DHIA
PA DHIA Herd Management
Workshops, District Meetings
Dave Slusser
General Manager
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co).-DHIA has set the dates
and locations of nine district
herd management workshops
and district membership meet*
ings. All members, interested
farmers, and industry represen
tatives are invited. This inter
esting and educational work
shop will include presentations
by George Cudoc on “How Cows
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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,
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and our Barn Owl 2000 software
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 have expired and
will discuss a proposal by the
board planning committee to
nominate and elect directors by
mail ballot. The board feels that
the membership will be better
represented by the mail ballot
system, however, that will
require a by-law change. The
board hopes to get ideas from
the members at these work
shops and meetings.
Listed below are the dates
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
WANTED
Hog Fattening
Facilities
Groups of 300 Head or Less
Within 25 mile Radius of Lebanon
(717) 272-9531
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10:00 a.m. Elections will be held
in Districts 3,6 &9.
District 11
February 4
Mt. View Restaurant, Clifford
District 9
February 7
Blue Mt. Restaurant,
Shartlesville
District 10
February 8
Gap Diner, Gap
District 6
February 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 3
February 18
Extension Sets Meeting
In February, Penn Slate Co
operative Extension will be pre
senting an Agricultural Small
Business Institute in Adams and
Lancaster counties. Each week in
cludes lunch (Lancaster) or dinner
(Biglerville). Spend a few hours
learning how to improve your
business while visiting and inter
acting with other agricultural busi
ness owners from around your
area. The program is open to own
ers of all agricultural businesses.
(to be held in conjunction with
the Southwest Dairy Seminar)
Average Farm Feed
Costs for Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state to
have handy reference of commodity
input costs in their feeding operations
for DHIA record sheets or to develop
livestock feed cost data, here’s last
week’s average costs of various ingrcd-
ients as compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages, so you
will need to adjust your figures up or
down according to your location and the
quality of your crop.
Corn, No.2y 2.37 bu., 4.24 cwt.
Wheat, N 0.2 2.38 bu., 3.98 cwt.
Barley, N 0.3 —1.62 bu., 3.47 cwt.
Oats, N 0.2 —1.51 bu., 4.71 cwt.
Soybeans, No.l 4.41 bu., 7.37 cwt.
Ear Corn 75.55 ton, 3.78 cwt.
Alfalfa Hay —134.25 ton, 6.71 cwt.
Mixed Hay —138.75 ton, 6.94 cwt.
Timothy Hay —135.00 ton, 6.75 cwt.
The topics and speakers will be:
“Leading Your Business and
Evaluating the ‘Sweet 16’” the
speaker will be Gary Snider from
Farm Credit; “Business Plans”
the speaker will be G. Geoffrey
Sturgill Jr., CPA; “Enterprise
Accounting” will be presented by
Bradley J. Hilty from PLS Agri-
Management Associates. The last
week will be “Managing Employ
ee’s for Peak Performance” pre
sented by Dr. Benue Erven from
Ohio State University.
The dates for Adams County
will be February 2,9,16, and 23.
The meetings will be held at the
Penn State Fruit Research and Ex
tension Center, University Drive
off of Rt 234. Call the Adams
County Extension Office at
334-6271 or 624-4525 for further
information or directions.
The dates for Lancaster County
will be February 3,10,17, and 24.
The meetings will be held at the
Kreider Farm Restaurant, Rt 72
south of Manheim. Call the Lan
caster County Extension Office at
394-6851 for further information
or directions.
The fee for this program is $5O
per person, which includes all ma
terials.
St. Mary’s Country Club,
St. Marys
District 2 & 4
March 9