Commercial Dairy Meetings Set
MT. JOY (Lancaster Co.)
Supplemental lighting for cows,
palpation rails, feed bunk manage
ment, Spanish speaking labor, wa
ter troughs in tie stall bams, green
house barns, 3x/day milking, heat
stress management, and POSI
LAC® 1 STEP™. What in the
world are we talking about? Dis
cover how these new management
practices are creating additional
possibilities for dairy producers to
increase milk production!
Monsanto Dairy Business will
be sponsoring the six bam meet
ings held between August 3-12.
Please review the host farm list
below to decide which meeting
you would like to attend. The
meetings will be held between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. unless otherwise
noted. Lunch will be provided!
Tie Stall Meetings
Date: Tuesday, August 4
Location: Marvin R. Stoltzfus
Farm (Mar M Farm), 392 E. Eby
Rd., Leola.
Two years ago when we visited
Mar M Farm, the cows were aver
aging 80 pounds per day. Today,
they average 100+ pounds per
day. Witness their success through
discussions on nutrition, 3x/day
milking, water availability, and
cow comfort
Date: Wednesday, August 5
Location: Vem Umble’s Farm,
1135 Bartville Rd., Christiana.
The Umbles’ herd is averaging
90 pounds per day cm a 3x/day
milking schedule. Come see the
greenhouse bam for dry cows and
heifers in addition to their new
water troughs and excellent cow
comfort This meeting is sched
uled from 9 aan.-l pjn.
Date: Thursday, August 6
Location: Lavem Martin, S4S
Schaeffer Rd., Lebanon.
Lavem is milking 3x/d|y in his
VA -year-old tie stall bam. We
will focus on how supplemental
lighting, a pre-cooler and water
troughs can take production and
profits to the next level. This
meeting will be held from 9 a.m.-l
p.m.
Date: Tuesday, August 11
Location: David K. Stoltzfus.
1148 Goshen Mill Rd., Peach Bot
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Topics for discussion will include
feed bunk management, bam de
sign to promote natural ventila
tion, water troughs, and heat stress
management.
Date: Wednesday, August 12
Location: Ben Lapp. 170 Plea
sant View Rd., Honey Brook
Ben has done a tremendous job
of improving cow comfort and
ventilation in his existing bam.
What’s next? Water troughs, wa
ter bowls, pre-coolers, nutrition,
and feed bunk management are a
few topics that we will discuss.
Date: Thursday, August 13
Location: Jay Martin, 2417
Bossier Rd., Elizabethtown.
Jay has installed a pre-cooler in
his tunnel ventilated bam and we
Futures Market Seminar
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)-
Many grain farmers are asking
questions about their marketing
opportunities for the 1998 har
vest. Unfortunately, some of the
best pricing points might have
occurred last fall. The chance to
secure favorable price protection
appears limited for those growers
that have not already locked in
prices. The opposite side of the
coin is represented by the live
stock farmers that locked in feed
prices last fall, only to see better
pricing opportunities as the year
progressed.
Both cases illustrate the need to
constantly stay informed about re
lationships in the market.
Current market factors include
the collapse of Asian currency, the
largest bean crop in history, wheat
cheap enough to feed livestock,
the soaring U.S. stock market,
Economic Uniqp, re
duced and eliminated government
programs, low interest rates and
moderate energy costs. Nationally,
22% more com, 63% more wheat
and 15% more beans are stored on
farm than during 1997. As Texas
starts to harvest a drought stricken
com crop, regional farmers are
seeking advice for their opera
tions.
will be able to see it in action!
Dan Gaud, Monsanto area mar
keting manager, requests that free
stall dairy producers interested in
seeing new management practices
to please be patient We are plan
ning a “Create the Future” expan
sion meeting later this year or ear
ly 1999. We will focus on many
aspects fo pre and post expansion.
Also, we will try to visit a farm
that employs new practices such
as management rails, wafer
troughs, positive cow flow, and la
bor management
Please make reservations by
calling: 1-800-300-6209 by July
30 so that we can have plenty of
food available! We are looking
forward to seeing you!
To address these concerns, the
Lehigh Valley Grain Marketing
Club, Keystone Farm Credit and
Lehigh County Cooperative Ex
tension are sponsoring a free Ag
ricultural Marketing Seminar.
Mark Gold is the featured speaker.
