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I-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 2003
Meet The
Purina
‘Calf
Lady’
Well-Traveled
Calf Specialist
Brings
Lessons Home
Becky May wants farmers to know
she’s always available to meet their calf
growing needs
“I tell farmers to go ahead and call me
anytime,” said the new Purina Mills calf
specialist for the Northeast. “1 try to be as
available to calf and heifer growers as I
can be. It’s not a normal 9 to 5 job, but
agriculture isn’t either.”
Becky should know. She grew up on
Little Pine Farm, a dairy in Morrison’s
Cove, Bedford County. Her parents Rod
and Cathy Carson manage a 130-cow
herd there.
She earned a Penn State degree in
Marketing and Management while work
ing parttime on the farm, handling tasks
such as bookkeeping, payroll and feed
pricing.
While maintaining lifelong ties to the
family dairy farm', Becky will pursue her
new job of “becoming the Northeast
Purina expert on calf-raising.” Her territo
ry includes Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.
BROOKLAND MILLS, INC
McVeytown, PA 17051
717-899-6772
K & K FEEDS, INC
23 N Park Street
Richland, PA 17087
717-866-2324
WOODSTOWN ICE & v
f>ri imp NORTH GLADE FEED & SUPPLY
50 East Gran',’ s"ee't 12
Woodstown, NJ 08098 * Cl bmbaiI 57
856-769-0069 301-898-3414
ALBRIGHT’S MILL
9927 Kistler Valley Rd
Kempton, PA 19529
610-756-6022
FARMER’S UNION CO-OP
30 East Walters Avenue
Greencastle, PA 17225
717-597-3191
FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY
5458 Cedar St
Williamston, PA 17270
717-369-3724
HAAG’S FEED STORE
Box 48, Beaver St
Troutville, PA 15866
814-583-7556
WILLIAM GOWER & SON
Rt 1, Box 50
Williamsport, MD 21795
301-582-2818
“Trademark of Ralston
Purina Company
Becky May is the new
In preparation for her position as pre
mier calf consultant in the Northeast,
Becky traveled this summer to various
states to “learn what it is like to raise
calves in different parts of the country
and what the producers in those areas
are facing,” she said.
States she visited include Georgia,
Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Ohio,
and Michigan. She has future plans to
see dairy operations in Minnesota,
Florida, and Washington State.
“It’s a good way to meet calf and heifer
growers and get different ideas for run
ning the business,” she said. “It’s interest
ing to see the different protocols for rais
ing calves anything from health stan
dards, to how and when they pick up the
calves, to how they bill.
“I got a chance to feed 800 calves with
the calf manager in a large herd in New
Mexico. It is experiences like this in
which you can really learn what these
people are facing, and then bring that
back home and use those experiences
for new ideas and ways of thinking.”
HIGH BROS. MILL
441 Centerville Road
Gordonville, PA 17529
717-354-0301
H.C. SUMMERS, INC.
4002 Jefferson Pike
Jefferson, MD
301-473-8300
OLEY VALLEY FEED
RD 2 - Box 271 A Oley, PA
610-987-3568
UMBERGER’S MILL MARTIN’S FEED & FERTILIZER, INC,
R D #4 - Box #545 C0 814349 8787
Lebanon, PA 17042 814-349-8787
717-867-5161
HECK-
-BOAR
239 W Mam St
Knoxville, PA 16928
814-326-4178
http://dairy.purina-mills.com
Specialist for the Northeast,
inna
FARM CHOICE, INC.
297 Chesapeake Avenue
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
540-434-4601
R D BOWMAN & SONS, INC.
Englar Rd
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-3733
WELLCO FEED
RR2, Box 1-A
Wyalusmg, PA 18853
1-800-326-9651
717-746-3442
FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY
1977 Philadelphia Ave
Chambersburg, PA
717-264-6148
GERMANSVILLE FEED &
FARM SUPPLY, INC.
17130 Bake Oven Rd
Germansville, PA 18053
610-767-9650
Becky’s responsibilities at Purina
include working directly with the sales
team, farm consultants, and dealers who
are servicing calf and heifer grower con
cerns in the region; conducting calf-feed
ing trials: updating representatives and
customers on new calf concerns; and
working with 4-H and FFA youth to pro
mote good calf-raising practices.
She also plans to become certified in
the near future to perform Professional
Dairy Heifer Growth Association walk
throughs on calf operations.
Becky’s mission is to help dairy pro
ducers gain efficiency and performance
while maintaining and enhancing heifer
health. Tools she uses to accomplish this
include least-cost ration balancing, walk
through evaluations, record evaluations,
business planning, and trouble shooting.
Becky is looking forward to providing
calf growers with the best possible serv
ice. If you have any calf concerns or want
to schedule a walk-through for your calf
operation, give her a call at (717) 737-
4581 ext. 288 or 278.
EAST GATE SEED & GRAIN
Reedsville, PA
717-667-6656
kssMus
Paradise, PA 17562
717-442-4183 1-800-635-3592
KREIDER’S MILL, INC.
RO. Box 146
Loysville, PA 17047
1 -800-789-M1LL(6455) 717-789-3535
BEDFORD FARM BUREAU
Bedford, PA 814-623-6194
Everett, PA 814-652-2313
New Enterprise, PA 814-766-3328
BERLIN MILLING
RD #1 - Box 88
Berlin, PA 15530
814-267-4124
RITTER FEEDS
PO Box 306 - LR 3008
Paxtonville, PA 17861
570-837-3606
Feeds designed
with you in mind.
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