.J ''l Jf if*i T'T rr i The November Dairy Herd Improve ment information for dairy herds from the DHI processing center in Provo, Utah. The list includes herds from Maryland, Pen nsylvania, and West Virginia. The infor mation is listed by herd name, county asso ciation, number of cows in the herd and the average 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 seven herds for Ayrshires. Anns Arundel County Herd Cowe In Name Herd T Dairy Cattle Research 147 Carolina County Cowe In Herd T 213 197 Carroll County Cowe In Herd T 52 32 Hard Nam* Faithland Farm Richard Edwards Hard Mama Md.-Carroltton Gartstlyn Brownswiss James & John Myers Unicorn Associates Inc. Marlin Hoff Windsor Manor Garstlyn Holsteins Flint Hill Farm J.P. Smith Jr. R.A. S.L Doody Maple Lawn Farm, Inc. Cranberry Meadow Farms Queen Acres Jersey Panora Acres Inc. Eric F-Faith M. Burall Derrwyn Holsteins Mike & Anita Haines 61 0. Richard Flickinger 117 Byron D. Stambaugh 75 Cecil County Cows In Hard T 54 57 12 347 44 76 125 150 114 90 39 Frederick County Cows In Herd T 84 52 134 53 16 274 87 94 103 130 64 100 55 64 137 55 Herd Mama Tom and Joy Crothers Tol-Je-So Farm 1 Joy and Tom Crothers Kilby Inc. England Farm Inc. Donnon's Dairy Pioneer Valley Farm Albeck Farms Inc. Long Green Farms Inc. Zion Meadows Mt. Ararat Farms Herd Name Smith-Mead Farm Dublin Hills Swiss Dave & Carole Doody Hannahs Dist Springs Farm Dublin Hills Farm Paul K. Coblentz & Sons Hobble-Hill Holsteins Paul & Karen Dotterer Twin Oaks Farm Wilcom, Donald L. Zimmandale Farm Enfield Farm Taylor Made Farm Jerry & Dawn Murphy Glade-Rock Farm K. Scott & Judy Hood Department Of Agriculture To Dispose Of Unusable Pesticides Md. ANNAPOLIS, Md. Mary land Department of Agriculture (MDA) Secretary Lewis R. Riley announced that the department will be offering its unusable agri cultural pesticide disposal pro gram in 1997 to growers in Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s, Maryland DHIA Report For November Herd Breed ECM 66.7 Herd Breed ECM 82.6 67.0 Herd Breed 80 162 647 82 64 77 25 61 206 150 138 192 99 69 Herd Breed Herd Bread and St Mary's counties. The disposal program, spon sored and funded by MDA, is con ducted as a cooperative effort with support from the Maryland Department of the Environment the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Teabow Inc. Wayne Z Tucker Snow Hill Farm Fir-Thome 380 169 202 45 60 20 86 Garrett County Hard Cowa In Hama Hard T Jerry L Yoder 64 Guards Farm Inc. 63 Philip Beachy 59 Wayne E. Schrock 56 Fred Petersheim 58 Menno J Yoder 53 Ernest & Dan Ganoe 146 Charles Mason Jr. 65 Melinda Thomas 16 Mar-K Farms 69 Gap Run Farm Inc 86 Paul Yoder 92 Bender, Carl 111 Oren C. Bender 130 Jonas D. Kinsinger 25 Harford County Cowa In Hard T 112 48 171 151 52 107 179 Howard County Hard Cowa In Hama Hard T Paul F. Harrison Jr. 100 David & James Patrick 151 Merry Acres Farm 42 Bowling Green Farm 145 Kant County Herd Cowa In Hama Hard T ECM Centerdel Farm Inc. 145 94.1 McGuire Bros. Inc. 54 84.4 Hills Dairy Partnership 160 73.1 Roy W Crow 80 71.4 Lisa Reinhold 10 69.0 R&E Brink 72 67.0 Friendship Farms, Inc. 114 66.9 Howard McHenry 232 66.7 Greenwood Acres 74 66.4 P. Thomas Mason 80 65.1 Jonas & Ruth Stoltzfus 89 65.1 John & Kellie Cahall 59 65.1 Montgomery County Hard Cowa In Hama Hard T ECM Mendelssohn Terrace Farm 136 72.2 Beneva Farms 72 70.3 Kingstead Farms 52 66.3 Potomac Valley Assoc. Hard Cowa In Hama Hard T ECM True Vine Holsteins 76 71,9 Quean Annas County Hard Cowa In Hama Hard T ECM Benjamin Stanton 57 85.0 Boone Brothers 152 79.8 Lester C. Jones, Inc. 772 79.7 F&J Moore 145 76.9 U& WE Palmatary 