A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 5, 2000
DHIA Service Center, Orchard Road, University Park, PA 16802
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Keith Whittaker, President of
Dairy One explained that there
has been a substantial amount of
consolidation and joint venturing
occurring within agriculture in
recent years. “We are seeing
agricultural organizations come
together to create efficiencies and
better serve their members and
customers, as well as examine
new opportunities,” he said. “Our
businesses both operate
predominantly in the eastern
portion of the country and have
many common activities - such as
field services, laboratories,
administration, sample
transportation, and data services.
It certainly makes sense from all
standpoints to explore how these
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functions can be done better and
more cost-effectively to serve
dairy producers of the region.”
At a joint meeting in mid-
January, the Boards of Directors
of both organizations approved
the new venture and elected four
directors from each organization
to serve on the AgStar
Technologies Board
Elected to the Board
representing PA DHIA were
Norman Hershey of Gordonville,
PA, William Itle of Loretto, PA,
Dale Hoover of Lebanon, PA, and
Adam Derr of Dawson, PA.
Dairy One elected Keith
Whittaker of Whitney Point, NY,
Peter Jacquier of East Canaan,
CT, Clyde Rutherford of Otego,
NY, and William Cook of Aurora,
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NY to serve on the Board,
As its first order of business,
the AgStar Technologies Board
elected Norman Hershey as
President, Clyde Rutherford as
Vice President, and Dale Hoover
as Secretary/Treasurer.
Dave Slusser, General
Manager of PA DHIA, will head
day to day operations of the
venture.
“We are very excited about the
opportunities before us - both
internationally and in our own
backyards,” said Slusser. “PA
DHIA is excited to have Dairy
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the global marketplace. Together,
we can make a major impact in
providing information technology
and farm management services
around the world.”
PA DHIA is headquartered in
State College, PA and currently
provides herd management, milk
analysis, and records processing
services to more than 3,200
agribusiness
Headquartered in Ithaca, NY,
Dairy One serves more than 3,500
agribusiness owners, providing
herd management, milk analysis,
and forage analysis services.
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To help fanners 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 ingred
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 2.44 bu., 4.36 cwt.
Wheat, N 0.2 2.46 bu., 4.10 cwt
Barley, N 0.3 —1.69 bu., 3.61 cwt
Oats, N 0.2 —1.49 bu., 4.63 cwt.
owners.
Soybeans, No.l —4.70 bu., 7.84 cwt.
Ear Corn 76.86 ton, 3.84 cwt.
Alfalfa Hay —128.75 ton, 6.44 cwt
Mixed Hay —131.25 ton, 6.56 cwt.
Timothy Hay —141.75 ton, 7.09 cwt.
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Average Farm Feed
Costs for Handy
Reference