LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.)-Brubaker Farms at Mount
Joy will host a session on train
ing dairy feeding employees
Thursday, March 23.
Area dairy managers are en
couraged to enroll to receive in
formation and materials needed
to train dairy employees respon
sible for feeding management.
The session is a Pennsylvania
Dairy Alliance program coordi
nated by the Capital Regional
Extension Dairy Team.
The morning session begins
with registration at 10:15 a.m.
The program will begin at 10:30
a.m.
During the morning session,
Dr. Jud Heinrichs, Penn State
Dairy and Animal Science and
Virginia Ishler, Penn State pro
gram assistant, will discuss
using dry matter, visual appra
isal, and pH to evaluate silage
samples. Lab activities will in
clude procedures to test dry
matters and what to look for
when visually appraising a
sample.
TMR mixing strategies and
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Animal Health & Housing
This new 40-plus page book
let with health tips and recom
mendations from vetennarin and
animal housing experts is sched
uled to be inserted in the April 8
issue of Lancaster Farming. In
addition to this 50,000-copy run,
the Animal Housing Guide will
be distributed at the follow
agricultrual shows and exhibits.
Ag Progress Days
All-Amencan Dairy Show
Empire Days
Keystone International
Keystone Farm Show
PA Farm Show
The guide will feature articles
written by leading experts in
the following areas:
♦ Principles of biosecurity
♦ Proper Handling and injection
of pharmaceuticals and
vaccines
♦ Strategic parasite control
♦ Animal handling and welfare
concerns
♦ Important concepts of resides
and antibacterial resistance
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Session To Focus On Training Employees
measurements will also be dis
cussed during the morning pro
gram. This will include
ingredient sequencing, mixing
time, feed bunk refusal of
TMRs, and mixing effects on
particle size.
The afternoon program will
look at the ensiling process,
forage quality, and fermentation
profiles. This will include look
ing at the impact of not achiev
ing goals during ensiling.
Dr. Dennis Buckmaster, agri
cultural engineering, will dis
cuss TMR wagon maintenance,
calibration, and troubleshooting.
Safety, loading, mixing, materi
als, unloading, inspection, and
adjustments will all be ad
dressed.
The session will conclude with
a demonstration of Excel
spreadsheets to record dry
matter history, milk production
and feed costs, and a spread
sheet to recalculate TMR mix
sheets. The feeder’s training will
be at Brubaker Farms, 740
Union School Road, Mount Joy.
Directions to the farm are as
In Lancaster Farming’s New Booklet
A Reference Guide To
♦ Synchronized heat programs
♦ Molds and mycotoxins
And orther subjects of current
interest.
In addition, the 8”X11”, pa
per-cover booklet will include
features on farmers who excel in
the following areas with tips on
how they do it.
♦ Dairy Ventilation
♦ Mastitis Prevention
♦ Dairy Heifer Management
Lancaster Farming ,
Box 609,1 £. Main Street
Ephrata, Pa. 17522
Phone: (717)626-1164
follows;
From Rt. 283, travel south on
Rt. 772 through Mount Joy.
About I.S miles south of Mount
Joy, turn right at the traffic light
onto Union School Road, and
turn left immediately onto Flory
Rd. At the “T,” turn right onto
Musser Road and proceed about
one mile to Brubaker Farms and
Pa. Shorthorn Breeders Meet
SOMERSET (Somerset
Co.)-Members of the Pennsylva
nia Shorthorn Breeders’ Associ
ation conducted their annual
dinner meeting Feb. 12 here at
Hoss’s Restaurant.
John Allen, Saxonburg; Brad
ley Eisiminger, Waynesburg;
Tim Fleener, Robesonia; and
John Moore, Franklin were
elected to three-year terms as di
rectors. The 1999 officers re
elected to serve during the
current year are president,
Frank Stoltzfus; vice president,
William Beinlich, Monongahela;
and treasurer, Kay McElhaney,
♦ Beef Nutrition & Handling
♦ Swine Early Weaning,
Segregation, & Nutrition
♦ Ventilation & Housing
Practices For Swine
Farmers can reference contact
lists of health and housing
experts, including:
♦ Veterinarians
♦ Management Consultants
♦ University & Extension
Experts
to the dairy complex at the end
of the farm lane.
Cost for the training includ
ing the lunch fee is $25 per par
ticipant. The session is limited to
the first 30 people who apply.
To register for the training,
call the Penn State Cooperative
Extension customer service desk
at the York County Office, (717)
Hookstown.
Evening speakers were Wil
liam McCoy, Lancaster, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association and
Paul Slayton, Bedford, director
of the Pennsylvania Beef Coun
cil. McCoy spoke about the ac
tivities of the state cattlemen’s
association and emphasized the
upcoming Beef Expo at State
College in March. Slayton ex
plained the activities of the beef
council. The council disburses
the state’s share of the beef
checkoff funds.
Bradley Eisiminger, who has
served six years as director of
standing of the business to
determine which risks the busi
ness can withstand, regardless of
these other judgments.
At this point it is time to seek
out the risk managing options
available for the unacceptable
risks faced. These may range
from the new production meth
ods to some new way to market
a crop. In many cases, a well
reasoned set of standard opera
ting procedures will set the
proper tone for your employees,
neighbors, and officials. This is a
tone that minimizes the possibil-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4, 2000-C3
840-7408. You may also fax your
registration to (717) 755-5968 or
e-mail to Tim Beck at
tbeck@psu.edu. Register by
March 13 so adequate materials
may be prepared for the ses
sions.
If you have questions, contact
Tim Beck at (717) 840-7408.
the American Shorthorn Associ
ation, reported on the directors’
meeting at the annual meeting
at the recent Forth Worth Live
stock Show.
The membership voted to
conduct the 2000 Pennsylvania
State Shorthorn Show in con
junction with the Keystone In
ternational Livestock Show in
October at the Farm Show Com
plex.
David McElhaney, chairman
of the Futurity Heifer Sale, an
nounced that 18 head are en
tered in the sale at the
Pennsylvania Beef Expo at State
College.
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ity of problems and dims the ac
cusation of negligence should
one occur. Extension personnel,
as well as many agricultural ser
vice providers, can assist you in
both identifying potential risks
and employing methods to
manage them.
Risk management is an im
portant means to protecting the
accumulated, and potential, net
worth of the business. Remem
ber that risk management is
only part of the whole “planet”
that is business planning. I hope
you have enjoyed your tour.