A2B-Unc«»ter Farming, Saturday, March 4, 2000
DHIA Service Center, Orchard Road, University Park, PA 16802
Norman L. Hershey
President, PA DHIA
Board of Directors
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.)-Fellow members of PA
DHIA, Directors, Delegates,
Employees, and guests, good af
ternoon! I am grateful for the
opportunity to join with you in
celebrating another successful
year for PA DHIA. Later this af
ternoon there will be plenty of
time for questions and I would
hope that you would ask about
anything that seems unclear.
Financially speaking we fin
ished just slightly better than a
break-even year, with a bottom
line profit of $43,000. You will
receive more details later in the
financial report, but I can tell
you that the long-term debt
stands at zero. Naturally, we
strive to produce a profit every
year to strengthen your associa
tion, but our primary purpose is
to provide a service to help you
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Many contractors choose a 14’ (dig depth) TLB because the reach and
loading height of this size TLB minimizes the amount of repositioning
required on many jobs - increasing efficiency. The 331/334 are very
competitive in these area
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better manage your farms. I
have to tell you though, this be
comes increasingly difficult es
pecially in sparse cow
population areas of the state. It
remains a constant challenge to
provide highly motivated and
properly trained technicians to
travel the many miles necessary
and too often, to do it for less
than high pay. We simply must
pay a living wage if we are to
retain good technicians.
MUN tests continue to in
crease in both number of tests
and in importance to the dairy
men as they learn how to better
utilize the information. One
reason for that is the Nitrogen
Management Report. But, the
shining star in this area is our
consulting service, which multi
plies greatly the value of your
testing dollar. We are all very
proud of what is being accom
plished in this area and frankly I
think we’ve only scratched the
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surface of what all is possible.
We remain the only DHIA in the
nation to provide this service to
enable you, the members, to
maximize the value of your
records. George Cudoc has been
kept very busy serving as many
of you as possible, making farm
visits and conducting seminars
for your benefit. This year your
Board decided to put more em
phasis on the district meetings
in order to maintain a closer re
lationship with a greater
number of members. Having
George on the agenda for our
herd management seminar was
certainly a big boost in that
effort. Part of his presentation
was dedicated to explaining our
new herd management soft
ware-Barn Owl-an amazing
piece of work. And my thanks
and congratulations go out to
Jim Boyer and his programmers
for the dedication and long
hours that went into that
project. We are indeed very
proud of the new Windows pro
gram for dairy herd manage
ment that is a step above
anything else on the market
anywhere in the world today.
You know, the success of this
organization really is about
people. You have a great group
of directors working in the
boardroom. As my third year as
president draws to a close, I
want to say a heart felt thank
you, not only for your time and
effort, but also for the coopera
tive spirit in an earnest attempt
to provide the very best product
and service possible and to do it
If digging power and lifting capacity are needed, the 337/341
match up well in these area and exceed a TLB in reach and
loading height.
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in an affordable way. You’ve
made my job very easy and en
joyable. Your General Manager,
Dave Slusser, and all the De
partment Heads, are great
people and work hard for all of
us. To all of the other folks at the
Service Center and the many
people in Field Service spread
across the state-Thank You to
each and everyone-it is your
work and attitude on the job
that really determines whether
or not we have a satisfied cus
tomer.
Two years ago, our Board of
Directors as part of our strategic
long range plan, gave General
Manager Slusser directive to
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“People are key. You want to
always have the best people. The
reality is that dairies compete
with other dairies for employees.
It’s really all about people.
That’s the bottom line.’’
After attending the learning
seminars, dairy day participants
could take time to visit with the
exhibitors, get a massage from
the Guthrie Rural Health and
Safety representatives, or bid on
one of the winning pies from the
pie auction, which raised $540
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Recently he has been expanding
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year. While there we held semi-
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After ail the activities were
completed, Bradford County
Agricultural Agent Gary
Hennip called the day a success
with something for everyone.
“This went pretty well,”
Hennip said. ‘We had over 64
exhibitor tables and have more
people here than in the past. We
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