LEBANON (Lebanon
Co.) Family owned Wengert’s
Daily of Lebanon is to be acquired
by national daily processor and
distributor Dean Foods of Franklin
Park, HI., according to a news
release from Wengert’s.
Harlan Wengert, chairman of
Wengert’s Daily Inc., recently
announced that the more than
66-year-old family dairy business
was to be sold to Dean Foods.
According to the news release,
Wengert’s had sales of $4O million
last year.
Within Pennsylvania, the plant
Brown Swiss Cow Sets New All-Breed,
2 Years Old, World Protein Production
BELOIT, Wis. The new All-Breed and
Brown Swiss protein record holder under 2
years old is Roll-Mead TA Jill ET
“VB5-VMS.” Her recently completed record
made at one year, 11 months of age is: 36S
days 2X 36.940 M 3.6% 1,335F4.1% 1.501 P
DHIR. This protein record is ranked number
three for the Brown Swiss breed - any age!
“Jill The Protein Queen” is also the number
one cow on the Brown Swiss Supplemental
at the Premier Showcase Sale from the Mark
Witmer Family of Rolling Meadows Swiss.
Prior to the sale, Jill had a bull contract with
Flatness International. Jill had peaked at 13S
pounds of milk per day; however, her trip
from Ohio to the World Dairy Expo in Madi
son, Wisconsin, reduced her milk production
from 103 pounds of milk per day to 58 pounds
of milk per day when she was tested on Octo
ber 28,1997, back in Ohio. However, she re
bounded with tests averaging 70 pounds of
milk during November, December and Jan
uary.
Jill is housed at her breeder’s farm. Rolling
Meadows Swiss, Colulmbiana, Ohio, where
the current milk and fat leader. Rolling Mea
dows Dots Lady “V 88” 4-09 2X 365 days
45.890 M 5.3% 2.416 F 3.2% 1.470 P was bred
and developed, and has since been sold to
Puerto Rico.
Jill’s accomplishments occurred under
everyday farmer, loose-housing, commercial
conditions. Jill is right out there with the rest
of her herdmates. She is well-fed, but not
pampered.
The Brown Swiss breed has long been
noted for longevity, strength, feet and less,
temperament and world-wide adaptability.
Lifetime high component production has
been a breed trademark. Now, Brown Swiss
enthusiasts have a new All-Breed, Under 2
Years Old, Protein Queen. Jill and her family
will continue to have a huge impact on the
world-wide Brown Swiss breed.
The Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Asso
ciation, headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin,
was founded to serve as the national organiza
tion for the registration and promotion of
Brown Swiss cattle.
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Dean Foods To Acquire Wengert’s Dairy
has been long considered to be one
of the most modem and highly
rated plants in the state, and until
the state rating system was recen
tly scrapped, Wengert’s consis
tently qualified for the high quality
“AA” rating.
(The rating system was elimi
nated at the request of die greater
dairy industry, including coopera
tives, which argued that the more
common “A” rating, though of
lower quality, was adequate for the
entire industry and that the distinc
tion was moot and expensive to
maintain.)
Cow Index List for 8/97 and 11/97. Jill’s ma
ternal brother. Top Acres Rol Mead Baeiga. is
number one (tied) for protein sire on the 11/97
PTI bull list Jill’s maternal sister, Rolling
Meadows ST Paula ET “E 91,” is the current
under 2-year-old national fat leader with
1,376 pounds of fat Paula was number one on
the Brown Swiss Cow Performance Index
List in 8/97 and number six in 11/97.
According to the news release,
“Wcngcrt's Dairy was founded in
1931 tty Samuel K. Wengert and
has served central Pennsylvania
customers with the highest quality
milk products and Swiss Premium
drinks for over 66 years.”
Wengert’s also produces and
markets the Graybill brand of iden
tical Swiss Premium dairy pro
ducts in Lancaster County.
“As a family owned and man
aged dairy, we fell that it is impor
tant to aligh ourselves with a com
pany like Dean Foods,” said Har
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Jill is a daughter of Joliann Pete Rose. Her
dam is Top Acres Westley Paulette, a fourth
generation Excellent Paulette is a daughter of
the famed Arnola Peggy Priscilla
“3E90-Elile” cow at Top Acres Farm, a “Su
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Jill is owned by Flatness International, Inc.,
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. She was
acquired during the 1997 World Dairy Expo
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Wcngert’s Dairy to our employ
ees, customers and our communi
ty. We are fortunate to have Dean
Foods as a partner since their
growth has primarily been through
the acquisition of family-owned
dairies. We will benefit from
Dean's extensive resources and
dairy expertise whiel retaining loc
al management.”
President of Wengert’s, John E.
Wengert said, “I don’t see a whole
lot of changes. I don’t even foresee
a change in our labels.”
According to the news release.
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none of the company’s 120
employees are to be affected by die
sale, and current management is to
be retained.
John B. Wcngert, plant manager
said that Wengcrt’s is to continue
to operate as a wholly owned sub
sidary of Dean Foods.
“We arc very excited about the
opportunities this creates in terms
of future growth and new products.
We are setting ourselves up for
continued success in the 21st
century."
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dairy products including fluid
milk, cottage cheese and ice cream
sold under the Dean and other reg
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like and Veg-All brand names. In
1997, Dean Foods had sales of
more than $3 billioin and has SO
plants across the country, includ
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Fairmont Products in Belleville
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