Mark Gold, an internationally rec
ognized authority on agricultural
markets will be giving a seminar
on August 7th, 7:00 p.m. at the
Penn State University, Lehigh
Valley Campus.
Mr. Gold is a veteran trader,
floor broker and adviser working
for Futures Express, Platteville,
Wisconsin. His market commen
taries appear regularly on DTN.
Mr. Gold’s talk will cover;
1) What is the CBOT? What
are the misunderstandings about
its function?
2) Six-step program to set a
minimum price.
3) Options and why they work
for you.
4) Finding peak opportunities.
Contact Keystone Farm Credit
(610) 395-6831 or Lehigh County
Cooperative Extension (610) 391-
9840 by August 3rd, to reserve
your seat for the discussion of this
timely topic.
Information Meeting Set
To Form Tobacco Cooperative
PARADISE (Lancaster Co.) —Another meeting to discuss the possi
bility of forming a tobacco marketing cooperative in Lancaster County
is set for Tuesday evening at the Paradise Tobacco Bam. Starting time is
8 p.m. Jane Baimer, president of the Lancaster County Farm Bureau,
said the informational meeting is set to inform growers how it is done in
other states.
Because much of the 1997 crop is still unsold and there is concern for
the 1998 crop, growers are in need of some way to cooperatively And a
market for their crop. Two meetings were held earlier this year with
more than 400 farmers attending.
Luzerne County
Farm Day Set
WEST PITTSTON (Luzerne
Co.) The first annual Luzerne
County Farm-City Day is sched
uled Saturday, Aug. 1 at the Ray
Hillman Building, Luzerne
County Fairgrounds, Dallas.
Beginning at 10 a.m. and con
cluding at 4 p.m., there will be
something for everyone.
A number of scheduled work
shops will be taking as follows:
10 a.m. - Preserving Food
Safely; 10:45 a.m. - Preparing
Your Roses for Winter; 11:30
a.m.; Maintaining Your Trees
Properly; 12:15 p.m. - Horse
Shoeing Demonstration; 1 p.m. -
Fall Bulb Planting; 1:45 p.m. -
Draft Horse Demonstration;
2:30 p.m. - S.P.C.A. Adoption
Process; 3 p.m. - Nut Tree
Grafting Demonstration; 3:45
Pennsylvania Requires
Vet Certificates
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10-day to two-wcck period for
resolution of the symptoms.
This is a precautionary step to
protect our very important animal
industry in Pennsylvania," Hayes
said. “There never has been a case
of vesicular stomatitis diagnosed
in Pennsylvania, and we want to
make sure we remain free of the
disease."
The viral disease is found pre
dominately in horses, cattle and
swine, and is spread by insects.
Sheep and goats can also be
affected.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1998-A25
p.m.
Sundae,
A number of activities will
also be taking place throughout
the day including a petting zoo,
horse show, hatching chicken
eggs, farm equipment displays,
farm fresh produce for sale, chil
dren’s games, draft horses,
exhibits, wood carving, wool
spinning, pony rides (small fee
will be charged), building your
own scarecrow, watermelon eat
ing contests held every hour
beginning at 11 a.m.; and plenty
of refreshments and ice cream.
For more information contact
Donna Grey, Penn State
Cooperative Extension, at (717)
825-1701 or (717) 602-0600; or
Pam Fedak, Farm Service
Agency, at (717) 779-0732.
The official veterinaiy certifi
cate required for animals coming
into Pennsylvania from those three
states must certify that the animals
have been examined and found to
be free of vesicular stomatitis.
Further, animals must not have ori
ginated from, nor have been
exposed to, premises where the
disease has been diagnosed within
the past 30 days.
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The certification
requirement is to stay in
effect until Jan. 1, 1999,
unless rescinded earlier.
If that happens, a pub
lished notice will be
made.
The disease shows up
almost every year in the
Southwest and doesn’t
have a common name.
Anyone with suspect
animals should contact
the veterinarian
immediately.
Of the states observ
ing such a similar certi
fication program* in an
attempt to prevent the
spread of disease, Ken
tucky not only requires
certificates from ani
mals coming from those
three states, but also
from the adjoining
states.
For those not residing
in Pennsylvania, contact
a state agriculture
department official for
local guidance.
For more information
about certificate
requirements, contact
the PDA Bureau of Ani
mal Health and Diag
nostic Services at (717)
783-6677.