More Looks At Pennsylvania H m t '"iS* n. The family members of Penn Gate Farm were named premier breeder of the Pen nsylvania State Holstein Association Fall Championship. From the left, Steve Wood stands with father-in-law Robert Gitt, Christine Wood holds the premier breeder ban ner and she and Steve’s son Clayton holds the grand champion banner. A friend helps out as leadsman, while show Judge Dennis Patrick stands behind. Premier exhibitor of the Pennsylvania State Holstein Association Fall Champion ship is Campbell Run Farms, represented by the Mark Campbell and Doug Beatty fam ilies. From the left, front row are Mark, Sarah and Rachel Campbell, and Lyndsy Beat ty. in the back row, parents are Dona and Mark Campbell and Doug and Karen Beatty. From the left, Dennis Patrick, show Judge, and Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Prin cess Lisa Finch, stand next to David Kocher who holds the halter of the reserve Inter mediate champion (open and youth division) of the Pennsylvania State Holstein Asso ciation Fall Championship, while Tara Kocher holds the halter of her intermediate champion (also the state futurity winner) and state Dairy Princess Angela Weiiey pre sents ribbons. in Fall Championship Winners Isti From the left, Dennis Patrick, Judge of the Pennsylvania State Holstein Association Fall Championship, stands with state Dairy Princess Angela Werley, David Castrogiovanni with the open division reserve Junior champion, David Packard with the Junior champion, and Trisha Mcllwaln who presents the Junior champion rosette and a memento award. The youth division Junior champions of the Pennsylvania State Holstein Association Fall Championship are shown by Matthew Day with the reserve Junior champion, and David Packard who holds the halter of Trisha Mcllwaln’s Junior champion, while she presents the rosette and memento award. Maryland DHIA Report For August The August Dairy Herd Improvement information for dairy herds from the DHI processing center in Provo, Utah. The list includes herds from Maryland, Pennsylva nia, and West Virginia. The information is listed by herd name, county association, number of cows in the herd ana the aver age production per cow in the herd based on Energy Corrected Milk (ECM). ECM combines milk production and components. The ECM formula is: (7.2 x lbs. protein) + (12.95 x lbs. fat) + (.327 x lbs. milk). To be included, the herd must have 10 cows aver aging 65 pounds or more of ECM per cow, per day. All herds reported are on official DHI or DHIR test Also listed are the top ten herds in Maryland for the Brown Swiss, Guernseys, and Jerseys, and the top eight herds' for Ayrshires. High Herd ECM (Monthly) By County-Pert A Adame County (PA) Herd Cowa In Name Herd T ECM Steve & Christine Wood 73 66.2 Anne Arundel Assoc. Herd Cows In Name Herd T ECM Dairy Cattle Research 158 66.4 (Turn to Pago C 7) Hard Broad Hard Bread
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