Dairy Stakeholders
Review Issues, Honor -
Producers At Conference
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industry representatives
Wednesday evening at the
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Asso
ciation annual awards banquet.
The banquet was in conjunction
with the Pennsylvania Dairy
Stakeholders Conference at the
Grantville Holiday Inn.
Even soy is a product to com
pete with, Schriver noted.
“Whoever thought you’d have
to worry about soy as a bever
age?” he said. These products
cater to one constant—change.
DFA has about 37,000 dairy
producers/members, Schriver
noted, in 45 states. They market
44 billion pounds of milk annu
ally.
Schriver’s “soapbox,” he
noted, 10 years ago was product
packaging. The focus remains
except this time with new em
phasis on product partnerships.
One such partnership is with
Pepsi on long shelf-life milk
products such as Frappuccino,
also in partnership with Star
bucks Coffee.
Even using milk to make
biodegradable containers using
lactose can be one way to market
milk.
Change is inevitable. Schriver
spoke about how some dairy
managers couldn’t" comprehend
moving to 100' or even 500 cows.
Now, one DFA-member dairy
has to manage 40 tankers a day.
Wprfchfg together for some
peopleto direct the course of an
industry, can be “a real chal
lenge,” Schriver said. We have
to work on “our attitude,” and
not just think “I am just a
farmer,” he said. “You are in
"the dally business. It’s a way of
life and a business.”
Awards were presented
the Wednesday evening
'banquet Jay Houser, Penn Dell
Farm, was honored with the
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Asso
ciation 2002 Charles E. Cowan
Memorial Award. The award is
presented to a dairy producer
who has demonstrated superior
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provided outstanding leadership
qualities with the dairy industry.
Penn Dell consists of 287
acres and 150 Holsteins. The
herd of 75 milking cows, on its
most recent DHIA test, had a
production average of more
than 29,000 pounds milk, 1,200
pounds of fat, and 875 pounds of
protein. Houser has bred and de
veloped more than 160 cows
that have lifetime production
totals above 100,000 pounds of
milk. Thirty have exceeded
200,000 pounds.
The farm has had 30 home
bred cows scored Excellent in
the Holstein breed classification
program. Stating with a score of
101 in 1964, the herd now has a
Breed Age Average (BAA) score
of 108.
Houser, who took over man
agement of the family farm in
1963, has received the Holstein
Progressive Breeders Award for
each of the past 29 years. The
herd has also received the asso
ciation’s Progressive Genetics
Award each of the 11 years since
it was created in the early 19905.
More than 30 young herd sires
have gone into the progeny test
ing programs of a number of AI
units.
Houser has been director and
officer of the Centre County
Holstein Club, member of the
national association since 1957,
and member of the county
DHIA and local AI unit since
1963. He recently served as pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Hol
stein Association and was
named, in 1998, to the Pennsyl
vania Holstein Hall of Fame.
Houser noted the importance
of his' family, and the “luffiy of
family on the dairy you can’t
do it without unity.”
The Pennsylvania Dairymen’s
Association 2002 Extension
Award was presented to Arlyn
(Jud) Heinrichs, who grew up on
a small Holstein farm in Sulli
van County, N.Y. Heinrichs ob
tained his undergraduate degree
in animal science from Cornell
in 1977 and earned his master’s
and doctorate degree in dairy
science from Ohio State.
Heinrichs was appointed to
the faculty of Penn State in 1982
as assistant professor, associate
professor in 1988, and to profes
sor in 1994. His work has cen
tered on the nutrition and
management of dairy heifers
and the proper management of
forages for dairy cattle.
Heinrichs has conducted nu
merous applied research studies
on calf and heifer management.
His strong interest in dairy
forage quality led to his being a
co-inventor of the Penn State
Forage and TMR particle size
separator. This device is an im
portant tool for modifying man
agement practices in feeding
dairy cattle.
Heinrichs’ recent work has
focused on the housing needs
and the nutrient requirements of
dairy heifers that will allow
them to calve at or before 24
months of age with adequate
body weight and optimal mam
mary development.
Recipient of the Pennsylvania
Dairymen’s Association 2002
Distinguished Dairy Women
Award is Rita Kennedy of
Valencia.
In 1977 she was the first
woman in its 68-year history to
be elected president of the
Butler County Cooperative Ex
tension. Between 1975-1989, she
served three terms on the board
and finished her second term as
president.
Kennedy has served on the
board of the All-American Dairy
show since 1992, chaired the ad
visory committee, and serves as
vice president of the show. Her
dedication and service has led to
the improvement and growth of
the All-American Dairy Show,
the largest dairy show in the
country. She received the All-
American Dairy Show Image
Award.
t Kennedy is a member of the
National Brown Swiss Associa
tion and was elected as a na
tional director to its board in
2000. She served on the board of
directors of the Pennsylvania
Dairymen’s Association from
1993-2000, where she was
elected vice president from
1998-2000. Kennedy was named
to the National Dairy Board in
1999. She is National Diary
State 4-H Dairy Judging Team members were honored at
the Stakeholders Conference banquet Wednesday eve
ning. From left, Jake Hushon, Raechel Kilgore, Amy
Kuiick, and Katie Harwick. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
Board secretary.
The Kennedy home farm has
a 90-cow milking herd. Rita’s
oldest son has taken over man
agement of the dairy operation
that she and her husband, Jim,
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