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Voi. 42 No. 18
Environment, Cost Control Keys To Successful Grazing
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
CARLISLE (Cumberland Co.)
With a keen eye on controlling
costs and making effective use of
supplemental feeds in a rotational
grazing program, a large dairy
located in north Honda is slowly
realizing returns on its initial
investment
The 500-acre Piedmont Dairy,
Trenton, Fla., begun in November
1994 as a 1,400-cow rotationally
grazed. New Zealand-style dairy
an all-season rotationally
grazed enterprise is successful
ly meeting the challenges of a sub-
USDA Seeks Comments
On Dairy Pricing
WASHINGTON
D.C. March 31 is the deadline
for submitting comments on the
way the USDA prices milk
through its basic formula price
(BFP), especially on the role of the
National Cheese Exchange.
Interested parties wishing to
comment on the use of NCE prices
in the determination of the BFP
may send their comments to Dairy
Division, AMS. USDA, ATTN:
BFP Evaluation, Room 2968-S,
P.O. Box 96456, Washington DC
20090-6456.
Comments should be post
marked no later than March 31.
Prior to attending a recent meet
ing in Scranton, U.S. Secretary of
Agriculutre Dan Glickman had
announced that he was taking steps
to address concerns raised by dairy
Yorkshire, Duroc, Hampshire Breeders
Hold Spring Show, Sale
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) The Yorkshire/
Duroc/Hampshire Spring Show
and Sale was held March 1 at the
Jim Neutzel shows his champion Yorkshire boar and
high seller of the Pennsylvsnla Yorkshlre/Duroc/Hampshlre
Spring Show and Sale. It sold for $775 to Henry Johnson 111
of Selbyville, Del.
Five Sections
More Than 180 Attend Grazing Conference In Carlisle
tropical climate and has learned
lessons that are valuable to all
dairy farms throughout the
country:
Lesson one; keep an eye on
maximizing the investment by
controlling costs.
Lesson two: environmental
issues can literally break a farm if
not followed keenly.
Those were the messages con
veyed to more than 180 producers
and agri-industry representatives
on Wednesday, the first of the two
day Pennsylvania Grazing Confer
ence held at The Embers in
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producers about how milk prices
are calculated.
Glickman was then, and still is.
seeking public comment on
whether National Cheese
Exchange (NCE) price data should
be used in the determination of the
Basic Formula Price (BFP) used in
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Maryland Jersey Club Elects Officers, Presents Awards
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
WOODSBORO, Md. Jersey
cattle enthusiasts gathered for the
76th annual Maryland Jersey Cat
tle Club meeting recently. The
luncheon meeting took place at
the fireman’s activities building in
Woods boro. The day’s agenda in-
Lebanon Area Fairgrounds and
saw 17 breeders exhibit and sell 61
breeding quality animals.
The highest selling animal of the
sale was the champion Yorkshire
boar, exhibited and consigned by
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8, 1997
At the conference, several farms that make use of extensive grazing systems were
honored by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grasslands Council (PFGC), a co-sponsor
(with the Grazing Research and Education Center) oMheconference. From left, Char
les Broslus, secretary of agriculture; Tom Williams, Dauphin County; Forrest Strieker,
Berks County; and Douglas Martin, Franklin County. Not present In photo is Jim
Welsh, Tioga County.
eluded the regular business meet
ing, election of officers, and
crowning of a new Jersey queen.
Robert and Keirie Anderson, a
young dairy fuming couple from
Australia, shared their experiences
with seasonal grazing on their
320-acre farm in Nar Nar Goon,
Victoria, Australia with the group.
Neutzel Brothers and Neutzel
Yorks and Hamps of Felton, and
sold to Henry Johnson 111 of Selby
ville, Del., for $775.
The champion Duroc boar,
exhibited and consigned by Clyde
McConaughey, of Smicksburg,
was second highest selling. It was
purchased by Kenneth Moyer of
Jonestown for $550.
There were 80 register buyers
representing six states as the sale,
with an overflow crowd in the fair
ground’s Hog Bam. Harry H.
Bachman, of Annville, served as
auctioneer.
Charles Hall is president of the
Yorkshire Association which
holds the show and sale twice a
year. For information on the asso
ciation call him at (814) 355-1647.
Also, Bachman is involved in
the breed associations and can be
contacted for more information at
(717) 867-1809.
The fall show, which also
includes offerings for youth pro
ject pigs for the Farm Show, has
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This was Rob’s second trip to the
United States; he was awarded a
trip to the U.S. as the national
youth dairy winner in 1993. The
Emily Birch was crowned Maryland Jersey queen by
Esther Hoffman at the 76th annual club meeting.
$27.50 Per Year
Andersons milk 300 Jerseys, and
have about 110 calves on their
farm. By the end of 1997, they
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