(Continued from Page C 2) Junior best three females: Mi chael Brant Junior 2-year-olds: Alan Brant. Senior 2-year-olds: Michael Brant Alan Brant Edna Schilling. Junior 3-year-olds: Michael Brant Rushing Springs Farm, Mi chael Brant Senior 3-year-olds: Alan Brant Rushing Springs Farm. 4- Alan Brant Rush ing Springs Farm. Four years and under dry cows; Jennifer Sweinhart, Ryan Hoover. 5- Alan Brant Mi chael Brant 5-Year and over dry cows: Ed na Schilling. Aged cows: Alan Brant Rush ing Spring Farm. Senior best three females: Mi chael Brant, Rushing Springs Farm, Edna Schilling. Produce of dam: Rushing Springs Farm, Alan Brant Mi chael Brant Daughter/Dam Pair: Michael Brant, Michael Brant, Alan Brant. Exhibitor’s Herd: Alan Brant, Michael Brant, Rushing Springs. Brown Swiss Nicholas Burket took top hon ors in the Brown Swiss division and Sue-Bets Holstein had reserve honors. Edna Schilling had the junior championship with a junior year ling. There were no reserve junior awards. In other Brown Swiss competi tion: junior yearlings: Edna Schil ling. Junior 2-year-olds: Nicholas Burket, Brandy Homing. Genex Sponsors Young Farmers To Leadership Conference PLYMOUTH, Mass.—Cenex/ CRI sponsored two couples to at tend the 23rd Annual Leadership Conference held July 22-24 at the Sheraton Inn in Plymouth, Massa chusetts. Cenex sponsored two Young Cooperator couples. Matt and Annette Hyman from Strykers ville, N.Y.; and Mike and Judy Ooms from Valatie, N.Y. Over 70 people attended the educational three-day conference at the Sheraton Inn. Attendees from various farm backgrounds such as dairy, farm credit, grape growers, DHIA, cranberries, and vegetable growers attended the conference. One of the topics the YCs learned about was “Building Bridges to Others,” by Dr. Ken neth Markley. In addition, Bruce Anderson from Cornell Univer sity, spoke on “Cooperative Fin ance: The Big Picture” and “Alter native Cooperative Strategies.” Don Rogers, Farm Business Consultant presented “Manage ment Succession the Key to Keep ing the Farm in the Family.” “I could listen to Don Rogers talk more. The conference pre sented excellent points and had great information to take home and use on the farm,” said Cenex YC Matt Hyman. A tour of Gary Garretson’s Cranberry Farm and bogs proved interesting and educational as the YCs listened to Garretson disuss the challenges facing cranberry growers and the strength of co operatives. Garretson said, “Alone wc grow cranberries, we put them to gether to form Ocean Spray, and Jersey, Milking Shorthorn Take top Honors Junior 3-year-olds: Nicholas Burket Walter Schilling. 4- Walter Schilling. Four-year and under dry cows: Edna Schilling. 5- Edna Schilling. Five year and over dry cows: Brandy Homing. Aged cows; Sue-Bets Holstein, Walter Schilling, Edna Schilling. Senior best three females: Edna Schilling. Produce of dam: Edna Schil ling. Daughter/dam pair; Brandy Homing, Edna Schilling. Exhibitor’s herd: Edna Schil ling. GUERNSEYS An aged cow owned by Aaron Gable, which has captured many awards in the past took home grand champion honors from the Guernsey portion of the Morri son’s Cove Dairy Show. Jan Sni der took reserve honors with a 4-year-old. Junior awards went to Kendy Gable and reserve junior to'Beth Anne Clark. In other Guernsey awards: Junior calves: James Oldham, Shareena Hershberger, Beth Anne Clark. Intermediate calves: Jan Snider, Doug Morrow, James Oldham. Senior calves: Shareena Hersh berger, Kendy Beth Gable, Aaron Gable. Summer yearlings: Kendy Ga ble, Amber Clark, James Oldham. Junior yearlings: Beth Anne Clark, Aaron Gable, Shareena Hershberger. Intermediate yearlings: Kendy Gable, Corinne Snare. magic happens.’’ Ocean Spray was this year’s host cooperative for the conference. The conference concluded with roundtable discussions with ex perts from various industries. Cenex Director Joe Greenback er spoke in the roundtable discus sions to the YCs on service co operatives and the role Genex/CRI plays in serving the producers one herd at a time. The Cooperative Leadership Conference is co-sponsored by the Northeast Cooperative Council and Cornell Cooperative Exten sion. The conference provides ex cellent opportunity for members and staff who are likely to be in Senior yearlings: Jan Snider, Beth Anne Clark, James Oldham. Junior best three females: Snid er Homestead, Beth Clark, Snidre Homestdad. Junior 2-year-olds: Aaron Ga ble, Beth Clark, Sherri Hoover. Senior 2-year-olds: James Old ham, Snider Homestead, Tanner Walason. - Junior 3-year-olds: Kendy Ga ble, Jan Snider, James Oldham. Senior 3-year-olds: Beth Clark, Kristi Snider. 4-year-olds: Jan Snider, Amber Clark, Matt Hoover. Four-year and under dry cows: Kristi Snider, Shareena Hersh berger. 5-year-olds: Snider Homestead Farm, Shareena Hershberger. Five-year and over dry cows: Amber Clark, Beth Clark, Shar eena Hershberger. Aged Cows: Aaron Gable, Kristi Snider, Beth Clark. Senior best three females; Sni der Homestead. Beth Clark, Sni der Homestead. Produce of Dam: Snider Home stead (1&2), Beth Clark. Daughter/Dam pair: Snider Homestead (1&2), Beth Clark. Exhibitor’s Herd: Snider Homestead, Beth Clark, Snider Homestead. Scott Fisher took grand champ ion honors in Holsteins with an aged cow. Reserve honors went to Amanda Cessna and a 5-year-old. Cessna also walked off with re serve junior champion honors for her senior calf while Audrey Fox took home the reserve junior leadership positions in their co operative to leam more about the unique operating features of co operatives and current issues af fecting their organizations. Genex/CRI, located in Ithaca, N.Y., is a subsidiary of Coopera tive Resources International head quartered in Shawano, Wis. To gether, the CRI subsidiaries of Cenex, Ithaca, N.Y.; Noba, Tiffin, Ohio; and 21st Century Genetics, Shawano, Wis., have the largest U.S. sampling program. This year CRI is sampling 280 Holstein and 20 Jerseys. Genex/CRI serves over 20,000 members and custom ers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, south, and western United States. ◦lute Holsteins BH FARM EQUIPMENT lOhp well pump, 3’ dis- Sfanrinn 100 KW 0,1 A" Generator, charge, 100 GPM capacity. Woodeii Whe( A | )is Cha]mers Diesel Skjd good condition. $9OO. Kn?nn. Mounted, Low-H