191 70.9 McFarland Donnie 4 Wayne 143 70.6 . Pintail Point Farm 87 70.4 Charles R. Patterson 105 69.5 Donald W. Skinner 116 66.9 Harry L Schrader 4 Sons 193 65.3 Talbot County Cows In Hard T ECM 61 73.1 Washington County Hard Cowa In Hams Hard T ECM Afton Spring Dairy 71 68.7 Truman Martin 135 66,5 Michael Forsythe 27 66.4 Debaugh Farms 90 66.4 Creek Bound Farm 92 65.6 Curtis W Ausherman 105 65.6 Knob-View Holsteins K. Scott & Judy Hood James Baker Herd Name Maroamo Farm Homelands Farm Pieper Brothers Highland Haights Farm Inc Twin Del Farm Hawks Hill Farm Harkins Hill Farm Herd Name Wm. Brinsfield and various agricultural organiza tions. ‘This program is an excellent opportunity for growers to safely dispose of old, banned, unwanted or unusable pesticides that may have been stored for yean on their property and to remove a potential 71.0 70.5 68.3 67.5 66.8 65.5 65.4 Flint Hill Farm Herd Breed H „ David & James Patrick Ralph W. Shank Vales-Pnde Edgewood Farms Inc Seneca Ayr Farms Dublin Hills Swiss Herd Breed Garstlyn Brown Swiss Joy and Tom Crothers K Scott & Judy Hood Fir-Thomc-B Dwayne & Miriam Bell Frey, Fleming & Basslcr Rudell C. Beall & Sons Bells Delight Farm Herd Breed ECM 75.5 73.4 70.3 66.3 Ryan Bell Herd Breed Ml Ararat Farms John & Wm Schncbly England Farms Inc William B Messtx 111 Keith Dixon Dogwood Lane Farm Level Square Associates Anovadale Guernseys Walnut Ridge Farm Herd Breed Herd Breed Queen Acres Jerseys Paul & Naomi Petersheim Tol-Je-So Farm 2 Herd Breed Michael Forsythe P. Thomas Mason Gaywmds Farm Maryland Sunset View Janessa Jerseys Secret Hill Jersey Mayer’s Stoney Point source of environmental contami nation,’* said Riley. Herd Breed 'Proper disposal of unusable pesticides has been recognized by the Chesapeake Bay Program as a high priority because of the poten tial for improperly stored pesti cides to contaminate the Chesa peake Bay or other water sources. Under the Chesapeake Bay Basin wide Toxics Reduction and Pre vention Strategy of 1994, the Bay states agreed to implement pesti cide collection and disposal pro grams by the year 2000. Herd Breed “I am pleased to report that the department has been conducting an unusable pesticide disposal program at several locations throughout Maryland during the past 2 years,” said Riley. Since 1995, MDA has con ducted pesticide disposal prog rams for fanners in Caroline, Dor chester, Frederick. Harfort, Tal- r L#nc«*ter 'tamlnb, Stairiliy, DWfcrtiber 21,' 19M-Cll HIGH HERDS ECM BY BREED AYRSHIRE men HERDS ECM BY BREED BROWN SWISS HIGH HERDS ECM BY BREED GUERNSEY HIGH HERDS ECM BY BREED JERSEY 64 9 64 4 *52 4 47 6 18 8 86 4 111 69 4 65 5 63 3 62 9 57 3 52 5 51 7 49 4 50 0 49 5 45 4 45 5 67 5 65 2 61 4 60 0 57 5 54 0 52 4 50 6 45 7 bot, and Washington counties. More than 48,000 pounds of unus able pesticides were collected in the six counties from 122 farm sites. MDA received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help fund the collection programs. The 1997 pesticide disposal program is available free of charge to farmers or producers, such as Christmas tree growers, nurserymen, and greenhouse oper ators. The deadline for farmers to register to participate is Feb. IS. Registration forms to participate in the program are available from Cooperative Extension Service offices in Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St Mary’s counties ansl from MDA. For additional information, contact Mary Ellen Setting, Chief. Pesticide Regulation ’Section, Maryland Department of Agricul ture, Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 841-5710. 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