Italian co op buys Pennsylvania Holsteins in largest export sale
On Rohrerstown Road Charles Myers Black and White Holstein Farm hosted 85 top bred heifers as part of the largest single export sale of Pennsylvania dairy cattle. Italian experts selected cattle based on dam milk records with 16 000 pounds plus. Cattle head to Richmond Virginia for ships to Italy with other consignments planned.
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Pennsylvania
Jim McHale
Charles Myers
Rohrerstown Road
Sardinia
Island of
Oscar Kennedy
Holstein Fresian Services
Brattleboro
Inclding Lan
Caster County
Myers
Richmond
Italy
Pennsylvania Holstein Association
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
William C. Nichol
Russia
DHIA Board Boosts Tester Pay and Benefits
DHIA supervisors were granted a one cent per cow fee increase and higher health insurance payments by the DHIA board of directors at the Farm and Home Center Tuesday night. The fee rise takes effect July 1. The program currently has 14 supervisors testing about 30 000 cows monthly. A committee of testers and … Continued on page 25.
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DHIA
Dhia Board of Directors
Farm and Home Center
State Squashes Rumors on Regional Laboratory Closings
Raymond Kerstetter told LANCASTER FARMING that Pennsylvania will keep all six regional Animal Industry Laboratories open. Rumors linked to a Governor's Review report and a separate study sparked concerns they might close Evans City and Tunkhannock labs, but officials say the labs remain functioning and tests would shift to State College, Doylestown, or other sites if needed.
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Pennsylvania
Raymond Kerstetter
Lancaster Farming
Kerstetter
Evans City
Butler County
Tunkhannock
Wyoming County
Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
State College
Doylestown
Kennett Square
McHale
Butler
Pennsylvania Random Sample Pallet Growing Facility Dedicated
Sixty Pennsylvania poultry men and leaders attended the dedication of the Pennsylvania Random Sample Pallet Growing Facility at Penn State Rock Spring Farm near Pine Grove Mills. Built by the state Department of Agriculture, the joint project with the College of Agriculture is described as among the nation's finest. Robert R. Parks served as master of ceremonies and praised the testing facilities for aiding the industry and the consuming public as eggs and poultry meat remained plentiful.
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Penn State
Robert R
Pennsylvania
Rock Spring
Penn State University
Pine Grove Mills
Pa. Dept. of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Dept. of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Random Pallet House
Robert R. Parks
Altoona
Parks
Farm Calendar and Community Events Schedule
Farm Calendar lists a Fulton Grange May 28 supper and Go-to-Church Night at Oaklyn Grange Hall and a Memorial Day observance on May 29. It notes a June 2 Ephrata Young Farmers Family Strawberry Ice Cream Social at Warren Bollinger Farm Lititz RD4.
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Fulton Grange
Oaklyn Grange Hall
Ephrata Young Farmers
Warren Bollinger Farm
Lititz
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Luigi Gadden
Dhia Board
State
David McClay
William Minnich
Penn State Poultry
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