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V 01.46 No. 6
Exciting Exchanges Explained At Lebanon Farm-City Banquet
During the recent Farm-City Banquet at the Lebanon
Expo Center, Agriculture Secretary Samuel Hayes and
Farm Show Director Dennis Grumbine presented the Cen
tury Farm Award to Arthur and Sara Jane Krall, who own a
120-acre dairy in south Annville area. The farm has been in
the family for 140 years. Photo'by Michelle Ranch
The Millers care for about 100 colonies of bees near
Manheim. Kelly and Tim, who began managing beehives in
1994, went through several hives early on, but learned
how to become experienced beekeepers. The cold, wet
spring posed some challenges this year, too. The Millers
are pictured on the lawn of their home near Manheim with
children, Caleb, 7, standing; Kelly holds Angela, 2 and
Julia 4; and Tim holds Elizabeth, 5. R#ad more about the
Millers in a special section, Grower & Marketer, this issue.
Photo by Andy Andrews
Special Deadlines For
Dec. 30, Jan. 6 Issues
Because of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays
combined with the promotions for the Pennsylvania State
Farm Show and Keystone Farm Show here are the dead
lines for the Dec. 30 and Jan. 6 issues of Lancaster Farming'.
Dec. 30
Public Sale Ads: Tuesday, Dec. 26, noon.
Mailbox Markets: Friday, Dec. 22, noon.
Section D Classifieds: Tuesday, Dec. 26,3 p.m.
Farm Equipment Ads: Wednesday, Dec. 27,9 a.m.
All Other Display Ads: Friday, Dec. 22,5 p.m.
Jan. 6
Public Sale Ads: Friday, Dec. 29,5 p.m.
Mailbox Markets: Friday, Dec. 29,5 p.m.
Section D Classifieds: Tuesday, Jan. 2,5 p.m.
Farm Equipment Ads: Wednesday, Jan. 3,9 a.m.
All Other Display Ads: Friday, Dec. 29.5 p.m.
Five Sections
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9, 2000
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) “We do need to
learn to work together,” said
emcee Arietta Schadler at the
recent Farm-City Banquet in the
Lebanon Expo Building.
The Farm-City program, she
explained, is designed to make
people aware of the relationship
between agriculture and busi-
At the Lancaster DHIA dinner are from left, John Wanner, vice president; Jay Mylin,
manager; Gary and Jenny Bowman, lowest SCC count; Elizabeth Smith, Lancaster
County dairy princess; and Steve Hershey, president. Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor
Lancaster DHIA Has Banner Year
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) The management team
and farmer directors reported
another prosperous year for
Lancaster DHIA at its annual
meeting Tuesday at the Good ’N
Plenty Restaurant. In the mana
ger’s report, Jay Mylin said cows
on test increased by 20,000 this
year to a total of 120,000 cows in
2,000 herds in Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Somerset and Blair
counties were added this year.
“The dairy industry continues
to change at a rapid pace,”
Mylin said. “Herds are getting
larger and production is climb
ing. The average herd size is up
3 cows, to 66 cows, for all herds
we service. Production is up 400
pounds per cow, to 21,062
pounds per year. We service 50
herds of over 200 cows, many
with electronic I.D. and milking
recording systems. Milk weights
are transferred electronically
from the dairymen’s computer
to Raleigh Processing Center.”
Steve Hershey, president, said
the growth from 1,085 herds in
1992 when the organization was
formed to the 2,050 herds today
would not have seemed possible.
“And we are not just picking up
large herds,” Hershey said. “We
have added many small herds
that were never on test before.”
After giving the history of
Editor
ness, the importance of agricul
ture to the economy, and to
highlight that we have an agri
culture economy that coexists
with the business economy, said
Schadler.
A crowd of more than 600
people attended the banquet, the
seventh in the Lebanon Expo
Building and the 20th in recent
history in Lebanon County. Leb
anon County hosts 1,000 farms
how the association came to pro
vide service in 15 counties, Her
shey said the future is bright for
the association because of strong
management and a focus on the
technicians.
In the lab committee report
Rodney Denlinger reported that
a new piece of equipment has in-
Hilda Fisher recently re
ceived the Berks County Ag
Woman of the Year Award.
Turn to page B 2 to read
about Hilda and her hus
band Frank. Photo by Lou
Ann Good.
$32.00 Per Year
which generate more than $lB6
million in agricultural products.
Agribusiness adds an additional
$B6 million in payroll, said
Schadler.
Schadler also called attention
to the fire at Kutztown Bologna
Products which damaged the fa
cilities and destroyed the pork
chops and bologna slated to be
creased the ability to process the
increasing number of samples
going through the lab. And in
other business, Denlinger pre
sented the board’s recommenda
tion that the by-laws be changed
to limit director terms to a total
of 3 5-year terms. The recom
mendation passed.
Clair Oberholtzer, treasurer,
reported total assets at
$273,426.81 with total income
for the year, $2,045,219.59; cash
in the bank of $17,695.64; a cer-
Milk Marketing
Board Mandates
An Increase
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania Milk Mar
keting Board chairwoman Bev
erly R. Minor announced
Wednesday that the board
members voted unanimously to
establish an over-order premium
of $1.40 per one hundred
pounds of milk (this does not in
clude the $.25 fuel adjustment
premium). The current over
order premium of $1.20 expires
Dec. 31, 2000. The over-order
premium is paid on Class I (bot
tled) milk produced, processed,
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