BLUE BALL (Lancaster
Co.) The Blue Ball National
Bank held its 14th annual agricul
tural seminar Tuesday in the Blue
Ball Fire Hall, with about 200 pe
ople attending.
The event is held annually as an
educational service for the bank’s
agricultural lenders, to provide an
opportunity to explore some of the
most relevant issues affecting the
farm entrepreneur.
Bank representatives Alan
S track, an agricultural banking
officer, and Kenneth Overly, vice
Maryland Holstein Association
Announces Annual Meeting
UNION BRIDGE, Md. The
Maryland Jersey Cattle Club has
announced that its annual meeting
has been set for 10:30 a.m., March
1. at the Woodsboro Activities
Building in Woodsboro, Md.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
in the Activities Building, located
along Coopermine Road.
The deadline for making reser
vations is Feb. IS. For information
on reservations and more details
on the meeting, call Cindy or Fern
Hines at (410) 775-2629.
At the same time the Maryland
JCC is to hold its meeting, the
Maryland Junior Jersey Cattle
Club is set to hold its meeting in a
different room in the Activates
Building.
In addition to regular business at
the Junior meeting, scheduled is
the coronation of the Maryland
Jersey queen; the presentation of
the John Stiles, Dr. Hoopes, and
Junior All-Maryland awards; and
the J. Hansen Hoffman award and
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president of its agricultural sales
and service, ran the program and
were joined by Melvin Pankuch,
president and chief executive
officer who provided closing
remarks, as well as Norman Han,
chairman of the board. Also help
ing with the program was Marlene
Rice. Blue Ball National Bank’s
community banking officer.
Pankuch welcomed the group
and gave opening remarks, as well
as closing remarks.
Other speakers included
Michael Peuler, CPA, CFP, the
scholarship.
Also scheduled is a fun auction.
Those interested in being con
sidered for queen, any of the
awards or the scholarship must
contact the specific committee
chairperson overseeing that award
or recognition no later than Feb.
15.
For the queen contest, contact
Ester Hoffman at (410) 634-2255.
For the Junior All-Maryland
awards, contact Mike Birch at
(410) 557-6450.
For the production awards, con
tact Debbie Osborn at (410)
775-2420.
For the scholarship, contact
Carol Kahler at (410) 775-7177, or
Jean Fender at (410) 775-7693.
In other business, it was also
announced that junior members
are encouraged to display their
Jersey awards, ribbons and photo
graphs to set up a display. For
more information, call Cindy or
Fem Hines at (410) 775-2629.
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bank’s senior vice president and
division manager of trust services,
discussed long-term financial con
siderations and tools. His topic
was, “It’s a family operation. Can
we keep it that way?”
He discussed using professional
services for financial planning and
creating a business and estate that
reflects personal desires and that
helps achieve personal and family
Tioga County Dairy Day
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the best indicator of how efficient
ly you’re feeding the cows.”
The average body condition
score, as noted by both Putman and
Dairy Consultant Jim Larkin,
should ideally be plus or minus
three.
“You want to have the cows
ready for calving when you dry
them off. You don’t want to
change the score in the last 60
days,” said Putman. “Heavier
cows present a management chal
lenge. They’re the ones who come
down with ketosis of a DA.”
Larkin agreed and added that
body condition scores range from
one (very thin) to five (extremely
fat).
goals. He also talked about why it
is important to be selective in
determining from whom advice
and consulting skills are sought,
and how to be selective.
Also speaking was Don Weav
er, who has a family farm business
and who disucssed the organic pro
ducts market and how a demand
exists for commodities and pro
ducts that meet organic-production '
“The number three cow is the
one we want to have all the time
with the exception of the dry cow
that we want to have a little hea
vier.” said Larkin.
Areas assessed are the loin area,
the thurl and tail head. A seme 1
animal has no fat and bones are
distinct. A score two animal has no
extra fat and you can see a distinct
“V” in the loin. In a score three
cow you begin to see a little fat lay
er over the loin and over the hooks
and pins. There is no distinct “V”
in the loin area. In cows that score
four and five there is progressively
more and more of a fat layer on the
loin, hooks and pins and the tail
head is generally filled in.
“I don’t like thin cows, but if I
had to err on one side or the other.
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Weaver repeated several times
that the organic market wasn’t Qv
everybody. He said that it is a
strategy that requires seeking a
market and also knowing how to
farm without man-made chemical
pesticides and fertilizers.
Also, such non-use of man
made chemicals in production
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I’d take a cow that’s a little bit thin
ner than one that’s a little heavier,”
Larkin explained.
The Dairy Day topics were
selected from suggestions made by
Tioga County farmers and organ
ized by Tioga County extension
agent Craig Williams.
‘Tioga County Dairy Day is
planned to make your business
more profitable,” said Williams.
Human nutrition was not
ignored at Dairy Day either, as the
many exhibitors and industry rep
resentatives sponsored an all-you
can-eat pancake breakfast to start
the day and a dairy break including
jnilk punch and cheese served by
Tioga County Dairy Princess and
Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy
Princess Lisa Fitch.
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