Lebanon County Conducts Dairy Days
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) The Lebanon
County Dairy Day, conducted at
the Lebanon Valley Expo Center
Dec. 1, featured several educa
tional topics of concern to the
area’s dairy farmers.
Extension veterinarian/field
investigator from Penn State
University, Dr. David Griswold,
DVM, began the day with a lec
ture titled “Johne’s Disease
Positive or Negative,” to address
Pennsylvania’s state testing pro
gram.
A voluntary, industry
sponsored program to reduce
the risk of Johne’s Disease, the
program has three options or
tracks. The herd owner is re
quired to designate one of the
three options and a herd plan is
written.
The first option is the “partic
ipation stage.” At this stage the
herd owner meets with a veteri
narian to review goals and man
agement and develop a herd
plan which incorporates best
management practices. The
herd plan is then implemented
and progress evaluated at least
annually by the herd veterinar
ian.
The “control stage” incorpo
rates the participation stage’s
requirements with a testing pro
gram and a commitment to
manage test- positive animals.
Lastly, the status program
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least one negative test of 30
second or higher-lactation ani
mals and will follow the guide
lines of the National Johne’s
Disease Status program.
Dr. Peter Tozer, assistant pro
fessor of dairy and animal sci
ence from Penn State, addressed
heifer raising costs. Tozer ex
panded on economic awareness,
management, and economic
concerns of contract or home
raised heifers.
Replacement heifers rank as
the second or third largest com
ponent of production costs after
feed and possibly labor on most
farms.
To save on heifer raising
costs, management begins with
minimizing calf morbidity and
mortality rates with a good dry
cow vaccination program, colos
trum management, sanitation,
and proper nutrition and care of
the newborn.
Ownership costs include
buildings, equipment, property,
machinery, repairs and taxes, all
of which should be considered
when evaluating ownerships
costs in a heifer-raising pro
gram.
Operating costs include feed,
labor, bedding, utilities, veteri
nary care, and breeding costs.
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Managing the length or expense
of these times may have a great
impact on the cost to raise a
heifer.
In addition a chore assign
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labor management, another key
to success in cost management.
Penn State offers a Costs to
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late heifer raising costs. The
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worksheets.
Dan McFarland, ag engineer
ing for Penn State Capital
Region Area, gave a presenta
tion on the topic of transition
barns for dry cows and heifers.
Director of animal health and
herd economics with Keystone
Agway, Dr. Charlie Gardner,
DVM, addressed rumen acidosis
and lamminitis. Dr. Gardner
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Producers supplying milk for
each of the 11 federal milk mar
kets have approved amending
the current Class 111 and Class
IV pricing formulas under fed
eral milk orders.
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From left, Dr. David Griswold; Dr. Charlie Gardner; Dan
McFarland, ag engineer; Dr. Peter Tozer; Dr. Arlen Mills;
and Galen Kopp, dairy extension agent, Lebanon County,
conducted the educational “Lebanon County Dairy Day.
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Dr. Arlen Mills, DVM, exten
sion agent, dairy herd health
approval by polling the pro
ducer cooperative associations
in eight of the markets, and by
conducting referenda in the
Northeast, Mideast, and Upper
Midwest markets.
The interim amended orders
will become effective for milk
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Penn State Capitol Region Area,
.lectured on herd health issues
facing county dairy producers.
Twenty agribusiness exhibi
tors were also present at the ban
quet.
marketed on or after Jan, 1,
2001.
This interim final rule re
sponds to a Congressional man
date to reconsider the Class 111
and Class IV pricing formulas
included in the final rule for the
consolidation and reform of
Federal milk orders.
USDA conducetd a hearing
May 8-12, 2000, in Alexandria,
Va., to consider proposals sub
mitted by the industry to change
the formulas. A tentative final
decision on these amendments
was announced on Dec. 7. Com
ments are due on or before Feb.
5,2001.
For copies of this rule and ad
ditional information, contact
any market administrator office.
The interim final rule and addi
tional background information
can be accessed on the Web at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy.