Dairylea Cooperative Continues Positive Trends SYRACUSE, N.Y. Dairylea Cooperative Inc. con cluded fiscal year 2000 with a strong operational and financial performance, building on the positive trends that it estab lished during the 1900 s. “Our record speaks for itself,” said Rick Smith, Dairylea’s Chief Executive Officer. “Since divesting of our plant operations in 1988, we have posted a profit every year. The total equity in the Cooperative has grown every year, in large part due to retained earnings. And our bor rowing, as a percentage of our total assets, is the lowest it has been in five years.” “We have never been stronger,” he stated, in an nouncing year-end results. For example, profits for the fiscal got mi , C? 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Borrowing, as a percentage of k? tm «L * ~f V 717-273-4544 Fax 717-273-5186 total assets, was 11.3 percent, down substantially from a high of 31.8 percent in 1991. “We certainly are proud of what has been accomplished this past year and throughout the 19905,” said Smith. “And while building a strong, progressive milk-marketing organization, we also focused a considerable amount of our energies on devel oping programs and services to impact the bottom line of our members’ operations.” During the past year, Dairylea launched two new pro grams for farmers: Agri-Secure, a comprehensive estate planning program; and Agri-Placement Services, an agricultural labor sourcing and training service. A major development for Dairylea during the past year was entering into a venture with Dairy Farmers of America to create a more efficient milk marketing entity in the North east. Called Dairy Market Services, LLC (DMS), the ven ture markets more than 10 bil lion pounds of raw milk annually, provided by more than 6,000 dairy producers located throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and West. Virginia. DMS supplies the milk requirements of 90 pro cessors and manufacturers in the region. P.T.O. enerators 25 to 135 KW Units In Stock! Globe-Run Dominates At Huntingdon County Fair (Continued from Pago A 24) Homestead Farm. Junior 2-year-old: 1. Charann Foster. Senior 2-year-old: 1. Snider Homestead Farm. Senior 3-year-oid: 1. Snider Homestead Farm. 4- 1. Snider Homestead Farm. 2. Douglas Hoover Jr. 5- 1. Snider Homestead Farm. 125,000-pound class; 1. Snider Home stead Farm. 6- and oven 1. Matthew Hoover. Best three females: 1. Snider Homestead Farm. Produce of dam: 1. Snider Homestead Farm. 2. Matthew Hoover. Dam and daughter: 1. Snider Homestead Farm HOLSTEIN Grand champion: Globe-Run Farm. Reserve grand champion: Golden- Dream Holsteins. Junior champion: Autumn-View Hol steins. Reserve junior champion: Golden-View Holsteins. Spring calf: 1. Golden-Dream Holsteins. 2. Autumn-View Holsteins. 3. Michelle Kyper. Winter calf: 1. Doug and Deb Myers. 2. Bradley Coffman. 3. Globe-Run Farm. Fall calf: 1. Andrew Shade. 2. Charann Foster. 3. Dawn Jones. Summer yearling: 1. Autumn-View Hol steins. 2. Charann Foster. 3. Laurel Run Farm. Spring yearling: 1. Laurel Run Farm. 2. Samantha Foster. 3. Scott Jones. Winter yearling: 1. Charann Foster. 2. Rebecca Mower. 3. Bnttany Jo Myers. Fall yearling; 1. Bradley Coffman. 