A3O-Unc«ster Farming, Saturday, February 12, 2000
DHIA Service Center, Orchard Road, University Park, PA 16802
Annual Report
David C. Slusser
General Manager
The members and employees
of PA DHIA are to be congratu
lated for giving our cooperative
another profitable year. This
was achieved by hard work and
constant vigilance on cost con
trol. In view of these efficient
efforts, our Cooperation contin
ues to maintain the highest
degree of accuracy in useable
records going the USDA-AFPL.
No DHIA in America takes accu
racy more seriously than PA
DHIA, whether it be milk
weights, butterfat, crude pro
tein, true protein, SCC, MUN,,
records processing, or field ser
vice.
INCREDIBLE LOW PRICES!!
SUPER TOUGH STEEL BUILDINGS
Factory Direct 800/825-5059
Agricultural • Commercial • Residential
Our consultant service con
tinues to grow in regards to
farm visits and educational
meetings. Several hundred
dairymen have attended our
meetings conducted by PA
DHIA staff on How our Cows
Talk to Us Through DHIA
Records, regarding the use of
MUN information, and on Barn
Owl 2000. No other DHIA in
America supports their mem
bers with such intense educa
tional programs and farm visits
as PA DHIA. Each member who
tests for MUN for three months
is eligible for one farm visit by
George Cudoc, our Consulting
Dairyman.
Our Records Processing
Center has achieved two major
milestones this year. One is
Barn Owl 2000. This dairy herd
management software is a
Windows 95, 98, or NT program
that is state-of-the-art software
for today’s herd managers. It is
composed of three programs in
one-heifer management, herd
management, and lab analysis.
You can download your herd
information by Internet from
our Laboratory and/or Process
ing Center, and view your infor
mation in the form that you
want. The second accomplish
ment of our Processing Center is
PC (personal computer) process
ing. On January 3, 2000 we
switched from our IBM Main
frame to a PC, replacing a
$500,000 machine with a
$20,000 PC. Our new PC pro
gram will revolutionize dairy
records processing and make
FEED BINS
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We assemble deliver and set up bins on your farm (where available)
• Weather tight die-tormed root • Stronger engineered sidewalls
• Ground controlled fill caps • Galvanized roll-formed legs
• Engineered leg braced systems • Fast flowing hopper bottom
ore ers
Flex Auger
Systems Available
All-Out
& Swine
- | “A New Concept In
CblckMate Feedln9
Easy-to-Attach SNAP-C- •
SWIVEL Chick Feed
Dispenser with Feeder Tray
We will install on All •sm.
Models of Auger Tubes. ’*£,
3'& 4’CRAFT PAPER
FOR FEEDING W
PVC COATED HEX
Birdwire Netting
Made of the finest high quality ■£■■■■
20 ga. tensile steel wire mesh.
Won't crack or become brittle
after years of exposure to sun f§SK!Km
or cold.
log & Poultry Contracts
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Sat 7;30 to Noon
24 Hour Farmer Boy Ag Systems
Service HnS Inc.
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mainframe computers obsolete.
We plan to market our PC pro
gram throughout the world.
Internationally, PA DHIA has
been awarded an Emerging
Markets contract for a Pilot
The 12th Annual Meeting
Dixie Burns
Laboratory Services
Membership Development
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.)
-The 12th Annual Meeting for
Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Im
provement will be held at Days
Inn Penn State, 240 South Pugh
Street, State College, on Feb
ruary 22, 2000.
The Business Meeting will
begin at 3:30 p.m. followed by a
social half-hour with the Awards
Banquet at 6:30 p.m. John
Rogers will be our Master of
Ceremonies for this year’s ban
quet and the State Dairy Prin
cess will be one of our featured
speakers.
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Project in Poland. Our interna
tional program is designed to
market our processing software,
Barn Owl, Dairy Herd Manage
ment Services (farmer to
farmer), and when Heifer Net is
complete, dairy genetics.
This year the highlights for
the Awards Banquet will be the
Clyde Robinson Award and Herd
Management Recognition for
Ist, 2nd and 3rd place awards
for Holstein, Guernsey, Jersey,
Mixed Breed, Aryshire, Brown
Swiss, and Goats. The lowest
somatic cell county herd will
also be recognized.
We would like to invite all
interested parties to this year’s
Annual Meeting. First place
Award Winners and County
Delegates are free. Please call
with your reservations to Libby
or Dixie at 800-344-8378 by Feb
ruary 16th.
Put •'
Hesters.
The Purafire heater provides a consistent,
cleanburning and fuel efficient source of
warmth for all types of
poultry and swine houses
Choose from two models;
the CBOM variable output
(40,000-80,000 BTUH) and
the C 225 (225,000 BTUH)
Each is UP or natural gas
compatible and can be
mounted inside or outside
your confinement
house Electronic ignition
Shenandoah
Radiant CAS BROODERS
Heats like the Sun and very fuel efficient
Call for Quantity Discounts
watering equally
well from day old
maturity with threi
individually
designed drinkers.
• Roaster Nipple
(VRISO) Broilers,
Roasters, Turkeys,
Ducks
Layer Nipples
(VLISO), Layers
Broiler Nipple
(VB150) Broilers,
Pullets, Breeders,
Ducks
INSULATION
BOARD
4’xB’ Sheets
1 ”, 1 !4” and 2” in stock
Larger sizes available
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