YOUR INVITATION TO ATTEN LANCASTER Cp DAIRY D At The Farm and Home Center -1383 Arcadia Lancaster, PA Agri-Analysis Inc. Agri-Nutrition Consulting Inc. Agway Inc. Albers Dairy Equipment Chr Hansen BioSystems Commodity Specialists Co. Elanco Animal Health FM Brown’s Sons Inc. Farmers First Bank Farmshine Fisher & Thompson, Inc. Frey Brothers Mfg. Fulton Bank Homestead Nutrition Inter Vet J B Zimmeramn & Sons Inc/Alfa Laval King’s Agri Seeds / Fairview Fruit Farm Kipe Steel Inc. Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Lancaster Dairy Farm Automation SPEAKERS Dr. Arlyn (Jud) Heinrichs, Dr. Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, Penn State Department of Penn State Department of Dairy and Animal Science Veterinary Science DAIRY PRODUCERS Raymond & Glenn Stephen Hershey, Elizabethtown Brubacher, Morgantown Mike Brubaker, Mount Joy Jason Click, Gap EXTENSION AGENTS - Panel Moderators Paul Craig, Dauphin County Galen Kopp, Lebanon County Tim Fritz, Chester and Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County Lancaster Counties Lancaster DHIA Lancaster Farming Land O’Lakes Inc. Lapp’s Barn Equipment Merial Ltd Morrissey Insurance Inc. MSC Business Svc/PFB Farm Management Pa. DHIA Pennfield Corp Pfizer, Inc. Pharmacia & Upjohn Purina Mills inc. Schnupp Grain Roasting Inc. Select Sires Show-Ease Stall Co. Star Silo West Central Soy White Oak Mills Inc. Zartman Farms Arden Landis, Kirkwood Glenn Moyer, Telford David Williams, Lebanon TUESDAY, Conducted By pennState % < *' i > LANCASTER COUNTY DAIRY DAYS AGENDA Tuesday, February 20 Theme: Get Fresh Cows off to a Good Start. Identify and control the important factors that affect their lactation. VISIT EXHIBITS REFRESHMENTS MAKING IT WORK IN PA Video 9:30 9:45 10:00 GOT FRESH COW PROBLEMS? Think Dry Cow Nutrition ...Dr. Robert J. Van Saun 11:00 FORAGE QUALITY IS KEY! Physical Factors Affecting Quality ... Dr. Arlyn (Jud) Heinrichs - QUESTION THE EXPERTS 11:45 LUNCH (Beef Bar-B-Q and Beans) Purchase tickets before 10:30 VISIT EXHIBITS ANALYZE THE PARTICLE SIZE OF YOUR OWN TMR - Bring 1-2 gallons of your TMR to the meeting and analyze it for particle size. - Discuss results with the experts FORAGE QUALITY IS KEY! 1:30 Nutritional and Toxicity Factors ...Dr. Arlyn (Jud) Heinrichs GOT FRESH COW PROBLEMS? Think Comfort, Care and Health ... Dr. Robert J. Van Saun 2:00 QUESTION THE EXPERTS VISIT EXHIBITS SAFE JOURNEY HOME 2:30 TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17,2001-A2! FEBRUARY 20, 2001 and COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF LANCASTER COUNTY Theme: What Changes Do I Need To Make? 9:30 9:45 10:00 IF I SELL MY COWS, THEN WHAT? - Rent the farm, cash crop, raise heifers or what? ...Tim Fritz 10:15 11:00 11:45 1:15 2:00 2:30 Tuesday, March 6 Hear what other producers have done and learn from their experiences. VISIT EXHIBITS REFRESHMENTS MAKING IT WORK IN PA ...Video SHOULD I SPECIALIZE 1N... - Raising heifers on contract? - Milking cows only, not cropping, and not raising my own heifers? ...Glenn Moyer, Jason Glick, Galen Kopp SHOULD I DO SOME GRAZING? - If so, what style might be most appropriate for me? ...Arden Landis, Paul Craig, David Williams - LUNCH (Beef Bar-B-Q and Beans) Purchase tickets before 10:30 VISIT EXHIBITS SHOULD I EXPAND? - What are some of the options? ...Stephen Hershey, Mark Brubaker, Glenn Shirk DEVELOP WORKING ALLIANCES - Farmers working together ...Tim Fritz, Raymond and Glenn Brubacher - VISIT EXHIBITS SAFE JOURNEY HOME 29
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