Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds 24 OCTOBER 2011 Section One of Two Volume 29 Number 31 F eatured Columnist : Lee Mielke Mielke Market WeeklyA16 Crop Comments A6 Focus on Ag A10 Moo News A20 Auctions B1 Classifieds B15 Farmer to Farmer A14 Fellowship of Christian Farmers A12 DHIA/DAIRY $1.99 Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture Minis Too 4H Club raises money for Alzheimer’s Association ~ Page 2 “Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 2011 World Dairy Expo a success ~ Page A15
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Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds
24 OCTOBER 2011Section
One of TwoVolume 29
Number 31
Featured Columnist:Lee Mielke
Mielke Market WeeklyA16Crop Comments A6Focus on Ag A10Moo News A20
Auctions B1Classifieds B15Farmer to Farmer A14Fellowship of ChristianFarmers A12
DHIA/DAIRY
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Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture
Minis Too 4H Club raisesmoney for Alzheimer’sAssociation ~ Page 2
“Take delight in the LORD, and he will give youthe desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4
2011 World Dairy Expo a success~ Page A15
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by Troy BishoppMILFORD, NY — Iowa Organic Dairy Farmer and
guest speaker, Francis Thicke, appropriately set thetone for the Northeast Organic Dairy ProducersAlliance 11th annual field days by quoting AbrahamLincoln’s words: “The best way to predict the futureis to create it.”
The practical, farmer-driven program started withan enjoyable farm tour in cooperation with theNortheast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA-NY)at Siobhan’s Griffin’s Raindance Dairy Farm inSchenevus, NY. Farmers learned about the 200 acregrazing operation and her cheese production and on-farm processing center along with developing mar-kets for more grass-based products. In conjunctionwith the tour there was a “reading of the land” ses-sion with Troy Bishopp teaching farmers to assesstheir pastures and soil cover while discussing waysto improve the biological activity of the land throughgrazing management. There was also a demonstra-tion and conversation of how to properly recycle agri-cultural plastics with Nate Leonard.
NODPA’s Executive Director, Ed Maltby facilitatedthe indoor producer meetings held at theCooperstown Beaver Valley Camp in Milford, NY. Thekick-off panel discussion entitled: Demystifying pri-vate label milk, was led by Kelly Shea, VP of IndustryRelations & Organic Stewardship for WhiteWaveFoods and Horizon Organic, George Konovalov,Eastern Division Sales Manager for CROPPCooperative/Organic Valley and Peter Miller,Northeast Regional Pool Manager for CROPPCooperative/Organic Valley who gave an in-depthlook at building relationships with retailers and howthe private label organic milk issue impacts the payprice and why consumers identify with brandedproducts.
The open format farmer and industry meetingcited many accomplishments and challenges fororganic dairy production. The implementation of the“pasture rule”, a 12 percent growth in demand fororganic dairy products and bringing new farmers todairy farming topped the list of optimism while the
high price and availabili-ty of organic grains, thepay price to keep up withsoaring inputs and regu-latory demands of organ-ic production and weath-er challenges concernedfarmers for the future.
Francis Thicke, Ph.D.in Soil Science, Iowaorganic dairy farmer,retired National ProgramLeader for Soil Sciencefor the USDA-ExtensionService, former candidatefor Iowa Secretary ofAgriculture and author of“A New Vision for IowaFood and Agriculture”keynoted the evening’sactivities of networkingand sharing local food.His proclamation: “Weneed to prepare forchange in agriculturebased on the end of cheapfossil fuels, the scarcity offresh water, concentrated markets and society’s con-tinued demand for good food and animal welfare.”
Through a series of slides and scientific graphs, hesaid, “America has lost 3/4 of its ecological capitaland with the advent of farming practices since 1940has led to a leaky environmental system in regardsto soil erosion, fertilizers, herbicides and nutrientsleaving the land. We are losing two gallons of soil forevery gallon of ethanol we produce.”
His ‘soul’-tion for the future: Harness knowledge,think big, eat local, produce farmstead energy anduse an organic grass-based system of perennial for-ages for feeding animals. He sees agriculture as theleader for prosperity. “Many of the ideas and tech-nologies we are working on today, such as pyrolysisfrom biomass, wind and solar energy, grass farming
and local food systems were spurred from yesteryearand we need to bring them to the forefront in the21st century. This creates local jobs and rebuildscommunities without losing soil.”
Other pertinent issues explored during the fielddays and trade show focused on building moreorganic grain capacity, ramifications of the on-goingHouse Ag Committee Colin Peterson’s (D-MN) draftsupply management bill on the organic industry, the2010 Farm Bill, impacts of natural gas explorationon organic certification, the importance of advocacygroups in the organic marketplace, planned grazingmanagement and flooding mitigation.
The two day event was sponsored and supportedby Horizon Organic, Lakeview Organic Grain,Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative, Organic DairyFarmers Cooperative, Green Mountain Feeds,Fertrell, MOSA, NOFA-NY, PA Certified Organic,Acres USA, American Organic Seed, Agri-Dynamics,Dairy Marketing Services, E-Organic, King’s Agri-Seed, Madison County Soil and Water ConservationDistrict, New England Farmers Union, Neptune’sHarvest, NOFA-VT, RAPP, Renaissance Nutrition,River Valley Fencing, Recycling Agricultural PlasticsProject, Raindance Farm, SARE: SustainableAgriculture Research & Education, Spalding Labsand the Upper Susquehanna Coalition.
For more information on NODPA contact NoraOwens 413-772-0444 or visit their Web site:www.nodpa.com
NODPA’s 11th Annual Field Days
Peter Miller (L-R), and George Konovalov from Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperativeand Kelly Shea from WhiteWave Foods and Horizon Organic discuss working withretailers and marketing organic dairy products.
The biological monitoring workshop was held at Siobhan Griffin’s Raindance farm.
Photos courtesy of Troy Bishopp, Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District
Minis Too 4H Club raises moneyfor Alzheimer’s Association
The Minis Too! 4Hclub from CheshireCounty, NH, once againprovided some enter-tainment recently forthe walkers againstAlzheimer’s by bringingtwo of the club mem-ber’s horses down forthe public to enjoy.
This year, the presi-dent of the club wantedto go a step further andformed a team withother club members tojoin in the walk andfundraise along witheveryone else. The clubmembers set a modestgoal of $500, but as a
result of their efforts,the Minis Too! 4H clubsurpassed their goal of$500 and raised a totalof $1,200 to help fightagainst Alzheimer.
Besides raising moneyfor the Memory walk,Minis Too membersvoted on and donated
$200 of the club’s fundsto the Sportsman’s Clubin Fitzwilliam to helpwith their children’splayground.
To find out moreabout the Minis Too! 4Hclub or about joining 4Hin general call the officeat 603-352-4550.
Members of the Minis Too 4-H club who helped raisefunds for the Alzheimer Association are, (L-R) kneel-
ing, Tori Fiorey and Chris Cwikowski, and standing,Lizzie Morris, Makayla Lagerberg, Owen Greenwood,
Emma Rose Greenwood and Connor Greenwood.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT — Find outabout grants, cost-shares and tech-nical assistance available to agricul-tural producers and landowners.Join USDA, UVM Extension and theWindham County Natural ResourceConservation District for anAgricultural Resource Workshop andOpen House from 9 a.m. to noon onWednesday, Nov. 2, at the MarlboroCollege Graduate Center, 28 VernonStreet (Route 142), Room 2E,Brattleboro, VT.
Join in the discussion of the manyprograms and services available tothe agricultural community, whetheryou are a large farm or a one-personoperation, an agricultural associa-tion, landowner or an organizationthat assists agricultural businesses.
Meet staff and hear about:• Renewable energy and energy
efficiency upgrades;• Conservation practices like high
tunnels, irrigation, cover cropping,livestock lanes and fencing;
• Low-cost insurance for fruit andvegetable crops, maple sap and hay;
Space is limited. RVSP to FarmService Agency at 802-254-9766 ext.2 or by e-mail [email protected] . Advancenotification is also requested for any-one who needs special accommoda-tions.
The program is free of charge andrefreshments will be served.
This event is hosted by the USDAService Center agencies of FarmService Agency, Natural ResourcesConservation Service (NRCS) andRural Development (RD), along withUVM Extension and the WindhamCounty Natural ResourceConservation District.
Agricultural ResourceWorkshop offered PENACOOK, NH — The annual fall
training for adults and teens interestedin positive youth development takesplace Saturday, Oct. 29, at theMerrimack Valley High School inPenacook.
Volunteers are being sought to helpguide and mentor New Hampshire’sfuture citizens and leaders. People vol-unteer with 4-H for many reasons. Onebenefit is to help make a difference inthe lives of New Hampshire’s youth.
As one volunteer stated “I always learnmore about a topic as I am preparing toteach it to the kids. 4-H gives me thechance to share some of my passionswith children. I enjoy the connectionwith the University of New Hampshireand the up-to-date information theyprovide.”
UNH Cooperative Extension’s 4-HYouth Development program has manyopportunities for adults and teens onhow to work with children. A specialthree-hour session at the annual falltraining will focus on after school careproviders. Other workshop sessionsinclude being an effective volunteerleader, teens as teachers, veterinary sci-
ence, healthy livings, working withyouth who are disabled, and science.
All 4-H and other youth leaders arewelcome. The workshop runs from 8:15a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the registrationfee is $20, which includes lunch. Formore information, contact ExtensionSpecialist Paul Bonaparte-Krogh at 603-862-4544 or by e-mail [email protected]
Working with UNH CooperativeExtension 4-H Youth Development edu-cators in every county, adult volunteersreceive training in issues facing youth,how to teach, how to organize a group orevent and a variety of life skill and sub-ject matter topics. In some cases theycan receive professional developmentcredits for their 4-H training experience.
4-H volunteers often provide the localconnection between the county andstate 4-H program, while being that car-ing adult in a child’s life, outside thefamily structure. They coordinate localcommunity clubs, after-school pro-grams and short special interest groups,as well as help plan and conduct local,regional, state and national 4-H events.
Preparing volunteers fortoday’s 4-H youth
NEW HAVEN, CT — A new exotic fruit pest, calledthe spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), wasfirst found on a farm in Shelton, CT, on Aug. 19 by Dr.Richard Cowles, an entomologist at The ConnecticutAgricultural Experiment Station (CAES). ExperimentStation surveys have confirmed the presence of thisinvasive fly in 25 towns in all Connecticut counties. InAugust and September, it severely damaged strawber-ries and red raspberries, rendering all or some ofthese crops unmarketable. We have also documentedinfestations in blackberries, blueberries, grapes, andmany wild fruits in the state.
Of Asian origin, the spotted wing drosophila is relat-ed to common fruit flies that hover near ripe bananasand wine. Unlike other fruit flies that attack damagedfruit, females of this invasive species have a saw-like,
egg-laying organ or ovipositor, which enables them tolay eggs in firm, ripening, and otherwise healthy fruit.Feeding by spotted wing drosophila larvae can com-pletely destroy the fruit in a few days. The adultmales are distinctive because they have a single blackspot on the tip of each wing. Other fruit flies can havespotted wings, but do not have a single spot on theirwings. Scientists reared larvae to adults or used vine-gar traps to monitor for this pest.
Found in California in 2008, this small fly has nowbeen reported from at least 18 states ranging from thewestern coastal states to Michigan, Florida and theNortheast. The spotted wing drosophila can be con-trolled on small fruits with certain insecticide applica-tions. Scientists at the CAES are investigating the fly’s distribution and behavior, and will develop manage-
ment methods.
Spotted Wing DrosophilaPhotograph by Katherine Dugas, CAES.
New agricultural pest discovered in Connecticut
MONTVILLE, CT (AP) — Strip away the razor wire,chain-link fence and eagle-eyed prison guards, andCorrigan Radgowski Correctional Center in Montvilleis beginning to resemble the farm that stood there atthe turn of the 20th century.
Lily and Nibbles, two donated goats, chew away atthe underbrush surrounding the prison. Vegetablegardens inside and outside the fence line are pro-ducing hundreds of pounds of vegetables. Chickenssquawk in a cedar-post barn.
Warden Scott Erfe said the prison off Route 32 andnearby communities are reaping benefits from theagricultural programs.
While a roadside farm stand is not planned for thenear future, he said the work on the gardens andother projects keeps inmates busy, tired and, insome ways, is part of rehabilitation.
“A lot of these guys would never imagine doingsomething like this on the outside,'' Erfe said.“They're taking ownership and learning a skill at thesame time. Instead of being content doing time,they're asking what they can do. They're alreadylooking forward to next year. Some of these guys areseeing they can do something good with their life.''
At peak harvest time, the inmates have put somuch work into the garden Erfe referred to it joking-ly as “Better prisons and gardens.'' Aside from learn-ing a skill, inmates are giving back.
This year, the prison produced more than 10,000pounds of vegetables. Much of it was eaten by theinmates, a welcome fresh addition to their diets.Nearly 5,000 pounds was donated to local socialservice agencies in Montville and Norwich. Herbs areused in the prison's culinary arts classes.
Correction officers Joe Schoonmaker and Jason
Ware estimate the vegeta-bles offset food costs byabout $6,000. All the seedswere donated, and there is
no costs to taxpayers.“The warden lets you think outside the box.
They're out there working instead of sitting aroundon their bunks all day,'' Schoonmaker said.
The chickens are producing eggs sold in sand-wiches to correctional officers as part of the qualityof work life program. The proceeds go directly backto staff initiatives, such as annual picnics or flowersfor sick staff.
The garden workers are volunteers. They areweeding, planting, turning soil, planting and har-vesting. Old plants are discarded into a compost pileused for fertilizer in next year's crops.
Michael Theriault, 29, of Sterling, one of the volun-teers working the garden, said, “It's rehabilitating forus and keeps our minds occupied.''
Theriault and Chris Wojcik, 29, of Mansfield, bothsaid they also recognize their work is helping othersout in the communi-ty.
“It's definitely aprivilege to be outhere,'' said BrianPowelson, 42, fromthe New Haven area.“It's our community,unfortunately, rightnow. We're makingthe most of it, andwe're accomplishingsomething.''
The animals andan outside garden aretended by work
details of low-security-risk inmates who typically areclose to completing their sentences.
The goats are regularly rotated to areas that needtrimming.
“It is in some ways a unique concept to engage theinmates in something constructive while at the sametime allowing them to give back to the community,''state Department of Correction spokesman BrianGarnett said.
The gardens are something the department isexpanding throughout the agency, in ways gettingback to the department's roots when inmates main-tained gardens and even operated a dairy farm.
“It's been a very successful year this year,'' Garnettsaid. “We're contributing to food banks across thestate with the surplus. Ultimately we've alwayssought to be good neighbors to the communitieswe're in. Corrections does not operate in a vacuum.''
In addition to the food, the prison last year donat-ed 50 cords of wood to local families in need. Thewood is cut and split at the facility from trees on thegrounds of the prison.
Connecticut prison reaps whatit sows from farm program
Good gourd!Rhode Island pumpkin tips scales at 1,661 lbs
WARREN, RI (AP) — A boulder-sizedpumpkin weighing 1,661 pounds hastaken top honors at a New Englandregional contest, though it fell short ofthe world record.
Joe Jutras of Scituate sat on hisprize-winning gourd after the annualSouthern New England Giant PumpkinGrowers' Annual Weigh-off, held at afarm in Warren.
His pumpkin fell 150 pounds shy of
the world record of 1,810.5 pounds, setlast year in Wisconsin.
But that's an honor Jutras has heldbefore. His 2007 gourd tipped thescales at 1,689 pounds, setting arecord that held up for two years.
He told the Providence Journal(http://bit.ly/palSwO ) that this year'spumpkin started as a seed on May 1,and he tended it two or three hoursnightly and 10 hours on weekends.
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More than 125 farmers, ranchers,teachers, small business owners andothers from rural communities andsmall towns across the country gath-ered in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4 aspart of a “Broadband WORKS for RuralAmerica” advocacy day. Participantsdelivered the message to policymakersthat increased access to high-speedInternet is a critical component of jobcreation and economic development,and is necessary to ensuring a pros-perous future for citizens living inremote or hard-to-reach communities.
