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Eschbach Citizenship Award, a
$1,400 Farm and Home Scholar
ship, a $lOO savings bond from
Farm Women 15, $5OO Norman
Wood Scholarship, a $lOO PECO/
Solanco Science Award, a $l5O
Solanco High School Scholarship,
a Tandy Technology Scholars cer
tificate, and a President’s Educa
tion Award certificate.
Although Joy and Andrew have
competed with each other in some
FFA programs, they said they
haven’t ever felt like they were in
competition, but are happy for the
person who wins.
“We'are working for the chap
ter. not our own goals. To do that,
we need to get along,” she said.
In the beginning. Matt said, like
any one starting a new dairy, we
struggled. “It was blood, sweat,
tears, and hard work.”
The partners credit some of their
success toward spelling everything
out in an employee manual they
compiled.
Matthew said, “We’re a com
mercial dairy«farm concentrating
on efficient production of milk and
growing high quality forages
necessary to feed cows, operated
by owners and an excellent group
of employees.”
The Youngs employ four full
time workers in addition to family
members.
“My brother is my best friend
next to my wife,” Matthew said.
“The reason I think we work so
well together is that we comple
ment each other.”
Matt is the general manager and
Dave is responsible for fixing
machinery, maintenance, and
everything else in the operation.
They put in freestalls and
mattresses. ' ' *•
“We poured a lot of concrete
since we bought this place. Since
they purchased the farm, they
added calf hutches, a springer
barn, freestalls, feed rows, milking
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“We coiqplement each other
extremely well because neither of
us want to do what the other does,”
Matt said.
“That’s not really true,” his
brother inteijected. “We both want
to hunt and fish but don’t have
time.”
To be successful, Dave said,
“You’ve got to keep up with the
latest technology and be ready for
change. You’ve got to move ahead
yet keep as many options open as
possible.”
“The cows ate not registered
because we feel it’s a waste of time
and paperwork if you don’t show
cattle,” Andrew said.
His chores on the Harm are “a bit
of everything,” but centers more
on construction and maintenance.
“We do most of our own mainte
nance and build our own equip
ment,” Andrew said.
Dump trucks, pickup trucks, and
various other vehicles seem to be
everywhere on the farm.
“That’s because we have three
rented farms in addition to Red
Knob and need to haul crops in and
feed out,” Andrew explained about
the farms that are not adjacent but
within a five mile radius of the
main farm.
“Farming is a business, not a
hobby for us. If it were a hobby, I
wouldn’t be milking cows,” Matt
said.
The4oo milking cow herd aver
ages 21,000 pounds of milk.
About 100 acres are in pasture.
Another 500 tillable acres are
cropped, with 420 acres of com, 80
' of hay, and 200 are doublecropped
with rye.
“We don’t want to be big just for
the sake of being big. but we’ve
got to make money in what we do,”
said Dave about Red Knob Farm.
They’ve done a significant
amount of notill farming in the past
15 years, but they reject trying
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intensive grazing.
“When numbers are up, it’s
impracticable to implement inten
sive grazing,” Dave said.
The Youngs installed a manure
separator. A flush system moves
manure out of the bams. The water
is collected and run across a separ
ator to remove solids, which are
sold to a local composler who pro
cesses it and sells it as dry cow
manure. The water is used in Add
irrigation.
Unlike many fathers. Henry said
that it was easy for him to turn
more and more farm responsibili
ties over to his sons as he assumes
a more supportive role. Henry’s
main duties are to see to the young
PENN STATE (Centre Co.)
Wewly-clected state FFA officers
include Andrew Young from Sol
anco FFA, president; Mike Clark
from West Perry FFA, vice presi
dent; Elizabeth Hollenback from
West Snyder FFA, secretary;
Heather Lehman from Cumber
land Valley FFA, treasurer; Joy
Young from Solanco FFA, eastern
regional vice president; Bobby Jo
Robbins form Central Columbia
FFA, northcentral regional vice
president; Kristina Watson from
West Perry FFA, southcentral reg
ional vice president; John Ewing
from West Snyder FFA, sentinel;
Dan Geissinger from Juniata FFA,
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Central Columbia FFA, reporter.
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While Joy and Andrew have
excelled in agricultural-related
activities, the children said.that
they are not pushed into those
areas but have the freedom to
choose.
Joy said, “Between our two
families, most of us have been in
every program offered —music,
sports, and 4-H.”
Stacey participates in color
guard, tend, and Young Educators
of America. In addition to working
on the farm, she also holds an off
farm job at a local retirement
community.
Becky was in 4-H but now the
following activities All her spare
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Farm Bureau President John Lin
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ing information about the slate’s
number one industry onto the In
ternet.
“Individuals traveling on the
'lnformation Highway’ will be
able to learn about farming in the
Empire State through a challeng
ing quiz, and through information
about the economic impact of
agriculture on a county-by-county
basis, as well as information about
New York Farm Bureau and our
many service to member pro
grams. They’ll also get to see a
couple of scenic photos of New
York agriculture. In addition, ‘net
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Atlantic Dairy Cooperative has a 78-year history of excellent
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time: soccer, track, band,
orchestra, president of National
Junior Honor Society, and the peer
helper program.
Jason is in 4-H archery club and
enjoys hunting, fishing, and riding
cycle.
Like their older sister Joy, Eli
zabeth and Debra ride horses and
are in 4-H horse club and in the
4-H Woolies Club. In addition Eli
zabeth plays the flute, takes art les
sons for several years, and enjoys
crafts and reading.
In addition to horse, sheep and
archery 4-H clubs, Debra plays the
piano, and participates in school
basketball and soccer.
surfers' will be able to access a
wealth of information about agri
culture on the national front and
those states that are on the ‘Net’
He said, “In this fast-paced
world, it is critical for fanners to
be able to communicate as quickly
as possible. Having a Homepage
adds a whole new mode of com
munication to those engaged in
farming or in business in the rural
areas of the state and gives us an
other tool to tell agriculture’s
story.”
The NY Farm Bureau home
page can be accessed through
the American Farm Bureau
“Voice of Agriculture” site at
http://www.fb.com.
"It's great to be part of the team at
ADC that produces a quality
product and stands by its farmers. “
—Levi & LuAnn Ransom
Nicholson, PA