Brubaker Elected
to Third Term
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Herman
Brubaker, a dairy farmer from
West Alexandria, Oh., has been
reelected as chairman of the
board of directors of Dairy
Farmers of America (DFA).
Brubaker, who has served as
board chairman since the
Kansas City-based cooperative
was founded in January 1998, is
now serving his third term. The
dairy marketing cooperative is
expected to report gross sales
exceeding seven billion for 1999.
Election of DFA officers was
held during the January meet
ing of the DFA executive com
mittee and board of directors in
Kansas City. Carl Baumann, a
dairy farmer from Highland, 11.,
was elected to a third term as
vice chairman and serves as
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chair of the Operations/Market
ing Committee.
Charles Beckendorf, a dairy
farmer from Tomball, Tx., was
elected to a third term vice
chairman and serves as chair of
the Finance Committee. Tom
Camerlo, a dairy farmer from
Florence, Co., also was elected to
a third term as vice chairman
and serves as chair of the Public
Policy Member and Govern
mental Relations Committee.
Dairy Farmers of America is
a dairy marketing cooperative
that markets milk for 22,000
dairy farmer members in 45
states. DFA supplies milk to bot
tling and manufacturing plants
that produce a complete line of
dairy products and food compo
nents for consumers in the U.S.
and around the world.
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Penn State Offers Program
on Dairy Production Medicine
UNIVERSITY PARK (State
College)-Veterinarians can find
new techniques and skills to bet
ter serve the dairy industry by
attending the Dairy Production
Medicine Certificate Program,
co-sponsored by Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences
and the University of
Pennsylvania School of
Veterinary Medicine.
“Dairy operations in
Pennsylvania and the Northeast
are increasing herd size, yet con
centrating the animals on fewer
farms,” says David Wolfgang,
Penn state senior research asso
ciate in veterinary science. “That
means veterinarians should
learn new skills to transform
and
their practice from the tradition
al focus on individual animal
care to a more holistic approach
that focuses on collective pro
duction and performance-a
‘herd’s-eye’ view.”
The production medicine
course, which starts March 9,
2000, comprises 10 three-day
workshops spaced over 2 1/2
years. Practitioners will receive
intensive instruction on such
topics as dairy nutrition, milk
quality and safety, reproductive
performance, herd expansion,
environmental stewardship and
impact of facilities on animal
health and welfare.
Wolfgang estimates there are
800 veterinarians in
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 5, 2000-All
Pennsylvania who include large
food animals in some part of
their practice. Within that num
ber, there are about 250 veteri
narians whose primary practice
focuses 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
to the University Park campus,
but it must be large enough to
give the class a variety of experi
ences in production medicine,”
Wolfgang explains. “Serving as a
case farm is a real benefit for the
producer, since the farm will
have between 20 and 30 consul
tants working collectively to
improve herd health and perfor
mance.
The class starting in 2000
will be the fourth class since'
Penn State started the program
in 1991. Wolfgang says the cur
rent enrollment includes veteri
narians from Maryland,
Mississippi, Vermont and
Pennsylvania.
A new area of instruction is
included in the program,
Wolfgang says. Instructors from
The Smeal College of Business
Administration will educate
practitioners to better utilize
their new skills, make effective
presentations and work with
clients.
“The trend nationally is mov
ing to larger dairy farms with
bigger herds,” Wolfgang says
“Even traditional family farms
will have to become more effi
cient to stay in the game. The
Dairy Production Medicine
Program 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. 1,2000. For registra
tion and tuition information,
contact Brenda Dinges, 115
Henning Building, University
Park, Pa. 16802.
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