A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 2000
RESTON, Va. Jeff and
Lisa Bender from Norlina, N.C.
were named Maryland and Vir
ginia Milk Producers’ 2000 Out
standing Young Cooperators
(YC).
Announced at the coopera
tive’s 80th annual meeting on
Wednesday, March 29, the Out
standing YCs will represent
Maryland and Virginia at two
national educational confer
ences and will attend monthly
board meetings in Reston, Va.
The conferences include the
National Institute on Coopera
tive Education in Nashville,
Tenn., in August and the Na
tional Milk Producers YC Con
ference and Annual Meeting in
Dallas, Texas, in November.
Graduates of North Carolina
State University, Jeff and Lisa
have operated the dairy together
since 1991 when they began
milking 100 cows. Currently
milking 245 Holsteins and man
aging 400 acres of crops, the
Benders are focused on consist
ently improving their farm by
upgrading the facilities to im
prove cow comfort as well as im
proving the efficiency and
productivity of their cropping
systems. They have one son,
Jacob, who helps look after the
calves and is active in several 4-
H projects.
Runners-Up Gordon and
Sheila Lee from Landrum, S.C.,
were named first runners-up
and will attend the National Tim Motley, Chatham, Va., was named second runner-up
Milk Producers YC Conference in Maryland and Virginia’s Outstanding Young Cooperator
and Annual Meeting in Dallas, Contest. Shown with him are his wife, Carol, and their
Texas, in November. The Lees three children, left to right: Adam, 18, Melissa, 14, and
operate Lees Dairy Farm Inc. j u jj e j n
where they milk 100 Holsteins ’
and raise 70 youngstock.
Maryland and Virginia Announces
2000 ‘Outstanding Young Cooperators’
Tim Motley from Chatham,
Va., was selected second runner
up and will attend the National
Institute on Cooperative Educa
tion in Nashville, Tenn., in
August. With his wife, Carol,
and three children Adam, Me
lissa and Julie, Tim operates a
145-cow milking herd and raises
165 replacement heifers.
Timmy and Tammie French
from Woodstock, Va., and Billy
and Anne French from Maurer
town, Va., were named third
and fourth runners-up, respec
tively, and will attend the Penn
sylvania Council of
Cooperatives YC Leadership
Conference in Carlisle, Pa., in
July. Timmy and Tammie milk
80 Jerseys and Holsteins on Ski
p-A-Dale farm and manage all
aspects of the farm from herd
health to crops. Billy and Anne
have operated French Brothers
Dairy for the past 19 years and
currently milk 119 Holsteins
and raise 106 youngstock.
All YC contestants will be in
vited to attend a Maryland and
Virginia board meeting and tour
the cooperative headquarters in
Reston, Va. Other contestants
were: Billy & Beverly Ethridge,
Bowman, S.C.; John & Mary
Goodwin, Orange, Va.; Byron
Graybeai, Peach Bottom, Pa.;
Charles Harris, Mineral, Va.;
Ronnie & Cyndi Messick, Mid
land, Va.; Thurman Nesbitt,
McConnellsburg, Pa.; and Clint
Walker, Clinton, S.C.
Named first runners-up were Gordon and Sheila Lee,
Landrum, S.C. The couple milks 100 Holsteins and raises
70 replacement heifers on Lees Dairy Farm.
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Carlisle - Gutshall’s, Inc
Cresson - Hines Equipment
Easton - Forks Equipment
Fairmount City - Miller's Equipment
Honesdale - Marshall Machinery
Honeybrook - Dependable Motor Co
Johnstown - Hines Equipment
Lebanon - Umberger’s of Fontana
Lititz - Binkley & Hurst Bros
Lynnport - Kermit K. Kistler.lnc
Marion Center - Allegheny Farm Service
Oley- Pikeville Equipment
Oxford - Deer Creek Equipment
Turbotville - Ag Resources
Washington - Bull International
Williamsburg - Longnecker’s, Inc .
Based on an application, in
terview and response to an in
dustry round-table discussion
question, participants were eval
uated on their dairy career prog
ress, communication skills,
cooperative knowledge and or
ganizational activities.
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