A26-Lancast»r Fanning, Saturday, Novambar 8, 1997
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40 cows and farms 245 acres.
Operating with the goal of get
ting the highest possible output
from each cow, since taking over
the farm he has increased produc
tion from 21,600 pounds of milk
per cow per year, to 25,500 pounds
per cow, with 3.7 percent butterfat
and 3.4 percent protein.
He also does embryo transfer
work on his Bonzo One-O-One
Farm, and has had one bull
accepted for artificial insemination
work, and one contracted.
The recipient of the Holstein
Association ,USA Progressive
Breeder and Progressive Genetics
awards, he also received the herd
management award from the Pa.
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa
tion. Three of his cows are listed
among the top 5,000 dairy cows in
the nation. (There are almost
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650,000 cows just in
Pennsylvania.)
He has had the highest produc
ing dairy herd (on a rolling herd
basis) in the county for several
years, and the dairy to which he
markets his milk Taylor
Dairy has named him a quality
milk producer.
His farm is also a Dairy of Dis
tinction, a recognition by a statew
ide farm beautification program.
Other production achievements
include being second in the state in
the annual Five-Acre Com Club
competition.
Some improvements made to
the farm include' a Virginia-style
heifer bam, a 40-foot by 45-foot
machinery/commodity bam, a new
forage harvester with a metal
detector, self-unloading wagons, a
center-drive silo unloader with
remote control, new split-rail fenc
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ing around the farm, and a flex
auger feeding system.
He has attended PFB public
speaking training and the Young
Farmers and Ranchers leadership
conference. He also has assisted
with membership drives and is
helping to start a Farm Bureau
advisory council.
He is president of the Beaver
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association, as well as the Beaver/
Lawrence Holstein Club.
In other activities, he and his
wife are currently serving as chair
persons of the Special Activities
Committee fra: the 1998 Pennsyl
vania Holstein Association Con
vention (Feb. 25-27 in
Greensburg).
They also serve as hosts for
tours by school and church groups,
and they have allowed their farm to
be used in a Farm Bureau tour for
legislators.
Patrick Greaser