A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 23, 1996
DMA
Pa. DHIA Advisory
Committee, Field
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The advisory committee
and field staff of Pa. DHIA recen
tly met in State College at the Best
Western to be updated on a num
ber of upcoming projects. Among
this was being updated on Nation
al DHIA’s new environment.
Pa. DHIA recently completed
its annual fall conferences. This
year employees from each region
attended one full day of training in
State College at the Days Inn, dur
ing the week of Oct. 14-18.
These conferences were infor-
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s last week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages,
so you will need to adjust your fig-
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mative in the fact that marketing
strategies, payroll update, lab con
cerns, field talk and all the compu
ters received an update to make
the program mote user friendly.
Having the conferences in State
College allowed the staff to be
more accessible to the technicians
each day of the conference week.
Pa. DHIA holds three confer
ences a year, along with monthly
mini meetings, to continually
update and educate the technicians
on any changes. Please feel free to
contact Pa. DHIA at
1-800-344-8378 if we can assist
with your dairy operation.
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
Com, No.2y 2.94 bu., 5.26
cwt
Wheat, No. 2 4.15 bu., 6.93
cwt
Barley, No. 3 3.19 bu., 6.82
cwt.
Oats. No. 2 2.27 bu., 7.07
cwt
Soybeans, No. 1 6.34 bu.,
10.61 cwt
Ear C0m—66.41 ton, 3.32 cwt
Alfalfa Hay —138.75 ton, 6.94
The staff of the Pa. Dairy Herd Improvement Association meets with a representa
tive from National DHIA to review the policy changes to go into effect Jan. 1. From the
left, back row, is Dean Amick, Pa.DHIA director of field operations; Jill McGregor,
National DHIA director of field operations; Diane Mcllwain, Region 3 manager; and
David Bigelow, training coordinator. In the back row, from the left, is Dave Slusser,
Pa.DHIA manager; Larry Hay, Region 2 manager; Scott Williams, Region 5 manager;
Dean Aden, Region 1 manager; and David Shenk, Region 4 manager.
DHIA Code
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) National DHIA is in the
process of creating a new environ
ment in the DHIA world effective
Jan. 1.
The “Code of Ethics” will
replace the rules.
However, the real direction for
DHIA in the coming years may
not be a great deal different from
the direction of the old DHIA.
Jill McGregor, director of field
services at National DHIA, recen
tly met wih the Pa. DHIA field
CWL
Mixed Hay 135.00 ton, 6.75
cwL
Timothy Hay
6.59 cwt.
Of Ethics Effective Jan. 1
staff in State College to update
and answer questions concerning
the upcoming changes at the
national level.
National DHIA recognizes the
fact that collecting and processing
data and turning it into informa
tion that is useful to the member
ship is its main concern. However,
this same date fulfills many other
needs in the dairy industry such as
utilization by the USDA-AIPL for
genetic evaluations. In addition,
records contributing to the nation
al database are used for other
research, education and genetic
performance awards.
The ability to fulfill these
important needs in an ever chang
ing environment is essential to the
future for Pa. DHIA.
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Beginning January 1997. DHIA
will embark on a new approach to
enforcement by replacing
NCDHIP rules with record stan
dards and a code of ethics. Each
component plays an important
role for shifting the enforcement
responsibility from DHI alone to
our producers and allies.
As members of Pa. DHIA, you
will have the opportunity to be
updated by staff at the annual ban
quets as well as thorugh the use of
news releases.
Please feel free to contact a Pa.
DHIA technician, or call the Pa.
DHIA state office at
1-800-344-8378, if we can help
answer any questions you might
have regarding National DHIA’s
Code of Ethics or if we can help
with your dairy operation.