DAVE SLUSSER
General Manager
State College (Centre Co.)
- PA DHIA has been develop
ing an international market
for dairy records processing,
and dairy herd management
consulting service for the last
year. Targeted markets and
eastern and western Europe
and South America. Our
Barn Owl 2000 herd manage
ment program, the Internet,
and the ownership of our own
data processing center has
made this international busi
ness possible
Beginning this winter, PA
DHIA in cooperation with the
Polish Breeders Federation,
and the Polish Ministry of
Agriculture will begin testing
cows in the Leszno area of
Western Poland. The Polish
DHIA technician trained by
PA DHIA will enter milk
weights, breeding and calving
dates, feed amounts and
costs, and other on farm data
into Barn Owl 2000, and
transmit that data to PA
DHIA’s Data Processing
Center via the Internet. The
individual milk sample will
be shipped to a Polish
Certified Laboratory for com
ponent testing. That informa
tion will be transmitted to PA
DHIA Our processing center
will download the manage
ment information to Barn
Kirbyville Holsteins
Reap MUN Benefits
DAVID BIGELOW
PADHIA
marketing manager
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co)— “Usually the PADHIA
MUN page is the first piece of
information I look at to deter
mm the high and low MUN val
ues when I receive my records in
the mail,” exclaims James
Younker of Kirbyville Holstein
m Kirbyville. This high produc
ing herd of 65 Holsteins with an
average of 26,000 lbs. of milk,
850 lbs. of protein, and 908 lbs.
of fat, all began when James
bought his foundation cow from
Plushanski Farms in 1988.
Marketing both cattle and
embryos has been beneficial to
Lancaster Farming
Owl 2000 in Poland. Herds
with computers will down
load their information direct
ly into their own Barn Owl
program. Herds without Barn
Owl will receive management
reports printed at the Polish
laboratory from their Barn
Owl program.
Barn Owl 2000 is present
ly being translated into
Polish therefore all screens
and all printed reports will be
in the metric system and in
the Polish language. After the
completion of the Polish
translation, Barn Owl 2000
will be translated into
Spanish. PA DHIA was the
first milk recording company
to transmit data by the
Internet. Because of this
technology, we will be able to
service milk recording techni
cians and milk testing labo
ratories anywhere in the
world, and do it as easily as
we presently serve our own
technicians and members.
Besides marketing our
data processing services and
software, we are marketing
dairy herd management con
sultant services. During 2000,
PA DHIA will conduct three
seminars in Poland and sev
eral farm visits with each
seminar. The seminars and
farm visits will be identical to
those conducted by George
Cudoc for PA DHIA mem-
the Kirbyville Holstein Farm.
JoAnn Moser, and 19-year
veteran of PADHIA, provides
monthly service to the Younkers
which includes up-to-date, same
day reports to assist in the man
agement of the herd.
James and his wife Susan,
along with their two sons Andy
and Joel, own 85 acres and rent
another 15 acres on which corn,
alfalfa, and barley is raised. The
Kirbyville Holstein Farm was
purchased in April of 1995.
With such a strong desire to
succeed and positive attitude,
the Younker family is sure to
continue in the industry they
love so much.
Pages D 2 to D 5 December 18,1999 Issue Vol. 14 No. 2
PA DHIA Goes International
A NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS & CUSTOMERS
Scott Williams, Training Coordinator
Call 1-800-DHI-Test, Fax 814-865-3294
Web site: http://www.dhia.psu.edu
Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DH3A Service Center
Orchard Road, University Park, PA 16802
Polish agricultural leaders touring the PA DHIA Laboratory and Data Processing
Center. Sever of these people will be working with PA DHIA in Poland.
bers. What good is PA DHIA Pennsylvania and American have, and PA DHIA provide
information and Bam Owl dairy farmers are the most an affordable way to get it. As
analytical reports if you don’t efficient in the World and this market unfolds and it is,
know how to use this technol- producing the highest quality we plan to involve our mem
ogy. We will work with Polish milk. Dairymen in the devel- bership in the educational
consultants and veterinari- oping World recognize the program. Already 25 PA
ans on using our information skills and the technology that DHIA members and two vet
to help the Polish farmers. the American dairy farmers
PA DHIA technician JoAnn Moser, left, with Susan Younker holding Joel, and
James Younker holding Andy, pose by their Kirby Holsteins sign.
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