AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22, 1997
From the left, recipients of Maryland Holstein Association Progress Breeder
Awards areamy Savage, Harold Smith, Dick Sutton, Wayne Savage, Roy Crow, Oren
Bender, Carl Bender, Frank Covey, and Delvin Mast.
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secretary/treasurer were re
elected to serve another term.
New three-year directors are hill, and a veterinarian bill, as well
Ron Kling, Mike Aline, Laura as providing highlights of happen-
Phipps-Douthit, and Robert Knut- “>B* in Annapolis (the capital),
sen. Serving a one-year term will He stated that agricultural land
be D.D. Hollingsworth. preservation is the state’s top
priority program.
Progressive Breeders Registry Awards were presented to:
Marlin Hoff, 16 years; Clovertop Farm, Inc., 13 years; Carl
Bender, 12 years; Jason and Donna Myers, 9 years; Donald
Wilcom, 9 years; My Ladys Manor Farm, Inc., 8 years;
Savage-Leigh Farm, 7 years; Dennis E. Savage, 7 years; Roy
W. Crow, 6 years; Wayne E. Schrock, 6 years; Harmony
Farms, 5 years; K. Scott Hood, 4 years; Oren C. Bender, 3
years; Paul and Henry Kinsingcr, 3 years; Clcland Beitzel, 2
years; Dclvin Mast, 1 year; and Patrick Brothers, 1 year.
There were five Progressive Genetics Herd Award win
ners honored. This award is given to the herds with the high
est average TPI of all the females in the herd.
Receiving awareds were Allen Bros., with 177 head, 6
years; Richard Flickinger, 218 head, 6 years; Marlin Hoff,
897 head, 6 years; Scott Hood, 97 head, 6 years; and Jason
and Donna Myers, 144 head, 6 years.
Production and type winners were Futuraland 2020 Hols
teins; Savage-Leigh Farm; Hannahs Distillery Springs Farm;
O.C. Smith and Family; Kenneth and Shirley Zimmerman;
Tom and Joy Crothers; Oren C. Bender; Kingstead Farms.
Awards for high herd for milk-DHI went to Tom and Joy
Crothers, 89 cows and under; and Savage-Leigh Farm, in the
90 cows and over catagory.
Dr. Lee Majeski presented a brief program on the many
possibilities of using the new Breeders Net.
The featured speaker for the day program was Dr. John
Erri. Dr. Em and his wife have been veterinarians for 27
years. Dr. Erri, from Denmark, operated his own dairy farm
from 1977 to 1989. He bred the highest production bull in
Denmark
He began doing embryo work in 1982, and in 1989 his
practice went to all ET work. In 1990 he formed a relation
ship with ABS-Global to put US Genetics in Denmark.
In 1994 he and ABS bought a bull stud m Denmark to
market U.S. semen. In 1996 he formed a partnership with
Echo Farms in Denmark where he owns half the cows.
There are 400,000 cows m Denmark, 100 percent regis
tered and 80 percent on milk test. They cows are tuberculosis
and lukosis-free in Denmark.
Producers have a milk quota and the average farm milks
about 60 cows. Goals for the near future include attempting to
bring the national average up to 100-200 cows with milking
robots, perhaps by the end of 1997.
Erri said Denmark has the same problem as United States
producers, as far as milk prices dropping and working with a
high labor cost The average annual labor salary is about
$40,000.
They also have other restrictions, such as they can only
spread manure from February to spring, and must plow down
within 24 hours.
In other convention action, the ladies had a historical
theme program with tours of the old Episcopal Church,
Beaten Biscuit Store, Old Wye Gnst Mill, and Old Wye Oak.
After touring on a rainy day, a lunch and style show were
enjoyed at Bloommgdalc Place, a 17th century home. After
lunch they were free to shop at the outlets and shops in the
area.
The convention concluded with a buffet banquet where the
highlights were the youth awards. Paul Gunther was toast
master for the evening. Jana Edwards, Eastern Shore dairy
princess gave the invocation and a milk toast was given to
Sarah Bedgar, Maryland dairy princess.
Music for the evening was provided by Christy Beau
champ, Worchester County Farm Queen.
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Lewis Riley, secretary of agri
culture, was the speaker. He spoke
on different legislative proposals,
namely, a dairy bill, a pesticide
A fun auction of donated items
was held following the awards.
Farm Business Computer Seminar March 25
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin . .
Co.) Farm managers are con- t > th , y c ?" 1 P uter 18 a
tinually being confronted with gj . .. . e man y
new and changing technology. We s j^j e technology pos
have new equipment, new seed
varieties, new feed additives, and
a whole variety of improvements
coming about at a rapid pace,
Maryland Secretary of AgricultureLewls Riley is speaker
at the banquet of the Maryland Holstein Association’s 33rd
Convention.
The proceeds of $2,430 are to ben
efit the Maryland Holstein dairy
A seminar to help farm mana
gers who are contemplating the
purchase of their first computer
will be held from 10 a.m. to noon
bowl teams going to Grand Rapids
for the national contest in June.
on March 25 at the Franklin Coun
ty Cooperative Extension Office
Assembly Room, Chambersburg.
The instructor will be Tim Beck,
dairy/livestock extension agent,
York County. For more details,
call Extension Agent Philip Wag
ner at (717) 263-9226.