Management Is Their Key to Dairy Success
Berks County brothers Bill and John Mertz run a 200 acre dairy with about 45 milking cows. They rank among the top DHIA producers with 661 pounds fat per cow and 16 533 pounds milk per year, using DHIA and AI services along with the Farmers Association FM BAS for input and cost analyses.
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Bill
John Mertz
Berks County
John
Mertz
Dhia
Mertzes
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
FMBAS
Jim Felpel FFA regional agribusinessman profile
Jim Felpel of the Cloister FFA Chapter at Ephrata High School is a keen small engine competitor. He helped his team place second at Penn State and compete at Eastern States Exposition. He explains engine repair as diagnosing a nonworking lawn mower engine under time pressure, while also passing written exams. He cites his contractor father as inspiration and notes his extensive hands on engine work at home.
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Melissa Piper
FFA
James Felper
Cloister
Ephrata Senior High School
Jim
Penn State
Springfield
Mass
United States
Hore
Lancaster
Jim Felpel
Fahrata High School
Conference on farming control favors stronger cooperatives
Lancaster speakers at Penn State led a daylong discussion at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center on who should control U.S. agriculture. Panelists endorsed stronger cooperatives within a free market, warning against corporate domination or total government control.
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Lancaster Farm and Home Center
Penn State
College of Agriculture
U.S. Agriculture
Penn
Lancaster County
Jay Irwin
Irwin
Alvi Voigt
Voigt
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Dick Warner
William Mertz
FFA Regional Agribusinessman
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
York Co. Dhia
Lebanon
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