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Lancaster Holds Holstein Event
The four-year-old class at Spruce-Edge Farm.
Eleven Year
ITHACA, N.Y. As anyone
who has ever used any kind of
DHIA service can tell you, a good
technician makes all the differ
ence. When asked about Jeanne
Downie, fanners quickly tell you
how happy the are to have Jeanne
back and, when asked to describe
their Northeast DHIA service,
they easily rattle off adjectives
such as “accurate,” “dependable,”
and “friendly.”
Jeanne Downie had been a
Farm Service Technician for
Northeast DHIA for eleven years.
Leaving to try something new, she
Technician,
returned after about a year. “I real
ly missed the farmers,” begins
Jeanne. “I think there just isn’t a
better group of people to work
with.” Jeanne’s dedication is obvi
ous as she talks about re-leaming
the Dairy Comp 305 software. “I
am really working hard to leant
the software because I know how
valuable it is to them on testday.
They used to have to wait but now
they can get so much more right
away.”
Northeast DHIA provides
Dairy Comp 305 to all their Farm
Service Technicians. On-going
A few of the more than 250 dairy farmers that attended the Lancaster County Hols
tein field day Thursday evening are shown Judging the classes. This was the first time
the event was held in the evening and a free pig roast sponsored by Fowl’s Feed Ser
vice, Peach Bottom was a big part of the program- Hosts for the evening at Spruce-
Edge Farm, were Ed, Arlene, Brian, and Jill Hamish. The winners in the Judging con
test are: men, Park Ranck Jr., and Rick Wadel; women, Deb Hershey, and Susan How
ard; and youth, Justin Risser, and Timothy Erb.
Downie Returns To Northeast DHIA
training allows Techs to become
more familiar with the scope and
power of the software which
means they are in a better position
to provide superior service. The
Technicians also have a solid sup
port team in Ithaca to help with
any questions or problems. “With
Dairy Comp 305 we can get our
Action Sheets from Jeanne right
on testday. We also get some other
customized reports along with the
vet check report. We are very hap
py with both the service we
receive from Jeanne, and with
Northeast DHIA,” notes Rachael
Cippeily of Boiling Brook Farm
in Hoosick Falls, New York.
If you would like more infor
mation about Northeast DHIA
records services, or would like to
schedule an appointment with
Jeanne, please call her at (518)
854-3011, or call l-*po
- (1-800-344-2697),
and press 1 for Farm Service.
Northeast DHIA Records Ser
vices is a farmer owned coopera
tive and currently serves over
3600 members in the nine state
areas of Vermont. Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Con-
nccticut, Rhode Island. New
York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania.
The Dairy One assured. North
east DHIA Records Service
strives to deliver more substance
to the farms it services. Coopera
tive Dairy One works' to get
needed change done in the dairy
industry.