While on Capitol Hill, participantsheld a press conference, featuringRepresentative Heath Shuler (D-NC),and met with members of Congress,and the offices of Secretary of theInterior Ken Salazar and Secretary ofAgriculture Tom Vilsack, calling forpolicies that promote further expan-sion of high-speed Internet to ruralAmerica. As part of their message,advocates stressed that increasedaccess to high-speed broadband wouldspur job growth, attract new business-es and allow for the expansion of exist-ing operations, and promote essentialsocial benefits such as distance learn-
ing and remote healthcare services viatelemedicine in rural communitiesthroughout the country.
“Lack of access to high-speed broad-band Internet puts rural communitiesacross the country at a serious disad-vantage,” said Congressman Shuler(D-NC). “Broadband is the great eco-nomic and social equalizer of our time,and expanding high-speed internetaccess to rural America will give morecommunities the tools they need tocreate jobs, expand educational oppor-tunities, and improve public safety andhealth care. Broadband will give smallbusinesses in rural areas a pathway toparticipation in the global economyand provides the framework for long-term economic growth and stability foryears to come.”
Residents from regions all across theUnited States shared compelling sto-ries about the impact of high-speedInternet while in Washington. Forinstance, Jon Chadwell, ExecutiveDirector of the Newport EconomicDevelopment Commission in Newport,Arkansas, spearheaded a project toexpand high-speed Internet access tothe local industrial park, home to three
businesses that were losing clients dueto a lack of access to broadband. As aresult of Chadwell’s work to connectthe area to broadband Internet, thecompanies added a total of 325 localjobs in just six years.
“Regardless of location or occupa-tion, the need for reliable, high-speedInternet, both wired and wireless, issomething that everyone can agree on.In rural America in particular, thereare acres of opportunity for economicgrowth, but greater access to next-gen-eration technologies is key to capitaliz-ing on these opportunities,” said JessPeterson, Executive Vice President ofthe U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and alead spokesman for the advocacy day.“Right now, Americans need jobs, andwe need to make sure that allAmericans have the tools to create andsustain them. I believe we successfullydelivered that message to policymak-ers this week.”
Some 26 million Americans in large-ly rural areas across the nation lackhigh-speed connections to the Internet
and mobile broadband. The advocacyeffort, a collaboration of members ofthe U.S. Cattlemen’s Association,National Grange, Women Involved InFarm Economics (WIFE), local cham-bers of commerce, farmers, ranchers,small business owners, teachers, andothers from across the country, withsupport from the Internet InnovationAlliance, allowed a diverse range ofAmericans to personally tell theirunique stories about the transforma-tive potential of high-speed broadbandto Federal lawmakers.
“The National Grange has been advo-cating for affordable access to broad-band in rural America for a long time,”said Ed Luttrell, National GrangePresident. “Never before in our effortshave we seen so many diverse organi-zations, telecommunications compa-nies, and advocacy groups at the sametable with the same commitment andvision. I believe the drumbeat ofincreased access to broadband in ruralAmerica has been heard in ourNation’s capital this week.”
Grangers among 125 who visit D.C.to advocate for rural broadband
TOLLAND, CT — Jay T. Mar, StateConservationist for the NaturalResources Conservation Service(NRCS), and Marsha B. Jette, StateExecutive Director of the Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) in Connecticut haveannounced that applications will betaken for the agencies’ GrasslandReserve Program (GRP). Deadline toreceive applications is Nov. 4, 2011.
According to Jette, “GRP is a volun-tary program offering landowners theopportunity to protect, restore, andenhance grasslands on their property.NRCS and FSA are coordinating imple-mentation of GRP – which helpslandowners restore and protect grass-land, pastureland, and certain otherlands, and provides assistance forrehabilitating grasslands.”
“The program will conserve vulnera-ble grasslands from conversion tocropland or other uses and conserveimportant grasslands by helping main-tain viable farming operations,” saidMar. “With the November 4th deadlineapproaching, we are urging eligiblefarmers and producers to apply assoon as possible,” he said. “By accept-ing GRP applications now, we candevelop grassland management plansthat help restore and protect grasslandand pastureland through rental agree-ments and permanent easements.”
For more information, visit the NRCSWeb site at www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/pro-grams, or the FSA Web site atwww.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=grp or con-tact your nearest USDA Field Office.
Ben Sauder of Tremont, IL won the Junior Supreme Championaward at the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Sauder’s Junior Three-Year-Old Cow, South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET was sired by GoldenElliott Voltage. Britney Hill of Bristol, VT won the Reserve SupremeChampion of the Junior Show with her Four-Year-Old Cow, AingerAdvent Jessa-Red which is sired by KHW Kite Advent-Red.
Photo courtesy of World Dairy Expo
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by Judy Van PutOn Friday, Sept. 30, the Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Delaware County hosted the first of itsfour scheduled classes on Beginning Goat Farming.The day-long workshop was given in conjunctionwith the Watershed Agricultural Council, whichfunded the program, and was well attended. Themorning session was held at the Hamden headquar-ters; after lunch the group traveled to GlenanoreFarm, Bovina Center, where Mike Noonan hosted atour of his commercial meat goat farm and providedhands-on learning experiences with his Boer goats.
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Janet Aldrich wel-comed the group and introduced Dr. tatianaStanton, Cornell University and State of New York’sgoat specialist. Dr. Stanton provided an informativeand interactive power point presentation to thegroup, and welcomed question-and-answer sessionsthroughout. Participants ranged from those justentering the work force who wanted to learn aboutfarming to retired dairy farmers who wished to workwith animals again; as well as students who hadsome farming background and wanted to find a gooduse for extra land to others who were looking tomake some extra money, in many cases to help paytheir taxes.
Dr. Stanton told the class that goats are historical-ly one of the most common sources of milk and redmeat worldwide. One of the advantages of raisinggoats over other animals is their small size, whichenables them to be easily handled by women andchildren. Their size also makes them less risky as aninvestment — as the investment is spread acrossseveral animals rather than just one, minimizinglosses from illness, flood, etc. In addition, goats are
multipurpose, providing fiber, meat and milk. Theyalso have very versatile eating habits, being rumi-nants and eating forages of fairly complex carbohy-drates. Goats will thrive as browsers of forbs,broadleaf plants with succulent stems such as dan-delions, curly dock, plantain, legumes and grasses;as well as tree legumes such as black locust.
There are disadvantages in raising goats, however,in that they are very labor intensive. For dairy goats,there are many more animals to milk to get the sameamount of milk as you would from one dairy cow.And dairy, fiber or meat goats also require very goodfences and/or herding, as they are prey animals andneed protection from predators such as coyotes anddogs, and they will also girdle trees and shrubs, andwill eradicate brush rather than sustain brush. Inaddition, most goats are sensitive to photoperiod,which means that they are seasonal breeders; andas goats tend to breed when the days are gettingshorter, it can be challenging deciding when best tobreed for the meat market.
But as with any farm endeavor, there are alwayspros and cons involved. One of the major advantagesof raising goats is the wide variety of businesses agoat farmer can choose to become involved with,such as:
1. Commercial:a. Many meat goats are raised primarily to sell
commercially — the backbone of this industry isslaughter animals.
b. There is also a strong market for dairy goats —not only goat milk, but goat cheeses and yogurts aresteadily gaining in popularity.
2. Fiber: The fiber industry uses mohair fromangora goats as well as cashmere and is prized for
its softness. In addition, fiber goatsmay be marketed for meat as well.
3. Seed stock for goat farming orfor show: There is a viable industrythat is geared toward selling seedstock to others who wish to getstarted in goat farming. In addition,showing meat goats is becoming apopular industry, especially for theSouth African Boer goat breed.
4. Land reclamation: Goats arebeing used to reclaim old pasturesor other areas that have been takenover by weeds and invasive plants.They are especially effective ineradicating multiflora rose.
5. Family projects: many goats are multi-purposeand can be raised for family uses of fiber, milk ormeat.
6. Companion animals: Goats are very gregariousand friendly, and have great recreational use. Theyhave been used as draft or packing animals; therapyanimals; and pets. In addition, there is a market forsupplying goats that are used as 4-H projects.
7. Training herding dogs: goats can be used fortraining herding dogs for use on livestock farms.
In order to choose which industry best suits thepurpose, a potential goat farmer needs to examinehis expectations, taking into consideration someimportant issues, such as his lifestyle: a person whoenjoys taking vacations frequently or having week-ends “off” would not be a suitable goat farmer, asgoats require daily care, and would not be a goodchoice for a part-time business. However, a personwho enjoys working with people and animals, as wellas doing some traveling, might be happy pursuing acareer in showing goats, for example.
It’s also important to take into take stock theresources you might have to start out with, such asland, facilities and family labor.
And finally, you should be aware of your financialexpectations. Before embarking on a project or busi-ness of raising goats, it’s important to research whatyour costs will be to begin goat farming. Some fig-ures you will need to get good estimates of include:
1. The approximate annual costs of rearing a doeand her kids in your region. What is the price ofhay? Feed? What medicines or supplements will benecessary? If you need to construct a barn or buildfence, you’ll need to add in those costs as well.
2. What’s average market value of slaughter goatsin your area? Which breeds might you decide on thatwill work best for your farm? Is there a local marketfor starting goats?
3. What is carrying capacity of your land and facil-ities? Pasture and forage area will vary and you’llneed to know what to expect from the land you haveavailable.
4. What sort of productivity can you expect from adoe under your farm conditions? Again, with somany variables it’s important to study differentbreeds of goats and families of those breeds to findwhat will be most suitable to your situation.
The next column will be devoted to goat breeds,breeding goats and facilities necessary for raisinggoats.
Goat farming for beginners classPart 1: Deciding to raise goats
Dr. tatiana Stanton, Cornell/New York State Goat Expert presented a Power Point program onBeginning Goat Farming on Friday, Sept. 30, at the CCE of Delaware County office, Hamden, NY.
The Beginning Goat Farming workshop was split into smaller groups;each worked with a goat and learned how to monitor a goat’s pulse, res-piration and temperature as well as the goat’s condition and conforma-tion.
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USDA and FDA OKEnogen
Last month the U.S.Departments of Agricul-ture and Food and DrugAdministration approveda unique geneticallymodified variety of cornfor deregulation, mean-ing it was given a greenlight to be marketed inour country with basical-ly no restrictions. Thenovel variety was devel-oped by a large multi-na-tional corporation head-quartered in Switzer-land; since every persondeserves some anonymi-ty, let me call this corpo-ration Mini-Giant. Cor-porations are considered(at least in the U.S.) to bepersons. And this partic-ular corporation is verybig and is home-based ina mini country.
For two reasons, I findit interesting that Mini-Giant has developed ma-jor corn biotechnology:first, the vast majority ofEuropean citizenry re-sists genetic engineering;
secondly, all of Switzer-land grows less cornthan one of New YorkState’s better corn coun-ties (of course, that Eu-ropean nation is roughlythe size of Vermont andConnecticut combined).For a country to host thedevelopment of technolo-gy which will be usedminimally by its own res-idents could seem a bithypocritical. But busi-ness is business, andthat’s one arena inwhich the Swiss outper-form most other nations.
The corn, which iscalled Enogen, is one ofthe first crops geneticallyengineered to contain atrait that influences useof the plant after harvest.Virtually all past biotechcrops have had traits likeinsect resistance andherbicide tolerance,aimed at helping farmersmore than manufactur-ers or consumers. ThusEnogen is the mostprominent one to date tobe engineered solely for
industrial purposes.The corn contains a
microbial gene that pro-duces an enzyme thatbreaks down corn starchinto sugar, the first steptoward making ethanol.Ethanol manufacturersnow buy this enzyme,called alpha amylase, inliquid form and add it tothe corn at the start ofproduction. Mini-Giantsays that having the cropmake the enzyme for itsown breakdown — self-processing corn, so tospeak — will increaseethanol output while re-ducing the use of water,energy and chemicals inthe production process.This Swiss company,which is primarily a seedproducer and pesticidemanufacture, said itwould take variousmeasures to prevent thecorn from getting intothe food supply.
Amylase gets its namebecause it chemically de-grades a sugar calledamylose, as well as someother short-chain carbo-hydrates which are con-sidered starches. In biol-ogy any term which endsin -ase, quite consistent-
ly is an enzyme. Alphaamylase is also the mainenzyme in human salivaand is also produced bythe human pancreas.Human salivary amylaseis critical in the firststages of our digestion;its function is to enableus to consume foodswith more starch, i.e.,plants. Almost withoutexception, humans pro-duce more salivary alphaamylase than any othernon-ruminant mammal.I find that pieces of veg-etable or grain that getstuck in my teeth will de-grade before too long, be-cause of their high levelsof starches and sugars.However, when pieces ofmeat get stuck, that’s adifferent story. The mus-cle tissue in meat con-sists of highly complicat-ed chains of aminoacids, quite immune toamylase. This is when Iget out the dental floss.
Few on the Americanfood production scenegreet Ecogen with openarms; after all, Ecogen isnot marketed as a food:it’s a fuel source firstand a feed source second(distillers wet and dried
grains). The novel seeds’advocates run head-oninto environmentalzealot groups like Unionof Concerned Scientists(UCS), and Center forFood Safety (CFS). “Thisis StarLink all overagain,” said UCS’ Mar-garet Mellon. She wasreferring to the 2000 in-cident when a geneticallymodified corn approvedonly for animal use gotinto the human foodsupply, prompting hugerecalls and disruptingAmerican exports. Onedifference, however, isthat unlike StarLink,Mini-Giant’s new corn isapproved for food use.Other alpha amylasesare already used in foodprocessing.”
Wash ing ton -basedCFS said it was prepar-ing to sue. The grouphad persuaded a court totemporarily revoke theapprovals of the biotechalfalfa and sugar beetsbecause the AgricultureDepartment had notdone a full environmen-tal impact statement(EIS). USDA, which hasbeen reviewing Mini-Gi-ant’s application since
2005, has not preparedan EIS for Ecogen. USDAsaid the corn met thestatutory requirementsfor approval, in that itwas not a pest thatwould harm plants. FDAhad earlier found thecorn safe to eat.
One non-environmen-tal group actively oppos-ing Ecogen is the NorthAmerican Millers’ Asso-ciation (NAMA). Theywarned that if the in-dustrial corn cross-polli-nated with or weremixed with corn used forfood, it could lead tocrumbly corn chips, sog-gy cereal, loaves of breadwith soupy centers andcorn dogs with inade-quate coatings.
In a prepared statementseveral weeks ago, NAMAcomplained, “If this cornis co-mingled with othercorn, it will have signifi-cant adverse impacts onfood product quality andperformance”; moreover,that it could “damage thequality of food productslike breakfast cereals,snack foods and batteredproducts.”
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NAMA, which repre-sents 43 companies, in-cluding giants like Gen-eral Mills, ConAgra, andArcher Daniels Mid-land, emphasized thatMini-Giant’s own dataindicated that as littleas one alpha-amylasecorn kernel mixed with10,000 conventionalkernels could beenough to weaken thecorn starch and disruptfood processing opera-
tions.Many in the food in-
dustry worry that if theamylase corn is foundin food supplies it couldlead to recalls or dis-rupt exports (like Star-Link did). Mini-Giantsays the amylase is notactive when the kernelis intact; it is most ac-tive at certain levels oftemperature, acidityand moisture found inethanol factories, but
rarely in factories thatmake corn starch, cornsyrup or corn chips.Ecogen contains a syn-thetic gene derived frommicro-organisms thatlive near hot-watervents on the ocean’sfloor. This fact makesthe enzyme stable at thehigh temperatures usedin making ethanol. Notsurprisingly, the Na-tional Corn Growers As-sociation (NCGA) ap-
plauded the corn’s ap-proval by USDA andFDA. What I find in-triguing is that mostNAMA members also be-long to NCGA.
The new corn shouldhelp lower the cost toproduce ethanol, andcould persuade morefarmers to grow ethanolcorn over food corn.With roughly 40 percentof U.S. corn acreage al-ready devoted to
ethanol production,that type of competitioncould result in highermarket costs for foodsmade with corn. Earlierthis year, the NationalPork Producers Councilwas concerned that wecould already face acorn shortage if the2011 crop was not up toexpectations (which itisn’t). Increased worlddemand and foreigncrop shortfalls have al-
ready impacted cornsupply. Bio-Giant’s in-tense enthusiasm formarketing its biotech-nology overseas… andmostly on our soil…bares strong resem-blance to chickens try-ing to convince pigs thatAmerican agriculturewould greatly benefitfrom more and moreham and eggs being eat-en at breakfast.
