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
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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.
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Farming
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