National DHIA Cows Continue To Increase Nationwide
The National Cooperative Dairy Herd Improvement Program DHIA shows rising dairy cow participation from 9.3 percent a decade ago to 19.1 percent in 1966. Corley notes central processing enables 32 state coverage and 2 percent of herds. herd sizes grew while the butterfat percentage fell to 3.8. Participating herds outproduce non DHIA herds by 65 percent in yield per cow due to better record keeping and input/output control.
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U. S
National Cooperative Dairy Herd Improvement Program
DHIA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ernest L Corley
Agricultural Research Service
Corley
Cancer plants under study for cancer fighting compounds
ARS botanists search worldwide for plants with anti tumor substances funded by the National Cancer Institute. Over four years they collected more than 10000 samples from about 6000 of the world's 250000 seed plant species and tested extracts from over 400 species across 116 plant families for tumor activity.
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ARS
National Cancer Institute
U. S
Forecasted cool spell with rain into midweek
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging below normal 72 to 48 degrees. Weekend will stay cool then rise to warmer by midweek. Rain is expected late Monday or Tuesday with total accumulation under a half inch.
Weight Watcher Snack Row Delights in Raw Veggie Bites
A weight watchers note promotes nibbling celery raw cauliflower and carrot sticks instead of richer tidbits. It suggests dipping the vegetables in salt seasoned with herbs noting calories are few in vegetable snacks.
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Northeastern Dairy Cooperative Federation, Inc
Co-Op
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
New York State
McGovern
Secretary of Agriculture
Hornco Feeds
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Sinking Springs
York County
Penna
Sinking Springs Farms
Herman
Stebbins
Farm Mer
Ing Hornco Uni-Pel Dairy Feeds
D. E. Horn & Co., Inc
York
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