JOSEPH N ZEISET RALEIGH D RHODES 111 MERVIN M. ESH LARRY D HERSHEY WILMER B RIEHL NORMAN H NOLT JEFFREY L AUNGST WALTER C POWNALL JOHN B GROFF WELSH VUE FARM MASONIC HOMES FARMS ANDREW G MILLER LEROY M OBERHOLTZER TRITOWN FARM KENNETH E ZURIN REUBEN KING PAUL B ZIMMERMAN JR MAPLEHOFE FARMS INC RED KNOB FARM NORMAN S WENGER JR MICHAEL MARTIN GERALD MARTIN MISTI KNOLL FARM MARVIN Z WEAVER DANIEL S STOLTZFUS ABNER K CLICK AARON R ZEISET ALVIN Z ZEISET DON E WIVELL, JR HARRY ZIMMERMAN JR BENUEL S RIEHL WEAVER HOMSTEAD FARM WINDMILL FARM CARL E & NANCY G BRANDT HENRY F STOLTZFUS JR JAMES A HESS AMOS MARTIN HOMESTEAD HOLSTEINS JASON E CLICK D.M. CREEKSIDE SAMUEL K LAPP JR SKY VIEW FARM DANIEL S. ESH JR. SUNNY ACRES L AMOS S. LAPP JOHN M CLICK JAMES+JANET ZIMERMAN ELAM P KAUFFMAN JR SAMUEL Z ESH PHILIP HORST RICHARD N SAUDER RODNEY DENLINGER MOSE L CLICK FLOYD Z NEWSWANGER JOHN L STOLTZFUS G+S AUMENT FARM LEONARD J STOLTZFUS WELK ACRES FARM MERVIN B NEWSWANGER DAVID K STOLTZFUS ABNER E. KING TIMOTHY KURTZ Penn State Offers Program On Dairy Production Medicine UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Veterinarians whose practice centers on food animals can find new techniques and skills to better serve the rap idly changing dairy industry in the eastern United States by at tending the Dairy Production Medicine Certificate Program, co-sponsored by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Pennsyl vania School of Veterinary Med icine. “Dairy operations in Pennsyl vania and the Northeast are in creasing herd size, yet concentrating the animals on fewer farms,” said David Wolf gang, Penn State senior research associate in veterinary science. “That means veterinarians should learn new skills to transform their practice from the traditional focus on individ ual animal care to a more holis tic approach that focuses on collective production and per formance a ‘herd’s-eye’ view.” The production medicine course, which starts March 9, comprises 10 three-day work shops spaced over 2 Vi years. Practitioners will receive inten sive instruction on such topics as dairy nutrition, milk quality and safety, reproductive perform ance, herd expansion, environ mental stewardship, and impact of facilities on animal health and welfare. Wolfgang estimates there are op Protein Lancaster DHIA Herds NARVON QUARRYVILLE BIRD-IN-HAND MANHEIM GORDONVILLE LEOLA ELIZABETHTOWN QUARRYVILLE MOUNT JOY GAP ELIZABETHTOWN MANHEIM MANHEIM LEOLA MOUNT JOY LANCASTER EPHRATA QUARRYVILLE PEACH BOTTOM NEW HOLLAND DENVER EPHRATA KINZER LITITZ DRUMORE GAP LEOLA EAST EARL BAINBRIDGE EAST EARL GORDONVILLE NEW HOLLAND GORDONVILLE MANHEIM LITITZ QUARRYVILLE HOLTWOOD EPHRATA GAP PA 17527 BIRD-IN-HAND LANCASTER MANHEIM RONKS EPHRATA LEOLA QUARRYVILLE EPHRATA GORDONVILLE LITITZ EPHRATA REINHOLDS GORDONVILLE PARADISE LITITZ LANCASTER QUARRYVILLE GAP QUARRYVILLE EAST EARL MORGANTOWN RONKS ELVERSON 800 veterinarians in Pennsylva nia who include large food ani mals in some part of their practice. Within that number, there are about 250 veterinari ans whose primary practice fo cuses on food animals. In addition to intensive class room instruction, the program uses a single case farm where each participating veterinarian can see methods for dairy pro duction medicine applied in real-world situations. “The farm will be fairly close ALLENTOWN (Berks Co.) The year 2000 might go down in history as the most traumatic year for many farmers, particularly those who have not put much emphasis on marketing. When will farm prices start back up? More importantly, how can you profit from price moves? These and other questions will be addressed by die “Decisions 2000” seminar, February 1 at the Days Inn and Conference Center on Route 309 outside Allentown, Pennsylvania. “Decisions 200” will be provid ing effective marketing advice for all innovative producers. The two featured speakers are known the world over for their agricultural marketing insight. Richard Brock of Brock Associates from Mil waukee, Wisconsin publishes “The Brock Report” and “Pork (Continued from Pago D 4) 22828 22577 22541 23110 22319 23286 21911 21500 61 110 to the University Park campus, but it must be large enough to give the class a variety of experi ences in production medicine,” Wolfgang said. “Serving as a case farm is a real benefit for the producer, since the farm will have between 20 and 30 consult ants working collectively to im prove herd health and performance.” The class starting in 2000 will be the fourth class since Penn State started the program in 1991. Wolfgang said the current Farm Meeting On Profit Set Profit Edge” in addition to writing for Farm Futures magazine and running a commodity marketing advisory service. Professor