Vol. 42 No. 22 ' New-Direction *s Cameo Cow Wins Grand At Spring Show VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) An aged cow owned by New Direction Holsteins in Mid dletown was named senior and grand champion of the 44th Pen nsylvania Holstein State Spring Show March 28 at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. Judge for the show was Callum McKinven, of Melbourne, Quebec. Owned and teed by Dr. Alan McCauley, who owns Ncw- Direction Holsteins along with wife Sandy and son Tom McCau ley, Ncw-Dircction Jet Cameo has been showing well for them for several years at different sanc tioned events. The best bred and owned animal of the open division show, bom May 6,1989, the Bridon Astro Jet dahghter had been entered in the 125,000-pound milk production class, but was moved to the aged cow class where she edged out the 1997 state Farm Show Supreme Champion Cow Walnut Hill Logic (Turn to Page A2O) Dairy Conference Looks At Past, Future EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor PHILADELPHIA - The North east Dairy Conference held down town in the big city commenced with some reminiscing and a look forward to the challenges in the future of the dairy industry. Ivo V. Oto, Jr., the former presi dent of Atlantic Dairy Coopera- * tive, and now a director of Land O* Lakes (the merger of the two cooperatives became effective Tuesday) opened the program with a look back. “About 80 years ago and three blocks from where I am now stand ing, a group of dairy farmers met to U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, on the right, talks with the owners of Catalpa Farm In Mid dletown, the site of his public announcement about dairy pricing. From the left Is Ray and Dale Kennedy and their mother, Mrs. Kennedy. Five Sections From the left, with the open division champions of the 44th Pa. Holstein Association Spring Show are state Alter native Dairy Princess Lisa Fitch; reserve grand champion co-owners Paul Near and Dianne Clock; Heather Morrell jpo stands with her father Robert Morrell who holds the discuss the milk marketing situa tion of their time.” Oto said. ’They concluded that production of milk, in and of itself, would not guaran tee them a livelihood. Milk market ing and higher prices meant that the farmer had to travel past the farm Water, Rocks, Bottles Pose Berks Conservation Farm Challenges ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff WOMELSDORF (Berks Co.) What are some of the problems that concern a conservation farmer? A list could include handling excessive water on the Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 5, 1997 gate and follow the milk to market Those fanners formed Inter-State Milk Producers* Association, that later joined Lehigh Valley Dairies to become the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative. (Turn to Page Al 9) farm... limestone rocks in the fields that can wreak havoc on equipment... cans and bottles thrown haphazardly in a waterway that could be chopped up and eaten by cows along with the forage.... Those are some of the chal lenges faced by dairyman Roland halter of the reserve grand champion; Tom McCauley at the halter of the grand champion and best bred and owned of the open division; show Judge Callum McKlnven; Sandy McCauley and Alan McCauley; state Dairy Princess Angela Weiiey; and Mylin Good. - Daylight-Saving Starts Sunday It’s daylight-saving time again. Officially, at 2 o’clock Sunday morning, April 6, the change Is made. To be sure you are on time, set your clock one hour ahead Saturday night before you go to bed. Farmers with livestock, espe cially dairymen, will want to make special adjustments to not disrupt feeding and milking schedules. Feeg in Womelsdorf. On Wednes day this week, Feeg. who will be honored Monday night as Berks County Conservation Farmer of the Year, spoke to Laneatur Farming about the challenges he and other farmers face in the ’9os. ‘Tm not really worthy of this honor,” Feeg indicated. “There are lot of other people involved Sen. Specter Calls For Milk Production Price VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday announced that he is urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman to establish a minimum milk price to farmers that provides to the cost of production. The announcement was made at the Catalpa Dairy Farm owned by Ray and Dale Kennedy, in lower Dauphin County near the border with Lancaster County, during a last-minute public news confer ence organized by Specter’s staff. Though not talking in specifics, Specter told the group gathered in the cow bam (because of strong winds and cold temperatures) that he has requested that Secretary $27.50 Per Year I’m not a fellow who wants public ity. I just did what needed to be done.” Before speaking about the bene fits of conservation, Feeg pointed out that others need to be recog nized for putting extensive conser vation renovations in place on the farm. (Turn to Page A 32) Glickman use his emergency authority to raise the basic price of milk to farmers. The milk pricing problem has been ongoing. While cow feed prices skyrock eted last year, driving up prices to dairy farmers and driving down cull cow prices (flooding the beef market), the price of milk had been up to near record levels also, though the increase in milk price lagged by weeks compared to feed prices paid by farmers. Then, last fall, milk prices plummeted almost $4 primarily because the price of cheese at the National Cheese Exchange in Green Bay, Wiscon sin, dropped significandy. The price of cheese at the NCE (Turn to Page A 22) SOt Per Copy
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