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As the weeks beforethe application deadlinesteadily tick away, theNational Corn GrowersAssociation remindsmembers that it, alongwith the BASF Corpora-tion, will again awardfive $1,000 scholar-ships to undergraduateand graduate studentspursuing a degree in anagriculture-related fieldduring the 2012-13
school year.“While the Dec. 9 dead-
line may still seem dis-tant, it is important tonote how quickly timepasses for students busywith their studies,” saidBrandon Hunnicutt,NCGA’s Grower ServicesAction Team Chair.“Completion by the dead-line is required for con-sideration, and NCGAhopes that all interested
parties are able to sub-mit. This program fosterstomorrow’s leaders. Re-minding qualified stu-dents to apply is a proac-tive step to better the fu-ture of the industry.”
Applicants for theNCGA Academic Excel-lence in AgricultureScholarship Programmust be entering atleast their second un-dergraduate year or any
year of graduate study,and they, or a parent orlegal guardian, must bean NCGA member.Scholarship applica-tions must be post-marked on or beforeDec. 9.
Scholarship recipientswill be selected in early2012. Recipients and aparent or guardian willenjoy travel and lodgingto attend a portion of
the 2012 CommodityClassic in Nashville, TN,to be recognized at theNCGA Awards Banquetand have the opportuni-ty to learn more aboutmodern agriculture.
This marks the fifthyear for the programpartnership betweenBASF and NCGA.
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by Stewart TruelsenHere is a prediction:
American farmers andranchers will be able tofeed this nation well intothe future if given accessto land, water, capitaland scientific advances.If you’d like the predic-tion to be more specific,let’s say the nation’sfood supply will be se-
cure until at least theyear 2061.
There’s an excellentchance this predictionwill be true, but it’shardly the stuff booksare written about. A pre-diction like this wouldonly bring a yawn, andthe reader would goback to worrying aboutdire predictions of eco-
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Beware of dire predictions
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bly do better ourselves.The expert predictions
that catch our eye areones predicting doomand gloom. One suchbook was “Famine1975!” Written byWilliam and Paul Pad-dock in 1967, the bookpredicted food scarcitiesso severe that food aidwould have to be cut offfrom a few nations leav-ing their populations to
starve. India and Egyptwere said to fit this de-scription.
The Paddocks under-estimated the GreenRevolution and otheradvances in productionagriculture around theworld, but they weren’tthe only ones. PaulEhrlich predicted a sim-ilar fate when he said,“The battle to feed allhumanity is over,” in
his book “The Popula-tion Bomb.”
In a 1982 book, “En-counters with the Fu-ture,” respected futuristMarvin Cetron and co-author Thomas O’Tooleforecasted that the Sovi-et Union would invadeAustralia within 10years for its natural re-sources. They missedthe part about the SovietUnion crumbling.
Why do we pay atten-tion to expert predic-tions in the first place?In “Future Babble,”Gardner gives severalreasons. Most peoplelove certainty, so ifsomeone says theyknow what will happenin the future, it attractsour attention.
We jump to conclu-sions about the futurebecause we tend to lookfor patterns where noneexist. Randomness andchaos limit our ability tosee very far ahead.
We also are attractedto experts who are bold
and confident abouttheir predictions despitethe fact that Gardnersays they have the worsttrack records. In hiswords, “Reliable fore-casting is a challenge ona par with climbing Mt.Everest barefoot.”
Life is unpredictableand uncertain, but thatisn’t as bad as it seems.Gardner believes an ac-curate prediction isn’tnecessary to make gooddecisions. A roughsense of possibilitiesand probabilities will dofine.
That’s why we can
stick by our predictionthat American farmersand ranchers will meetour food needs for atleast the next 50 years.They’ve done it in thepast despite all kinds ofobstacles and dire pre-dictions. There’s everyreason to believe theycan do it in the future.
Stewart Truelsen is aregular contributor to theFocus on Agriculture se-ries and is the author ofa book marking theAmerican Farm BureauFederation’s 90th an-niversary, ForwardFarm Bureau.
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Fellowship of Christian Farmers
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers,International needs your help coordi-nating a Hurricane and tropical Stormrecovery campaign. Farmers are con-tacting the FCFI Home Office regardinghow to help dairymen with feed and re-pairs to damaged homes and buildingsin New England, New York and Pennsyl-vania.
FCFI Area Leader, William Brown,Marcy, NY and FCFI Board member andPrayer Guide coordinator, ClarkPhillips, North Collins, NY, spent a weekin Schoharie, NY, repairing a damageddairy barn and removing “big” trashitems from fields covered with flash floodwaters. A team of 11 farmers are de-scribing the damage as that you “have tobe here to believe it.”
Would you e-mail or call the FCFI
Home Office to let them know how youand your neighbors are doing? E-mailphotos of either Hurricane Irene orTropical Storm Lee damage to FCFI totell the story to other farmers. Your e-mail address helps to quickly stay intouch with you to organize to help ourneighbors in need.
The Fellowship of Christian FarmersInt. is in communication with the Ver-mont Agency of Agriculture to waiveU.S. Custom fees to ship Quebec hay into Vermont dairies that have lost all hayand corn silage. Hay and silage willneed to be shipped in a Tropical StormLee hay lift. Your help is needed.
Please contact Dennis Schlagel, Ex-ecutive Director at 309-530-7004 or e-mail [email protected]
Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee recovery effort
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Rapid Response team spent four days on theVan Aller Farm in Middleburg, NY. Hurricane Irene dumped 12 inches of rain acrossthe Schoharie Valley Aug. 28 on ground that was already saturated with moisture.Team members included Clark & Sue Phillips, Ed & Gail Westfall, William and KathyBrown, Steve Hutton, George Steven, and Jim Wolford. Bill Brown, Marcy, NY, is theArea Leader for the Fellowship of Christian Farmers. Clark Phillips, North Collins, NY,is an FCFI National Board member.
The Van Aller farm silos did not sustain damage tosilage inside. A Cat endloader was used to load up logs,rocks, and silt onto trucks. The Fellowship of ChristianFarmers Rapid Response Team hauled in tools neededto equip the crew. It will take two years to repair all thedamage from the Aug. 28 Hurricane Irene. Neighborshelping neighbors is a rural American tradition andBiblical principle that needs to be deployed this fall andwinter to assist dairy families going through the devas-tation of a lifetime storm.
What once was a fertile pasture is now the river bottom of a flash flood tributary ofthe Schoharie River. Four feet of rocks, silt, uprooted trees, and garbage was depositedon this pasture. “You have to see this in person to appreciate the scale of the flashflooding in Schoharie County,” said FCFI Area Leader William Brown Marcy, NY.
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Rapid Response team worked at picking uptrash left all over the Van Aller farm. Refrigerators were found in standing corn fields.Firewood and entire trees uprooted were strewn across the farm place.The dairy barnin the background required the removal of cow mattresses and a foot of silt washedinto the building. High pressure washers were used to totally clean the barn so newcow mattresses could be installed.
Flash flood water changed the course of the SchoharieRiver. Ten feet of flood water ran through the Van Allerfarm.The farm house sustained basement and first floordamage. Sheetrock “wicked” water up the walls and thefurnace had to be replaced. This fall and winter crewswill be needed with wiring and drywall skills to rebuildfarm dwellings in Schoharie County.
The Schoharie Valley has beautiful fields of corn forgrain and silage. Hurricane Irene’s flash floodingdestroyed entire fields in the valley by washing outstands of corn or by severely knocking corn down.Standing corn also had its feed value impacted by siltcontamination. Dairymen in the Schoharie Valley needhay, silage and hay to make it through the winter.
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The autumn season brings out witches, goblins andghosts and one of the most favorite celebrations of theyear: National Popcorn Poppin’ Month.
For the child in us all there’s also Halloween, butNational Popcorn Poppin’ Month is a month-long cel-ebration, which means plenty of time to enjoyAmerica’s most popular “poppable” snack. Grab ahandful and you’re helping consume some of the 16billion quarts Americans eat each year. That’s rough-ly 51 quarts per man, woman and child.
Popcorn’s popularity is partially due to its irre-sistible aroma and taste, but it’s also a food that’slong been a part of American culture, associated withgood times. Curious kids love watching the magicaltransformation from a hard seed to soft, fluffy snackwhile budget conscious parents love its “cheap eats”status. And everyone can appreciate that popcorn is awhole grain, providing carbohydrates and fiber to thediet, and naturally low in fat and calories.
With all those reasons to love popcorn (as if youreally needed them) why not scare up this frightfullygood treat, compliments of the Popcorn Board(www.popcorn.com).
dessert mixGreen food color, optional8 chocolate ice cream cones 3/4 cup chocolate chips Orange sugar sprinkles, placed in a small dish Jelly beans, candy corn, licorice string Directions: 1. Spread a sheet of wax (or parchment) paper over
a work surface and place the wafer cookies on it.
2. Spray a large mixing bowl with cooking spray andplace popcorn inside.
3. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat.Stir in marshmallows and gelatin dessert powder untilmarshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. Ifdesired, adjust color with a drop or 2 of food color.Pour over popcorn and mix well until coated.
4. Spray hands with cooking spray and press firm-ly to form into 8 balls. Place balls on 8 of the wafercookies. Press candy decorations into popcorn balls toform eyes, nose and mouth.
5. Place chocolate chips in a small microwave-safebowl. Cover and heat for 10 seconds. Stir chocolate toaid melting. Repeat as needed until chocolate is melt-ed and smooth.
6. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate ontothe top of each popcorn ball. Press a few licoricestrings into chocolate to form ‘hair’.
7. Dip cone edges into melted chocolate and theninto orange sugar sprinkles. Place on remaining wafercookies to form witches hat. Place hats onto popcornballs. Allow chocolate to set for about 45 minutesbefore serving.
8. Serve or seal individually in plastic wrap for storage.For more simple and tasty popcorn recipes, visit
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Have a ballIt’s National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
Trick or Treat!36 million
The estimated number of potentialtrick-or-treaters in 2009 — children 5 to13 — across the United States. Thisnumber is up about 190,000 from a yearearlier. Of course, many other children —older than 13, and younger than 5 —also go trick-or-treating.
Source: 2009 population estimateswww.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb10-81.html
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MADISON, WI —- All ofthe cattle are back homeresting as well as thosedairy industry folks thatparticipated at this year’sbig event. The awardsand ribbons are beingbrought out of the showboxes, producers aredreaming of how to incor-porate newly discoveredmanagement tips intotheir operations andcommercial exhibitorsare busy following up onthe new contacts madewhile at the event. The2011 World Dairy will godown in history as arecord-setting success.
The Dairy Cattle Showcontinues to attract eliteshow cattle fans fromaround the globe. Thisyear a record 2,587 headof dairy cattle were exhib-ited by 1,130 exhibitors.They converged to theshow site from 37 statesand seven Canadianprovinces to vie for thecoveted Grand Championand Supreme Championtitles. Eastside LewisdaleGold Missy, GrandChampion of the Interna-tional Holstein Show, wascrowned Supreme Cham-pion and was exhibitedby Morsan Farms, Van
Ruinen Dairy Ltd., MarkButz and Gert An-dreasen; Ponoka, Alberta.Junior Show SupremeChampion was awardedto South Mountain Volt-age Spice-ET, GrandChampion of the CentralNational Jersey JuniorShow, exhibited by BenSauder, Tremont, IL.Britney Hill of Bristol, VTwon the ReserveSupreme Champion ofthe Junior Show with herFour-Year-Old Cow,Ainger Advent Jessa-Redwhich is sired by KHWKite Advent-Red.
Total attendance forWorld Dairy Expo was68,006 visitors, with2,699 registered interna-tional guests from 90countries. Visitors fromCanada, Mexico, Ireland,China and Germanytopped the list of interna-tional guests during the
five-day event. Youthcontests also set recordlevels of participation.
The National Intercolle-giate Dairy Cattle Judg-ing was won in a veryclose race by the CornellUniversity team andCarissa Levash of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison earned theOverall Top Individual ti-tle. The InternationalPost-Secondary Contesttop team was Modesto Jr.College with one of theirteam members, RoccoCunningham topping theOverall Individual rank-ing. In the National 4-HContest, New York teamwon, while Andrew Kernof Minnesota was namedthe Top Individual Over-all.
Over 3,200 FFA mem-bers attended WorldDairy Expo and manyparticipated in the Cen-
tral National FFA Events.Babcock Hall Dairy
Plant of Madison, WI wasnamed the Cheese andButter Grand Championat the ChampionshipDairy Products Contestand Gifford’s Dairy ofSkowhegan, Maine wasnamed Grade A and IceCream Grand Champion.A record 705 entries com-peted this year in hopesof using the title to pro-mote their dairy product.
The World ForageAnalysis Superbowl en-tries also set a newrecord with a 43% in-crease in entries from 23states. World GrandChampion Forage Pro-ducer was Kelli Hinman,Wheatland, WY andChampion First-Time En-trant award went toBappe Farm, Riverton,
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YET ANOTHERDAIRY REFORM BILL
HAS BEENINTRODUCED
Issued Oct. 14, 2011Don’t look for $20 milk
prices in 2012, accordingto Matt Mattke of Wiscon-sin based Stewart Peter-son. Speaking in Tues-day’s DairyLine, Mattkepointed to the globaleconomy which, he said,has a lot of uncertaintyand risk and could beheaded into a secondaryrecession which will limitthe upside.
“We saw a couple ofmonths ago what $2-pluscheese did to demand,Mattke said. “Exportsdropped sharply in Juneand July and domestic
demand dropped hard aswell.” He said $18 milk“has a shot,” but $17-$17.50 is more likely.
On a brighter note,corn prices have softenedthe last four weeks and isabout $2 off the high,Mattke reported. Milkprices have fallen as wellso it’s “bittersweet.”
He called on produc-ers to “be defensive intheir planning” and “useany rally that might oc-cur between now andthe end of the year to getsales in place, pick thetool of your choice, be itforward contracting orput options, use thatrally to do it and get abase of protection inplace because 2012 has
a lot of unknowns.”Cash cheese prices the
week of October 10 re-versed the previousweek’s rally and closedFriday at $1.69 perpound on the blocks,down 7 1/2-cents on theweek, and a nickel belowa year ago. The barrelsalso closed at $1.69,
down 9 1/2-cents on theweek, and 4 1/4 below ayear ago. Eleven cars ofblock traded hands onthe week and 14 of bar-rel. The NASS-surveyedU.S. average block pricelost 1.2 cents, slipping to$1.7475. Barrels aver-aged $1.7080, down 2cents.
Jerry Dryer’s October7 Dairy and Food MarketAnalyst reported that“conversations with(cheese) distributorssuggest more promotion-al activity is beingplanned now than wasthe case just a few weeksago. At the beginning ofthe week, cheese prices
were as much as 50cents below the price lev-els that prevailed thruthe summer.”
Butter wise; Dryer saysthere’s “very good orderflow and more promo-tional activity in theworks. However, there’s
WY.Sunny skies and un-
usually warm weatherhelped to create a memo-rable event for all thatparticipated in the 2011World Dairy Expo. Plansare already well under-way for next year’s event
that will be held Tuesday,Oct. 2 through Saturday,Oct. 6, 2012 at the AlliantEnergy Center in Madi-son, WI. 2012 WorldDairy Expo theme will be“Market Fresh”. Visitwww.worlddairyexpo.comfor details.
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also is plenty of cream.High-fat holiday prod-ucts aren’t yet competingfor the cream supply andice cream is out of thepicture while milk bot-tlers and yogurt makerscontinue to dump creaminto the supply chain.”
Spot butter closed Oc-tober 14 at $1.8350, up6 1/2-cents on the week,but 35 cents below ayear ago. Only one carwas sold all week. NASSbutter averaged$1.7579, down 5.1cents. NASS nonfat dry
milk averaged $1.5415,up 2 1/2- cents, and drywhey averaged 60.29cents, down 0.3 cent.
