Vet School Holds Ceremony For Solar Dairy Barn KENNETT SQUARE (Chester Co.) The University of Penn sylvania School of Veterinary Medicine held a special ceremony to commemorate the construction of a 200-head solar dairy bam for teaching and research at New Bol ton Center in Chester County recently. The festivities were held at Alumni Hall, New Bolton Center instead of the dairy site. Dean Alan Kelly invited numerous people interested in the dairy industry to participate by sbumitting in writing their predic tions for the future of dairy farm ing. The predictions woe sealed in a milk can and stored in the wall of the new dairy behind a Plexi glas partition. In the year 2020, the milk can will be retrieved and opened to see if any of the predictions were truly penned by 20/20 visionaries. In attendance and submitting predictions were Charles Brosius, Pennsylvania secretary of agricul ture; Richard Newpher, executive director, Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion; Arthur D. Hershey. state rep resentative; Joseph Pitts, state rep resentative; Clarence D. Bell, state senator; Roger A. Madigan, state senator; and William Nichol. executive director of the Pennsyl vania Holstein Association. Originally named The AUam Dairy Facility after Emeritus Dean What’s your parlor productivity? What should it be? What could it be? * * m w?nw% -jl.-s <> tu«B pm mHif*asptakw Rolf Rclsgles" Pre*fefcft» & Founder of <||mmmla Dairy Automation • 11:00 “Proven Methods • 9:30 Opening Remarks of Parlor Productivity Amos Fisher, Flshsr S Thompson, Inc. S Robert Bara, Qsrmsnla Dairy Automation Da , rf Aulom °icn • 10:00 “Expanding Dairy Production in Lancaster Co.” Glen Shirk, Lancaster Co. Extension Agent • 10:30 “Delivering a Clean, Comfortable Cow to the Parlor” Robert Graves, Professor of Agricultural Engineering at Penn State University ' i ■’*- a Dr. Mark W. Allam, Class of ’32, the dairy will now be called The Marshak Dairy Facility. “It is only fitting that this dairy be named after Robert Marshak,” said Allam. “Bob Marshak, early in his career as a practitioner and later here at the school, was inter ested in research of diseases of cattle. He was instrumental in establishing the school’s Icader NASHVILLE, Tenn. Cooperatives participating in National Milk Producers Federa tion’s annual Dairy Summit are trying “to enhance farmer in come” while at the same time “lead the development of a federal dairy policy” transitioning away from government control to increased reliance on the marketplace, noted Ohio dairy fanner Herman Bru baker, board president of Milk Marketing Inc. (MMI). Brubaker of West Alexandria, Ohio, led MMTs delegation to Die Dairy Summit, held Nov. 27-30 in Nashville, Tenn, He said co-op leaders at the summit adopted a compromise dairy package to recommend to Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Milk Marketing Inc. fully endorses the compromise dairy package," noted Don Shriver, Find out how at the Tuesday, at the Lancaster Co. Farm & Home Center Arcadia Rd • Lancaster, Pa. 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM PROGRAM ,^v i-f ' f\. MMI Says Plan Saves Money £S^iRENCE^ December 12 • 12:00 Lunch • 1:00 “Building Concepts for Parlor Productivity” Robert Engle, Farm System Engineer • 1:30 “Delivering a Clean Cow to the Parlor Part 11" Robert Graves • 2:00 “Proven Methods of Parlor Productivity” Rolf Relsglea, Founder A President of Germania Dairy Automation ship position in basic and clinical research of animal diseases. As the puipose of this new facility will be dairy cattle research, nam ing it after Dr. Marshak is only proper.” Allam was interim dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine from 1952-1953. In 1953 he was appointed dean and remained in MMTs executive vice president and CEO. “This compromise package has been crafted to bring all regions of the U.S. dairy indus try together on one plan that can move us into the new marketing environment we face.” Schriver said the past few months “have been very confron tational” regarding U.S. dairy poli cy. “This plan gives us the edge we need and allows the federal gov ernment the budget savings it needs.” he said. “It is a win for everyone,” added Bill Perry, MMTs manager of gov ernmental and member affairs. “But time is short and we must move quickly if we hope to be successful.” The compromise plan recom mends: partial national pooling of Class I milk prices for two years; consolidating within two years the federal milk market orders through COSTSIO.OO PER PERSON Includes Lunch t»nc««t»r Farming, Saturday, December 9, 1995-A35 that capacity until 1973. Marshak served as the ninth dean of the school from 1973 to 1987. The Marshak Dairy Facility sol ar dairy bam will serve as a living laboratory for the School of Veter inary Medicine. This type of bam, usually built in the northern and Canada, has proved to be a big boon to the dairy industry. A solar USDA administrative process; repealing all budget assessments, and discontinuing price supports for butter and nonfat dry milk, while continuing the price support for cheese. Headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, MMI is the third largest dairy cooperative in the U.S., own- BREAKING MILK RECORDS! Lancaster Farming Carries DHIA Reports Each Month! barn is energy efficient, naturally bright, and easy to keep dry all essential conditions for productive cows. The new dairy facility was made possible by a grant from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and through the generosity of sev eral companies and other organizations. ed by 9,000 dairy farm families in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ken tucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, Massa chusetts, Vermont and Delaware. Last September, MMI members received a $2.2 million payout based on the co-op's performance during the 1994-95 fiscal year. % W' Lancaster DHIA (Continued from Pago AM) outstanding service to Lancaster DHIA. Additionally, Mylin, who cele brated his 50th birthday, was pre sented with a cake by Lancaster County Dairy Princess Heather ' Obeiholtzer and a song of well wishing by the attendees. Recently elected LDHIA direc tors include Carl Martin, John Wanner, Clair Oberholtzer, Steve Hershey, Rodney Denlinger, and Leland King. PARADISE, PA. we extend our sincere thanks to all of those who have made our success possible. HAPPY HOLIDAYS J
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