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Coopers, Rutters Share York DHIA Honors
DHIA honors to York County herds included awards to, from left, front, Paul Wivell,
representing Perrydell Farms, John Dietz, Strickler Lane Farm, and April Cooper. Back
row: Heather Growl, York Dairy Princess and representing the Crow! herd, Terry Saylor,
Jr., for Rutter’s Farm, Stephanie and Suzann Pomraning, representing their family’s
My-T Farm.
JOYCE BCPP
York Co. Correspondent
BAIR (York Co.) Young
dairy couple Scott and April
Cooper and longtime family op
eration Rutter Brothers shared
some of the top honors awarded
recently at the York DHIA annu
al meeting conducted Dec. 1 at
the 4-H Center.
The Coopers, Delta, were
named high herd in the country
for both milk and protein, finish
ing the 2000 test year with an av
erage of 28,412-pounds of milk
and 887-pounds of protein.
Rutter’s Dairy’s Holstein herd
zoomed to the top of the herd
management list with 114 points
on the evaluation, which weighs
a variety of factors in tallying the
total score. The York dairy tied
for third place as well in the
management category with its
well-known Guernsey herd,
racking up 97 points in the tally,
the same score achieved by the
Cooper’s Holsteins.
* Leonard Greek, Delta, finished
second in the overall herd man
agement scoring, with 102 points.
In fifth spot with 96 points, were
Glenn and Dawn Anderson, East
Prospect.
Most of the top five awards in
several categories alternated
among a half-dozen of the coun
ty’s highest-producing herds.
Pa. Breeders Registering
Most Angus
In Fiscal Year
The 10 producers who regis
tered the most Angus beef cattle
in the state of Pennsylvania re
corded a total of 779 Angus with
the American Angus Association.
1. Sidney Riggs, Friedens, 118
2. McKean Bros., Mercer, 116
3. McCullough Angus, Mercer,
93
4. Sinclair Cattle Co., Wa
fordsburg, 89
5. South Branch Farms, Seven
Valleys, 85
6. Circle Oak Farm. Gettys
burg, 61
7. Frey Family Angus, Quarry
ville, 52
8. Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, UP. 44
IT'S WHAT YOU WANT'"
Taking several honors for the
first time this year was the My-T
herd. Delta, owned by Myron
and Teresa Pomraning, and their
daughters Stephanie, Suzann
and Jessica. The Pomranings,
whose daughters are instrumen
tal in helping to care for the fam
ily herd, placed first in the quali
ty-related low somatic cell
category.
Recognized for their high herd
in milk and protein, 305-day re
cords, were also Rutters’ Hol-
steins, second with
26,775-pounds and 820-pounds
protein, Smyser’s Richlawn
Farms, operated by the families
of Rodney and Robert Smyser,
third with 26,369-pounds milk
and 796 of protein, Leonard
Greek, fourth at 25,419-pounds
milk and 789-pounds protein,
and Walk-Le-Holsteins, the
Leroy Walker family, fifth at
25,152-pounds milk and
785-pounds protein.
High 305-day individual re
cords were awarded to nine
breed winners. Fawn, owned by
Triple J Ayrshires, topped the
Ayrshire category with a milk re
cord of 25,404. Rutters claimed
two breed titles, taking the
Guernsey honor with their cow
Cindy, and her 27,202 milk lac
tation, and the Mixed Breed
award with Dixie, at 26,815 milk.
9. Samuel Wylie 111, Breeze
wood, 41
10. Oak Hill Angus Farm,
Avella, 40
11. Erdenheim Farm, La
fayette Hill, 40
Angus breeders across the na
tion in 2000 registered 271,222
head of Angus cattle, an increase
of nearly four percent from a
year ago.
“This increase reinforces the
demand for Angus genetics in
commercial herds as producers
are more aware of end product
quality and its effect on their bot
tom line,” says Spader, Executive
vice president, American Angus
Association.
Holstein titlist was Scott and
April Cooper’s Whoopie, with a
whopping 42,241-pound,
305-day milk record. Topping
the Jersey honors was #l5,
owned by John Dietz, and com
pleting a record of 17,931 milk
pounds. Perrydell Farms’ #lO7
wrapped up a 26,383-pound re
cord to top the Red and White
category.
Glenn and Dawn Anderson
Encouraging musical talent that they didn’t even know they had, York DHIA meeting
entertainer Peggy Dawson tapped audience members for her kitchen band.
Bay Program Partners Commit
ANNAPOLIS, Md. A new
action plan that sets far-reaching
goals for preventing the release
of chemical contaminants into
the Chesapeake Bay and its trib
utaries was unveiled recently by
the Chesapeake Bay Program.
The Toxics 2000 Strategy fiilfills
the first major commitment of
Chesapeake 2000, the watershed
wide restoration plan signed by
Bay Program partners in June.
