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PA DHIA Herd Management
District Meetings
DAVE SLUSSER
General Manager
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) - PA DHIA has set the
dates and locations of nine dis
trict herd management work
shops and district membership
meetings. All members, interest
ed farmers, and industry repre
sentatives are invited. This
interesting and educational
workshop will include presenta
tions by George Cudoc on “How
Cows Talk to Us and What They
Say”, and a live demonstration
of Barn Owl 2000 herd manage
ment software. During the work
shop, members and guests will
be provided a lunch, and follow
ing the workshop, members will
conduct the district membership
meeting.
PA DHIA provides a very
valuable service that will posi
tively impact your bottom line.
Our herd management reports,
and our Barn Owl 2000 software
DHIA Service Center, Orchard Road, University Park, PA 16802
Commitment Agricultural Industry
Stan Michonski
Assistant Vice President
Agricultural Lending
Call (717)581-6020
provide excellent analytical
tools for you, your herd consul
tant, nutritionist, and veterinar
ian. You will improve your pro
duction efficiency if you and
your advisors use the DHIA
information. Come and bring
your advisors to learn how to
better use this valuable informa
tion. The program and meal are
free. You have nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
During the brief membership
meeting, members will elect
their directors to the board
where terms expire and will dis
cuss a proposal by the board
planning committee to nominate
and elect directors by mail bal
lot. The board feels that the
membership will be better rep
resented by the mail ballot sys
tem, however, that will require a
by-law change. The board hopes
to get ideas from the members at
these workshop and meetings.
Listed below are the dates
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machinery, working capital or a loan tailored to specific needs,
look to the bank that is committed to your industry and has been
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specific financial needs. We understand your business.
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Our Agricultural Lenders are available to meet with you at a time
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your terms... on your farm.
and locations. Please mark your
calendar and attend. Notices of
these workshops and member
ship meetings will be in your
herd report envelopes and in PA
DHIA ads. All meetings begin at
10:00 am. Elections will be held
in Districts 3, 6 & 9.
District 9 - February 7 - Blue
Mt. Restaurant - Shartlesville.
District 10 - February 8 - Gap
Dinner, Gap.
District 6-Fhbruaiy 9- Lighthouse
Restaurant, Chambersburg.
District 5 - February 10 -
Family Restaurant, Mifflintown.
District 1 - February 11 -
Bonanza, Franklin.
District 8 - February 15 - Iron
Skillet Restaurant, Milton.
District 7 February 16 -
Edgewood Family Restaurant,
Troy.
District 11 - February 17 -
Mt. View Restaurant, Clifford.
District 3 - February 18 - St.
Mary’s County Club, St. Marys.
District 2 & 4 - March 9 - (to
be held in conjunction with the
Southwest Dairy Seminar)
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmer across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations forDHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s last week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
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Bank of Lancaster County,™
The Better Bank.
Allen Attends State
Director Orientation
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.
Kathy Allen, a cow-calf operator
from Saxonburg, took part in a
State Beef Council Director
Orientation Session at the Nation
al Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s
(NCBA) Denver office Nov.
18-19.
Allen attended the session to
learn about current checkoff-fund
ed programs and initiatives. In
formation provided at the session
should help Allen represent and
communicate with her state-level
constituents. Allen serves on the
board of the Pennsylvania Beef
Council, the group charged with
directing and investing half of all
beef checkoff dollars collected in
Pennsylvania.
State beef councils may invest a
portion of their SO cents in na
tional and international programs
to extend national efforts; there
fore, state directors need to know
how their state dollars are being
coordinated with national dollars
to meet consumer needs. “Direc
tors have a responsibility to repre
sent their stale’s views in national
checkoff efforts, as well as to car-
Remember, these ate averages,
so you will need to adjust your fig
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
Com, No.2y 2.33 bu., 4.16
cwt
Wheat, No. 2 2.32 bu., 3.88
cwL
Barley, No. 3 1.61 bu., 3.45
cwt
Oats, No. 2 1.47 bu., 4.58
cwt
ry infonnation back to their home
states about programs ” said Jon
Ferguson, NCBA Checkoff Divi
sion vice chair and host of the
training session.
NCBA contacts on a non-profit
basis with the Cattlemen*! Beef
Board (CBB) to conduct produc
er-directed checkoff programs on
behalf of the industry. “Pvt of our
role as contractors is to facilitate
the coordination of programs and
dollars between the state and na
tional levels. This is one reason
we host the director nientation —
to keep communication flowing
and keep us all on the same page,”
said Ferguson.
Allen, along with other attend
ing state directors, heard program
updates on all areas of national
checkoff funding, including
promotion, research, consumer in
fonnation, industry information,
foreign marketing and producer
communications. Directors were
updated on die current checkoff
funding advertising campaign that
is bringing the “Beef. It’s What’s
for Dinner" convenience and nu
trition message to beefs target
audience women ages 25-54.
Soybeans, No. 1 4.3 bu., 7.18
cwt
Ear C0m—72.71 ton, 3.64 cwt.
Alfalfa Hay 132.50 ton, 6.63
cwt
Mixed Hay 135.00 ton, 6.75
cwt
Timothy Hay 136.25 ton,
6.81 cwt
Mary Henry
Assistant Vice President
Agricultural Lending
Call (717)464-4520
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