Lowest SCC Crawford DHIA Herds For February The lowest rolling SCC herds in Crawford DHIA as of the month of February are as follows: urn 6IKALD R DOIOVAI IVIRITT BRADUT RAID! IBITMAI SIAWOI BRIIDA IMII ALBIRT BRiniß (OUJAIIT TROTH! lIWIIB A JODI NOOX IRTAI R 1C CUIDT DOIALD I BATOR SARRI RAGWI 6ARTKARW PRIIIRMDIH onus B lAIPASI SIMHOPI FARMS Manage The Unpredictable By Managing Risk WEST DES MOINES, lowa package of hybrids with a diverse Since no one can predict (he set of genetics for their operation, weather, industry experts advise Ray Riley, northcentral Com farmers not to depend on (me hy- Bek research director for Pioneer brid to cover the unexpected dur- Hi-Bred International, Inc., said ing the growing season. growers need to analyze multiyear Instead, farmers should manage and regional information before their risk by selecting die best selecting a package of com hy- Mifflin County Holstein Club Meets (Continued from Pago 11) Mifflin County Holstein Club on its successful summer sale. In other action, Michael Ammon, club president was in charge of the meeting while Dar vin Yoder presented the minutes of the 1995 meeting and gave the treasurer’s report Also speaking was county Dairy Princess Diane Yoder. Guest speaker Jones gave an informative talk and presented a glimpse of the ups and downs of managing a 600-cow dairy opera tion, run by a family corporation that includes Sean, two brothers and their parents. Ten months prior the favmily had moved their 400-cow herd from New Jersey to Maryland, expanding in the process. with +Z seedling resistance The +Z- advantage New +Z alfalfa varieties have high levels of genetic seedling resistance to Phytophlhora and Aphcimmyces For alfalfa growers, this means thick and healthy stands, better winterhardiness, longer stand life and higher yield potential. Introducing Innovator-^ For high stem protein, high digestibility • NIRS selected for high stem protein, total protein • Outyielded 80 other varieties in univeisity dials • High digestibility for more milk and beef • High resistance to four major alfalfa diseases • Excellent winter survival • Fall dormancy rating 3-0 Call or stop by soon to see the difference +Z makes! Pi. ROHRER & BRO, INC. Smoketown, PA RIA 10. BRO SCC COBS TOW TITDSVIIU CMTIRVIUI COCHRAITOI CIITIRVIIII SPARTAIBBDRG CMTIRVIUI SAI6IITOW COCHRAITOI ADANSVIIII COCHRAITOI COCHRAITOI ciitiiviiii ISPTTIILI “We set goals for the various parts of the operation,” he said. “Our cows are milking 77 pounds now. Our goal is 80. Right now our max cell count is 200,000. Our goal is 150,000. Our herd average of 250,000 on 400 head has dropped since the expansion.” Jones also said their goal for number of cows is 1,200. Jones’ father, a milking equipment dealer, designed the double-12 parlor for one-man milking. The operation milks three times per day at a rate of 80 cows per hour. He also covered herd health, manure management, reproduc tion, and the use of a computerized identification system. He also said their farm has more cows than their town has people. PH. 717-299-2571 DU A TODIR D J OPn ACRIS RICHARD 6 PICAI JAWS * JAIIT HOITIR LISTIR R MAST ALU TRAVIS BIT VAUII PARIS WILLIAM GIKIRICH DAIA H HARTII DIM HOUI RICHAIDiCIIDT PORTIR MARSHALL LIVII6STOI RATMOID A BOLABAD6H lICIIISOI PARI 2 AID! GIKIRICH LAST STOP PARI HAIL t USA HAMILTOI ROIALD KALIIONSKI RTID HOW PAMS brids. “Pot example, since 1995 con ditions varied greatly, fanners will want to look at several years* worth of data on the top hybrids to see how they perform over a wide range of environments in various conditions,” Riley said. Each hybrid has its strengths and weaknesses. Farmers need to _ consider soil-types, disease, or in sect problems and other condi tions specific for each field. “Disease and pest pressures dif fer from one field to the next,” said Dr. Bill Dolezal, a plant pathologist with Pioneer. "Dial's why Pioneer recommends plant ing a package of hybrids. It’s criti cal to plant a hybrid that has the traits that fit the agronomic pres sures specific to that field. Very rarely will growing stresses and field conditions be die same for all of a grower’s acreage.” Walker Kirby, a University of Illinois Cooperative Extension pathologist, said farmers should not loss out a hybrid for next year just because they had problems with it this season. “Growing conditions were so unusual in 1995 and had such a huge effect on yields. 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Each year Pioneer conducts thousands of side-by-side comparisons to pro vide more information for custom ers. “We know the expected perfor mance of a hybrid across a range of environments and over a series Tractor, Machinery Certification Course Set COAL TOWNSHIP (Northum berland Co.) —Any boy or girl 14 or 15 years of age who is planning to work off their family-owned farm must successfully complete a tractor certification course to leg ally work for someone other than on their own family farm. Thirteen-year-olds may take the course and test but will not receive a certificate until they reach 14. A certification course is planned for the multicounty area (including Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, and Un- CCA TREATED FENCE POSTS Build Tour Own Fence Uncart* mining. Saturday, March 9. 1996-Dll MIADVIIII PITTSPIIID SAI6IRTOW TOIIVIUI SPIIHGBOIO juistow CIITIRVIIII SAIGIRTOW MIADVIIII COIIIADT Ull COCHRAITOI GDIS MILLS MIADVIIII SAIGIRTOW ATIAITIC SPARTMSBDR6 SAIGIRTOW SPARTAISBDRG of yean because of our extensive on-farm testing,” said Riley. The company’s information management system enables per formance data to quickly be trans lated into data faimera and seed professionals can use for decision making. Farmers can work with their seed sales representative to examine a hybrid’s performance over time and across geographic locations to see if it is a good match for their farms. ion) to begin at 6 p.m. on March 19 at Deerfield Ag and Turf just off the Watsontown Exit of 1-180. The course will continue for seven or eight weeks. Videos, hands on, and practical driving experiences will be fea tured. Vernon Brose, retired Northumberland extension agent, will teach the course. 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