826-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 1995
Wayne County DHIA Recongizes
HONESDALE (Wayne
Co.) The 68th annual meeting
and dinner of the Wayne County
affiliate of Pennsylvania DHIA
(Pa.DHI A) was held recently at the
Bethany Methodist Church Hall,
near Honesdale, with about 80
dairymen and their families, plus
other dairy industry people in
attendance.
David Slusser, general manager
for Pa.DHIA, was the featured
speaker. His talk was mostly about
the recent reorganization of
Pa.DHIA, including downsizing
total staff, relocating the computer
facilities back into the owned
laboratory building on Penn State
campus, using new lap top compu
ters, and the restructuring and rais
ing of testing fees for member
herds.
He also talked about the switch
of testing methods by many
Pa.DHIA members, going from
the traditional twice-per-day, 2X
testing to the AM-PM program.
This second program is considered
very accurate and results with offi
cial records for breed testing and
production recognition awards, in
addition to saving both the mem
ber and the association time and
money.
John Castrogiovanni, of Mon
trose, a District 6 director to
Pa.DHIA, also spoke during the
meeting, and made some brief
remarks in review and support of
Pa.DHIA.
In its own business, the Wayne
County reported 98 herds finishing
the affiliations 68lh year. Total
number of cows on test was 4,747.
The average production per cow
was 17,214 pounds of milk, 630
pounds of butterfat, and SSS
pounds of protein.
The average county cow pro
duced $2,266 in milk income dur
ing 1994, and had a total feed cost
of $978. Net income over feed cost
averaged $1,288 per cow.
The grain to milk ratio was
1 ;2.6, and the average feed cost per
hundredweight of milk was $5.68.
In awards presentations, a num
ber of county-high production rec
ognitions were made.
The high herd for milk produc
tion was owned by George and
Dave Banicky, or Thompson, with
22,293 pounds of milk. They also
were honored for having the herd
with the highest averaging protein
production, with 712 pounds.
The Rowe Brothers, of Hones
dale, were recognized for their
herd’s production of 941 pounds
butterfat per cow. The Rowe
Brothers also owned the county’s
highest butterfat producing cow.
Daylight, making 1,349 pounds in
a 305-day lactation.
In the improvement awards, the
Banickys were honored for having
the best production improvement
for milk, butterfat and protein, and
Keystone Farm Credit
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Keystone Farm Credit’s 1995
annual meetings have been sche
duled for April 3 - 4.
The Holiday Inn in Lehigh Val
ley will be the site of the first
meeting and Yoder’s Restaurant
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Banicky, and Amy and Chuck Theobald receive production
awards from Wayne County DHIA.
From the left, Dave Banicky receives a production award
for having high herd for milk and protein production, while
Amy Theobald receives an award for the high butterfat and
protein production by one of her cows, Pretty.
for their management
improvement.
Others receiving recognition
include Riverside Farm, owned by
Chuck and Amy Theobald, of
Waymart, whose cow Pretty made
31,0333 pounds of milk, the high
est individual record. Pretty was
also recognized for making 963
pounds of protein.
Also, the Theobalds were run
nerups in the herd production
improvement award for milk and
all components.
D. Ellis and Daisy Dix, of Pleas
ant Mount, were honored for their
cow Terry’s high lifetime produc
tion of milk and butterfat. Terry
produced 273,160 pounds of milk
Schedules Meetings
will be the location of the second
meeting. Registration will begin at
6 p.m. at both locations with din
ner being served at 7 p.m. follow
ed by the business meeting.
Four director positions and se
ven nominating committee posi
tions will be voted on by the
stockholders in attendance. Re
sults of the elections will be avail
able after noon on April 5 by con
tacting one of the branch offfices.
Also, a news release will be issued
to announce the results.
and 8,778 pounds of butterfat in 16
lactations.
Jack and Ella Chyle, of Pleasant
Mount, were honored for the pro
duction of their cow Alice’s life
time production of 7,018 pounds
of protein in nine lactations.
Jim and Cindy Grossman, of
Honesdale, received a high quality
milk award for having the lowest
somatic cell count, at 78,000 SCC.
The award for having the herd
with the best improvement for pro
tein production went to N. Gary
Kravetsky, of Thompson, while
the award for having the herd with
the best improvement in milk and
protein production was presented
to Charles Keating Jr., of Lake
Ariel.
Philip Kimmel, president and
CEO of Keystone Farm Credit,
will give a report on the associa
tion’s activities and financial sta
tus for 1994 and provide a preview
of what goals the association has
established for 1995. In addition,
entertainment will be provided as
well as door prizes.
Registration materials will be
mailed to each stockholder during
March. Stockholders are encour
aged to attend the meeting most
convenient to them.
Member Achievements
From the left, Dave Banicky, representing the George and
Dave Banicky farm, and Bill Bryant are presented with
awards recognizing the achievement of a herd average of
more than 700-pounds protein production by their respec
tive Wayne County herds.
the lifetime production of one of their cows, while Ella Chyle
receives an award recognizing one of her cow’s outstand
ing lifetime protein production records.
From the left, Jim and Cinde Grossman receive an award
for having the herd with the lowest average somatic cell
count in Wayne County.