U.S. dairy exports inthe first seven months of2011 were steady andconsistent, according tothe U.S. Dairy ExportCouncil’s Margaret Spe-ich in an interview I hadwith her at World DairyExpo. Demand has beenstrong, she said, much ofit coming from emergingmarkets and U.S. cheeseexports have been abright spot. Exports in
the first seven monthsclaimed 5 percent of U.S.cheese production, upfrom an historical aver-age of 1-2 percent.
Much of the cheese isgoing to South Koreawhere USDEC has donea lot of marketing thepast 15 years. Speichsaid “It’s paying off forU.S. dairy farmers,”adding that there’ll beeven more potential fromfree trade agreementswith South Korea, Pana-ma, and Columbia whichpassed the House and
Senate this week. The U.S. dairy indus-
try needs the world mar-ket but Speich warnedthat “It’s imperative wedo what’s needed tocontinue to be a consis-tent supplier, not just tothe international mar-kets but also to makesure we’re producingthe right kinds of thingsfor the domestic market.It’s part of the environ-ment we operate in andU.S. dairy exporters es-pecially in the last twoto three years have
shown more interest inexports, more commit-ment, and are very ac-tive in the export mar-ket.”
National Milk’s ChrisGalen says the South Ko-rean free trade agreementwould be worth about$380 million per year tothe U.S. dairy industryand the other two wouldmean another $50 mil-lion in annual sales andgenerate additional jobs.
Exporting historicallymeant lower prices to becompetitive but that’s
no longer the case as ex-ports have contributedmuch to achieve “strongpositive prices for dairyfarmers,” Speich said.“Keep in mind,” she con-cluded, “U.S. milk pro-duction has increased1.6 percent this yearand 60 percent of thatadditional output wasexported so we have tomake sure that ourcommitment to exportmarkets stays and reallydo what’s needed to
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make our exportshealthy and consistent.”
The free trade agree-ments drew fire from theNational Family FarmCoalition. Board presi-dent Ben Burkett stated,“The U.S. alone has lost300,000 family farmerssince NAFTA was imple-mented, and we don’t ex-pect the lowered tariffsfor beef and oranges tooffset those numbers inthe next 15 years.”
Wisconsin farmerJohn Kinsman, who metwith President Obamaand Agriculture Secre-tary Vilsack at the WhiteHouse Rural Forum inPodesta, Iowa, said; “Weoutlined our concernsabout the trade agree-ments to the Presidentand Secretary Vilsack,but they chose to ignorethem. This Administra-tion has, unfortunately,caved to the notion thatany trade is good trade.They abandoned theircampaign pledge to re-visit our nation’s tradepolicies, despite the con-tinued loss of family-scale producers and therural communities be-hind them.”
Speaking of exports;the Cooperatives Work-ing Together (CWT) pro-gram accepted 10 re-quests for export assis-
tance from Dairy Farm-ers of America and Unit-ed Dairymen of Arizonato sell a total of 2.67 mil-lion pounds of Cheddarcheese to customers inAsia, North Africa, andthe Middle East. Theproduct will be deliveredthrough December andraises CWT’s 2011cheese export total to74.9 million pounds to23 countries, the equiva-lent of 749 billionpounds of milk.
In milk pricing news;California’s NovemberClass I milk price is$20.26 per hundred-weight for the north and$20.54 for the south,down $1.24 and $1.23respectively from Octo-ber, but $1.55 and $1.56above November 2010,and equates to about$1.74 and $1.77 per gal-lon respectively. Thedrop pulled the 2011 av-erage to $20.68 and$20.95, but both are$3.83 above a year ago.The Federal order Class Ibase price is announcedby USDA on October 21.
The Agriculture De-partment raised its 2011milk production forecastagain in its latest WorldAgricultural Supply andDemand Estimates re-port. USDA blamed herdexpansion “at a more
rapid rate and milk percow during summer in-creased more rapidlythan expected.” Depart-ment bean countersproject 2011 output at195.9 billion pounds, up200 million from lastmonth’s estimate, andcompares to 192.8 bil-lion in 2010. The 2012estimate was lowered as“forecast milk prices andweakening milk-feed ra-tios increase the pace oflater year declines in cownumbers.” Look for 2012output to hit 198.4 bil-lion pounds, down 100million pounds fromSeptember’s estimate.
“International priceshave been weaker whichhas put some pressureon butter and cheeseprices,” USDA wrote.Butter and cheese priceforecasts were reducedfor 2012. NDM priceshave also been underpressure from weaken-ing international pricesand although the fore-cast for 2011 is un-changed from lastmonth, the price forecastfor 2012 was reduced.Whey prices were raisedfor both 2011 and 2012as demand is strong, ac-cording to USDA.
The 2011 Class III milk
price forecast was low-ered, but for 2012 thehigher whey price morethan offsets a decline inthe cheese price, and theClass III price forecastwas raised. The 2011Class III average is nowexpected to range$18.15-$18.25 per hun-dredweight, down fromthe $18.25-$18.45 ex-pected last month, andcompares to $14.41 in2010. The 2012 averageis now projected at$16.30-$17.20, up fromthe $16.10-$17.10 pro-jected a month ago.
The Class IV price waslowered for both years
due to lower forecastbutter and NDM prices.The 2011 average is nowput at $19.05-$19.25,with the 2012 averageprojected at $16.30-$17.30 per hundred-weight.
The report also showed2011 corn and soybeanproduction estimateswere reduced about 1percent from the Septem-ber projection but cornand soybean price pro-jections were also low-ered. The 2011/12 U.S.season-average farmprice for corn was put at
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$6.20-$7.20 per bushel,down 30 cents on bothends of the range com-pared to a month ago.The 2011/12 U.S. sea-son-average soybeanprice remains in a widerange, $12.15-$14.15per bushel, down 50cents on both ends. Soy-bean meal prices wereforecast at $335-$365per ton for 2011/12,down $25 on both endsof the range.2011 cotton-seed production wasforecast well below 2010,as was alfalfa and otherdry hay.
Milk production levelsacross the U.S. are fol-lowing expectedamounts, according toUSDA’s weekly update.Northeast supplies aretight for needs in manycases as Class I and II
demand is limiting man-ufacturing supplies.Good Class I demand inthe Southeast is report-ed with increased loadsbeing shipped into theregion. Midwest milk isadequate for most needswith steady production.Milk components areslowly increasing. West-ern production is slow-ing seasonally, withsome upticks in theSouthwest as tempera-tures moderate.
California’s Milk Pro-ducers Council (MPC)warned in its October 7newsletter that milk pro-duction in Australia andNew Zealand is boomingand “hard to not believethe short term milk sup-ply could swamp de-mand down there, rais-ing the question about
what effect it may haveup here.”
Cheese sales are hold-ing up well, here, accord-ing to the MPC, “but U.S.economic data continuesto indicate the recoveryfrom the greatest eco-nomic recession thiscountry has suffered maynot get much better soon,and there has been sometalk about the economiesof France and Germanyweakening. Since the U.S.milk producers are be-yond the “tipping point”all we can do is hang onright now and wait to seewhat happens.”
The MPC took the In-ternational Dairy FoodsAssociation (IDFA) to taskfor its television and printcampaign blasting Na-tional Milk’s dairy reformproposal. Quoting the
MPC newsletter; “IDFA issaying the roughly60,000 dairy farmers inthe U.S. owed it to ourcountry to sacrifice thebillions of dollars in dairyfarmer equity by sellingour milk at prices signifi-cantly less than what itcost to produce it, all inthe interest of makinglow-cost dairy productsavailable to the public.”
“The ironic thing, ofcourse, is that thesesame dairy productprocessors were asked tomake no such sacrifice in2009 as they benefitedfrom government policies(the same policies thatare now blasted in theiradvertising campaign)that provide government-guaranteed make al-lowances that virtuallyguarantee company prof-
its regardless of whatprice they are paying fortheir milk.” MPC calledthe action “Shameless.”
Meanwhile; SenatorBob Casey, (D-PA) hasintroduced the “DairyAdvancement Act,” atleast the fifth bill ad-dressing dairy policy re-forms introduced in thepast couple of weeks, re-ported Dairy Profit Week-ly editor Dave Natzke inFriday’s DairyLinebroadcast. He said de-tails and CongressionalBudget Office review arestill sketchy, but Casey’sproposal gives dairy pro-ducers a choice in riskmanagement tools, al-lowing them to continueto participate in the MilkIncome Loss Contract(MILC) program, or to re-ceive revenue margin in-surance through USDA’sexisting Livestock GrossMargin-Dairy (LGM-Dairy) program.
“This bill repeals theDairy Product Price Sup-port Program; reducesfederal milk marketingorder milk classes fromfour to two; and provideslow-interest loans todairy product manufac-turers to help them be-come more innovative,”Natzke said.
An IDFA press releasequotes Connie Tipton,IDFA President andCEO; “Now we are get-ting somewhere. TheDairy Advancement Actoffered by SenatorRobert Casey (D-PA),moves the dairy industrytowards consensus on apath forward. Most im-portantly the bill will nothamstring our industrywith a new governmentprogram to limit milksupply as does the con-troversial Peterson pro-posal. It sets no limitson the ability of dairyfarmers to grow theirbusinesses, and offers asafety net withoutstrings attached.”
“Although this billmoves us in the right di-rection, the unwilling-ness of the NationalMilk Producers Federa-tion (NMPF) to compro-mise and insist on pro-posals that will con-strain the industry bylimiting milk supply isdisappointing. NMPFcontinues to refuse toseek consensus by in-sisting on the Petersonproposal that forcesdairy producers to ac-cept supply controls ifthey want to participatein margin insurance.”
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by Hubert J. KarremanHi Folks,So, it’s getting time to
bring the animals insidefor the seasonal changetowards winter at somepoint soon. But whichanimals are we talkingabout? Certainly themilking cows will be inmore as we tend to givethem the most atten-tion. But what about theyoung stock? Oftentimes we let the bredheifers stay outside witha place for them to beddown and be out of theelements and that’sgood. But how about theyounger heifers? Often-times people want tobring them back insideafter the grazing seasonis done for some reason.But why? That fresh airthey have been gettingis so much better forthem than stale barn airor shared barn air withthe milking herd. As arule, I would say thatyoung stock should notcome back into the barnuntil they freshen sincethey are at risk forpneumonia if stuck in-side all winter with theolder animals.
So should we vacci-nate animals at thistime of year? It’s a com-mon practice to do so. Insome ways it is admit-ting that the indoor liv-
ing isn’t as good as theoutdoors on pasture,right? Like I have cometo realize, the best vac-cination program is onethat is based on freshair, high forage dietsand dry bedding and drybedding and dry bed-ding. (That wasn’t a typ-ing mistake.) At leastthat is for respiratoryhealth. Another impor-tant way to prevent res-piratory problems instabled animals is toput them outside everyday for as long as possi-ble. This allows them tobreathe in fresh air justas we like to every day.Remember that the cat-tle breeds we have arefrom northern climatesand like temperaturesbetween 20-50°F (-5 to+10 C). There is no needto keep them in when itis 22°F if the sun isshining, there is littlewind and the footing isnot slippery. On the oth-er hand, the worst pos-sible weather for cattleto be in is when it israining and barelyabove freezing. They willlose body condition fast.If young stock are carry-ing an internal parasiteburden, or if they havepoor body condition dueto not enough feed andenergy intake, they willlikely break with pneu-
monia. Young stock withsuch issues will alsobreak with pneumoniawhen put inside and es-pecially if the beddingbecomes damp and theyare in a cinder block orwooden building withwindows high abovethem only. If this is un-avoidable, then vacci-nating with one of theintranasal vaccines isbest as it gives quickprotection (within a fewdays) and will last a fewmonths. I have alwaysliked the idea of the in-tranasal vaccines if onlybecause they mimic thereal way respiratorygerms typically gain en-trance to the body —through the nose. Oth-erwise, structures withexcellent air movementjust above the height ofthe animals but whichallow no drafts at bed-ding level (such as cur-tain barns, hoop housesor large super hutches)are great for keepingweaned animals andbred heifers in.
Do we need to vacci-nate if we are abiding bythe “high forage diet,fresh air and dry bed-ding” rule? That de-pends on some factors.First, what do you wantto vaccinate for? Is it therespiratory bugs main-ly? If so, read the above
again.If vaccinating is for re-
productive bugs, thenwe may want to consid-er it, depending againon some factors. First,what kind of reproduc-tive problems, if any,have been occurring?There will always be afew cows that don’t set-tle easily. What about
cows called pregnantaround day 35-40 andthen come back intoheat a month later? Oractual abortions seen —how many in what sizeherd and during whattime span? In a 50 cowherd, it would not beunreasonable to see onespontaneous abortionover a year or maybe
two if they are far apart.If you see 2-3 abortionsin a 50 cow herd withina month or two, I wouldstart wondering what isgoing on. Typically,cows that abort at 1-3months pregnancy maybe challenged by BVD,at 4-6 months pregnan-
cy they may be chal-lenged by BVD or Leptoand at 6-8 months preg-nancy they may be chal-lenged by Neospora.And if many cows areshowing irregular heatcycles or perhaps havebeen bred but comeback in heat not on a 21day cycle, BVD could bean issue.
Testing of the abortedcalf and two blood sam-ples from the cow (attime of abortion and 3weeks later) will give thebest possible informa-tion from a lab. Or, ifthere are no abortions,but irregular heats orcows are not settling,then drawing blood fromat least 10 percent ofthe animals in the herd(testing the problem an-imals) can reveal what
the problem may be.While an aborted fetusis looked at under themicroscope and samplesare taken to identify anybugs that may be pres-ent, blood samples fromcows are generallychecked for antibodiesto bugs. Antibodies tobugs like lepto, IBR,BVD and neospora re-veal to what degree thecow’s immune systemhas responded to a chal-lenge from those bugs.The results are present-ed as titers. The higherthe titer, the more likelythe bug causing the titerwas involved with theproblem. However, ifyou have a vaccinatedherd, those resultscould be from the vac-cine since vaccinesmimic natural exposure
and cause the animal’simmune system to re-spond. This is good forwhen the animals aretruly exposed to the realbug, their immune sys-tem is ready to neutral-ize the challenge imme-diately. Looking at thetiters of animals thathaven’t been vaccinatedin a number of years isvery useful for resultsshowing any high titerswill be meaningful sinceit indicates that the ani-mals have seen the realchallenge by the bugsthemselves and are re-acting to them.
Be aware that tryingto vaccinate your wayout of a problem may ormay not work. It proba-bly is a reasonably goodidea if Lepto hardjo isinvolved as that is diffi-
cult to get rid of it other-wise. But if BVD is float-ing around in a herd,vaccinating may give afalse sense of security.This is because of a pos-sible Persistently Infect-ed (PI) BVD animal pres-ent. These animals areborn with BVD andevery moment they arealive they are breathingout, peeing out, manur-ing out, and coughingout live BVD particlesinto the environmentwhich no vaccine canovercome. These ani-mals must be identifiedand removed from theherd before any BVDvaccine will work to pre-vent any such future oc-currence.
If vaccinating, using amodified live version isprobably the best route
for effective coverage. Ihave read that some im-munologists say giving amodified live vaccineagainst the respiratoryviruses at 6 months ofage and then again amonth before breedingage may give lasting im-munity for life. But Iwould like to see furtherstudies on that. Howev-er, if you think about it,if we get a tetanus vac-cine, it is good for 10years. If vaccinated formeasles and mumps,the immunity is nearlylife time. So why do peo-ple vaccinate cattleevery year — probablybecause the box says so.Perhaps some studiesneed to be done for howlong titers stay highfrom vaccines. (Don’texpect vaccine manu-facturers to do the stud-ies.)
