ASO-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 8, 1987
Young Farmer Convention Announces Award
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sorghum.
Conservation plans are used on
both farms with many feet of sub
surface drainage and terraces in
place to conserve nutrients and
water. These practices have
earned DEW Farms the award of
the Soil Conservation Service.
Getty Acres Farm has been recog
nized for its work in the Chesa
peake Bay Program, along with
two conservation awards.
The dairy has 210 cows plus
replacements and are milked three
times a day on a tumstyle parlor.
All bullsare raised as steers to bet
ter use facilities and crops. At the
present time there are 240 steers
on feed. A TMR is used in feeding
the herd. Timothy hay is used for
feeding and sale as mulch hay to
Chester County. The mulch hay
operation comes in a close second
to the dairy cows. It is baled in 4
foot x 4 foot x 8 foot bales for bet
ter transporting and faster baling.
Dan is active in his young far
mer chapter and also the state
executive committee, serving as
regional vice president. Laurel
works at the Federal Communica
tions Commission and has recen
tly opened a shop called “Bear &
Co.” Dan is a member of the
Bethel Mennonite Church.
According to Tom Oyler, “Dan
recognizes the importance of plan
ning and innovation, both short
term and for future activities.”
Outstanding Young Adult
Farmer Over 30
Region IV
David and Bea Waybright live
in Gettysburg. David is a member
of Gettysburg Young Farmers,
whose advisor is Tom Oyler.
The farm includes 635 acres
with an additional 270 acres
rented. Main crops are com for sil
age, grain and ear, wheat, barley,
alfalfa, and grass hay.
In 1995, David’s father Paul
Waybright passed away, leaving
David as sole owner of the farm
operation. Crop acres are kept in
high state of fertility with conser
vation practices and nutrient man
agement Drain tile, terraces, and
sod waterways are used where
needed.
The farm has 162 cows plus
replacement animals and 150
steers. Milk is sold to Mid-
America Dairy Cooperative. The
steers are sold to a local butcher
shop.
Cows are fed with computer
feeds for concentrate and milked
in a modem parlor with automatic
takeoffs and indexing. Bunker
silos and drive-along feed bunks
make taking care of cattle more
efficient.
David belongs to the Mount Joy
Lutheran Church, is active in his
dairy cooperative, and is a 4-H
leader.
Outstanding Young Adult
Farmer Over 30
Region VII
Kenneth and Denise Sanner
with son Brett live in Kutztown
and are members of Kutztown
Young Farmers, with Jon Stutz
man, adviser.
They rent the family farm from
Ken’s parents. It includes 300
acres. The main crops are com for
silage and grain, alfalfa, wheat
and soybeans. A mixture of tillage
practices are used to conserve soil
and obtain maximum yields. Man
ure storage is used to reduce fertil
izer costs and increase profits.
Computer records using PFB sys
tem help them keep a close eye on
monthly business records.
The dairy herd of 89 cows are
95 percent registered Holsteins
and are milked in a double 4
herringbone parlor. Heifers and
calves for replacements and
breeding stock sales number 80.
Cows are housed in free stalls with
TMR feeding, with a computer
feeder providing the top dress. A
new heifer bam was erected to
improve growth and reduce labor.
Ken and Denise are both active
in their respective Jaycee chap
ters. They are active in Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative on the Young
Cooperator committee. Denise
works full time as an executive
secretary at East Penn Manufac
turing. Ken is involved in his
young fanner chapter, Berks
County DHIA, Sire Power, and
Agway.
Outstanding Community
Service Award
Region VII
George and Pearl Moyer live in
Myerstown. They have four child
ren Curtis, Ralph, Mark and
Julie. George belongs to Tulpe
hocken Young Farmers, whose
adviser is Christine Williams.
Dairy and crops are the main
enterprises. The dairy was sold to
son Ralph with some acreage
rented to him. The remainder of
the farm is cropped with com,
alfalfa, soybeans, and wheat.
George is involved in many
safety meetings each year, having
lost a portion of his left leg in a
harvesting accident. He assists at
county and other events where
youth are taught safety on the
farm.
Being an advocate of land use
and preservation, George is
actively involved in his local ag
security area, the county land pre
servation board, and die county
planning comission.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
is a large part of his work. George
is also involved in the Pennsylva
nia Ag Democrats and is on Con
gressman Holden’s Advisory
Committee.
George and Pearl are both
active in the Salem U.C.C., where
George is a Sunday school discus
sion leader.
Outstanding Young Adult
Fanner Under 30
State Winner
Gary and Lisa Krall are from
Lebanon. They have one child,
Jenny, with another on the way.
