Dairying
(Continued from Pago A 22)
raw milk at the family’s home farm
in Cochranville, just of Rt 796.
“It’s something we did down
there that we thought would work
here,” said Moore, “because a lot
of our neighbors would say, why
don’t you sell milk?”
But it only lasted a year. “It cost
me mote for the test than I was get
ting out of the business,” Moore
said, adjusting his farm hat.
‘ Today, you’d be afiaid to do any
thing like that.”
The Moore family, who operate
Rol-Pen-Lyn farm (a prefix
created using first names of their
son and two daughters), farm 180
tillable acres, including 38 at the
home farm, where they raise two
separate herds. Charles and Anna
Grace Moore manage registered
and grade Holstein, while their
daughter Penny, 28, maintains a
mixed breed, consisting of Jerseys,
Linebacks, and Holsteins.
In all the Moore herd consists
of about 100 total head and the
family milks about SO. Penny is
responsible for all the breeding of
both herds, registration, net
records, DHIA, and helps milk
both herds twice a day. She also
works part-time for a local imple-
Returns Full Circle
ment dealer. Anna Grace is
responsible for the feeding prog
ram on both herds. Chivies is
responsible for maintenance,
crops, and manure removal, and
also helps milk twice a day.
At one time, Roland, 29. worked
for the family farm. In May 1994,
Roland, his wife Kelly, and their
three children moved to their own
150-acre dairy farm in upstate
New York near the St Lawrence
Sea Way, close to the college town
of Potsdam. There, the family
milks 40 cows, including Hols
teins. Jerseys, Ayrshires, and some
mixed.
Lynn, 23; is in her senior year,
studying fashion, marketing and
design at Wesley College in Dov
er, Del She will be graduating in
December this year.
What is unique is how much
farm marketing has come full
circle. Where once they sold to a
co-op, since 1985 they’ve been
part of the supply for Hy-Point
Dairy, which processes its own
milk for a variety of schools and
businesses in the greater Wilming
ton, Del. area.
It’s this regard for the specialty
markets that has turned the profita
bility tables for many dairies. For
most farm operations, survivabili
ty depends upon finding a niche
market and making the most of it
The Moores have been receiv
ing the stated order #4 price for
their milk. However, they have no
marketing dues other than the CCC
and advertising, and'their hauling
is less than some, according to
Charles. But there are some guide
lines they must follow while a Hy-
Point supplier they were
required to sign a commitment that
“we wouldn’t use BST,” said
Moore. “Because our customers
just wouldn’t allow it Hy-Point
customers said that if you use it,
we won’t buy your milk.’’
Feeding high moisture com with
a protein supplement has proven
effective in raising cow productiv
ity in the Moore herd. Rolling herd
average stands at 22,400 pounds,
milking twice a day from tiestall to
pipeline, at 3:30 a.m, and 3:30 p.m.
At one time, when Roland worked
with the hard, the family milked
three times a day and the herd aver
age stood at 27,000 pounds. But
milking that often wore down the
cows not to mention the family
members according to Moore.
On the Moore’s latest test, milk
protein was 689 and fat was 728.
Moore is one of 15 sup
pliers for Hy-Polnt Dairy, near
Wilmington, Del., which
recently celebrated ns 75h
anniversary. The bottle is
embossed in green wtth the
company logo.
The feed is mosdy high moisture
com with a 36 percent protein top
dress. High quality alfalfa and
timothy mix haylage rounds out
the feeding program.
Penny’s rolling herd average,
with 18 cows, is 21,948 pounds of
milk, 728 fat, and 684 protein.
Improvements in the feeding
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program paid off. Last year, Moore
was recognized with high protein
mature cow honors at the Chester
County Holstein Banquet. Moore
won the award at 1,122 pounds
protein with the 6-year-old Rol
Pen Lyn Alfalfa, 4-07, 303 d,
35.953 pounds. 3.1%.
In the latest test. Alfalfa was
projected at 28,144 pounds milk,
653 fat, and 850 protein. Alfalfa
still stands as the herd’s top
producing cow.
For Penny’s herd, Janita stands
out, a pure Holstein. The 6-year
old is projected at 26,160 pounds
milk. Yoyo, a 5-year-old, is pro
jected at 28,877 pounds.
Charles is happy to be able to
sell to Hy-Point, which began in
1919 and celebrated its 75th
anniversary last year. Moore was
on a waiting list for a year before
they finally joined as a supplier 10
years ago.
“It’s nice to know where your
milk is going,” he said. “And the
milk truck driver brings your milk
check on time.”
Perhaps life is a circle, when
you think about it.
“They’re real people,” said
Moore. “That’s whatl was used to
as a kid, and that’s more or less
what I like.”
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