The strategy commits to vol
untary goals that surpass current
regulatory requirements and
strives to achieve “zero release”
of chemical contaminants into
the Bay by phasing out chemical
mixing zones, reducing point
source loads, and adopting new
measures to ensure that finfish
and shellfish are safe to eat. And,
for the first time, the Bay Pro
gram is setting specific numerical
goals to reduce toxics from non
point sources such as stormwater
and agricultural runoff.
By focusing on areas most im
pacted by chemical contami
also earned two category honors,
with Brown Swiss winner #306
completing a 29,618 record and
Lineback winner #llO4 with a
25,926-pound lactation. Milking
Shorthorn award winner was #O9
with 17,213-pounds, owned by
Glenn and Gary Crow).
Four of the five highest indi
vidual 305-day protein records
were from the Cooper herd, with
Whoopie at 1,249-pounds pro
tein on her 42,241 milk pounds
lactation, Marissa with
1,166-pounds protein and a
37,055-pound milk record, Mist,
1,163-pounds protein and 35,587
milk, and Danni, 1,125 protein
and 37,125 milk. Rutters’ Hol
steins were fourth with Neon,
1,131-pounds protein and 37,030
milk.
High individual 2-year-old was
Glenn and Dawn Anderson’s
Pat, with a first lactation of
31,747-pounds of milk. The An
derson’s also earned recognition
for high lifetime cow, Rosa, pro
ducing 254,033-pounds of milk
in eight lactations. Second high
lifetime production for the year
among the county’s test herds
was Ada, owned by Elvin L. De
iter, completing 10 lactations
with a total of 253,280-pounds
milk.
Pomraning’s My-T Farms
winning quality award came (mi a
Somatic Cell Count year average
of 125,000. Second was Kate-
Ann Farm, with 141,000, Larry
Robinson, third, with 174,000,
Leaspring Farm, fourth, at
187,000, and Glenn and Dawn
Anderson, 209,000.
Toxic Reductions
To
nants, including three major Re
gions of Concern the Anacostia
River, the Elizabeth River and
Baltimore Harbor the strategy
calls for implementing plans to
cleanup existing contaminated
sediments and the acceleration of
voluntary efforts to prevent fu
ture contamination.
“As one of the key commit
ments of Chesapeake 2000, the
Toxics 2000 Strategy is designed
to eliminate toxic impacts and
public health concerns in the
Anacostia,” said Chesapeake Ex
ecutive Council Chairman and
District of Columbia Mayor An
thony A. Williams. “This strate
gy is one of the first steps toward
meeting the ambitious goals of
that plan.”
“By agreeing to no net in
crease of chemical contaminants
from developing lands and the
phasing out of chemical mixing
zones, Bay partners have com
mitted to achieving a “zero re
lease” goal that will ultimately
reduce toxic impacts on the
Most improved herd in protein
was John Krone, Glen Rock,
with a plus protein pounds of 69
and a herd protein average of
645. My-T Farm was second,
with a 68-pound increase and a
523 average. Third was Cool
Branch Farm, 55-pound in
crease, fourth was Bradley Herr,
48-pound increase and Willow
Grove Farm was fifth with a
39-pound increase.
Most improved herd in milk
was My-T Farm at 3,134-pounds.
John Krone was second with
2,162-pounds milk. Bradley Herr
was third with a 1,962-pounds
increase, Cool Branch Farm with
1,866-pounds milk and Elvin De
iter at 1,827-pounds milk in
crease.
High protein in herds averag
ing over 850-pounds was Scott
and April Cooper at 887. In the
750-849-pounds measurement
category Rutters’ Holsteins were
first at 820-pounds, Smyser’s
Richlawn at 796, Leonard Greek,
third, 789, Walk-Le Holsteins,
fourth, 785, Lynn Wolf, fifth,
762, and Glenn and Dawn An
derson, sixth, 756-pounds of pro
tein.
In the business meeting por
tion of the annual DHIA gather
ing, Ed Cottrell, Seven Valleys,
was elected for a three-year term
on the test cooperative’s county
board. Entertainment was pro
vided by Peggy Dawson, who
kept her dairy audience laughing
with her “down home” country
humor and tapping select mem
bers of the group to play in her
improvisional kitchen band. >,
Bay,” said Chesapeake Bay Pro
gram Director Bill Matuszeski.
The Toxics 2000 Strategy is
the result a lengthy open public
process involving over 300 gov
ernment, citizen, industry, envi
ronmental and scientific leaders
from across the Chesapeake Bay
watershed.
“The extensive public involve
ment and support over the past
year and a half is the key to
meeting the goals set forth in this
strategy,” said Chesapeake Bay
Program Toxics Subcommittee
Chair Bob Summers. “The result
of this unique stakeholder-driven
process is a clear strategy calling
for more extensive Bay preserva
tion and restoration efforts.”
For more information about
the Toxics 2000 Strategy, includ
ing an executive summary, list of
participating stakeholders and
links to Bay Program partners,
visit the Chesapeake Bay Pro
gram website at http;//
www.chesapeakebay.net/
press.htm.