DHIA
g Progress Days A Success
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The central theme for the
recent Ag Progress Days held
August 12-14 at Rocksprings was
the fact that Pa. DHIA has an
award-winning laboratory, having
been rated 100 percent (Excellent)
by Paul Sauve, National DHIA
Quality Certification, while the
field service department averages
14 years of service for 117 techni
cians along with maintaining the
highest rate of usable records 83
percent for USDA genetic evalua
tions of any DHIA in the United
States.
Dairymen receiving services
from Pa. DHIA continue to enjoy
the most accurate state of the art
Milk Urea Nitrogen testing in the
nation. Lab results can be sent
electronically, fax, first or second
class mail.
Technicians use on-farm com
puters to' provide same-day test
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PAUL B. ZIMMERMAN, INC.
717-738-7350
50 Woodcorner Rd.
Lititz, PA 17543
1 Mile West of Ephrata
reports, which include persis
tency. quick overview, vet action
lists, BST action, or customized
reports to fill the customer’s
needs.
The Pa. DHIA processing de- COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Late
partment has received an ex- August tains did not come in time
cellent quality certification rating. to save drought-stricken com
Dairy records can be accessed crops in many parts of the Mid
through the Internet Thke herd Atlantic area. But they offer op
data can i'sq be easily obtained portunity for beef producers and
for records evaluations for nutri- dairy fanners to reduce the likcli
donists, veterinarians, finance of- hood of serious livestock feed
ficers, dairymen as well as other shortages this fall and winter,
consultants. The processing center How? By sowing small grains
at Fa. DHIA also has the capa- “>* late fall and early spring
bility to interface with many herd emergency grazing and for all or
management programs such as spring silage harvest
Dairyplan, Dairycomp 305, Cow- That’s the word from Lester
search, Chektech, DelavaL Surge V°ugh. forage craps specialist for
and Boumatic. University of Maryland’s Co-
After summing everything up, operative Extension Service.
Pa. DHIA enjoys the distinction of Vo ?8 h P° ints out that winter small
having a farmer owned and con- grains also serve as a cover crop to
trolled cooperative that blends the erosion,
laboratory, field services and pro- n£ | ncw fencing technologies
cessing departments all together to *P*ke it economically feasible for
make for a winning combination, livestock producers to fence their
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Mon., Thura., Frl. 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m
Tuet. A Wed. 7 a.m.-S:3O p.m.
Sat. 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here's last week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages.
Double-Crop Small Grains
To Alleviate Feed Shortage
.$7.99
$15.99
...$7.50
...55.50
..$5.25
..$6.20
..$6.95
$10.50
$15.50
$12.50
1997 BAGS Summer Field Day
...$.99
$2.50
$1.50
$3.50
$3.25
.$9.50
Lancaster County, PA
Thursday, Sept. 4
....$4.50
$129.95
52.95
...$26.98
$389.00
$369.00
$389.00
$398.00
...$10.98
...$21.98
$1.19
$2.19
Various Research Projects:
$52.50
$42.50
5.35
$19.99
$13.50
$10.50
$10.35
$13.50
$6.95
$1.99
...$.99
* Free Lunch Provided Guided Wagon Tours
y' Agri-Business Representatives to Answer Questions
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so you will need to adjust your fig- Ear Com 82.11 ton, 4.105
ures up or down according to your cwt
location and the quality of your * Alfalfa Hay —163.00 ton, 8.15
crop. cwt
Com, No.2y 2.175 bu., 3.89
cwt
Wheat, No. 2 3.198 bu.,
5.340 cwt.
Barley, No. 3 —1.98 bu., 4.237 Please feel free to contact Pa.
cw <- DHIA at 1-800-344-8378; if we
Oats 9 No. 2 —1.675 bu. 9 5.226 can assist with your dairy man-
CW t . agement record needs, or visit
Soybeans. No. I 7.067 bu. 9 our website at http://www.dhia.p
11.80 cwL su.edu today.
fields for grazing, he notes
something that wasn’t readily
available during previous drought
seasons like 1986 and earlier.
Vough recommends that spring
oats be sown immediately (not
later than Aitg. 31X since it can be
counted on to provide more graz
ing this fall than any other small
pain. Oats also make a good fall
silage crap. However, oats won’t
survive over winter as do wheat
and rye.
Ijpr that reason, it’s a good idea
to sow a mixture of small grains
(other than oats) around mid-
October. This will extend the
grazing season and make ensiling
time less critical, since the various
small grains have different maturi
ty times.
Combinations of rye and triti
cale or rye-wheat-barley are good
bets for spring silage harvest Tri
ticale also works well for hay
when no-tilled into an existing al
falfa stand.
Hairy vetch and field peas sown
with small grains make an excel-
Brubaker Agronomic Consulting Svc., Inc.
Invites You to Attend the Free
12:00 - Secretary Samuel E. Hayes, Jr.
Secretary of Agriculture
Fertility T rials Herbicide T rials
Variety Trials Herbicide-Resistant Crops
Pesticide T rials Burcucumber Herbicide T rials
Both CCA, private, and commercial pesticide update points
will be available to those in attendance.
From Lancaster: Rt. 272 N. through Ephrata. Turn left on Schoeneck Road,
Proceed to' second crossroads (Springville Rd:). Park at the church.
Reservations Appreciated 717-859-3276
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Mixed Hay —141.75 ton, 7.088
cwt
Timothy Hay—l26.oo ton, 6.3
cwt
lent forage crop for use as silage
next spring. But they will not
withstand fall grazing, Vough
cautioned, and they should be
sown by OcL 1.
He warns farmers to be careful
about sowing small grains in
fields that were planted to com
this sprig. Because of the drought,
carryover of attazine and other
herbicides is greater than normal.
This could cause adverse effects
for small grain and forage sced
ings this fall.
Vough agrees that early fall
seeding of small grains parti
cularly wheat could result in
damage by the Hessian fly, crown
and root rot diseases and various
mosaic viruses. But this concern is
lessened by increasing the seeding
rate SO to 100 percent and remem
bering that the goal is to produce
forage not grain.
Also keep in mind that rye does
not suffer damage from the Hes
sian fly. And grazing reduces the
incidence of diseases and viruses
that otherwise may occur with ear
ly seedings.