But remember thatthe animals’ environ-ment and feed play amuch bigger part instaying healthy thanvaccines. One thing tothink about is animalconcentration — what isthe optimal number ofanimals to have for acertain size of land orbarn? Now there’s a realquestion. The beautiful
stone barns of thesoutheastern PA areawere originally meant tohouse no more thanprobably 15 cows, theiryoung stock, a few hors-es and a handful of pigsand chickens. Now theyroutinely house 40cows, some young stockand a full team of hors-es. I think it only makessense that when there isa high density of ani-mals in one area,bugs/germs have it eas-ier to “set up shop” inthe animals there.That’s why routine mas-sive vaccination pro-grams have become socommon place in mod-ern agriculture — be-cause of the high con-centration of animals inone location, whether itis a 40-50 cow tie stallin a stone barn or a400-500 cow free stallsystem. I’m not againstvaccines but the best“vaccine” for farm ani-mals will always befresh air, dry bedding,high forage diets, sun-shine and being outside.
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The Dairy Advance-ment Act captures thefederal policy concernsexpressed by the indus-try at countless publicforums held across theUnited States. This billtakes a refreshing andprogressive approach atimproved transparency,growing global markets,encouraging new productdevelopment and offeringsafety net options. Theseissues are important tothe dairy farmer milking60 cows and the dairyfarmer milking 6,000cows, as well as theprocessors and manufac-turers of dairy products.
Many manufacturingplants are designed toproduce inventoried com-modities covered by thecurrent Dairy ProductPrice Support Program,not necessarily productsthat the markets de-mand. Repealing theDairy Product Price Sup-port Program saves tax-payer dollars and sends aclear signal to our globaltrading partners that theUnited States will be a
dependable supplier ofdairy products that are indemand and to clearthose inventories evenwhen market prices arelow. This bill makes avail-able low interest loans tomanufacturers to en-courage investment inretrofitting their plants toadjust to this change byfocusing on making prod-ucts that have broaderdemand. The U.S. dairyindustry needs to takeadvantage of all market-ing opportunities byaligning our increasingproduction with the ex-panding global opportu-nities as well as develop-ing new domestic prod-ucts.
This bill also directsthe Secretary to estab-lish a two-class systemfor classifying milk un-der the federal milk mar-
keting orders. Simplify-ing classification withtwo classes, fluid milkand manufactured prod-ucts, will allow marketforces to work and putcompetition back in thefederal order system formilk used for manufac-tured products. Thecompetition will result inimproved producer rev-enue and encourage newproduct development.
This bill also improvesdairy price and volumereporting by expandingthe reportable commodi-ties and increasing thefrequency of reporting toenhance market trans-parency and to better re-flect current marketprices. This in turn willimprove price discovery.
Since 2002, dairy farm-ers have benefited fromthe Milk Income Loss
Contract (MILC) safetynet. This bill gives dairyproducers a choice by al-lowing them to continueto participate in the MILCprogram or to receivesupport for the LivestockGross Margin-Dairy(LGM-Dairy) program asa risk management tool
by insuring their marginsfor future months. Pro-ducers may also buy-upcoverage on additionalpounds of milk at theirown expense.
The Dairy Advance-ment Act aligns federaldairy policy with theglobal realities of the
21st century. It was de-veloped by listening veryclosely to dairy produc-ers and experts from allsegments of the dairy in-dustry. It simplifies andadds transparency to anoverly complex systemand gives producerssafety net options.
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Summary of Dairy Advancement Act
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Reducing somatic cellcount (SCC) on yourfarm is not just a matterof regulations and rul-ings — it’s a matter ofanimal health and goodmanagement.
When a proposal tovoluntarily reduce theU.S. Grade A Milk SCClimit to 400,000 SCCper milliliter failed atthe National Conferenceon Interstate Milk Ship-ments in May, manyproducers and industryprofessionals were sur-prised. The proposalwould have put theUnited States on parwith guidelines current-ly set in the EuropeanUnion (EU) for milk ex-port limits and was sup-ported by several indus-
try groups. Plus, manygroups saw it as ameasure to improve theUnited States’ attentionto udder health. Whilethe proposal’s failuremeans the USDA willhave to step in to identi-fy a way to meet the EUstandards, producersshould continue to im-plement managementpractices that improveanimal health and milkquality.
“We know that lowersomatic counts are a re-flection of improved ani-mal health and lessmastitis in the herd,”says Linda Tikofsky,Professional ServicesVeterinarian withBoehringer IngelheimVetmedica, Inc.
“Whether or not there isa regulation on SCClimit, producers shouldstrive to reduce theirSCC for the good of theircows, and their milkcheck.”
Lowering SCC, im-proving herd healthThere are several
management practicesthat contribute to lowerSCC:
• Improve udderpreparation
Complete and properudder prep involvesstimulating milk let-down by stripping teats,pre-dipping and wipingteats dry before attach-ing the milking unit. Al-ways wear gloves, sani-tize gloves betweencows, and use single-
service paper towels todry teats. Hang unitssquarely beneath thecow, and ensure thereare no air leaks or“squawks.” Thereshould be a 60- to 90-second delay betweenstripping and unit at-tachment.
• Keep cows cleanReducing infection
and SCC is easier whencows are kept in aclean, dry environment.Bedding should be re-freshed and stallsgroomed frequently.
• Maintain goodrecords
Keep track of cowswith a history of highSCC and mastitis. Agood record keepingsystem will help when
making treatment andculling decisions.
• Treat those you can,cull those you can’t
Repeated treatment ofcows with chronic mas-titis and high SCC does-n’t make economicsense. “When choosinga mastitis tube, you canoptimize the chance fora cure the first time byusing ‘the right drug forthe right bug.’ It is bestto culture clinical mas-titis to help you make
this decision; however,if culturing isn’t an op-tion, choose a broad-spectrum tube to maxi-mize your chances for acure,” Tikofsky said.Consider a single-daytreatment for lactatingcows like ToDAY®,available fromBoehringer IngelheimVetmedica, Inc., to getcows back in the tankquickly. If treatmentdoes little to improveSCC, consider culling.
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MAINEANDROSCOGGIN-SAGADAHOCHEMOND HILL FARM DHI H 69.1 26851 1040 3.9 825 3.1STEPHEN BRIGGS DHIR-AP H 490.0 26505 956 3.6 801 3.0 3XTWIN BROOK DAIRY LLC DHI-AP H 92.3 24963 965 3.9 788 3.2R.E.HEMOND FARM INC. DHI-AP H 303.0 25106 914 3.6 760 3.0EAST LEDGE FARM DHIR H 53.9 21246 828 3.9 654 3.1ALDEN FISHER DHIR-AP H 45.8 22214 792 3.6 651 2.9WATERMAN FARM INC. DHIR-AP H 61.6 21793 779 3.6 646 3.0BOTMA FARM DHI-AP H 84.4 20451 777 3.8 621 3.0CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS DHI-AP H 109.1 20428 774 3.8 618 3.0ALDEN FISHER DHIR-AP M 25.4 19693 654 3.3 586 3.0JOSEPH & VIRGINIA ROSEBERRY DHI-AP H 71.8 18479 700 3.8 565 3.1LOWELL FAMILY FARM DHIR J 64.1 15672 745 4.8 561 3.6BARKER FARMS INC DHI-AP H 100.5 17388 657 3.8 543 3.1GOODNOW JERSEY FARM INC DHIR J 29.9 15207 717 4.7 531 3.5CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS DHI-AP A 15.1 16839 658 3.9 507 3.0
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KENNEBECSILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 DHI-AP H 121.6 26699 977 3.7 812 3.0CLEMEDOW FARM DHI-AP H 95.8 23146 750 3.2 717 3.1SILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 DHI-AP J 80.0 19680 941 4.8 712 3.6PEARSON RICHARD DHI-AP H 100.5 21075 914 4.3 678 3.2PEARSON RICHARD DHI-AP X 19.1 16499 848 5.1 609 3.7NICK MICHAUD DHI-AP H 138.1 19660 782 4.0 595 3.0GAIL QUIMBY DHI-AP X 76.2 18708 784 4.2 568 3.0PLOURDE, ARTHUR E. DHI H 65.1 18593 679 3.7 547 2.9JASON & JOY RAY DHI-AP J 62.2 15301 678 4.4 537 3.5
KNOX-LINCOLNRALPH PEARSE & SONS DHI-AP H 33.7 24380 866 3.6 721 3.0HAWES LINCOLN J DHIR-AP H 39.2 18426 729 4.0 581 3.2NEWBERT, GARY & ANDREA DHI-AP H 58.4 18827 702 3.7 570 3.0TIBBETTS, BARRY & ELAINE DHI-AP H 52.7 18402 678 3.7 554 3.0
OXFORDBISSELL JOHN & CINDY DHI-AP H 73.3 24722 830 3.4 740 3.0CONANT ACRES INC. DHIR H 101.4 22247 845 3.8 678 3.0KUVAJA FARMS INC DHI-AP H 38.0 20535 754 3.7 639 3.1KUVAJA FARMS INC DHI-AP X 19.5 17442 741 4.2 602 3.5LONE MOUNTAIN FARM DHI-AP H 23.4 17849 680 3.8 5303.00
PENOBSCOT-PISCATAQUISSCOTT KEITH DHI-AP H 52.6 24987 936 3.7 756 3.0VEAZLAND FARMS DHIRAPCS H 361.6 23239 876 3.8 715 3.1SIMPSON RON, BETH DHI-AP H 615.9 24076 878 3.6 712 3.0 3XSTONYVALE INC. DHIRAPCS H 997.3 22452 812 3.6 690 3.1 3XUNIVERSITY OF MAINE DHI-AP H 47.2 22330 874 3.9 680 3.0LIBBY LAND DHI-AP H 208.1 20699 758 3.7 661 3.2HOWARD BROS DHI-AP H 199.6 20655 778 3.8 648 3.1VELGOUSE FARM,LLC DHI-AP H 130.2 20001 730 3.6 612 3.1SAWYER WILLIAM & SONS DHIRAPCS H 169.7 18501 738 4.0 610 3.3EATON FARM DHI-AP H 39.6 16540 695 4.2 539 3.3
SOMERSETDANIEL HARRIMAN DHI-AP H 115.6 25818 915 3.5 772 3.0DICKINSON FRANK DHI-APCS H 72.4 24213 848 3.5 737 3.0CHARTRAND FARMS INC. DHI-AP H 263.9 23385 904 3.9 705 3.0CAMBRIDGE FARMS DHI-APCS X 271.3 20741 908 4.4 701 3.4MARK OUELLETTE JR. DHI-AP H 110.1 21882 916 4.2 680 3.1 3XSOMERSET FARMS L.P DHI-AP H 402.8 21699 828 3.8 670 3.1DEAN PAINE DHI-AP H 57.7 20644 780 3.8 619 3.0BOSWORTH FARMS INC. DHI-AP H 367.2 20344 794 3.9 611 3.0FARRAND CHARLES DHI-AP H 60.8 20448 736 3.6 611 3.0SMITH ROGER DHI H 51.8 18505 751 4.1 568 3.1SEVEY LAROY L DHI-APCS X 91.3 17470 717 4.1 562 3.2CONNOLLY JAMES D & MARY DHI-AP H 47.1 18722 712 3.8 549 2.9JOSHUA CLARK DHI-AP J 39.2 15358 724 4.7 536 3.5JAMES STROUT DHIR-AP H 45.6 16424 622 3.8 515 3.1GRASSLAND DHI-AP X 41.8 16296 652 4.0 503 3.1
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YORKJOHNSON FARM INC. DHIR H 78.2 22030 850 3.9 714 3.2GIRARD,RYAN DHI-AP H 28.0 21554 736 3.4 649 3.0ALDERWOOD FARM, INC. DHI-AP H 69.0 20179 774 3.8 632 3.1HIGHLAND FARMS INC DHIR J 247.9 17645 877 5.0 621 3.5DUNN, FRED DHI H 52.2 19557 751 3.8 604 3.1HARRISON FARM DHIR-AP H 45.2 18196 784 4.3 581 3.2LEARY FARM INC. DHI-AP H 50.1 17992 667 3.7 526 2.9
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HILLSBOROFITCH FARM, LLC DHI-AP H 102.4 26309 924 3.5 788 3.0KNOXLAND FARM INC DHI-AP H 337.0 24364 983 4.0 785 3.2POMEROY, KEITH E. DHI-AP H 77.8 22860 842 3.7 708 3.1ALVIRNE SCHOOL FARM DHI-AP H 19.5 21502 1011 4.7 664 3.1
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ROCKINGHAMBODWELL, H & SONS DHI-APCS H 245.3 25240 955 3.8 772 3.1FERNALD FARM DAIRY, LLC DHI-AP H 181.3 23730 995 4.2 694 2.9GREAT BAY FARM DHI-APCS H 107.9 20291 811 4.0 600 3.0
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SULLIVANLECLAIR GARY D. DHI-APCS H 169.9 25703 995 3.9 801 3.1KEITH KIMBALL DHIR-AP H 557.9 22799 886 3.9 729 3.2 3XJOHNSON, JOLYON DHIR-AP H 37.6 24332 917 3.8 715 2.9BOB & SUE FOULKS DHI-AP H 80.0 22677 812 3.6 707 3.1BOB & SUE FOULKS DHI-AP H 97.6 22051 807 3.7 701 3.2ECCARDT FARM, INC. DHI-AP H 109.8 22741 836 3.7 682 3.0MC NAMARA, PATRICK DHI-AP H 180.1 21538 868 4.0 675 3.1BOB & SUE FOULKS DHI-AP X 17.7 19023 771 4.1 664 3.5HOLMES, JEFF AND STEVE DHIR-AP J 61.6 16959 766 4.5 599 3.5
VERMONTADDISONDEER VALLEY FARM DHIR-AP H 439.8 25442 924 3.6 760 3.0 3XBLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC DHI-APCS H 1324.9 24139 866 3.6 742 3.1FOUR HILL FARMS DHIR-AP H 1499.5 22304 830 3.7 688 3.1 3XBINGHAM, WILLIAM AND KIM DHIR-AP H 69.4 21923 841 3.8 684 3.1M AND J DAIRY DHI-AP H 310.2 21555 782 3.6 660 3.1 3XMIDDLEBROOK FARM INC. DHI-AP H 176.5 21626 842 3.9 659 3.0THOMAS, BRAD AND JILL DHIR-AP H 172.6 20846 776 3.7 646 3.1BLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC DHI-APCS A 51.8 20744 782 3.8 639 3.1SABOURIN, GERARD & JUDY DHIR-AP H 95.4 20170 763 3.8 620 3.1PLOUFFE HILL FARM DHI-AP H 39.6 19702 707 3.6 599 3.0RANDALL MUNGER DHI-AP X 70.1 16465 679 4.1 529 3.2BARBARA LADUC DHI-AP H 45.9 16979 667 3.9 522 3.1PLOUFFE HILL FARM DHI-AP X 17.6 15541 645 4.2 519 3.3CHITTENDENTWIN OAKS DAIRY FARM LLC DHI-AP H 64.2 28132 949 3.4 862 3.1FRANKLINBURT, JASON AND CHRISTINA DHI-AP H 263.9 21881 819 3.7 645 2.9FOURNIER INC, RENE & SON DHI-AP X 77.8 20191 791 3.9 631 3.1GORT0N, GRANT JOHN DHI-APCS H 102.2 19425 778 4.0 603 3.1BERARD, RICHARD DHI-AP X 48.2 15390 626 4.1 504 3.3GRAND ISLEQUINTIN, ANDRE DHI-AP H 375.2 26510 935 3.5 798 3.0 3XORANGEKNOXLAND FARM DHI-AP H 857.1 25602 1005 3.9 813 3.2RUTLANDBOOK BROTHERS DHI-APCS H 118.1 21697 817 3.8 659 3.0MACH FARM, INC. DHI-APCS H 151.3 20640 789 3.8 654 3.2GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD DHI-APCS H 90.6 20960 802 3.8 645 3.1GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD DHI-APCS B 14.2 18702 813 4.3 618 3.3WINDSORBILLINGS FARM MUSEUM DHIR J 40.9 15931 803 5.0 589 3.7WADE MAXIM DHI-AP J 71.0 14688 704 4.8 538 3.7
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KOKOSKI, JOHN HD1 DHI-AP J 93.4 15818 837 5.3 612 3.9COOK, GORDON, JR. & HANK DHIR J 11.3 14838 734 4.9 560 3.8HARTSBROOK FARM DHIR-AP H 88.7 16382 669 4.1 515 3.1HAMPDENPOMEROY & SONS DHI-AP H 71.5 21977 843 3.8 688 3.1PALMER, TERRY DHI-AP H 152.6 20363 783 3.8 626 3.1MURPHY, TOM DHIR-AP H 31.3 17735 638 3.6 540 3.0MIDDLESEXTULLY FARMS, INC. DHI-AP H 127.4 20114 814 4.0 646 3.2PICKARD, JAMES & ELEANOR DHI-AP H 85.3 18458 718 3.9 565 3.1ESSEXHERRICK,DAVID SAM DHI-AP H 94.0 24184 870 3.6 755 3.1RICHARDSON'S DAIRY, INC. DHI-AP H 160.1 22661 785 3.5 684 3.0BRISTOLBRISTOL COUNTY DHI-AP H 19.2 20861 769 3.7 642 3.1
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The National Milk Pro-ducers Federation(NMPF) and the U.S.Dairy Export Council(USDEC) applaud thepassage Oct. 12 by the
House and Senate ofthree free trade agree-ments (FTAs) with SouthKorea, Panama andColombia.
