844-Lanca»ter Farming, Saturday, February 12, 2000
YOUR INVITATION TO ATTEN
LANCASTER C^>
DAIRY D
At The Farm and Home Center -1383 Arcadia
Lancaster, PA
Aaron King
Seeds/Fairview Fruit
Farm
Advanced Agri Solutions
Agri-Nutrition Consulting,
Inc.
Agway, Inc.
Amer. Raw Milk Prod.
Pricing Assoc., Inc.
Beiler Brothers /Breeding
Concepts
Brandt's Farm Supply,
lnc7Surge
Cargill Hybrid Seeds
Cedar Crest Equipment
Chr. Hansen BioSystems
Consolidated Nutrition CC
Ducks Unlimited
Elanco Animal Health
F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc.
Farmers First Bank
First Union Bank
Fisher and Thompson, Inc.
Frey Brothers Mfg.
Fulton Bank - Ag Dept.
Genex/CRI
Hornzfus Insurance
Agency
Inter Vet
Dr. Ken Baily, milk Dan F. McFarland, Extension
marketing and dairy Agricultural Engineer for
policies specialist, Penn south central PA
State University,
Charles Gardner, DVM,
MBA, Keystone Agway.
Bradley J. Hilty, owner and
chief consultant, PLS
Agri-Management
Associates, Carlisle, PA
DAIRY DAY
SUPPORTERS
SPEAKERS
J.B. Zimmerman & Sons,
IncJAlfa Laval
John Lichty Accountant
Keystone Farm Credit,
ACA
Lancaster DHIA
Land O'Lakes Inc.
Lapp's Farm Equipment
Monsanto - Protiva
P.L. Rohrer & Bro., Inc.
Penn Jersey Products,
Inc.
Pennfield Corp.
PFB Farm Management
Service
Pfizer, Inc.
Pharmacia & Upjohn
Purina Mills, Inc.
Schering-Plough Animal
Health
Schnupp Grain Roasting,
Inc.
Sire Power, Inc.
Star Silo
Va-NC Select Sires
Waddell & Reed Financial
Services
White Oak Mills
Brian Reed, DVM,
Agricultural Veterinary
Associates of Denver, Pa
Leon Ressler, Lancaster
County Extension Agent
Bill Smith, VMD, New Bolton
Center of Veterinary
Medicine, Kennett Square,
TUESDAY,
TUESDAY,
Conducted By
pennState
LANCASTER COUNTY DAIRY DAYS AGENDA
Tuesday, February 15
VISIT EXHIBITS
REFRESHMENTS
MILK: IT DOES AN ECONOMY
GOOD
Video
9:30
9:45
10:00 LOCATING WATER WITH
INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
- Where should I drill that new
well?
- Leon J. Ressler
10:15 TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE DAIRY
PROFITS
Bradley J. Hilty
11:00 A LOOK AT OUR FUTURE IN
DAIRY
- The dairy situation in general
- Dairy outlook for Penna.
- How milk prices are determined
... Ken Bailey
- QUESTION THE EXPERTS
LUNCH (get tickets before 10:30)
VISIT EXHIBITS
HARNESSING THE FORCES
(video)
MANAGING VOLITILE
MARKETS, COSTS AND
DIASTERS
11:45
1:00
1:10
... Bradley J. Hilty
ROBOTIC MILKERS
- Do they really work?
- Where might they fit in the U.S. ?
- Should 1 keep them in mind as I
plan my dairy setup of the
future?
1:55
... Brian Reed
QUESTION THE EXPERTS
VISIT EXHIBITS
SAFE JOURNEY HOME
2:30
FEBRUARY
and
FEBRUARY
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
OF LANCASTER COUNTY
15, 2000
29, 2000
Tuesday, February 29
9:30 VISIT EXHIBITS
REFRESHMENTS
HARNESSING THE FORCES
Video
9:45
AGWAY'S HEIFER
CONTRACTING PROJECTS
- What are the projects all about?
- What can we learn from them?
... Charles Gardner
ACCELERATED GROWTH
PROGRAMS FOR HEIFERS
- What they are and how they
work.
10:00
10:30
- What we've observed in the field
... Bill Smith
HOUSING FIT FOR HEIFERS
- Meeting the heifer's needs
- Meeting the producer’s needs
11:15
... Dan F. McFarland
- QUESTION THE EXPERTS
- LUNCH (purchase tickets by
10:30 a.m.)
VISIT EXHIBITS
12:00
MILK: IT DOES AN ECONOMY
GOOD
...Video
1:15
HOUSING FOR TRANSITION
COWS
- Meeting the cow's needs
1:30
... Dan F. McFarland
RAISING HEIFERS ON
CONTRACT
2:00
- Producer and grower concerns
- Protocols, economics, contracts
... Charles Gardner
- QUESTION THE EXPERTS
- VISIT EXHIBITS
SAFE JOURNEY HOME
2:30