Gary belongs to Cedar Crest
Chapter, whose adviser is Richard
Moore.
They lease the farm from
Gary’s parents, and rent 160 acres
with the main crops of com for sil
age and grain, alfalfa, soybeans,
rye, and grass hay. Most alfalfa is
made as haylage; rye is double
cropped to increase forage yield.
Soybeans are fed to reduce protein
costs.
Gary works with his brother
and shares equipment used for
field work to reduce investment. A
conservation plan is used, along
with manure storage to obtain
maximum yields at the least cost
The dairy has 75 cows with 60
replacements. Present herd aver
age is more than 20,000 pounds
milk. A TMR, which includes
com silage, haylage, high mois
ture ear com, roasted soybeans,
and supplement is used to feed the
herd. Hooves are trimmed three to
four times a year. All cows and
heifers are bred A.I. with Gary
doing the breeding. A calf condo
was recenlty built to better care for
calves. To improve cow comfort,
30 freestalls were added.
Gary is active in Cedar Crest
Young Farmers, having been pres
ident and on the executive com
mittee, along with many other
farm organizations. Gary and Lisa
are youth advisers in the Midway
Church of the Brethren.
Gary is president of the young
adult class.
Outstanding Young Adult
Farmer Over 30
Region V
Barry and Diane Bittner live in
Berlin with children Lance David
and Kevin. Barry belongs to the
Berlin-Brothersvalley Young Far
mers with Doyle Paul, adviser.
The 300-acre farm they own
has been in the family for five
generations. They purchased the
farm two years ago from Barry’s
parents when they retired. The
main crops include com for grain
and silage, oats, alfalfa and
timothy hay.
Conservation is important hav
ing both hills in contour strips and
low-lying fields that required
drainage.
The dairy herd contains 38
cows and 22 replacements. When
Barry and Diane purchased the
farm, many improvements were
needed in the bam. The cow stable
was remodeled, new milkers
installed, and a new bulk tank.
With the many improvements,
production has been increasing
slowly.
Because of limited space, some
heifers are sold to a neighbor as
calves with the option to buy them
back when they freshen.
Barry and Diane are members
of the Beachdale Church of the
Brethren and are active in their
young farmer chapter. Diane
drives a school bus.
Outstanding Community
Service Award
State Winner
Thomas and Leanne Calvert of
Berlin are members of the Berlin
Brothersvalley Young Farmers,
whose adviser is Doyle Paul. They
have two grown children. Both
Tom and Leanne grew up on
sheep farms and both had sheep as
4-H projects.
Shober Farm is their home, con
sisting of 300 acres 50 acres are
cropped and 65 acres are grazed.
Tom farms with his brother-in-law
Larry Shober. Sheep is the main
enterprise with 110 brood mares.
All are intenstively grazed.
Tom and Leanne are both very
involved in the Trinity United
Church of Christ. Serving on
many committees and singing in
the choir, Tom is also on the Penn
West Conference, United Church
of Christ board of directors.
Leanne is a school teacher in
the Berlin Brothersvalley School
District, involved in many school
organizations.
Tom works as a pasture
management/grazing specialist for
the NRCS and is involved in many
cooperative extension committees
and conservation initiatives.
Outstanding Young Adult
Farmer Over 30
State Winner
David and Judy Gerhart are
from New Providence and are
members of the Solanco Chapter,
with Ron Althoff, adviser. They
have three children.
The farm they live on was origi
nally owned by Dave’s great
grandfather. Farming 148 acres
with SO being rented, the main
crops include com, alfalfa, grass,
and rye. Com is for grain and sil
age. Rye is used as ryelage.
Conservation practices are very
important, having sloped fields
and some wetland. The barn’s
location near a stream creates spe
cial concerns for manure storage
and barnyard runoff.
The milking herd consists of 52
Holsteins in tie stalls and 45
replacements. Dave tries to keep
the bam full of cows at all limes to
increase production efficiency. A
TMR mixer was installed in 1993.
Rubber mats and tunnel ventila
tion provide cow comfort Milk is
marketed through Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers
Association.
Dave and Judy are both active
in the Faith Reformed Presbyte
rian Church. They were
Maryland-Virginia Outstanding
Young Cooperators in 1992 and
were on the National Young
Cooperators Advisory Council.
Dave is active in his local young
farmers chapter, serving as
president-elect Judy has a part
time job during the tax season to
provide resources for their child
ren’s Christian school tuition.
Dave enjoys farming and hopes to
pass the farm on to his children,
providing them with a good basis
to continue.
