The board of directors for the Pennsylvania DHIA are from left, seated, John Brodzi
na, treasurer, Norm Hershey, president, Dale Hoover, vice president, and Frank Orner,
secretary. Standing, John Castrogiovanni, Bill Itle, John Wilcox, Ralph Gilkinson,
Adam Derr, and Mark Eby.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1998-A23
Pennsylvania DHIA
Names Board, Officers
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) - The reorganization of the
Board of Directors of PA DHIA
resulted in Norm Hershey from
Lancaster County being elected
President Dale Hoover from
Lebanon County elected Vice
President, Frank Orner from
Clearfield elected Secretary,
John Brodzma from Huntington
County elected Treasurer, and
John Castrogiovanni from
Susquehanna County elected
Director at Large to the
Executive Committee Neal
McCulloch from Cumberland
County submitted his resigna
tion as Director of District 6 due
to the sale of his herd The
Delegates from Fulton,
Franklin, Cumberland, and
Adams County will elect a new
director at a later date
Recently the Board reviewed
our Strategic Long Range Plan
The Board reviews the plan
every six months to make
adjustments due to changing
times Presently PA DHIA is
partnering with two artificial
breeding cooperatives to provide
field service for both artificial
insemination and milk testing,
and PA DHIA has developed a
new Owner Sampler program
for DHIA and AI technicians
Partnering is also occurring
with three milk cooperatives to
share truck routes and laborato
ries PA DHIA has developed a
new Owner Sampler program
for DHIA and AI technicians
Partnering is also occurring
with three milk cooperatives to
share truck routes and laborato
ries. PA DHIA is partnering with
Penn State, the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
USDA Foreign Agricultural
Services, and VOCA to provide
farm management services and
technology to Ukraine, Poland,
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
The cooperative is looking for
members who are good crop and
dairy managers and can get
away from their farms for 2
weeks to 2 months These mem
bers do not need to speak a for
eign language, however they
must be able to communicate
their skills to other farmers. PA
DHIA, through our partnering
efforts mentioned above the host
governments will pay expenses
abroad and a per diem to avail
able PA DHIA members who
wish to serve and are selected. A
flyer will appear in your herd
management reports over the
next six weeks. If you are inter
ested, please fill out the bottom
of the flyer and send it to our
office An application form will
then be mailed to you
The Board received reports
about the recent trips to Poland
and Ukraine by Tom Smith and
Dave Slusser, respectively
These trips were funded by
VOCA with USAD funds PA
DHIA has been approved for Ag
Link funds for use in develop
ment of international farm man
agement services and DHIA ser
vices. Our international service
is designed to provide extra
income to the association, our
members, and a better future for
all parties
George Cudoc has been hired
by PA DHIA to provide consul
tant services to members and
their consultants in use of PH
DHIA information for more prof
itable milk production George
will conduct meetings for mem
bers and consultants, and man a
one-day a week hotline to advise
people on their DHIA report use
For a fee, he will provide on
farm service with members and
their consultants George has
been the manager of Marbuger
Dairy in Butler County for 20
years He has done extensive
work with the herd using DHIA
information and MUN His
experience and knowledge will
now be available to our mem
bers.
The next board meeting will
be held at the University of
Pennsylvania New Bolton
Center. Beside the usual board
business, their will be a tour of
New Bolton's facilities and a
report by Dr. Jim Ferguson on
New Bolton's joints efforts with
PA DHIA.