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Gary and Jenny Bowman, Quarryville, were recently
honored as having the lowest somatic cell count in Lan
caster. The couple is joined by children Mark, 2, Ellen, 5,
and Laura, 7 on Four Leaf Acres, where they milk 60
cows. Photo by Michelle Ranch
Dairy Stakeholders Name Officers
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin
Co.)-The Pennsylvania Dairy
Stakeholders board of directors
elected Richard Waybright,
Gettysburg, as their new presi
dent at a recent board meeting
held in conjunction with the
2000 Pennsylvania Dairy Stake
holders conference. At the same
meeting, Chuck Cruickshank,
Carlisle, was elected vice presi
dent; Betty Reibson, Forksville,
secretary; and Allyn Lamb,
Mechanicsburg, treasurer. The
officers were elected to serve
me-year terms.
Waybright is co-founder and
Officers of the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholder board of
directors are from left, Richard Waybright, president;
Betty Reibson, secretary; Chuck Cruickshank, vice presi
dent; and Allyn Lamb, treasurer.
Four Sections
partner in Mason-Dixon Farms,
Inc. where they milk 2,300 cows
and farm 2,400 acres. He also
serves as president of the Penn
sylvania Dairy Promotion Pro
gram and is a member of the
National UDIA Board that di
rects the spending of producers’
funds for milk promotion.
Chuck Cruickshank is direc
tor of procurement, member re
lations and transportation for
Land O’Lakes, Inc. Cruick
shank is in charge of procure
ment for Land O’Lakes Mid-
Atlantic region. He also works
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 30, 2000
Agriculture Makes Headlines
For The New Millennium
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
From Y2K to “why two can
didates?” to record yields, in
creased beef demand,
excitement over robotic milkers,
Pennsylvania Egg Quality As
surance Program perhaps pro
viding a model for a national
program, and pork and other
commodity organizations re
thinking the importance of
checkoff programs, the agricul
ture world continues to change
Bowman Family: ‘We Just Do
The Best Job We Can’
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) And the -et pe for suc
cess is ... there is no recipe for
success. Or trade secrets. Or no
fail product. To achieve the
lowest somatic cell co* nt in Lan
caster County for the past four
years, Gary and Jenny Bowman
simply practice careful farm
management.
The Bowmans were honored
We Reflect On The Past, Anticipate The Future
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the past and anticipate the future. At Lan
caster Farming, we extend seasons greetings to all our readers. With this issue you will
find our 2001 Ag Directory. This comprehensive, 160-page listing of agricultural organ
izations and contact people in an eight-state region will be useful all year. Next week,
our annual Farm Show issue includes coverage of events for both the Pennsylvania
Farm Show and the Keystone Farm Show. Traditional Farm Show weather didn’t wait for
the beginning of January this year. With the coldest winter since 1989, the cold creek
and snow scene above gives warning of what to expect on our trek to the shows in Har
risburg and York. In the photo, the camera looks west from the small bridge on North
Weavertown Road between Mascot and Church roads in east central Lancaster County. -
Happy Hew Year, everyone! Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor
to keep up with this political and
information age.
January
The year for the agriculture
community opened with the
84th Pennsylvania Farm Show.
This event offered six new com
puterized information booths
and more than $260,000 in
premiums distributed to about
10,000 winners.
Lancaster Fanning’s opinion
column reported, “The Pennsyl
vania Farm Show is history and
recently at the Lancaster DHIA
banquet for their accomplish
ment, a distinction which has
been theirs during their time at
Four Leaf Acres.
The couple prefers not to
boast about their track record.
“We want clean cows, we want
to ship quality milk, and we just
do the best job we can. We also
feel that the Lord has blessed
us,” said Gary.
The Bowmans’ herd consists
$32.00 Per Year
officials are calling it the best
ever.”
High attendance at the show
and Farm Show dinner helped
to make it a successful consumer
education event.
Pennsylvania DHIA and
Dairy One entered into an
agreement to create an interna
tional service company focused
on delivering American-style
dairy herd management systems
around the globe. The interna
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of 75 registered cows.
Both have farming back
grounds. Gary grew up farming
with his father in Lancaster and
Berks counties, and Jenny grew
up on a dairy farm in southern
Lancaster County.
Helping Make It Work
Part-time help comes from
not only neighbor Anthony
Johnson, 17, but also the Bow-
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