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cows, ewes, goats, and
horses.
Horses especially love ber
mudagrass. Horseowners
who purchase Phillips’s
bales declare the animals
will consistently choose ber
mudagrass over alfalfa.
“A hundred percent of my
hay is spoken for,” Phillips
said.
“Be prepared” is his
motto. He has learned wis
dom from the biblical ac
count of Joseph in Egypt,
stockpiling grain during the
fat years so that, when the
lean ones came, enough was
stored to carry the ancient
country through them.
Knowing there will be
years of low production,
Phillips maintains a quantity
of hay for his own livestock
in reserve, so when the inevi
table lean times come he’s
ready for them.
' Numbers, Quality Low At PFGC Hay Show
ROCKSPRING (Centre
Co.) This year’s PFGC
Hay Show at Ag Progress
Days had the fewest number
of entries in more than 15
years. The total number of
entries (69) was almost 100
fewer than entered the show
last year.
“I believe that this is a di
rect reflection of the poor
haymaking weather that we
have had this year,” said Dr.
Marvin Hall, forage exten
sion specialist at Penn State.
Hall coordinates the Hay
Show and expected the num
ber of samples to be lower
then last year, but not as low
as they were.
“I was hoping that good
hay had been made in spite
of the poor haymaking
weather, but I had no idea
we would get this few en
tries,” Hall said.
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According to Phillips, the
cows and sheep complement
each other in the pasture be
cause what one species likes
the other dislikes. Next
spring, after appropriate
fencing is installed for them,
the Phillips plan to run the
ewes with the cows.
The attention the
Phillipses pay to caring for
the land and environment is
known and respected.
Among the awards they’ve
received are the 2002 Shen
andoah Valley Complex En
vironmental Stewardship
Award, the 2001 Bay Friend
Clean Water Farm Award,
and the Outstanding Forage
Producer award.
Their diverse operation on
Valley View Farm includes
the annual production of
252,000 broilers. The farm is
composed of some 210
owned acres and an equal
number that are rented.
The Phillipses depend on
The visual appearance of
the samples that were en
tered in the Hay Show look
ed poor and this was re
flected in the chemical
analysis for quality. Aver
aged across all samples,
crude protein was 15.4, acid
detergent fiber (ADF) was
38, neutral detergent fiber
(NDF) was 53, and relative
feed value (calculated from
ADF and NDF) was 110.
The relative feed value was
28 points lower this year
than last. Numerous exhibi
tors and visitors at the Hay
Show echoed Hall’s feelings
that the rainy weather made
haymaking nearly impossi
ble this year.
Champion in the field
cured division was Marcus
Zook, Mifflin, Juniata Coun
ty, with an entry of later-cut
alfalfa hay.
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a few trustworthy seasonal
helpers.
Daryl Lohr holds a public
job, but is also indispensable
as Valley View Farm’s re
pairman, Phillips said. And
his father, Johnnie Phillips,
“is my main hayraker at
least 90-percent of time.”
Roy Billhimer, Susan’s fa
ther, occasionally looks after
the chickens for them.
Phillips said he is “cau
tiously optimistic” about
bermudagrass.
“Susan and I are not
afraid of failure,” he said.
“Failure is not trying.”
“I call bermudagrass a
‘risk management tool,”’ he
said. “Now you have a for
age that is taking up phos
phorus, plus it regenerates,
plus it has a high percent
protein, plus you don’t dis
turb the ground. It’s envi
ronmentally sound.”
R.M. Klein Hay Farm,
Northampton, was champi
on in the heat-dried division
with an entry of first-cut al
falfa.
Champion in the preser
vative division was Wilmer
Kuhns from Chambersburg,
Franklin County, with a first
cutting alfalfa sample.
This is the second year in
a row that no champion win
ners were repeats from the
previous year.
“I think people are com
ing to the hay show, seeing
what it takes to make cham
pion quality hay and going
home and applying what
they have learned. This cer
tainly makes the PFGC Hay
Show exciting,” Hall said.
Next year’s show will run
from August 17-19.
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