Cooper Herd Earns York DHIA Recognition
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
BAIR (York Co.) April Coo
per gathered up an annftd of
honors at the York County
DHIA annual recognition meet
ing, then beaded home after the
evening’s dinner and awards pro
gram to milk the family’s dairy
herd.
The Coopers, April and Scott,
three-times-daily milk York
County’s highest-producing herd
on their farm near Delta. Their
dedication to the 75-head herd of
registered Holsteins, plus raising
their two small children, leaves
little spare time for this success
ful young dairy couple to sit back
and relax on their laurels.
Recipients of York County DHIA achievement recogni
tion Included April Cooper, front. Back, from left, Brad
Walker, David Myers, and Rodney Smyser.
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At 28,504 pounds of milk and
835 pounds of protein, the Coo
per herd topped York County’s
DHIA listing, plus claim several
individual production honors.
Their Elke cow, highest Holstein
producer and topping all breeds
in production, had 41,153 pounds
milk. She was also the high pro
tein producer in her 305-day lac
tation with 1,197 pounds of pro
tein.
Three of the Cooper’s former
herd members were among the
top four in the county recognized
for lifetime milk production
achievement. Candy, with six lac
tations, topped the lifetime list
with 267,398 pounds of milk pro
duction. Second was Midge, with
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223,997 pounds milk over eight
lactations. Fourth in the county
was Cooper’s Frolic, finishing
seven lactations with 210,585
pounds milk.
Second high honors, in several
categories, went to the Smyser
family’s Richlawn Farm, York.
The Richlawn herd, owned by
brothers Rodney and Robert
Smyser, averaged 28,172 pounds
milk and 821 pounds protein.
Their herd average increase of
1,803 pounds, a 25-pound in
crease in average protein produc
tion, combined with various other
herd accomplishments earned
Richlawn the county’s top DHIA
herd management award with a
119-point score ranked by a for
mula weighing various criteria.
Third high in the county in
both milk and protein production
was Walk-Le Farms, owned by
the Leroy and Brenda Walker
family, Thomasville, with 26,695
pounds milk and 806 pounds
iwotein. Rutter’s herd, York, was
burth, with 26,541 pounds milk
and 793 pounds protein. Fifth
was Leonard Greek, Delta, with a
herd average of 26,209 pounds
milk and 787 pounds protein.
Finishing behind Smyser’s
Richlawn Farm for overall herd
management were Walk-Le, sec
ond with 101 points, Scott and
April Cooper, an even 100 points,
Rutter’s Guernsey herd, 89
points and David Myers, 84
points.
High producers in eight differ
ent dairy breeds garnered awards
for a half-dozen of participating
test herds. Glenn and Dawn An
derson, Glen Rock, own the high
Ayrshire, Gretchen, with milk
production of 21,495 pounds, and
top Lineback, Lauren, with
22,810 milk pounds. The
Rutter herd milked both the
high Guernsey, lily, with
25,365 pounds milk, and the
top mixed-breed animal,
Dolly, with 24,820 pounds
milk.
Dale Clymer’s Jersey,
Ginny, topped that breed
with 18,692 pounds milk.
Brown Swiss high produc
tion cow was Lily, owned by
Lisa Jones, Delta. Honors
for high Red and White cow
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went to Perrydell Farms, with
#lB6’s record of 26,723 pounds.
High 2-year-old milk producer
was Dorsi, from the Walk-Le
herd, with a completed first lac
tation of 34,306 pounds milk.
Glenn and Dawn Anderson’s
Dixie, a Brown Swiss, was high
colored breed 2-year-old with
25,489 pounds milk.
Low somatic cell achievement,
a measure of milk quality, earned
the Pomraning family of My-T
Farm, Delta, a first place with an
average of 124,000. Second was
Tay-Acres, at 159,000 SCC, Leas
pring Farm and Fordville Farm,
tied at third with 234,000 SCC
each, and Kate Ann Farm, fifth,
with 242,000.
David Myers, Thomasville,
stepped out of his role as pro
gram emcee to accept an award
for most improved herd protein
production, climbing 92 pounds
over the 12-month period ended
in October. Second was Larry
Robinson, Delta, with a 54-pound
Stephanie Pomraning, left, her sister, Suzann, and sis
ter Kim, absent from the photo, share the evening milking
responsibilities at the family’s My-T farm. Their show
herd of 25 head earned the low somatic cell honors in
York County’s DHIA achievement recognition, with a year
long SCO average of 124,000.
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increase. Kate Ann was third
with 39 pounds and Stump
Acres, fourth with 36 pounds.
Average herd milk poundage
increases were similar, with
David Myers gaining 3,582
pounds of production over the
year. Second was Larry Robinson
with a 2,258-pound increase.
Smyser’s Richlawn was third, in
creasing 1,803 pounds milk,
Walk-Le finished fourth with
1,543 pounds added, and fifth
was Stump Acres with a
1,509-pound boost.
Herds recognized for protein
averages of more than 750
pounds included Walk-Le, 806
pounds; Rutter’s, 793 pounds;
Leonard Greek, 787 pounds; Earl
Furhman, 757 pounds; and Lynn
Wolf, 750 pounds.
York County’s DHIA board
includes David Myers, president;
Leroy Walker, vice president;
and directors Glenn Anderson,
Ed Cottrell, and Paul Rauhauser.
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