Bedford County DHIA Presents Awards
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co.
Correspondent
IMLER (Bedford
Co.) Bedford County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
held its annual awards banquet
recently at the hnler Fite Hall, in
Imler.
County Extension Agent Susan
Fox presented awards.
Walking off with top honors for
its herd management was Hidden
Fox Farm, of Mardnsburg, with a
50-cow herd.
The Steve and Jeri Ritchey
farm, also in Martinsburg, was the
second-place winner of the annual
management award, which is base
d on a point system that includes,
milk production, mastitis manage
ment and reproductive
management.
The two farms also received the
county’s top two awards for high-
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cst average milk and protein
production.
The Ritchey herd averagted
23,896 pounds of milk, and 774
pounds protein; while the Hidden
Fox herd made an average of
23,425 pounds of milk, 740 pound
s of protein.
Recognized as the most
improved in milk production. Rod
and Cathy Carson, of Martinsburg,
were honored for having an aver
age increase in milk production of
1,771 pounds.
Their 50-cow herd’s year-end
average production was 21,025
pounds of milk.
Hidden Fox was named the sec
ond most improved herd, with an
average milk increase of 1,478
pounds of milk.
As far as individual cow produc
tion, Meadow Creek Farm in Bed
ford was cited for having the most
milk-producing cow, a 4-year-old;
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while Marlin Heiscy, of Osterburg,
had the second highest milk
producing cow.
The highest protein producing
cow was also a 4-year-old, owned
by Jack E. Colledge, of Everett,
with 1,042 pounds, while the sec
ond highest protein producing cow
was from Meadow Creek Farm,
with 1,010 pounds protein.
In other business, Chris Kidd, of
Everett, was elected for the first
time to the county board of direc
tors, while Joe Carman was re
elected to a position on the board.
Also speaking during the event
was Dick Ferry, a former artificial
insemination technician from New
Enterprise.
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From the left, Chris Kidd is elected to the Bedford County
DHIA board of directors, and stands with county Dairy Prin
cess Becky Carson, and banquet speaker Dick Ferry.
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