i DISIT 1680 Z Sl2 P 3 j— - 036034 113000 K fjS R PERIODICALS DIVISION 030 H K Ifl K —— Wl'o9 PATTC LIBRARY , - ~ W - PKNN STATE UNIVERSITY t UNIV PARK PA 16802 I •» IT n sll V 01.46 No. 7 Dairymen Awards Banquet Honors Leaders In Dairy Industry MICHELLE RANCK Lancaster Farming Staff GRANTVILLE (Dauphin Co.) Three awards honored members of agriculture for their dedication, leadership, and pro motion of the dairy industry at the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association annual awards ban quet. The event on Wednesday evening was conducted in con junction with the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders’ Conference here at the Holiday Inn. More than 250 people at tended the evening banquet. Brubaker Farms, Inbuilt Joy, and Land O’Lakes Inc., Carlisle, were honored with the first Pacesetter awards at the annual meeting Thursday morning of the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders. From left, award presenter Ralph Heffner, chair of the award com mittee; Dale Hershey and Larry Dotterer, accepting on behalf of Land O’Lakes; Luke Brubaker, Brubaker Farms; and Joel Rotz, Stakeholders board president. Photo by Andy Andrew* Capitol Region Dairy Extension Team. Back from left, Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County dairy agent; Dan McFarland, multicounty agricultural engineer; Roland Freund, mul ticounty farm management agent; Duane Duncan, Cumberland County extension direc tor; and Vinton Smith, multicounty dairy agent. Front from left, Philip Wagner, Franklin County dairy agent; Galen Kopp, Lebanon County dairy agent; Tim Beck, regional dairy program coordinator; and Tim Fritz, multicounty farm management agent. Not pictured: Dr. Arlen Mills, multicounty agent, veterinary science; Brad Hilty, dairy alliance informa tion management; and Rich Stup, dairy alliance human resource management. Four Sections Following dinner, Pennsylva nia Dairy Princess Melinda Wolfe delivered a speech in spired by her father and his dreams of owning his own dairy farm. Additionally, members of the state 4-H judging team were given a lifetime membership to National Dairy Shrine during the evening. Donald Koontz, Fredonia, Elsie Wolff, Quarryville, and Philip Wagner, Franklin County, were selected for skills at their jobs and tireless dedica Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16, 2000 tion to the dairy industry, ac cording to David Smith, executive secretary, Pennsylva nia Dairymen’s Association. Donald A. Koontz, Fredonia, was honored with the Charles E. Cowan Award. A graduate of Delaware Valley College with a degree in dairy husbandry, Koontz spent several years as a herd manager for Walbe Farms before purchasing his current farm in Mercer County. A 4-H dairy club leader, Koontz is a nationally approved (Turn to Pago A 27) Elsie Wolff, Quarryville, right, received the Pennsylvania Distinguished Dairy Women Award from Dixie Burris, as sociate board member, Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Associa tion. Photo by Michelle Ranck Stakeholder Breakfast Focuses On Dairy Success Stories ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff GRANTVILLE (Dauphin Co.) One day, David Zimmerman and wife Joyce re alized what they had simply wasn’t adequate. The stanchion pipeline built in 1968, which seemed easy and adequate for the dairy more than three decades ago, started to look rather old. A son who worked as an auto mechanic and a daughter who worked at a nursery wanted to come back and help on the farm. David said that two families couldn’t be supported on 80 cows. With help from a consult ant and financial assistance from a Pennsylvania Dairy Penn State Begins Capitol Region Dairy Program Tim Beck York Extension Agent Penn State Regional Dairy Program Coordinator Dairy producers in the capitol region will notice some changes in the organization of extension staff responsibilities for dairy programs. During the past year, exten sion staff members have been actively meeting to assess dairy program needs, identify re sources, plan upcoming regional events, and share ideas and in formation to stay up to date on important dairy industry issues. Our first successful regional events were two employee- $32.00 Per Year Stakeholder program, the herd continues to expand to about 600-650 cows, enough “for the next generation,” Zimmerman said. David farms with wife Joyce and five children, Dale, 23; Sharon, 30; James, 27; Joann, 21; and Kathy, 13, on Meadowview Farm near Rein holds. David spoke Thursday morn ing about the Stakeholder’s pro gram, the Business Planning Assistance Program (BPAP), at the 2000 Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholder’s Conference Breakfast at the Grantville Holi day Inn. (Turn to Pago A 36) training programs this past spring. The March feeder’s and milker’s schools were warmly received and positively evalu ated by participants. Spurred on by the interest and enthusiasm of participants, we planned 13 computer training sessions to improve information manage ment skills, five employee train ing schools (two for feeders, one for milkers, and two for transi tion cow managers), and a re gional Dairy Works seminar for dairy farm managers. Most exciting of all are the new people joining our team! Vinton Smith joined our team to serve as multicounty dairy management agent in Cumber (Turn to Pag* A2O) 60$ Per Copy
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