Goat Producer’s Conference
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Managing the large dairy
goat herd and Ending profit in
meat kids will be just two of the
topics at the 1996 Spring Regional
Dairy Goat Producer’s Conference
here at Penn State’s Agriculture
Sciences and Industry Building.
The conference is scheduled
Saturday, March 30, from 7:30
a.m.-4:15 p.m.
In the morning, sessions include
handling milkhouse waste, masti
tis prevention and treatment, and
learning to profit from buck kids.
Also included are proper milking
equipment and deciding on
whether to join DHIA.
In the afternoon, sessions
include what the American Dairy
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Goat Association (ADGA) can do
for the commercial dairy farmer,
an overview of the milk market,
managing the large herd, efficient,
economic milk production, and an
open forum for speaker questions
and answers.
Scheduled to speak at the con
ference is Dr. Robert Herr, Nar
von, who will provide his ideas on
how to profit in meat kids. The ses
sion will include opportunities for
expansion in the meat goat trade,
and the feasibility of a meat goal
feedlot. Herr will use his experi
ence as an operator of a meat goat
feedlot to present various manage
ment techniques and the necessity
for maintaining good records.
Patti Dean will offer tips on
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managing the large herd. Patti and
her husband, Dennis, own and
operate Willow Run, Inc., a dairy
goat facility located in the gently
rolling farm country south of Day
ton, Ohio. The Dean herd includes
about 400 milking head.
Rene Deleeuw, herdsman for
Coach Farm in upstate New York,
and George Reddick, operator of
Oak Knoll Dairy in Windsor, Vl,
will also speak about their experi
ences in managing a large herd.
Deleeuw milks 400-700 goats,
depending on the season. Reddick,
along with wife Karen Lindbo,
operate a large dairy of exclusively
LaMancha dairy goats. Annual
production is 200,000 pounds and
they use a TMR.
Rd. X. Darien. W'l 53114
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Lisa Sonnen
17) 866-9217
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12) 456-1931
Judy and Larry Schad produce
milk and market their cheese under
the Capriole name. Judy will speak
about efficient, economic milk
production.
Allison Hooper, co-founder of
Vermont Butter and Cheese, and
Alan Toble, from BonGrain
Cheese, USA, will provide an
overview of the milk market.
Hooper is co-founder of Vermont
Butter and Cheese with partner
Robert Reese. Toble has served
BonGrain Cheese, USA in a varie
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ty of operational And administra
tive capacities.
The conference, sponsored by
the American Dairy Goat Produc
tion Association (ADGPA), costs
$25 per individual, with $l5 each
additional registration from the
same farm. A registration form is
included in this issue. A boxed
lunch is available for SS.
For more information, call Lau
ra Jacobs-Welch, (414) 728-1633
or Danny Harter, (814) 383-4310.
(Continued from Pago A 33)
“A strong, prudent board of
directors challenges management
and staff to seek the greatest return
on our investment in ADC,
creating the highest net return to
its members back on the farm. ”
—Richard & Janet Kriebel
Benton, PA
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