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Pennsylvania DHlA’s Downsizing, Programs Provide Positive Outlook
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania DHIA was held Fri
day of last week with a positive
outlook expressed. The organiza
tion paid off $600,000 in debt from
cash flow and new programs such
as Milk Urea Nitrogen (MUN) test
ing, and Performance Economics
have taken off better than
expected.
“There has and will continue to
be a need to provide services and
products that meet the individual
dairymen’s needs,” President Lane
Sollenbetger said in his report to
the membership. “We’ve dramati
cally down-sized the organization
in many areas, including office
space, employees, and type of
employees; for example, non
union employees in the lab. This
has cut costs significantly and has
allowed us to make tremendous
strides in paying back the indebted
ness of the organization without
increasing testing rates at the same
rate. If we had to pay back our debt
at this aggressive rate over the past
More Than 110 Participate In All-Breeds Dairy CSifvention
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The first annual Pennsyl
vania Junior All-Breeds Dairy
Convention was held last weekend
in State College with more than
110 young people, leaders and
extension agents participating.
Youth associated with all the
major dairy breeds were present
The convention started with a
pizza party and social on Friday
evening, followed Saturday morn
ing with several workshops on
reading pedigrees, judging cows,
milking equipment, dairy nutri
tion, animal byproducts and cattle
photography.
Older students attended work
shops about biotechnology, repro-'
Growers Should Watch For Potential Fruit Rot Diseases This Season
Dr. Jim Travlt, Pann Stata plant pathologist, second from left, spoke about the
potential for orchard problems this yearwlth peach fruit rots to 70 growers at the Penn
State-sponsored York/Lancaster County Tree Fruit Growers’ Educational Meeting on
Wednesday at the Farm and Home Center. The meetings continue the next few weeks
In several other regions of Pennsylvania. From left, Brenda Beieskl Briggs, director©!
the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Board; Travis; Dr. Rob Crassweller, Penn State
pomologlst; Phil Pltzer, PDA Region VI agronomic products inspector; and Dr. Carl
Felland, Penn State entomologist.
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year without cost cutting measures.
I’m afraid PA DHIA would either
no longer exist, or be unaffordable
to many of our members.
The process of down-sizing has
not bear without its problems, and
we realize that But management
and your board continue to be com
mitted to making PA DHIA afford
able and mi essential tool to profit
able dairying into the 21st
century."
In the general manager’s report
Dave Slusser said this year of turn
around was mainly due to the cost
cutting moves of 1994. This great
ly improved the organization’s
bottom line.
“The new services are designed
to help our members save money
and operate more efficient farm
operations. Slusser said, “PA
DHIA is responsible for introduc
ing to Pennsylvania dairymen IS
cents per cow MUN analysis, and
the MUN herd summary report.
We believe very strongly in this
program and how it can save
money for our members. We
wanted to keep the cost of the prog
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ductive physiology, forage particle
size and pH, and designing effec
tive advertising programs.
After lunch. Jayne Sebright and
Rebecca Sonnen from Mid-
Atlantic Milk Marketing Associa
tion gave a brief overview of dairy
promotion activities.
Convention participants then
designed and filmed their own
commercials.
Winners of the milk commercial
contest were Rebecca Comman,
Becky Kilgore, David Blake, Cris
Wood, Melissa Wertz, Stephanie
Pomraning, Kotey Zimmerman,
Jonathan McMurray, J.D. Kelly,
and Da*se Chess.
Also held Saturday afternoon
Lancastar Farming, Saturdsy, Fabniary 24, 1666
At the Pennsylvania DHIA annual meeting are from left, Lane Lollenberger, presi
dent; Bob Klndlg, former national director; and James Ferguson, VMD, associate pro
fessor of nutrition, University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center.
was a dairy management quiz con
test first place at die first-ever
convention quiz contest was a
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
WILLIAMSPORT (Lycoming
Co.) —Number 1 in the catalog, a
November 199 S Blackstar calf out
of an Excellent Leadman, topped
the Pennsylvania Holstein Sale
here Thursday night at $5,000.
Held in conjunction with the
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
$5,000 Calf Tops
Holstein Convention Sale
team consisting of Lauren
Daubert, Jennifer McMiDen, Emi
ly Norman and Erica Lloyd.
lion’s annual convention, the sale
highlighted the opening day’s
activities that bring together Hols
tein enthusiasts from across the
state.
The top-selling calf. Passion RC
Matt Margie-ET, was consigned
by Matthew Senita, from Watts
burg, and was purchased by Gisela
Olsen from A vend, N.J.
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
To control new disease chal
lenges in peaches, a plant patholo
gist told growers that “it’s impor
tant you identify the disease prop
erly so you know what the control
should be.”
Dr. Jim Travis, Penn State plant
pathologist, spoke about the poten
tial for orchard problems this year
with peach fruit rots to 70 growers
atthc Penn State-sponsored York/
Lancaster County Tree Fruit
1996 Dairy Of Distinction
Applications Sought
KINGSTON (Luzerne Co.)
Do you take pride in maintaining
your dairy farm? Does your dairy
farm project an attractive, whole
some image to consumers? If so.
the Dairy of Distinction Program
of New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania will consider your
farm for the program’s annual
Four aoeMons
Two teams tied for second. One
team consisted of Mary Morrow,
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The three nearest dams were al)
Excellent with records t040,780m,
1,823 f, 1,356 p. The dam is first in
Pennsylvania for fat and third for
protein as a 2-year-old.
Penn-Cal Celsius Jingle-ET, a
June 1995 heifer consigned by
Lester Poust, Muncy, sold to
Christopher Raney, State College,
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Growers’ Educational Meeting on
Wednesday at the Farm and Home
Center. The meetings continue the
next few weeks in several other
regions of Pennsylvania.
Travis indicated'last year an
area grower experienced ‘sub
stantial damage” with peach fruit
rot that affected half an orchard’s
fruit.
There are are three different dis
dhses that growers should be aware
of this year brown rot, peach
anthracnose, and Rhizopus fruit
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recognition awards.
The Northeast Dairy Farm
Beautification Program was first
started in 1983 to recognize the
hard work and dedication of the
farmers who maintained attractive
farms. The purpose of the program
is to instill a greater sense of con-
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$25.00 Par Yaw