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land spends $32 million on dairy
research and development,” said
Wilson.
The dairy leader believes tax
payer dollars need to be spent on
opening up foreign markets for
U.S. dairy products. And produc
ers need to take the time to open
up lines of communication with
key employees and become lead
ers by enthusiasm.
At the meeting and banquet,
several dairy leaders were hon
ored for their work.
The Charles E. Cowan Memo
rial Award, presented to a dairy
producer who has demonstrated
superior management capabilities
and provided outstanding leader-
Wait Peechatka, PennAg Industries, far left, moderates
a panel on the right to farm comprised of Steve Graybeal,
partner, Graywood Dairy Farm, Peach Bottom; Elam Herr,
lobbyist, Pennsylvania Township Supervisors Association;
Jennifer Reed, Countryview Farms; and John Bell, legal
counsel, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
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ship within the industry, went to
John Reed Rodgers of Belleville.
Rodgers, owner/operator of Plum
Bottom Farm, Inc., has devoted
his leadership skills to several
breed organizations. He has
served as president and vice pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Ayr
shire Association and the U.S.
Ayrshire Breeders Association, in
addition to eight years on the
board of the World Federation of
Ayrshire Breeders.
Rodgers has used a rotational
grazing system for his 50-cow
Ayrshire herd. He has been active
in the Pennsylvania Forage and
Grassland Council and the
American Forage and Grassland
Council. Rodgers has also served
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as board member of the Penn
State Agricultural Council as
well as president, vice president,
and secretary.
David Smith, executive secre
tary of the Pennsylvania Dairy
men’s Association, noted that
Rodgers helps “educate the
state’s teachers about the impor
tance of agriculture by speaking
to hundreds of teachers at the an
nual Ag Awareness Foundation
workshops. He has also provided
leadership to the Ag Awareness
Foundation by serving on its di
rector board.”
Rodgers has received many
awards, including the American
Forage and Grassland Council
Outstanding Farm Award in
1963. He has made seven visits to
third-world countries. He noted
that he shares his honors with the
farmers of a country of which he
made seven trips to Kazakh
stan in Central Asia.
Berneta Gable, Snider Home
stead Dairy Farm, Bedford
County, is the recipient of the
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Associ
ation 2003 Distinguished Dairy
Woman Award.
After graduation from Penn
State, Gable returned to the
home farm. In 1984 she pur
chased the dairy herd and farm.
Since that time she has doubled
the size of the dairy herd while
consistently increasing produc
tion. Today, she manages a
110-cow Guernsey and Holstein
herd on 310 acres with a focus on
top-quality forages.
Cow comfort, quality herds
manship, and sound breeding de
cision have led to Gable’s devel
opment of the current 18
Excellent cows in the herd. The
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show ring has also been a part of
the success at Snider Homestead,
noted Dixie Burris, Dairy One
Pennsylvania, who presented the
award. “Bemeta has bred many
All-Americans, national show
winners, and national class lead
ers.”
Said Burris, “Bemeta’s respect
in the dairy industry has led to
her being a role model to many
youth. She has spent countless
hours toward helping education
youth about the dairy industry.”
Gable has hosted PDCA
Judging Schools, Pennsylvania
Holstein Junior Judging School,
annual Penn State collegiate
judging teams, and area elemen
tary schools. Gable has also pro
vided leadership to the Pennsyl
vania Guernsey Breeder’s
Association, serving as president.
Gable serves on the national
board of the American Guernsey
Association. She received nation
al recognition by the World
Dairy Expo as the 2000 Dairy
Woman of the Year.
The 2003 Pennsylvania Dairy
men’s Association Extension
Award was presented to Clyde
Myers. Berks extension agent.
Myers was born and raised on a
dairy, swine, poultry, and crop
farm in northern York County.
He obtained his undergraduate
degree in animal science from
Delaware Valley College in 1972
and obtained, in 1982, a masteis
of agriculture education from
Penn State.
Myers was an ag instructor at
Red Lion High School in York
County from 1972-1977. Since
1977 he has been an extension
agent for Penn State in Berks
County with major responsibil
ities in dairy, livestock, land pres
ervation, and agriculture zoning.
Myers has coordinated, coun
seled, and worked cooperatively
over the years with DHIA, Hol
stein Club, Dairy Farmeis Asso
ciation, and Berks County Agri
cultural Land Preservation
Board, noted Mike O’Connor,
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion, who presented the award.
“Clyde has provided numerous
educational activities, such as
tours, in-depth seminars, regular
farm visitations, newsletters, and
phone consultations. He annually
holds a Dairy Day program and
his newsletters are distributed to
dairy producers on a regular
basis.”
Myers also conducts dairy nu-
trition schools, milking schools,
reproductive schools, and meet
ings on herd health issues.
Myers has also facilitated
many Farm-City activities, with
a directly positive effect on the
dairy industry, noted O’Connor.
Myers has been “at the forefront
of planning, implementing, and
evaluating the Berks County
Farm-City Banquet, which is in
its 19th year.” The banquet annu
ally attracts approximately 350
participants. And for many of
those events, noted O’Connor,
dairy has been the topic of focus.
Myers has also conducted nu
merous teacher seminars on agri
culture with a strong emphasis
on the dairy industry. Myers re
cently conducted an intensive
one-week “Food and Fiber
Course” for high school educat
ors, which gives them education
al activities to use with their stu
dents covering dairy and ag
issues.
Myers has also coordinated Ag
In the Classroom activities for
local schools with trips to a dairy
farm, dairy processing plant, and
dairy distribution business.
Myers’ work on farmland pies
crvation efforts have led to Berks
Count> having one of the most
successful programs in the coun
try, according to O’Connor.
Mvers has assisted in ag preser
vation zoning, ag security areas,
and economic development with
in Berks County. Myers has con
ducted several research projects
benefiting dairy clientele, with re
search on bird control, flv and
odor problems, intensive pasture
management, animal housing,
and ventilation.
Mveis lives with wife Judv
near Shaitlesville. They have two
daughteis, Kelly, a Penn State
graduate in elementary educa
tion, and Melissa, a junior at
Penn State majoring in health
and human development.
Earlier in the dav, several pro
ducer and ag industry panels ex
amined the position of producers,
processors, and retailers in the
Northeast, and a comprehensive
panel on the freedom of dairy
farms to operate when the Right
to Farm Law' is challenged by
local townships.
More information about the
annual Stakeholder Conference
is scheduled for the February
issue of Lancaster Farming's
Dairy Plus.
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