked part
time with Clarence Stauffer doing
registration catchup work in
Pennsylvania.
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David has also been involved
with serving on the 1995 National
Junior Convention Planning Com
mittee, and the Pennsylvania
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Lentz has said many times how
grateful he is for all the support and
guidance and help he has received
from adults within the dairy and
NAAB Applies For Aid
For Semen Export Promotions
COLUMBIA Mo. —As a
member of the recently formed
U.S. Livestock Genetic Export
Inc. (USLGE), the National Asso
ciation of Animal Breeders
(NAAB) has applied for funds to
be allocated to qualified private
firms for promotion of USA origin
bovine semen in international
markets.
The funds are made possible
under the auspices of the Market
Promotion Program (MPP)
administered by the USDA For
eign Agricultural Service (FAS).
The final funding level for the
USLGE/NAAB Branded Program
will be determined by FAS.
The USLGE/NAAB Branded
Program supports the efforts of
USA firms to promote private
labels of frozen bovine semen
throughout the world. The ulti
mate objective is to increase the
total market for bovine semen
from all USA exporters.
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Holstein industry, and he said he
has a commitment to return that
support by working with youth in
his new home area.
Meanwhile, he said he has been
busy traveling around to the vari
ous states meeting with people and
getting some “grass roots” meet
ings scheduled.
These type of meetings are not
the large bam-type meetings
Allocation of available funds
will be made to qualified USA
firms on an equitable and uniform
basis within the guidelines of
USDA-FAS and consistent with
the objectives of the MPP pro
gram.
Under the program, partici
pants will be reimbursed up to 50
percent of eligible promotion
expenses up to the amount of their
respective allocations authorized
by NAAB. The 1995 program year
will be July 1, 1995 through June
30,1996. All program expenses
must be incurred before the end of
the program on June 30,1996.
USA companies desiring to
take advantage of this program
must submit an application to
NAAB using the form prescribed
by NAAB. The deadline for
receipt of applications by NAAB
is noon, Monday, May 1.
In determining the qualifica
tions of each applicant and fund
allocations, consideration will be
given to previous experience with
exporting of bovine semen from
the USA and the applicant’s abili
ty to provide staff support to
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which include a variety of family
oriented activities. He said these
are more kitchen-table meetings,
where a smaller, more intimate
group of Holstein .enthusiasts can
sit down and discuss issues.
David said that these meetings
are a good way for national Hols
tein to understand better what it
can do to serve members.
supervise and carry out the pro
posed promotional activities.
Willingness and ability to pro
vide adequate supplies of USA
origin bovine semen of the quality
desired by foreign buyers in
response to the demand generated
by the promotional activities must
be demonstrated.
The method by which the appli
cant proposes to evaluate the suc
cess of the proposed promotional
activities must be included.
The applicant must own the
bull whose semen is promoted and
own the label or brand name under
which the semen is to be promot
ed, or by written agreement with
the proprietor, be assigned exclu
sive rights of representation for
the semen and brand to be promot
ed. All semen and brands to be
promoted must be USA origin.
Additional information about
the program and applications are
available upon request from
NAAB by contacting Dr. Gordon
A. Doak, P.O. Box 1033, Colum
bia, MO 65205, (314) 445-4406.