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Pa.DHIA Field Staff Meets,
Reviews More Immediate Goals
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The field staff of the Pen
nsylvania Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association (Pa.DHIA) met
July 17 and 18 in State College to
discuss current issues and plan
events.
Dean Amick, director of field
operations, started the meeting by
initiating discussion on the impor
tance of keeping all bulk tank com
parisons within set parameters. All
region managers said they agreed
to aggresivelv pursue this matter.
The importance of each herd
receiving the correct number of
tests per year and being tested on a
regular basis was stressed. The
ability for a dairyman to manage
his operation depends greatly on
being on a regular test schedule.
Each region manager is to monitor
this situation also more
aggressively.
Also discussed was the ability to
keep herds tested when a techni
cian quits or takes vacation time.
The consensus of the group was to
give the opportunity of making up
the deficit in service to technicians
within the area of demand.
Amide gave a report on the
availability and success rate of the
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Discussion was pursued on the
subject of the Technician Advisory
Committee and the Senior Techni
cians program. A meeting is fo be
held Sept. 12 that is to include the
Advisory Committee. Also sche
duled, on Oct. 31, those serving as
senior technicians are to meet with
field staff to review a set agenda as
well as exchange ideas on different
subjects affecting Pa.DHIA.
In other business, the field staff
made schedule arrangements to
participate in the Empire State
Days to be held in New York on
August 8,9 and 10. It was decided
that field staff would be present to
discuss current programs and give
information.
A schedule was also worked out
to accommodate each field staff
memeber, so that Pa.DHIA would
also be present at the Penn State
Ag Progress Days, scheduled to be
held at Rockspring August 15-17.
It is planned that staff will have lit
erature on current testing programs
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to distribute as well as being avail
able to answer questions.
Each region manager is also to
attempt to set up booths at all
major fairs and diury days activi
ties within their region. This is to
allow members of Pa.DHIA to be
able to ask questions directly and
also to view different programs
available.
Of others topics covered, it was
reported that the Pa.DHIA Mobile
Meter Van is currently making
progress in calibrating the techni
cian’s meters throughout the state.
This procedure goes hand-in-hand
with the rules of quality
certification.
Jim Boyer, manager of the
Dairy Records Processing Center,
gave a report on changes that will
be made in the system. An update
will be made available in the near
future.
David Bigelow, training coordi
nator, gave a report on the summer
conference. He said he felt that the
emphasis placed on sales and moti
vation was well received by tech
nicians. According to the evalua
tions given out to each technician,
the sales and mo'ivationai theme
will long be remembered, Bigelow
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said.
Bigelow also asked region man
agers to confirm fall conference
dates and locations so arrange
ments can be properly made.
The fall conference is set to
allow time for the yearly exam, as
well as for more education on the
new Nutrient Program. It was
decided that Pa.DHIA should
build on the program presented at
the summer conference.
Bigelow also reported that he is
preparing a lesson program to pre-
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sent to technicians as well as agri
business people. The lesson prog
ram is to involve workshops on
records set to be held through the
state to edcuate people on
Pa.DHIA records.
During the meeting it was also
decided that Bigelow should con
tact each county agent to ask for
their participation and ideas for
county winter workshops.
For more information call (800)
344-8378.
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