Lou Moore has over 40 years experi ence with educational programs for livestock and grain farmers in Pennsylvania. Richard Brock is the top ag commodity adviser in the United States over the past three years. This is measured by the Univer sity of Illinois as they track the major ag advisory services for “re turn for advice given.” Did you hold your 1998 crops into the summer of 1999 only to sell them for $1 per bushel less? Richard Brock advised, “Coming off the biggest bull market in his tory, I was prepared for the big gest bear market in history. I knew the laws of economics had not been repealed; High priced com J. KENNETH GROFF MELVIN R MARTIN DAVID G BYERS RAYMOND & DARLA BRUBACHER GLEN N HURSH JOHN G GOOD ELAM S. FISHER LUTHER R PATCHES BART DELL FARM SAMUEL K ZOOK PAUL E & SHIRLEY HORNING AR-LEN FARM STEVIE Z CLICK DANIEL E KING DALE WEILER FLOWING SPRING FARM LEBANON COUNTY CURVE ACRES FARM KENT&MELONICA HOFFER DANIEL B SHIRK LOUIS E MARTIN MEADOW-WOOD FARM THOMAS+SHIRLEY KRALL R BRYAN BALMER WHITE BIRCH FARM ADAM U LISA SONNEN FERNDALE FARMS WALTER K HEISEY GLEN + LINDA KRALL PERRY COUNTY LA-ROSE FARM LOGAN M. BOWER SNYDER COUNTY RICH+PATTY SHIREY JR UNION COUNTY MIFFLIN HILLS FARM RUFUS B. MARTIN BEAVER RUN FARM YORK COUNTY H.E. HEINDEL & SONS BESHORE FARMS H.E. HEINDEL & SONS DALE E RANCK STATE OF MARYLAND MT ARARAT FARMS HIGHLAND HEIGHTS FARM INC TOL-JE-SO FARM 1 STAFF-HERD FARMS ZION MEADOWS enrollment includes veterinari ans from Maryland, Mississippi, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. A new area of instruction is included in the program, Wolf gang said. Instructors from The Smeal College of Business Ad ministration will educate practi tioners to better utilize their new skills, make effective presenta tions and work with clients. “The trend nationally is moving to larger dairy farms with bigger herds,” Wolfgang said. “Even traditional family would lead to over production worldwide at the same time de mand was dampened.” Compared to the season’s averages. Rich ard’s clients received $.72 more for corn, $.68 more for wheat and $1.14 more for their soybeans! Because of the financial differ ence in incomes, grain production will consolidate over the next few years just as pork production has consolidated over the last 5 - 8 years. Management of farm busi nesses is going to take more time and concentration with special ized talents. Agriculture is rapidly becoming more specialized in the areas of financial management, agronomics, animal science and commodity marketing. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more exciting time in agriculture. It’s exciting to watch the success of many producers over the past two LEOLA NEW HOLLAND QUARRYVILLE MORGANTOWN EPHRATA NARVON BIRD IN HAND MANHEIM QUARRYVILLE PARADISE STEVENS LITITZ LANCASTER LANCASTER EAST EARL DRUMORE NEWMANSTOWN LEBANON NEWMANSTOWN MYERSTOWN LEBANON LEBANON LEBANON MYERSTOWN RICHLAND LEBANON NEWMANSTOWN LEBANON LAND ISBURG BLAIN BEAVER SPRINGS MIFFLINBURG MIFFLINBURG MIFFLINBURG BROGUE NEW CUMBERLAND BROGUE DELTA PORT DEPOSIT STREET PORT DEPOSIT ELKTON NORTH EAST farms will have to become more efficient to stay in the game. The Dairy Production Medicine Pro gram will allow vets to help farmers become more efficient by moving away from just fixing broken cows to preventing the breakdown in the first place.” The program is open to 25 participants. Registration dead line is Feb. 1. For registration and tuition information, contact Brenda Dinges, 115 Henning Building, University Park, PA 16802. years and yet disappointing watching those who have strug gled. The difference has been great and we will continue in that trend. The Lehigh Valley Grain Mar keting Club, DeKalb, Monsanto, Keystone Farm Credit and Penn State Cooperative Extension are sponsoring this educational semi nar to get producers started into a prosperous new millennium. Kyle Henninger, president of the Lehigh Valley Grain Market ing Club says, “This is truly a provocative group of people. It helps stimulate your mind and get you out of the potential ruts we all can get into. I hope you plan to at tend this excellent seminar.” Contact John Berry, agricul tural marketing agent at 610- 391-9840 or jwbls@psu.edu for additional information. 28215 24687 25588 24544 23444 23292 24165 112 54 72 248 90 89 807 799 732 788 782 22815 22213 21676 21929 21422 88 65 78 61 102 825 774 24522 22360 61 343 752 21816 944 995 929 28356 29182 26632 929 838 868 738 25847 22611 21293 20881 168 44 35 50 974 873 948 861 797 25536 24553 24845 22311 20870 47 223 59 75 96 720 708 700 686 675 763 700 694 899 893 821 831 745 745 676 837 BUT 798 704 684
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