“We wish to thank Pres-
ident Obama and histrade team, and leadersin both houses of Con-gress, who worked hardin recent months to makethese favorable votes pos-
sible,” said Jerry Kozak,president and chief exec-utive officer of NMPF.
“The FTAs will expandU.S. dairy exports and,when fully implemented,
will create thousands ofexport-supporting jobs inthe dairy industry,” saidTom Suber, president,USDEC. “We hope that allnecessary steps can betaken in the comingmonths by all four coun-tries so that the agree-ments may enter intoforce at the beginning ofthe year and benefits tothe U.S. economy can be-gin to be felt immediately.”
“The U.S. dairy indus-try stands ready to assistin any way possible tohelp ensure that theFTAs take effect as soonas possible,” addedKozak. “Our producersare excited about thenew export opportunitiesthat will be realized oncethe agreements take ef-fect, especially the tradepact with South Korea.The export gain for dairyfrom the Korea FTA inthe first few years afterimplementation will beapproximately $380 mil-lion per year, on average,and the gains from theColombia and PanamaFTAs will add another$50 million annually.”
Suber pointed out thatthe agreements will notonly help expand exportsales for such products
as cheese, whey, skimmilk powder, and otherdairy products, they alsowill prevent foreign com-petitors from takingmarket shares that theU.S. industry has devel-oped in each of the coun-tries in collaborationwith USDEC. “In inter-national trade, unless wecontinue to move for-ward, we risk falling be-hind our competitors,”he said. “These agree-ments will ensure that,for America’s dairy farm-ers and processors, ex-port sales will continueto expand, not contract.”
The leaders noted thatthe agreements are allabout giving dairy farm-ers greater market op-portunities and betterprices so that more canremain profitably inbusiness. But Kozak alsopointed out that it is notsolely about bolsteringmilk prices for produc-ers; it is also about ex-panding sales and jobsin the dairy processingand transportation sec-tors. “We estimate thatas many as 10,000 addi-tional jobs, both on andoff the farm could be cre-ated by the Korea agree-ment alone,” he said.
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ORANGEWALTER & MARGARET GLADSTONE H 1182 26279 1018 3.9 824 3.1 *WHITE FARM H 120 25858 966 3.7 822 3.2PINELLO FARM H 246 24801 943 3.8 771 3.1SILLOWAY FARMS H 65 24527 918 3.7 737 3ZACHARY FEURY H 87 22943 892 3.9 732 3.2RANDY & AMY FERRIS H 15 23259 869 3.7 714 3.1HARKDALE FARM INC. H 63 21615 911 4.2 711 3.3VERMONT TECH COLLEGE H 101 21823 905 4.1 700 3.2DAVID P. DAVOLL H 39 20392 767 3.8 655 3.2THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER H 42 20357 775 3.8 628 3.1KENNETH & LISA PRESTON H 54 19248 657 3.4 628 3.3RANDY & AMY FERRIS J 56 17338 793 4.6 622 3.6PEASE FAMILY FARM & SHIRLEY PEASE H 74 19451 720 3.7 609 3.1TIM & JANET ANGELL J 61 16847 795 4.7 604 3.6ROBERT J HOWE H 29 19446 778 4 591 3THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER X 12 18077 761 4.2 586 3.2OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP J 17 17406 779 4.5 578 3.3HARKDALE FARM INC. J 82 15286 807 5.3 573 3.7DERRICK & BEVERLY WRIGHT J 46 16176 758 4.7 571 3.5JEFFREY & BETH BAILEY H 48 18219 714 3.9 564 3.1GRAY - WHITE J 33 15235 753 4.9 557 3.7ALLENVILLE FARM H 84 18703 718 3.8 555 3ROBERT J HOWE J 12 14920 733 4.9 549 3.7ANTHONY & CHRISTINE BROWN J 43 15768 751 4.8 547 3.5RAY E. CHURCHILL J 18 14855 681 4.6 544 3.7WARREN PRESTON FARM 1 H 83 17189 633 3.7 543 3.2JOSEPH O. ANGELL J 44 14847 718 4.8 531 3.6THOMAS & REBECCA LOFTUS J 44 14580 672 4.6 526 3.6DAVID CHILDS J 48 14030 661 4.7 518 3.7OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP J 45 14695 706 4.8 516 3.5LLOYD & JASON BAKER J 67 13418 669 5 500 3.7DUANE & DALE WILLIAMS H 37 16796 607 3.6 489 2.9M. GARY MULLEN X 27 15334 628 4.1 487 3.2DEAN & TERRI CONANT A 60 15696 643 4.1 485 3.1A. & K. BURGESS HERD 1 H 14 16102 621 3.9 481 3CHESTER & SCHEINDEL ABBOT X 55 13903 648 4.7 473 3.4FISK DEBORAH & FAMILY J 23 13968 620 4.4 472 3.4DEAN & TERRI CONANT X 11 13689 661 4.8 464 3.4JAMES WILLIAMS X 30 14664 578 3.9 460 3.1BRANDON BUCOSSI J 60 12094 550 4.5 421 3.5
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Vermont DHIA Country Folks List for the Month Ending September 2011
Following is the September 2011 VT DHIA Top 40 herds of 10 or more animals based on proteinpounds in each County serviced by VT DHIA and processed through the Dairy RecordsManagement Processing Center, Raleigh, NC during the calendar month. Rolling herd averageswill appear on this list for herds which have chosen the option to have their herd average pub-lished and the herd has 12 consecutive tests including components for each test.
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MADISON, WI — WorldDairy Expo brings thebest cows and geneticsto Madison, WI, eachyear. Throughout theweek, five breed saleswere held in the Estru-mate Sale Pavilion andone on the colored shav-ings in the Coliseum.
The sales kicked offwith the Top of the WorldJersey Sale. The 2011sale sold 30 lots and av-eraged $3,315. FamilyHill Vindication
Carnegie-ET, consignedby Ryan Lancaster ofTillamook, OR, was thehighest selling lot at$7,500. Carnegie waspurchased by Greg Lam-bert of Campbellsport,WI. The second highestselling lot was the firstchoice female sired byTower View Prime Tequi-la-ET and out of BW Cen-turion Peggy purchasedfor $7,100 by YosemiteJersey Dairy of Hilmar,CA. The choice was con-
signed by BrentwoodFarms of Orland, CA.
A pick from the flushof Steam-Valley WiltonMagic, consigned byKurt Wolf and John Can-non of Dyersville, Iowatopped the World Ayr-shire Event Sale heldOct. 5. Her dam, Steam-Valley Wilton Magic Bri,EX-93, is the 2011 WorldDairy Expo GrandChampion of the Ayr-shire show. She waspurchased by Gene Hall,
Jr. of Cushing, OK for$9,200. The second highselling lot, Mackayr SPrimetime, sold for$8,100 to NormanBoswall and Dave Berg-eron of Hammond Ont.She was consigned bySteve McDonald ofPrinceton, IL. Amongstthe 18 lots, the sale fea-tured three World DairyExpo class winners weresold along with the num-ber three index cow inthe Ayrshire breed.
The World PremierBrown Swiss Sale kickedoff a busy day of sales onOct. 6. Topping the salewas Lost Elm Piranha-ET, a Power Surgedaughter of out theworld famous, Lost ElmPrelude Pixy-ET. Pixy isan Excellent 93 2E cowwho holds the currentBrown Swiss productionrecord with a 365-dayrecord of 65,430 milk.Piranha was purchasedby Bo-Tex Dairy, Wax-achie, TX, for $5,800and was consigned byMatthew Appler of Cler-mont, IA. Second highseller of the day was Cut-ting Edge PS Amber. Alsoa Power Surge daughter,she was consigned byKenny Main and PeterVail, Elite Dairy, of Co-pake, NY and was pur-
chased by Lee-Ann SwissLLC of DeWitt, IA. Thesale ring saw 29 lots andaveraged $3,867.24.
Immediately followingthe Brown Swiss salewas The World PremierMilking Shorthorn Sale.Ten different animalspassed through the salering and averaged$3,530. Commanding atop price of $8,500 wasCherrywood Mega Mitzy,cosigned Jacob Achen ofAmbia, IN. Mitzy, aMegadeth daughter, waspurchased by Brice Pethof Ripon, WI. The secondhigh seller was the firstchoice female out of threeSeptember 2011 daugh-ters from Sunshine NowYou See Fireball and con-signed by Keith & Don-nette Fisher and Hill-point Partners of CrossPlains, WI. Andrew Laf-fery, Jr. purchased thechoice for $4,000.
Ending the sales onOct. 6 was the Interna-tional Guernsey Classic.Knapps Aaron was con-signed by KnappsGuernseys of Epworth,IA. Spring Walk Farm ofBig Prairie, OH paid$4,200 for the top lot.Josey Morris was theconsigner of the secondhighest seller, MissCrown J IC Jenna Jame-
son. She is an Icy Caldaughter from the Inter-national Guernsey ShowJunior Champion win-ner in 2009 and 2010,Coulee Crest ChallJeanie. $3,600 was paidby Sydney Willingham ofGamaliel, KY. The saleaveraged $2,196 on 34lots.
The sales culminatedwith the World Class ‘11Holstein Sale. Seven ofthe breed’s best cowswere lead out on the col-ored shavings and allhad genetics availablefor purchase in the sale.Lookout Pesce Magna PSarah-Red-ET, the num-ber two GTPI red polledheifer in North America,topped the World Classicsale for $82,000, shewas purchased by KellerCattle Sales of Verona,WI. The second highselling animal was a firstchoice female out of De-Su 199 Chart Topper-ET, the number oneGTPI heifer in the breed.This first choice femalesold for $79,000 andwas purchased by Bry-hill Farms and TAGSaint of Hyacinthe, QC.The sale averaged$27,295 on 43 lots withbuyers from 14 states,four provinces and sixcountries.
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NAME Brd Cows Milk FAT % PRO %* Denotes Herds Milked 3X
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DHI TOP 40 FORSEPTEMBER
BRUCE & LAURIE PERRON H 48 20865 820 3.9 622 3PADDLEBRIDGE HOLSTEINS H 48 19125 757 4 591 3.1AGAWAM FARM H 21 18498 736 4 584 3.2MICHAUD BARN 2 H 90 18879 720 3.8 573 3JAMES & SHARLYN JORDAN H 257 18840 699 3.7 570 3JACQUES COUTURE H 65 17872 689 3.9 543 3ANDY ANDREWS H 79 17973 659 3.7 530 2.9MICHAEL LACROSS H 89 17942 675 3.8 526 2.9RANDALL DEXTER & ALICE H 97 16469 630 3.8 509 3.1PAMELA HELENEK J 27 14184 673 4.7 504 3.6LEATHER JEREMY & JENNIFER X 104 14972 638 4.3 499 3.3AGAWAM FARM A 42 14501 613 4.2 475 3.3JACK & ANNE LAZOR J 49 12769 643 5 458 3.6JONATHAN & JAYNE CHASE X 130 13359 631 4.7 453 3.4ERIC DAGGETT J 71 12013 581 4.8 449 3.7RYAN BROS X 221 12828 643 5 444 3.5ANDREW KEHLER A 48 13232 518 3.9 426 3.2LAURENCE LUMSDEN & FAMILY H 59 14456 522 3.6 423 2.9STEELE DON & CATHY J 50 6883 297 4.3 235 3.4LAINI FONDILLER A 41 1953 78 4 56 2.9
RUTLANDWOOD LAWN FARMS INC. H 173 23010 900 3.9 736 3.2RICHARD SHELDON H 183 22667 900 4 670 3 *CASH & KAREN RUANE H 70 20881 732 3.5 625 3BARTHOLOMEW BROS. HERD 1 H 96 20296 800 3.9 622 3.1HARVEY FARMS H 110 18875 708 3.8 591 3.1CASH & KAREN RUANE X 10 14626 607 4.2 493 3.4JOESPH & OR UNA MORRISSETTE H 28 16236 616 3.8 488 3BARTHOLOMEW BROS. HERD 1 A 38 15264 640 4.2 486 3.2CLIFTON & D.R. CRESSY H 28 16835 629 3.7 483 2.9PARKER DAVID & MICHELE H 91 15200 574 3.8 474 3.1GERRY & DIANE COLVIN J 33 11805 581 4.9 446 3.8MCCULLOUGH BURTON & SON H 34 13846 538 3.9 434 3.1
WASHINGTONFAIRMONT FARM H 819 26376 1039 3.9 805 3.1 *DAVID PULLMAN H 184 24509 912 3.7 773 3.2 *LYLEHAVEN FARM H 73 24732 964 3.9 751 3DOUGLAS H & SHARON A TURNER H 37 23625 739 3.1 733 3.1WALTER C'O RAYMON BOTHFELD BOTHFELD H 67 21478 824 3.8 691 3.2DAVID PULLMAN X 35 19474 873 4.5 679 3.5 *FARM LLC. NEILL H 74 19697 758 3.8 642 3.3STANLEY & CATHERINE SCRIBNER H 295 19547 750 3.8 635 3.2CHARLES P. CARRIER H 76 20039 793 4 624 3.1MOLLY BROOK FARMS J 111 15892 779 4.9 600 3.8FRANK & MARILYN JOHNSON H 68 19326 695 3.6 580 3STEPHEN & AMY BOTHFELD H 61 17834 699 3.9 547 3.1MORGAN & JENNIFER CHURCHILL X 91 16892 698 4.1 547 3.2JAMES ACKERMANN H 60 17079 711 4.2 542 3.2SETH GARDNER H 255 16952 656 3.9 504 3
WOODARD FARM X 21 14911 643 4.3 469 3.1DEREK WILSON X 111 15709 622 4 465 3WALT MORSE JR. J 46 14112 792 5.6 464 3.3JOHN ARMSTRONG J 27 12480 549 4.4 443 3.5GEORGE CARPENTER JR. H 49 13165 471 3.6 389 3VONTRAPP FARMSTEAD X 49 10111 476 4.7 329 3.3
WINDHAMVERN-MONT FARM LLC H 571 26285 1061 4 803 3.1 *MARK RUSHTON H 41 24179 975 4 771 3.2AMY & NICK STONE H 20 22728 910 4 717 3.2MARK RUSHTON J 23 17652 868 4.9 653 3.7KEVIN HAMILTON H 46 20418 804 3.9 624 3.1PETER MILLER H 154 19796 795 4 596 3AMY & NICK STONE X 14 16584 796 4.8 582 3.5LILAC RIDGE FARM H 37 18980 766 4 579 3.1CLARK FARM LLC H 80 18978 754 4 579 3.1WESTMINSTER FARM H 641 18598 724 3.9 567 3THE CORSE FARM H 59 16973 700 4.1 514 3MALCOLM SUMNER J 46 13930 640 4.6 499 3.6THE PUTNEY SCHOOL X 33 14718 598 4.1 459 3.1JONATHAN WRIGHT X 32 6944 269 3.9 204 2.9
WINDSORLEMAX FARM H 90 23632 949 4 757 3.2RHOMAN WAI FARMS H 424 24351 904 3.7 742 3 *MICHAEL & HEIDI DOLLOFF H 88 23643 966 4.1 735 3.1ROBETH HOLSTIENS LLC. H 114 23409 969 4.1 730 3.1RICHARDSON FAMILY FARM J 58 17985 1041 5.8 712 4DAVID AINSWORTH H 34 23374 852 3.6 705 3BASSETT ROBERT P J 91 18419 930 5 679 3.7GEORGE MILLER H 64 21323 788 3.7 655 3.1DAVID AINSWORTH X 10 20610 806 3.9 651 3.2SPRING BROOK FARM J 55 16218 747 4.6 581 3.6JAMES S. LEWIS J 62 13643 622 4.6 483 3.5MIKE L CLARK X 32 14662 610 4.2 468 3.2GREEN ACRES MILKING SHORTHORNS M 39 15030 547 3.6 467 3.1JAMES & TINA SPAULDING JR. A 27 12426 465 3.7 387 3.1JAMES & TINA SPAULDING JR. J 14 10969 478 4.4 381 3.5ROYAL TERRACE GUERNSEYS G 19 10941 534 4.9 379 3.5LONE OAK FARM LLP X 34 9070 387 4.3 299 3.3
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TACONIC END FARM J 30 11919 580 4.9 423 3.5FRANKLIN
BEN WILLIAMS H 47 19615 761 3.9 599 3.1BEN WILLIAMS X 33 17498 730 4.2 578 3.3
GARRY & EILEEN TRUDELL H 128 14562 558 3.8 423 2.9KIRT WESTCOM H 120 12656 490 3.9 386 3WALTER & DIANE BERTHIAUME X 44 11150 457 4.1 361 3.2
ORANGETHYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER H 42 20357 775 3.8 628 3.1ROBERT J HOWE H 29 19446 778 4 591 3THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER X 12 18077 761 4.2 586 3.2OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP J 17 17406 779 4.5 578 3.3ALLENVILLE FARM H 84 18703 718 3.8 555 3ROBERT J HOWE J 12 14920 733 4.9 549 3.7ANTHONY & CHRISTINE BROWN J 43 15768 751 4.8 547 3.5THOMAS & REBECCA LOFTUS J 44 14580 672 4.6 526 3.6DAVID CHILDS J 48 14030 661 4.7 518 3.7OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP J 45 14695 706 4.8 516 3.5M. GARY MULLEN X 27 15334 628 4.1 487 3.2DEAN & TERRI CONANT A 60 15696 643 4.1 485 3.1CHESTER & SCHEINDEL ABBOT X 55 13903 648 4.7 473 3.4FISK DEBORAH & FAMILY J 23 13968 620 4.4 472 3.4DEAN & TERRI CONANT X 11 13689 661 4.8 464 3.4THEODORE & LINDA HOYT A 54 13066 512 3.9 398 3M. GARY MULLEN J 39 11299 529 4.7 395 3.5ROCK BOTTOM FARM G 53 12114 538 4.4 393 3.2JAMES T DOYLE H 30 12748 515 4 371 2.9
ORLEANSPADDLEBRIDGE HOLSTEINS H 48 19125 757 4 591 3.1ANDY ANDREWS H 79 17973 659 3.7 530 2.9JACK & ANNE LAZOR J 49 12769 643 5 458 3.6JONATHAN & JAYNE CHASE X 130 13359 631 4.7 453 3.4
WASHINGTONDOUGLAS H & SHARON A TURNER H 37 23625 739 3.1 733 3.1CHARLES P. CARRIER H 76 20039 793 4 624 3.1FRANK & MARILYN JOHNSON H 68 19326 695 3.6 580 3STEPHEN & AMY BOTHFELD H 61 17834 699 3.9 547 3.1MORGAN & JENNIFER CHURCHILL X 91 16892 698 4.1 547 3.2JAMES ACKERMANN H 60 17079 711 4.2 542 3.2WOODARD FARM X 21 14911 643 4.3 469 3.1DEREK WILSON X 111 15709 622 4 465 3WALT MORSE JR. J 46 14112 792 5.6 464 3.3
WINDHAMPETER MILLER H 154 19796 795 4 596 3THE CORSE FARM H 59 16973 700 4.1 514 3MALCOLM SUMNER J 46 13930 640 4.6 499 3.6
WINDSORJAMES JR. & TINA SPAULDING A 27 12426 465 3.7 387 3.1JAMES JR. & TINA SPAULDING J 14 10969 478 4.4 381 3.5LONE OAK FARM LLP X 34 9070 387 4.3 299 3.3
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The Dairy One ImproverWhere Information Creates Opportunity800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com
DHI-403 DHIA Report: Turning Data Into Helpful InformationBy George Cudoc
Reporting data can be considered the first important step in managing a dairy herd. The second step involves turning that data into information that you can use tomore successfully manage your cows. Having the information one piece at a time, although useful, sometimes falls short in evaluating herd management plans andactions. Dairy One members have the option of processing data in a number of ways and at a number of places. Selecting summary-type reports may help you “con-nect the data dots” and look at important segments of herd management. Let us look at a report that focuses on multiple pieces of information to help you evalu-ate your transition program.
