A Bigger Problem Than The Rainy Weather
We Salute Our Fanning Industry
June Dairy Month Kicks Off
With Sundae Celebration
CARLISLE (Cumberland
Co.) Pennsylvania’s dairy
promotion organizations will
kick off June Dairy Month with
the creation of a colossal ice
cream sundae on the steps of
the Capitol Building in Harris
burg on June 3.
The public is invited to join
the celebration as the dairy in
dustry marks the 66th anniver
sary of honoring our nation’s
hard-working dairy farmers.
Dairy is the largest segment of
Pennsylvania’s agriculture in
dustry, generating an estimated
$1.79 billion in economic activi
ty.
“By celebrating June Dairy
Month, we are giving Pennsyl
vanians the opportunity to
thank the commonwealth’s
nearly 9,300 dairy farmers who
work diligently year-round to
provide consumers with a fresh
supply of milk and quality
dairy products,” said Logan
Bower, Perry County dairy
farmer and dairy farmer
spokesperson for Mid-Atlantic
Dairy Association.
Our Dairy Plus Special Technology issue on
June 28 focuses on ways producers can use the
latest technology to aid them in improving K&p
efficiency and expanding the bottom line. Included
are reports on a freestall sand separator, robotic
milking, and other new items. Also included are a stray voltage
update, veterinary reports, cooperative and dairy business news, and
a calendar of events.
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EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) For farmer Paul B. Zim
merman, getting into the fields between rain showers is
the least of his worries this spring.
East Cocalico Township began drilling a municipal test
well Tuesday on Zimmerman’s farm near Ephrata. The
sign pictured in the foreground portrays local response to
the drilling.
Zimmerman, along with his attorney Paula Leicht and
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Counsel of Government Af
fairs, John Bell, say the township’s eminent domain ac
tion is illegal because the farm is located in an Ag Securi
ty Area comprised of 500 acres within the township.
Zimmerman and his son Paul Jr. grow corn and alfalfa
on about 50 acres of prime limestone cropland on the
farm and manage a herd of 65 high-type Holsteins. They
recently harvested the first cutting of alfalfa on part of
the field adjacent to where the drilling rig is set up.
If the well proves successful, the Zimmerman’s would
be required to cease normal production on 10-12 acres of
land surrounding the wellhead. According to Zimmerman,
that “would just demolish the value of the farm.”
The East Cocalico Sewer and Water Authority can be
reached at (717) 336-1731. Photo by Dave Lefever
Joining Mid-Atlantic Dairy
Association in the celebration
are America Dairy Association
and Dairy Council Mid East
and the Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program. Consum
ers and dairy farmers alike are
invited to join the festivities on
the Capitol steps from noon
until 1 p.m.
To kick off the celebration,
local dignitaries including
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agri
culture Dennis C. Wolff, Penn
sylvania State Dairy Princess
Raechel Kilgore, and Logan
Bower will say a few words be
fore the creation of the colossal
sundae.
Following the opening re
marks, several county dairy
princesses will join dairy
promotion staff to create a
giant sundae using 90 gallons of
Turkey Hill Dairy vanilla ice
cream. The sundae will be cov
ered with six gallons of choco
late fudge, six gallons of straw
berries and 30 pounds of
chopped pecans, all donated by
Turkey Hill Dairy of Lancaster.
The sundae will be topped off
with real whipped cream and a
giant 12-inch ball of cherries.
According to Bower, this
event reinforces the common
goals shared by farmers and
milk processors.
‘We are working together to
bolster dairy’s image and build
its future,” he said. “This event
is among the dairy promotion
checkoff programs that are
working to increase demand for
dairy products.”
American Dairy Association
and Dairy Council Mid East,
Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association
and Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program are the
local planning and manage
ment organizations funded by
dairy farmer checkoff dollars.
They work closely with Dairy
Management Inc. and are re
sponsible for increasing de
mand for U.S. produced dairy
products on behalf of Pennsyl
vania’s dairy farmers.