2. Glo be-Run Farm. 3. J. Travis Couch. Junior best three females: 1. Laurel Run Farm. 2. Globe-Run Farm. * Dry cow 4-years and under; 1. Scott Jones. 2. J. Travis Couch. Dry cow S-years and over. 1. Autumn- View Holsteins. 2. Scott Jones. 3. Laurel Run Farm. Junior 2-year-old: 1. Golden-Dream Hol steins. 2. Laurel Run Farm. 3. Globe-Run Farm. Senior 2-year-old; 1. Globe-Run Farm. 2. Autumn-View Holsteins. 3. Scott Jones. Junior 3-year-old: 1. Charann Foster. 2. Autumn-View Holsteins. 3. Globe-Run Farm. Senior 3-year-old: 1. Samantha Foster. 2. J. Travis Couch. 3. Varner Dairy Farms. 4- f. Golden-Dream Holsteins. 2. Charann Foster. 3. Scott Jones. 5- 1. Globe-Run Farm. 2. Au tumn-View Holsteins. 3. Laurel Run Farm. 125,000-pound class: 1. Samantha Foster. 2. SWJ Farms. 6-years and over: 1. J. Travis Couch. 2. Globe-Run Farm. 3. Scott Jones. Best three females: 1. Globe-Run Farm. 2. Golden-Dream Holsteins. 3. Autumn- View Holstems. Produce of dam: 1. 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Reserve grand champion; Snider Home stead Farm. Junior champion: Cove Valley Jerseys. Reserve junior champion: Gregory McMurtne. Spnng calf: 1. Joyce Harpster. 2. Eu genia Harpster. 3. Ryan Clark. Winter calf; 1. Gregory McMurtne. 2. Mary Martz. 3. Joyce Harpster. Fall calf: 1. Cove Valley Jerseys. 2. Mary Martz. 3. Eugenia Harpster. Summer yearling: 1. Joyce Harpster. 2. Cove Valley Jerseys. 3. Eugenia Harpster. Spnng yearling. 1. Cove Valley Jerseys. 2. Cove Valley Jerseys. 3 Gregory McMur tne. Winter yearling: 1. Gregory McMurtne. 2. Lacie Anderson. Fall yearling; 1. Eugenia Harpster. 2. Cove Valley Jerseys. 3. Bnttany Myers. Junior best three females; 1. Gregory McMurtrie. 2. Eugenia Harpster. 3. Joyce Harpster. Dry cow 4-years and under 1. H/S Harp ster. 2. Gregory McMurtne. Dry cow 5-years and over 1. H/S Harp ster. 2. lan Hayden. 3. Joyr 3 Harpster. Junior 2-year-old; 1. H/S Harpster. 2. Gregory McMurtne. 3. Amber Lemin. Senior 2-year-old: 1. Joyce Harpster. 2. Jessica McMurtne. 3. Ryan Clark. Junior 3-year-old: 1. Snider Homestead Farm. 2. Jessica McMurtrie. 3. Matthew Hoover. Senior 3-year-old: 1. Gregory McMurtne. 4- 1. Jessica McMurtne. 2. Douglas Hoover Jr. 5- 1. H/S Harpster. 2. Laurel Run Farm. 3. Lacie Anderson. 6-years and over 1. Joyce Harpster. 2 Eugenia Harpster. 3. Laurel Run Farm Best three females; 1. Jessica McMur tne. 2. H/S Harpster. 3. Gregory McMurtne. Produce of dam: 1. H/S Harpster. 2. Gre gory McMurtne. 3. Joyce Harpster. Dam and daughter; 1. H/S Harpster. 2. Joyce Harpster. 3. Joyce Harpster. Grand champion: Jason Heeter. Reserve grand champion: Jodi Heeter. Junior champion: Jodi Heeter. Reserve junior champion- Jason Heeter. Winter yearling: 1. Jodi Heeter. 2. Jason Heeter. Dry cow 4-years and under. 1. Jodi Heeter. Junior 2-year-old; 1. Jason Heeler. Senior 2-year-old; 1. Jason Heeler. Senior 3-year-old: 1. Jodi Heeler. 6-years and over 1. Black Log Ml. Farm. 2. Jason Heeler. 3. Jason Heeler. Best three females: 1. Jodi Heeler. 2 Jason Heeler. Produce of dam; 1. Jason Heeler. Dam and daughter. 1. Jodi Heeler 2 Jason Heeler. 3. Jason Heeler. I JERSEY MILKING SHORTHORN
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