DHIA Eastern European Delegation Visits PA DHIA SCOTT WILLIAMS Training Coordinator STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) - Recently a delegation of officials from 8 eastern European countries attended a seminar at the PA DHIA facili ties. The group also toured the facilities and expressed keen interest in someday developing such a system to aid the dairy industry of their country. Tom Smith, International Marketing Manager; - George Cudoc, Consulting Farmer; and Jim Boyer Data Processing Manager taught a seminar on PA DHIA international capabilities. During their 2 week stay in Seventeenth Annual HERITAGE CELEBRATION * SATURDAY & SUNDAY * fel T^ e OCTOBER 3rd & 4th 11:00 am - - 5:00 p-m -sa- - 1 • at Berks County Heritage Center, Gruber Wagon Works, Reading, PA EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND Saturday Sunday * Antique Auto Display * Carriage and Wagon Show * Colonial Angler-Ken Reinard * Plowing Obstacle Course and * Joseph Red Hawk-Display Pulling Demonstrations * Berks Co. Canal Tenders * Antique Farm Equipment * Children’s Pedal Tractor Pull * Living History Canal Walk (Registration required 12-1:30) * Joseph Red Hawk Display * Country Western Dancers * The Happy Dutchman * Sonny Miller & The Happy Valley Boys * The Outlaws * Pretzel City Dixieland Band Special Demonstrations Throughout the Weekend to Include PA German Home & Farm Crafts, PA German and Canal & Mining Folk Music, Educational Walks, Arts & Crafts, Family and Kids Games, Food, and Refreshments, Tours, and Lectures. $2 Parking Donation Fun, Full Day for the Whole Family! FOR M ° RE ,NFORMAT,ON Berks County Heritage Center 2201 Tulpehocken Rd. Wyomissing, PA (6 10)-374-8839 Pennsylvania, the delegation had a chance to tour many agri cultural sights. This serves as a learning experience with many ideas taken back to their Home Counties. In the process they develop a working relationship to build further proposals for international development. Agriculture professors, par liament members and ministers, research and market'ng direc tors and university presidents came to Pennsylvania to glean information to nurture a trans formation from communist col lectives to capitalist free mar kets. PA PHIA manager Dave Slusser and his wife Kaye com- Standing in front of the PA DHIA laboratory and data processing center is Dave alusser, far right, greeting agricultural professionals from 8 eastern European countries. pleted a private VOCA project process they developed a work- Professors who then came to this summer in Ukraine work- ing relationship with several Pennsylvania and toured PA ing with milk processors. In the Ukraine Agriculture University DHIA facilities and attended the seminar. Average Farm Feed Costs For Handy Reference To help farmers across the state to have handy reference of com modity input costs in their feeding operations for DHIA record sheets or to develop livestock feed cost data, here’s last week’s avenge costs of various ingredients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. ' Remember, these are averages, so you will need to adjust your fig ures up or down according to your location and the quality of your r PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION I Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26, 1998-A37 crop. Com, No.2y 2.24 bu., 4.01 cwL Wheat, No. 2 2.26 bu., 3.77 CWL Barley, No. 3 1.34 bu., 2.87 cwt Oats. No. 2 1.29 bu., 4.02 CWL Soybeans, No. 1 4.96 bu., 8.28 cwL Ear Com—Bo.7l ton, 4.04 cwL Alfalfa Hay —108.50 ton. 5.43 cwL Mixed Hay 117.50 ton, 5.88 CWL Timothy Hay 111.75 ton, 5.59 cwt. BUY, SELL, TRADE OR RENT THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED ADS IN Lancaster Farming PHONE 717-626-1164 OR 717-394-3047 FAX 717-733-6058 Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri. 8 AM to 5 PM Thurs. 7 AM to 5 PM
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