The DHI-403 report for DRMS atRaleigh is a tool that summarizestransition cow management using anumber of measures. The data collected on cows is turned intoinformation and presented in agraphical format. Both large andsmall herds will find the informa-tion useful, and the number of calv-ings per month will determine if thedata is monthly, bimonthly, or quar-terly. Each measure used will beon a 100-point scale, indicating thelevel of success we experience.Goals are set using benchmark datafor the top 10% of herds within asimilar herd size range. Five of themeasures use information duringthe period from dry off to 40 days inmilk. Two measures use a time peri-od beyond and the graphs may looka bit different. The report finisheswith a list of cows that have calvedrecently and have low production,high SCC, or both. With those cowslisted, other stressors that may haveplayed a role are highlighted.
Transition is the time of a cow's lifefrom dry-off date to 40 days after
calving. This gives each cow ample opportunity to rebound from the stress she experiences giving birth. Successful transition can be defined as the ability to changea cow from dry status to production at a level equal to or better than the genetic potential that she possesses. The DHI-403 report from the Dairy RecordsManagement Systems (DRMS) focuses on measures to help us evaluate transition.
The first measure we have in this evaluationlooks at the number of days dry and the percentof time we achieve our goal of 30 - 70 days.The current belief is that while we can shortendays dry from the traditional 60 day goal, wemust strive to manage for at least 30 days.Dropping below this threshold is likely to resultin a 5% - 15% drop in milk. On the other hand,cows with extended dry periods of more than70 days may produce 10% less milk. We shouldstrive for 80% or higher success.
The second measure looks at milk produced onthe first test day. This milk is used to project theprobability that milk will be at least equal to thecurrent RHA milk on a mature equivalent basis.We can use this to evaluate adequate dry matterintake. Higher milk starts can lead to higherpeak milk and higher total production.
The third measure, a butterfat and protein percent comparison on the first test using Fat Protein Ratio (FPR), gives insight to intake, body weight maintenance, andmetabolic disorders. A large percentage of the cows should fall between a range of 1.0 and 1.6 using this ratio. Benchmark data says we should see 82% of thecows in this range.
The fourth measure based on first test milk examines success in udder health. High SCC on first test may point to problems with dry cow treatment or dry pen conditions. The percent of cows not infected or a SCC score less than 4.0 at first test is tracked. The top 10% of the industry achieves 80% cows not infected.Additional information is also included by breaking the herd into new cases, chronics, and cures. New infections are described as cows low at dry off and high atcalving. Chronic cows are high at both times. Cures are high at dry and low at calving.
A fifth measure looks at reproduction of the herd. This measure is not as current as the previous measures because it takes longer to be able to evaluate. The timewill be different for each herd and is based on what we select for the VWP plus 30 days. Successful transition will prepare cows to be healthy enough to cycle andbe bred during this time. The top 10% of the industry achieves 80% plus on this measure.
The sixth measure looks at survival rate, one of the biggest losses on many dairies. Successful transition increases the chance that cows will survive past their first60 DIM. Not only have the cows that left in the first 60 days not paid for their dry period, but we lose the most profitable period of the lactation at peak milk. It isimportant to track cows leaving that have salvage value versus those that die with no salvage value. We should strive for 90% or more cows staying in the herdmore than 60 days after calving.
The last measure is the percent of cows that go through transition in an unstressed state using some of the 6 measures above, as well as others like calving ease,twins, stillbirths, and abortions. The list provided shows current cows with stressors, and you may be able to still address them.
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SEE ONE OF THESE AUTHORIZED KUBOTA DEALERS NEAR YOU!
ENFIELD, CT — TheNortheast Farm Creditassociations andCoBank recently award-ed $32,000 to 11 organi-zations as part of theFarm Credit NortheastAgEnhancement Pro-gram. The grants helprecipients promote
northeast agriculture,support youth programsand generate a greaterunderstanding of theNortheast’s vital agricul-tural, commercial fishingand forest products in-dustries among the non-farm public.
The associations in-
clude Farm Credit East;Yankee Farm Credit; andFarm Credit of Maine. Inpartnership with CoBank(Denver, CO), these FarmCredit cooperatives havea long history of support-ing farm programsthrough their FarmCredit Northeast AgEn-
hancement Program.Since its inception in1996, Farm Credit AgEn-hancement has awardedmore than $1.2 millionthrough 468 grants.
Recent grant recipi-ents
Individual awards areconsidered in April, Au-gust and December eachyear. The most recentgrants highlight FarmCredit’s ongoing partner-ship with organizationsthat make a significantdifference in the lives of
people involved in all as-pects of agriculture.
• American FarmlandTrust will use its $3,000grant to host a series offorums and workshopsto build the capacity ofNew York land trusts tohelp new and beginningfarmers access afford-able farmland and to fa-cilitate the generationaltransfer of New Yorkfarmland.
• A $4,200 grant willbe used by Cornell Uni-versity to support the
proposed Alumni Men-toring Program for LEADNew York, providing sev-eral program benefits in-cluding improvement ofcurrent classmember/alumni engage-ment and interaction.
• A $500 grant award-ed to Granite State Asso-ciation of FFA will sup-port a leadership trainingevent for new FFA mem-bers from throughoutNew Hampshire. This
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Short Notice Dispersal Short Notice DispersalZacharias Holsteins Complete Dispersal
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 • 11 AMAt The Farm In Falmouth, ME
65 Head Will Sell Plus Equipment & Semen Tank & InventoryDue to the untimely death of herd owner Peter Zacharias, the entire herd will be offered forpublic sale! For years the "ZACH" prefix has been associated with great Holsteins! Selling will
be 13 EX cows (1 @ 94, 2 @ 93, 8 @ 91) and 11 VG cows. 35 head sell backed by EX dams! Sires include Advent, Aspen, Astronomical, Atlantic, Damion, Finest, Roy, Sanchez & others!
Equipment Selling: Mueller 600 gallon bulk tank; Boumatic milking system, including pipeline,compressor & 5 milking machines; barn cleaner & chain; Kubota M5950 2WD tractor; Gehlmanure spreader; grain bin; John Deere 4020 2WD tractor; Fransgard SR3200P rake; NewHolland 648 Silage Special round baler; round bale grabber; NH Hayliner 315 square baler; 2 bed-ding carts; grain cart & hot water heater.
Directions: GPS Address is 31 Eureka Road, Falmouth, ME. From Maine Turnpike (North orSouth) take the ME-26/ME-100 exit, Exit 53. Turn left on ME-100/ME-26/Gray Rd and go 1 mile,turn right on Falmouth Road. Take 1st left on Winn Road and then take 3rd right on Eureka Roadand follow .9 miles to the farm.
See the complete catalog online at www.cattlexchange.com.For absentee bidding, contact David Rama at 607-435-0792 or Duane Conant at 207-320-1410.
Herd OwnersZacharias HolsteinsCorrie Zacharias & Family31 Eureka RoadFalmouth, ME 04105207-797-2355
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event is meant to teachstudents about agricul-ture and careers in agri-culture, and to help thembegin to develop theirleadership skills.
• The Long Island WineCouncil will use a $1,000grant to “wrap” a numberof trucks that are a dailypresence on New YorkCity streets and high-ways throughout themetropolitan area withpromotional advertising.This advertising will en-courage agri-tourism andsupport for local/statefarming.
• $4,000 was grantedto New England GreenPastures to support cer-tain agricultural pro-grams at the Big E in-cluding the “OutstandingDairy Farm of the Year”program and the Saluteto Agriculture initiative.
• A $1,000 grant to NewJersey Junior BreedersFund, Inc. will be used tosupport the New JerseyJunior Breeders andYoung Farmer’s Sympo-sium, which is an educa-tional, hands-on experi-ence for those interestedin learning more aboutagriculture.
• The New York StateAgricultural Society willuse it $4,300 grant tosupport the 2012 Centu-ry Farm Family recogni-tion program which rec-ognizes farm families atthe Society’s AnnualAgricultural Forum. Thisprogram improves publicawareness of agriculturein New York.
• The North AmericanIntercollegiate DairyChallenge (Northeast Re-gion) will use its $6,000grant to support this 3-
day event for Ag collegeswhere dairy studentscombine into mixedschool teams to analyzea dairy farm and makerecommendations. Thisevent allows studentsthe opportunity to com-pete, share and makecontacts with dairy in-dustry organizations.
• The Southern Adiron-dack Fiber Producers Co-operative will use its$1,000 grant to supporton-farm workshops, on-line videos, rack cards todrive traffic to Website/video, and displayswith fact sheet for use atfiber festivals and other
events to raise awarenessof fiber quality.
• A $5,000 grant to theUniversity of Massachu-setts will support theNew England Dairy Trav-el Course which is aweek-long trip for stu-dents and faculty of theNew England Land GrantInstitutions to visit dairyfarms and dairy relatedagribusinesses within adistinct geographical re-gion. The “travel course”introduces Animal Sci-ence students to the nu-merous opportunitiesthat exist within thedairy and agribusinesscommunity.
• The Vermont Agencyof Agriculture, Food &Markets will use its$2,000 grant to supportbilingual adultCPR/First Aid trainingand fire extinguisher usetraining for Vermontdairy producer familiesand employees. This pro-gram will improve emer-gency preparedness onVermont dairy farms andincrease the number offarm families and farmemployees who are certi-fied in adult CPR/firstaid training.
Farm Credit North-east AgEnhancementProgram
• Created: 1996• Total grant dollars
since 1996: $1,241,366• Total projects sup-
ported: 468• Proposal submission
dates: April 1, Aug. 1,Dec. 1
• Contact: Robert A.Smith, Farm CreditEast, 2668 State Route7, Suite 21, Cobleskill,NY 12043
Frontier 7’ HD back blade, hyd Angle . . . $1,850 . . . . . Schaghticoke
HUDSON RIVER TRACTOR COMPHUDSON RIVER TRACTOR COMPANY LLCANY LLCFULTONVILLE518-853-3405
GOSHEN845-294-2500
CHATHAM518-392-2505
SCHAGHTICOKE518-692-2676
CLIFTON PARK518-877-5059
IRIS HILL FARM COMPLETE FARM EQUIPMENT DISPERSAL
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2011 - 11:00 AMHUBBARDSVILLE, NY (Southern Madison Co - from E. Hamiltonon St Rte 12 25 mi S of Utica & 25 mi N of Norwich, turn easton Larkin Rd 3 mi to farm.)
TRACTORS: IH 6588 2 + 2 - 170 HP, IH 3388 2 + 2, IH 1466 w/new 200 HP motor July 2011, IH 1466 w/ cab & new rubber, IH766 w/ ROPS - tires less than 2 yrs old w/ IH 2350 front endloader (to be sold separate or as unit - buyer's choice) Bobcat763C skid steer loader ( 500 hrs on new motor ) w/ bale spear,80" bucket & rock fork attachments.
FEEDING & HARVESTING EQUIPMENT: Kuhn-Knight 5042Vertical Maxx twin screw TMR mobile mixer - ex, Roto-Press 9ft silage bagger - 1000 RPM - ex, Case IH 8315 15 ft discbine -ex, John Deere 447 round baler w/baleage kit - ex, KuhnSpeedrake SR112 "V" rake - new condition, New Holland 1634 star hay tedder, Gehl 1075 forage chopper - tandem axle w/kernel processor,2 row corn head, 7 ft hay head, 2 row snap-per head & 2-R corn head for parts, Gehl 1287 tandem axlebox manure spreader w/ end gate, Gehl 980 16' tandem axleforage wagon - ex, Miller Pro 5200 16' tandem axle foragewagon on 12 T EZ-Trail gear - ex, Meyers 4516 16' tandemaxle forage wagon on 15 T Meyers gear - ex, NH 1000 RPMsilage blower, 30 cow feeder wagon, 3 flat rack hay wagons,2 running gears.
