A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 6, 2001
Über Joins Holstein Assn.
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co ) - Pennsylvania Holstein
Association is pleased to
announce Thomas Über will be
starting his internship January 2"'
continuing through April.
Thomas is from Meicer county
vsheie his grandparents. Ait and
Shirley Moore, along with their
two sons. Bob and Ralph, farm
approximately 400 acres and milk
60 head of Holstems.
Tom is currently attending
Penn State working towards BS in
Animal Science. He is actively
involved with the PSU Dairy
Science Club
Tom was a member of the
Hayburneis 4-H club for 9 years
and is now a leader of the club.
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He was also a member of two
other clubs. In 1998, Tom won
the “Outstanding 4-H Boy” award
for Mercer County. He has
shown at the local and state
levels Hts Uncle Ralph taught
him how to fit Dairy Animals and
now Professionally fits
Tom loves working with cows,
kids, and Dairy farmers and is
very excited to have this
opportunity with the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association.
If you would like to contact
Tom about Pennsylvania Holstein
Association issues or activities he
can be reached at Pennsylvania
Holstein Association, 839 Benner
Pike, State College, PA 16801.
Ph. 814-234-0364 Fax 814-234-
1698
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Syracuse Dairy Farmers Hold Annual Meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Syracuse Dairy Farmers Coop
erative recently held their
annual meeting at Tassone’s
Restaurant in Baldwinsville,
NY. Stephen Crego, president,
introduced guests Leslie Ball,
sanitarian for Byrne Dairy, and
James Patsos, CEO of United
Ag Services.
Ms. Ball discussed the upcom
ing USPH quality rating and the
Byrne Dairy Newsletter. She
was instrumental in getting the
newsletter started. Future news
letters will contain information
to help the dairy farmers main
tain their high quality stand
ards. There will also be a
message from Bill Byrne, presi
dent of Byrne Dairy, on market
conditions and outlook.
James Patsos discussed cur
rent market conditions. An over
supply of milk nationally is
protein content delivers the quality. For high
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depressing milk prices. For
tunately, consumer demand for
dairy products continues to im
prove each year. In the North
east, the milk is in short supply.
However, the pressure of compe
tition from Midwest and West
ern manufacturers holds down
the ability of Northeast manu
facturers to raise prices.
At the close of the meeting,
Stephen Crego of Baldwinsville
was re-elected president; Duane
Eibert of Marcelius, vice
president; and Paul Johnson of
Baldwinsville, secretary/treas
urer.
Dairy farmers that may be in
terested in Syracuse Dairy
Farmers market should contact
Stephen Crego at (315) 635-
5439.
Scenic Mountain
Co-op Pays Dividends
At the recent annual meeting
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of Scenic Mountain Milk Pro
ducers, members their
annual patronage dividend
checks. La Verne McCarty, co
op manager, stated that he was
pleased with the co-op’s success.
For the second year in a row,
they were able to return to their
members patronage dividend
checks that nearly equaled twice
what the member paid in dues
and the co-op does not require
equity investment from their
members.
Scenic Mountain Milk Pro
ducers Cooperative members
are primarily located in Sullivan
and Bradford counties in Penn
sylvania. Their members market
their milk with the help of
United Ag Services. Their mem
bers have an excellent program
that improves their income
above the market administrator
price.
James Patsos of
United Ag Services
presented this
year’s quality
awards to Duane
and Betty Reibson,
Forksville, and
Robert and Anna
Marie Cole, Ulster.
Each year United
Ag Services pre
sents certificates
and monetary
awards to the top
quality producers
for the preceding
year to each of its
member coopera
tives.
During the busi
ness meeting, offi
cers were elected
for the coming year.
Steven Hovan,
Rome, was elected
president; Robert
Cole, Ulster, vice
president; and Judy
Oliver, Meshoppen,
secretary/treasurer.
LaVerne McCarty
urged the members
to tell their neigh
bor dairy farmers
about Scenic Moun
tain’s premium
program and their
three times a month
payment schedule.
The co-op could use
a few additional
quality producers
to meet their
market demands.
McCarty can be
reached by calling
(570)924-4668.
Interested dairy
farmers can also
contact United Ag
Services l-(800)-
326-4251. United
Ag Services is a fed
eration of dairy co
operatives. Their
goal is to improve
the dairy farmers
bottom line. United
provides a variety
of services to dairy
cooperatives and
agricultural organ
izations, as well as
individual dairy
farmers. These ser
vices include mar
keting, accounting,
and producer and
employee payroll.
United is located at
12 North Park
Street, Seneca
Falls, NY 13148.