A26-L*ncMt« Farming, Saturday. Fabniary 24,
More Than 110 Participate In All-Breeds Dairy Convention
(Continued from Pago A 1)
Stormi Greek, and Jeremy
Daubert. The other second-place
team had members Andrea Koins
ki, Meredith Bailey, Eric Poole
and Justin Wivell.
After a buffet dinner Saturday
evening, a mock sale was held with
teams of “buyers.” They pushed
the sale average to $7,700 for 36
tots representing all breeds. The
target average was $3,380, so there
were a few bargains in the “sale.”
The winning teams making the
best judgments and purchases
were recognised Sunday during a
brunch.
Among the sale teams recog
nized wore three. One of the teams
consisted of Jessie Bates, Colleen
Isliman, Angela Werley, and
Heather Oberholtzer. Another had
members Lauren Daubert, Jennifer
McMiHen, Emily Norman and Eri
ca Lloyd. The third team recon
gized consisted of Jason Stam
baugh, Greg Hemsarth, Jeremiah
Mensinger, Erin Leach and Jennif
er Davis.
Keynote speaker for the brunch
was John Rodgers, who gave a
motivational speach intended to
provoke thoughts about presenting
a positive image and setting goals.
Also addressing the group dur
ing brunch was state Dairy Prin
cess Rhonda Kieklak.
The convention was sponsored
by the Penn State Dairy Science
Club in cooperation with Penn
State Cooperative Extension, and
was described as a great success by
Dale Giver, a Penn State dairy sci
Dressed for effect, John Rodgers, keynote speaker,
makes his way through the audience of those attending the
Pa. Junior All-Breeds Convention brunch.
Farm Labor Expert To
Hold Workshops
PHILIP WAGNER
Franklin Co. Extension
Dairy Agent
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) After one year of plan
ning; Dr. Bemie Erven will be
coining to Pennsylvania for two
one-day labor strategies work
shops - March 11 in Franklin
County and March 12 in Lancaster
County.
Both day long extension spon
sored workshops will be geared to
personnel management as it re
lates to the dairy farm. However,
many of the principles he teaches
apply to any agricultural as well as
non-agricultural business.
Dr. Erven is a professor and ex
tension specialist at Ohio State
University and is a nationally re
cognized teacher and authority on
farm personnel management. He
is an outstanding public speaker
and audience-pleaser who has
spoken to farm and non-farm busi
ness groups in many states and at
ence specialist who works with the
Penn State Dairy Science Club and
state 4-H and FFA dairy activities.
- Convention committee co
chairman Marel Raub said, “This
was a good chance to dairy youth
from around Pennsylvania to meet
others with mutual interests and
form friendships.
‘Teamwork was a major com
ponent of the convention, and we
hope that participants learned to
work together to achieve common
goals. We are also very grateful to
the sponsors that contributed to
this event”
Contributors-includes Protiva (a
unit of Monsanto). Sire Power,
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative.
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative,
Maryland-Virginia Milk Produc
ers, Milk Marketing Inc.,
ADADC-Mid East and Pennfteld
Feeds.
Melissa Morrow, also a co
chairperson for the convention
who helped coordinate most of the
activities for the weekend told the
group, “You are the dairy leaders
of today and tomorrow. We are
excited to have you here, and we
hope that you will take what you
leam home to your counties to help
promote the dairy industry.”
Plans are already underway for
the 1997 Pa. Junior All-Breeds
Convention to be held in February,
though specific dates are to be
announced.
For more information about the
Penn State Dairy Science Club and
the convention, call Dale Giver at
(814) 863-3914.
(Turn to Pago A 27)
many national meetings.
Labor issues such as recruiting,
training, delegating, motivating
and compensating need to be ad
dressed by many farmers.
Do you want to leant how io
farm successfully with other fami
ly members?
Do you want to manage your la
bor force more effectively - hired
and family?
Do you want to to leant how to
recruit, train, compensate and
keep good employees?
Do you want to reduce em
ployee turnover?
Do you supervice or intend to
supervise other people?
If the answer to any or all of
these questions is YES, this work
shop is for you. For registration
information and a copy of the pro
gram flier, call the site nearest
you. Phone numbers are: Franklin
County Extension 717-263-9226
or Lancaster County Extension
717-394-6851.
The first place winners of the dairy management quiz contest at the first-ever Pen
nsylvania Junior All-Breeds Convention and also one of the winning teams of the con
vention mock sale are, from the left, Lauren Daubert, Jennifer McMillen, Emily Nor
man, and Erica Lloyd.
Among the winning teams of the Pa. Jr. All-Breeds mock sale contest are, from the
* left, Jessie Bates, Colleen Ishman, Angela Werley, and Heather Oberholtzer.
Among the winning teams of the Pa. Jr. All-Breeds mock sale contest are, from the
left, Jason Stambaugh, Greg Hemsarth, Jeremiah Mensinger, Erin Leach, and Jennif
er Davis.
mars... sntlon milk commercial contest are,
the left in the front row, Rebecca Comman, Reeky Kilgore, David Blake, Crie Wood and
Melissa Wertz. In the back row, from the left, are Stephanie Pomranlng, Korey Zimmer
man, Jonathan McMurray, J.D. Kelly, and David Chase.