Outstanding Young Adult
Farmer Under 30
Region II
Thomas Arrowsmith, Peach
Bottom, is this year’s Outstanding
Young Farmer Under 30 from the
Solanco Chapter, with Ron
Althoff, adviser.
Tom farms in partnership with
his father and is working toward
ownership of the family farm.
Tom is responsible for the care
and feeding of all animals and
shares fieldwork and milking with
his parents.
The farm contains 80 acres,
with com, alfalfa-grass hay, and
some double-crop rye the main
crops. With limited acres maxi
mum production from all acres is
necessary. Grass is planted with
alfalft to increase yield. First, sec
ond, and fourth cuttings are round
baled and wrapped for haylage.
Third cutting is baled as dry hay.
Rye is used for pasture, forage, or
straw.
The milking herd consists of 57
registered Jerseys and about 60
replacements. The rolling herd
Jersey Youth Awards
LIBERTY (Tioga Co.) It’s
the middle of winter. School activ
ities are in full swing. Homework
never stops, and the cows in the
bam still need to be milked and
fed.
Yes, schedules are full, but now
is also the time to apply for one of
several awards being presented by
the Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle
Association (PJCA), All Jersey
youth between the ages of nine
and 19 who owned a jersey calf,
heifer or cow during 1996 arc elig
ible for one of several awards or
scholarships.
First year Jersey enthusiasts arc
invited to compete for the First
Year Project Award. To be eligi
ble for this award, applicants must
be between the ages of eight and
12 and be a member of an organ
ized 4-H club. To enter the con
test, submit the official project
record book along with a hand
written story entitled “My First
Jersey Project Year.”
The PJCA will select outstand
ing Jersey achievers in two divi
sions for the Youth Achievement
Award. All applicants must be the
owners of one or more registered
Jerseys. A junior award will be
presented to the top achiever in the
nine to 13 age category and the
senior award will be given to the
winner in the 14 to 19 age group.
Jersey youth of all ages are
Recipients
average is 14,831 pounds milk
with a S percent fat test and 3.9
percent protein. There are
classified Excellent in the present
herd.
Cows are fed a TMR with com
silage, ground shelled com, and
supplement four times a day. High
producers are fed a topdress.
Tom enjoys breeding and show
ing quality Jersey cattle. He began
his judging career in 4-H and FFA
and still enjoys judging at shows.
He would like to sell breeding
cattle and export quality animals
in the future.
Outstanding Adviser
The Outstanding Adviser this
year is Ron Althoff from the Sol
anco Chapter.
Althoff, a Penn State graduate,
has been with the Solanco School
District since 1973 and has been
the adviser for the Solanco Chap
ter since 1978. He lives outside
Quarryville with his wife. Deb,
and their two sons.
Althoff is a very dedicated
adviser. He spends a lot of time
working on the chapter’s projects.
He can be found doing nitrogen
tests, computing com yields, using
a particle separator, or reading a
compaction meter. He’ll see that a
member gets the chapter’s compu
ter to use or he’ll roast a pig for the
picnic.
Need to know if you have leaf
hoppers in your alfalfa or root
worm beetles in your com? Just
call and he'll come out, net in
hand, to find out for you. Althoff
also taught a market master Course
to teach young farmers marketing
skills. ;
Under Althoffs guidance, thje
Solanco Chapter has hosted state
summer and winter conventions
andihe chapter.has had many state
officers and contest winners. He
has helped select the teachers who
have participated in the Ag in the
Classroom project sponsored by
the Solanco Chapter. He has
served on many committees at the
state level and is on the state
executive board.
invited to compete in the Scrap
book Contest Scrapbooks submit
ted are to include the contestant’s
Jersey Projects) for 1996. Scrap
books will be evaluated on the
quality and quantity of the contest
Yet another contest for Jersey
enthusiasts to enter is the Youth
Production Contest Jersey Juniors
can nominate their registered ani
mals that are on offical DHI or
DHIA test by submitting offical
cow records issued between
1/1/96 and 12/31/96. This form is
required to give officials a
305-day 2X mature equivalent
value for the records submitted.
Finally, Jersey Youth who are
attending college or who are high
school seniors planning to enroll
in college within one year of high
school graduation can compete for
one of two $2OO scholarships.
Applicants must have been active
ly involved with Jersey Cattle for
at least two years. Previous scho
larship winners are eligible to
reapply for these scholarships.
Contest winners will receive
awards and are recognized at the
PJCA annual meeting in the
spring.
Applications are due by Feb.
15, and should be forwarded to
Michelle Ryan, youth director,
301 North Progress Ave., Harris
burg, PA 17109. For applications
and more information contact
Michelle at (717) 541-1407.