A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 2000
During the conference, the NRAES, a cooperative ex
tension effort formed by 14 universities, offered atten
dees resources with the latest information on dairy
housing and animal care.
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figure out how to do a better job
at what we’re doing,” said
Stiles. “I found out a lot about
what housing systems work and
what didn’t work and why they
work or don’t.”
For John Mueller of Clifton
Springs, NY, the conference
taught him as much about what
to improve as it did about what’s
new. He milks 1,100 cows on
Willow Bend Farm.
“We wanted to see what was
new in dairy housing,” said
Mueller. “But I am finding out
as much about what’s wrong
with my existing operation as I
am about building a new one.”
Mueller plans to go home and
fix some of the problems he
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didn’t know he had. “We
thought we were doing things
perfect,” said Mueller. “Now I
know where we can improved.”
Another New York farmer is
looking into a minor expansion.
Russell Miller from Arcede, NY,
milks 1,000 cows on Plato Brook
Farm. He wanted to see if there
were any new things he could
use in the new facility.
“These meetings are always
an opportunity for interchange
with farmers we know and
farmers we don’t know,” said
Miller. “Hopefully we can take
these information tidbits and
put them to use.”
“The conference also gives us
the opportunity to sit back and
take a fresh look at how we can
do it better,” said Miller.
A Bradford County farmer
came to the conference because
he is either going to expand or
have to get smaller. Tim
Beardslee from Lottahill Farms
milks 180 cows.
“I am getting a lot of different
ideas, and I need new ideas
when I do expand,” said
Beardslee. “I am finding out
what people I can go to for
help.”
Beardslee is most interested in
finding ways to handle manure
and nutrients to best benefit the
environmental.
“I want to design the system
so I can handle them better,”
said Beardslee. “It will take me
three to four years of looking
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December 10th, 1999
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