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Longtime Holstein Breeders Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
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the (Holstein) association is the
people,” Umble said after receiv
ing the award.
In presenting the honor, Jane
Pepple, state Holstein director
from Chester County, called
Umble a “humanitarian” whose
life priorities are “God, commu
nity, family, and farm.”
McMillan, a Master Farmer
and artificial insemination (AI)
industry leader from Perry Coun-
Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder
Award recipients are Karen and Ron
Riedel of Warren County- Son Dylan
joins them in photo.
First Testing Programs
At Livestock Evaluation
Center Slated To Begin
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture’s Livestock
Evaluation Center is in the final stages of con
struction of a brand new, state-of-the-art facility.
This new facility will have ten times the space
of the current one. Officials are currently accept
ing nominations for the first testing programs to
be conducted at the new site.
A new gilt evaluation will now accompany the
Boar Testing Program. Each producer nominat
ing a pen, consisting of three boars, will be al
lowed to nominate one or two gilts to be tested.
There are still a few pens available for the Boar
Testing Program. Any boars, purebred or cross
bred, bom in January through February 9 are el
igible for this program.
Officials are also accepting nominations for
purebred rams bom anytime between September
1, 2002 and February 28. These rams will be ac
cepted for delivery April 8 and will be the first
occupants of the brand new ram/bull bam at the
new facility.
The Performance Tested Ram Sale, Invita
tional Ewe Sale and Sheep Producers Field Day,
all scheduled August 2, will be the very first
sale/field day to be held at the brand new facili
ty-
This year will mark the first Boar goat testing
program. This goat test will run concurrently
with the ram testing program with delivery
scheduled for April 22. These bucks will undergo
a 63-day testing program and then the successful
bucks also will be offered for sale August 2.
For more information or to nominate animals
to any of Pennsylvania’s performance testing
programs, contact the Livestock Evaluation
Center, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State College, PA
16803. Phone numbers (814) 238-2527 or (814)
865-5857. E-mail: geberly@state.pa.us.
ty, joined Umble as a new Penn
sylvania Holstein Hall of Fame
inductee.
“If there is one word that de
scribes Ray McMillan, that word
is ‘active,’” Pepple said in pres
enting the award.
McMillan, known by many as
“Mr. Perry County,” has been a
member and officer in the Perry
County Holstein Club, served as
state director, and worked with
finance, show, sale, and youth
committees at the state level.
McMillan has organized commer
cial exhibits at the state conven
tion and served numerous times
as a national convention dele
gate.
He has served on the board of
directors at several AI companies
and is a director at Select Sire
Power.
McMillan’s list of
achievements also include having
played a key role in restarting the
Perry County Fair 30 years ago.
He was named Master Farmer
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in 1970.
McMillan’s accomplishments
as a Holstein breeder include
sending a bull on the first export
shipment to Holland a bull
that went on to become the top
sire in that country. He also bred
the first daughter of Kingpin to
be classified Excellent.
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This year’s Distinguished
Young Breeder Award went to
Ron and Karen Riedel from
Corry, Warren County.
The Riedel’s herd, Kay-Ron
Holsteins, was established on a
rented farm near Meadville in
1999. In the past four years they
have grown the herd from 47 to
63 cows and increased the rolling
herd average from 19,106 pounds
of milk, 572 of fat, and 616 of
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