A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19,2002
Brymesser Farms Tops In
Cumberland County DHIA
HUNTSDALE (Cumberland
Co.) The 82nd annual meeting
of the Cumberland County Dairy
Herd Improvement program re
cently took place at the Penn
Township Fireball, Huntsdale.
The herd of Brymesser Farms,
Boiling Springs was recognized
for their production of milk and
protein. The farms’ 245 register
ed and grade Holstein cows pro
duced an average of 26,989
pounds milk and 830 pounds of
protein that means each one of
their cows produced an average
of over 13 ton of milk. That was
enough to make them top herd in
milk and protein in the county
this past year.
James KuliclF, Stover Farms current president of local
DHI Unit, far left, is shown here with representatives of
the Brymesser Dairy Farms Mike Brymesser, Sheldon
and Maryann Brymesser, Leidigh Drive, Boiling Springs.
The farm was honored for having the high Cumberland
County herd in protein and milk.
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Cow #215 in the herd of Nea
land Farms, Newville, was high
cow in the county in milk and
protein production (3X). Their
cow in 305 days produced 45,149
pounds of milk and 1,288 pounds
of protein.
Bry-Nel-Dane Avonne, a regis
tered Holstein in the Brymesser
herd, had the high 2X milk and
protein 305 day record. She pro
duced 42,393 pounds of milk and
1,176 pounds of protein.
Jet Rae Farm of Shippensburg
was honored for having the low
est Somatic Cell County (SCC)
yearly average in the county.
Nealand Farms, Newville, re
ceived second place honors.
Rounding out the top five were
Hidden View Farm, Newville;
Mayapple Farm, Carlisle; and
Hensel Hill Farm, Newburg.
Brymesser Farms were hon
ored for having both the high 2
year old in protein and the high 2
year old in milk (2X). The high 2
year old in protein was a register
ed Holstein Bry-Nel Charm 7005
producing 966 pounds of protein.
The high 2 year old in milk 2X
was Bry-Nel Marconi 7044 with
30,720 pounds of milk.
Nealand Farms’ cow #l4B re
ceived recognition for high 2 year
old (3X) for producing 33,242
pounds milk in 305 days.
The herd of Sheldon Brymes
ser and Sons (Brymesser Farms)
was recognized at the 82nd annu
al meeting for placing first in the
Cumberland County Herd Man
agement Awards Program. The
herd earned a total score of 103
points. The herds earned points
because they excel in several herd
management areas such as in
crease of milk, fat and protein
production; sustained production
for milk, fat and protein over last
year and two years ago; somatic
cell counts improvement; days
open; number of services per
pregnancy and age at first calv
ing.
Hidden View Farm, Newville,
placed second with a Score 90.
Nealand Farms, Newville, with a
score of 79 placed third; Jet-Rae
Farm, Shippensburg with a score
of 66 and J. Paul Strock, Me
chanicsburg with a score of 55
placed fourth and fifth respec
tively.
In the business portion of the
meeting Loren Hoover Boiling
Springs and Doug Lehman, Car
lisle, were selected to three-year
terms on the Cumberland Coun
ty Advisory DHI Committee.
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James Kulick, Stover Farms current president of local
DHI Unit, far left, is shown here with representatives of
the Nealand Dairy Farms, Tom and Cheryl Nealy, Newville.
Nealand Farms were recognized for having High Cow in
Milk and Protein (3X) with 45,149 pounds of Milk and
1,288 pounds of Protein. They also had the High 2 year
old Milk and Protein Record (3X).
Jet Rae Dairy Farm Jean and Ray Thrush of Jet Rae
Farm, Shippensburg, are shown with James Kulick, right,
president of the Cumberland County Dairy Herd Improve
ment Unit. They were recognized recently at the DHI an
nual meeting for having the lowest Somatic Cell Count
(SCC) average for the 2001 testing year.
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