PLANTING & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: Kneverland BB100 6 btmvariable width plows, Case IH 3950 21 ft transport discs - ex, IH5100 17 run grain drill - ex, Case IH 950 6 row dry air cornplanter. OTHER EQUIPMENT: Pronovost 10 ft tandem axledump trailer - ex, HD tri-axle 18 ft flatbed trailer w/ goose neckhitch, 26 ft tri-axle flatbed trailer w/ bumper hitch, IngersolRand portable air compressor w/ jack hammer, American 8.5HP wood splitter w/ side arm hydraulic log lift - ex.
SALE MANAGERS NOTE: While some of this equipment isnot fresh from the showroom, it has all been well kept &maintained and several important pieces are next to newcondition. All the tractors and equipment are field ready forhigh performance.
FARM SHOP CONTENTS: Forney elec welder, 15 T hydraulicpress, portable hydraulic boom hoist, drill press, 1/2 T powerchain hoist, plus many more power & hand tools, accessories,& the normal misc items. This is a well equipped shop w/ ahigh volume of good items. There should be something foreveryone and it will be a good time to update your shop.
OWNER: Glen Kobler - 315-899-7761. The farm is sold andGlen is pursuing other interests.
TERMS: Cash or good checks. ID required. Nothing removeduntil settled for. Out of state checks need bank letter of cred-it made out to sale manager. Loading accommodations avail-able. Please plan on quick removal as new owner is movingin soon.
Good food available. Comfort stations on site.
COL KERRY DART - AUCTIONEER & SALES MANAGERHubbardsville, NY 315-750-0366 email [email protected]
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Persons who have astrong desire to pursuea career in managingand/or marketing Regis-tered Jersey™ cattle areencouraged to apply forthe 2012 Fred Stout Ex-perience awards.
The awards are pre-sented annually inmemory of Fred J. StoutSr., Mt. Carmel, IL, alifelong Jersey breederand member of the Jer-sey Marketing Servicestaff from 1978 to 1997who believed that thebest learning experi-ences happen in theeveryday world.
Two awards will be of-fered: (1) a minimum10-week summer mar-keting internship withJersey Marketing Ser-vice, Reynoldsburg,Ohio, and (2) a mini-mum 10-week on-farm,structured internship inJersey herd manage-ment. Financial supportis provided by a perma-nent endowment createdby friends and col-leagues of Fred Stout.
Applicants must havecompleted their highschool education. To ap-ply, submit a one-pagerésumé listing previous
work experience, skillsand other qualifications,plus a separate coverletter stating your ambi-tions, goals and careeraspirations, includingplans for achievingthem. The letter mustalso explain how andwhy the Fred Stout Ex-perience will be of bene-fit in achieving futuregoals. A summary of in-volvement with and in-terest in Registered Jer-sey™ cattle is required.Specify which experi-
ence (marketing intern-ship, on-farm intern-ship) is preferred, or in-dicate if you are inter-ested in both opportuni-ties.
Two letters of supportare required, one froman active breeder of Reg-istered Jersey™ cattle,excluding immediatefamily members; andthe other from a teacher,mentor or past employ-er. These must bemailed directly by thesupporters to the AJCA
office.Applications and let-
ters of support must bepostmarked no laterthan Wednesday, Feb. 1,2012 and addressed toFred Stout Experience,American Jersey CattleAssociation, 6486 E.Main Street, Reynolds-burg, OH 43068-2362.They may be sent by e-mail [email protected].
Previous recipients ofthe Fred Stout Experi-ence Award are Tara
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011CATTLE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 6:00 AM AND 11:00 AM
NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED AFTER SALE BEGINS
DAIRY & BEEF CATTLE BEGIN AT 11:00 AM SHARPEQUIPMENT TO FOLLOW
Feb. 1, 2012 is deadline to apply forFred Stout Experience Awards
Senior Senate Agricul-ture Committee memberDick Lugar (R-IN) has in-troduced a farm bill pro-posal that includes thedairy policy reforms ad-vocated by the NationalMilk Producers Federa-tion (NMPF), a develop-ment that NMPF wel-comed “as a major stepforward in improvingdairy policy.”
Lugar, a former chairof the Senate Ag Com-mittee, and Representa-
tive Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), a freshman memberof the House AgricultureCommittee, have jointlyintroduced a bill theycall the Rural EconomicFarm and Ranch Sus-tainability and HungerAct (REFRESH). This billwould reduce farm pro-gram spending by $16billion, and save a totalof $40 billion comparedto current policy. A com-plete bill summary andlegislative draft of RE-FRESH may be found atwww.lugar.senate.govand www.stutzman.house.gov.
For the dairy title ofthe Farm Bill, the RE-FRESH legislation in-cludes the key elementsof the Dairy Security Act(DSA) of 2011, whichpreviously was intro-duced in the House as
HR 3062 by Representa-tives Collin Peterson (D-MN) and Mike Simpson(R-ID). The DSA is mod-eled after the extensivedairy reforms first pro-posed by NMPF. TheDSA itself represents a20 percent savings com-pared to the currentdairy program budget,amounting to $131 mil-lion over 10 years, ac-cording to the Congres-sional Budget Office.
“We appreciate SenatorLugar and Representa-tive Stutzman recogniz-ing the value of includingthe principles of NMPF’sFoundation for the Fu-ture in their Farm Billproposal,” said JerryKozak, President andCEO of NMPF. “The RE-FRESH bill, along withthe Dairy Security Act inthe House, now gives us
the opportunity in bothchambers of Congress topush for dairy reformsthat will give farmersprotection, stability andgrowth.”
The key dairy policychanges in the RE-FRESH bill include: re-placing the dairy pricesupport (DPPSP) andmilk income loss con-tract (MILC) programswith a voluntary marginprotection program thatcovers 80 percent of theproducers’ productionhistory when marginsfall below $4 per hun-dred-weight; giving pro-ducers the option ofwhether to enroll in amarket stabilization pro-gram; and reforming theFederal Milk MarketingOrder system by movingto a competitive payprice.
NMPF welcomes inclusion of Foundation forthe Future legislative language in
New Holland TC34A DA w/240Loader, HST Trans, 217 hrs, R4 tires, Very
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John Deere 4510 Tractor w/460Loader, R4 tires, Power reverse gear drive,
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Monday, October 24• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY(30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).Complete Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersalfor Dylan Hunt, Martville, NY. 21 milking age allstages of lactation, 8 Bred Hfrs - bred 2 mos. tospringing. Majority of this herd is Ayrshires, 4Hols. & 2 Jerseys. This is a grazing herd. Also:Complete Heifer Dispersal for Matt Schiavi,Locke, NY. 21 Head: 6 Hols., 5 Jerseys, 10 JerseyX. Most will be due in the spring & have been run-ning with a Jersey bull since June. Another groupof Open Hfrs. mostly Jersey X. Dairy starts at 1pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752.• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auc-tioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, NewBerlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. ofNew Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pmDairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feedersimmediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beefapprox. 5-5:30 pm. . Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or1771
Tuesday, October 25• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,
518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 12601 State Rd. 545, North WinterGarden, FL. Rental Returns of Late Model Con-struction, Support Equip., Trucks & Trailers. AlexLyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.com• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs andhorses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef andcalves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.
Wednesday, October 26• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 10:00 AM: 175 Wolf Run Rd., Cuba, NY. Estateof Steve Petzen. Excavating Equip. & Trucks. RoyTeitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire LivestockMarketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calvesfollowed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup HillRd., Cherry Creek, NY. Milking Herd Dispersal.Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire LivestockMarket, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup HillRd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn,Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104
Thursday, October 27• Moira, NY. Carl & Annabelle Bilow. 85 head ofQuality Dairy Cattle. “Super Milk” every year since1986. Delarm & Treadway, Sale Managers & Auc-tioneers, 518-483-4106• Cleveland, OH. Complete Liquidation Cat Con-struction Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Man-agers & Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.com• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavil-ion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auction-
eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033,585-738-2104.• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. DairyCattle followed by Beef & Calves. Dale Chambers,Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220
Thursday, October 27• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. TimMiller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.• 5:00 PM: 2105 Ireland Rd., Brockport, NY. Es-tate of Skeeter Van Marter. Tools & Equipment.Harris Wilcox, Inc., Auctioneers & Appraisers,585-494-1880
www.harriswilcox.comFriday, October 28
• Bloomfield, NY. Bennett Farms Milking Herd &Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bennett Farms, Inc. own-ers. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• Detroit, MI. Large Construction, AgriculturalEquip., Attachments, Support Equip. Alex Lyon &Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, beddingplants & flowers. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,518-568-3579
Saturday, October 29• Syracuse, NY. Construction, Support, Attach-ments, Aerials, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son,Sales Managers & Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.com• 20 McCormick Rd., Spencer, MA. Estate ofGeorge Adgalanis. 4 Ford tractors, Trucks & Tools,Hay & other equipment. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier,Inc., 413-569-6421
www.jacquierauctions.com• 9:00 AM: 5563 East Main St., Batavia, NY. Em-pire Tractor Relocation Auction. Farm Tractors,Equipment, Agricultural Parts, Store Inventory,Store Pictures. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers,585-243-1563.
• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Com-plete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Please vac-cinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattleaccepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm.Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comMonday, November 7
• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY(30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin) .Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Misc. & SmallAnimals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs,Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately followingDairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom& Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800,cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comWednesday, November 9
• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Feeder Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, November 10
• Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Reservedfor a major New York Herd Dispersal w/ a BAA of110%! Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange &Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, DaveRama, 607-746-2226
Friday, November 11• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, NewBerlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. ofNew Berlin). Fall Premier All Breeds Sale. 100head of quality all breeds sell. Call to participatein this sale. Selections are underway. Call if you
want to participate.Brown Swiss Semen selling:11 units of Wonderment selling - bring your tanks.Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comSaturday, November 12
• Madison, NY. Fern Hill Farm II Milking Herd Dis-persal. 100 outstanding registered Holsteins sell.Jack Russin & Family, owners. The Cattle Ex-change, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• Racine, WI. Late Model Earthmoving Equip.,Truck Tractors, Dump Trailers, Equip. Trailers,Campers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers &Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.
Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am -6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-
394-1515.www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com
• 10:30 AM: Jasper, NY (Steuben` Co.). EgglestonFarm Equip. & Machine Shop Liquidation. Nicetools!. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.comMonday, November 14
• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY(30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin) .Monthly Heifer Sale. Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs &Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves &Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comTuesday, November 15
• Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip.,Aerials, Forklifts, Support, Trucks & Trailers. AlexLyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers
www.lyonauction.comWednesday, November 16
• The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 150th Top of Ver-mont Invitational Dairy Sale. Free turkey for everybuyer! Sales Managers, Northeast KingdomSales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier802-626-8892
[email protected]• 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup HillRd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Fol-lowed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm.Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock
• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY(30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Misc. &Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sellLambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately fol-lowing Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comWednesday, November 23
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 30
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, December 2
• 11:00 AM: 3144 Dalton Rd., Cato, NY. AndrewDennison Equipment Dispersal. Having sold thecows selling complete line of late model equip-ment. Hilltop Auction Co., Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030
Saturday, December 3• 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland,NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction of Farm
& Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks,Liquidations & Consignments. Roy Teitsworth,Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Please vac-cinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattleaccepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm.Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 7
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, December 10
• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger Lakes Live-stock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:15 AM: Ulysses, PA (Potter Co.). Hoopes TurfFarm, Inc. (Preston Hoopes) Sod Farm Dispersalin conjunction with Fox Hill Farms RetirementAuction at 11 am. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.comWednesday, December 14
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, December 15
• 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000or 315-427-7845.
Wednesday, December 21• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 28
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com
PARTICIPATING AUCTIONEERSHOSKING SALES
Sales Managers & Auctioneer6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392
Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?Give us a call. Trucking Assistance. Call the Sale
Barn or check out our trucker list on the Web site.607-699-3637
No report.Hay Fridays @ 11:15. Pro-duce Mon. @ 10 am, Wed-Fri. @ 9 am sharp!
FINGER LAKESPRODUCE AUCTION
Penn Yan, NYNo report
Produce Mon @ 10 am,Wed-Fri @ 9 am sharp.
HOSKING SALESNew Berlin, NY
October 17, 2011Cattle: Bone Util .60-.71;Canners/Cutters .58-.65;Easy Cows .60 & dn.Bulls: Bulls/Steers .60-.66.Calves: Bull Calves 96-120#.80-1.10; up to 95# .10-.95;Hols. Hfrs. under 100# 1.25.Goats: up to 150Lambs: 55-100# 1.30-182.50.Cull Sheep: .58-1.
BELKNAP LIVESTOCKAUCTION
Belknap, PANo report
BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCKAUCTION
Belleville, PAOctober 12, 2011
Holstein Steers: Sel 1-31350# 80.Heifers: Sel 1-3 1035-1080#87.50-92.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 67.50-69.75; Breakers 75-80%lean 63-67.75, lo dress 60-61.50; Boners 80-85% lean58.75-64.75, hi dress 65-67;Lean 85-90% lean 51-58.75,hi dress 59-60.25, lo dress
41.50-50.Feeder Cattle: Steers L 2600# 95; Heifers M 1 375#108; L 2 615-680# 74-90;Bulls L 1 Herefords 305# 90.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 95-120# 122-150; No. 2Hols. 95# 110-115; 85-90#65-97; No. 3 80-105# 52-75;No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 95-105#115-205/hd; No. 2 Hols. hfrs.75-100# 70-140/hd; BeefX100# 100.Vealers: 65-85# 14-47.Vealers: 65-85# 14-47.Sows: US 1-3 400-500#120-145/hd; 600# 195/hd.Boars: 400# 70/hd.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 10-55#15-38; 60-70# 35-38.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 70-85# 192.50-205;Yearlings 85-130# 100-120;Ewes Gd 2-3 130-160# 95-105.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 150-60# 75-105; 65-90# 100-135; Sel 2 under 20# 12.50-20; 20-40# 25-52.50; 45-60#62.50-90; Nannies Sel 1100-150# 85-120; Sel 2 80#57.50; Billies Sel 1 100# 120.
115-186; Fancy Kids 120-142; Fleshy Kids 78-117;Small/thin/bottle 18-76.Lambs: Ch 50-75# 180-194;80-95# 175-187; 100-105#185-214; 110-115# 168-181;Gd 2 hd 45-70# 155-165.Sheep: all wts. 77-90; Year-lings 114-150.Sale every Tuesday* 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry &Eggs* 6 pm for Livestock startingwith calves.* State Graded Feeder PigSale Fri., Oct. 28.
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA
Small Animal SaleOctober 18, 2011
Rabbits: 2-16Ducks: 3-11.25Turkeys: 7.50-24Canary: 12Peacock: 26Chickens: .50-7Pigeons: 1.50-2.50Quail: 1.50-2Cockateils: 20All animals sold by the piece.Sale starts at 5 pm.
NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA
No report
NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC.
New Wilmington, PANo report
PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE
Grain Market SummaryCompared to last week corn
sold .15 to .20 higher, wheatsold .20--.25 higher, barleysold .10-.15 lower, Oats sold.05-.10 lower & Soybeanssold .50-.75 higher. EarCornsold steady. All prices /bu.except ear corn is /ton.Southeastern PA: Corn No.2 Range 6.80-7.36, Avg7.08, Contracts 6.55-6.57;Wheat No. 2 Range 5.73-6.53, Avg 6.10, Contracts5.97-6.20; Barley No. 3Range 4.70-5.50, Avg 5.10,Contracts 4.50, Oats No. 2Range 4-5, Avg 4.50; Soy-beans No 2 Range 11.95-12.30, Avg 12.10, Contracts11.91-12; EarCorn Range200-205, Avg 202.50.Central PA: Corn No. 2Range 6.45-7.22, Avg 6.90;Wheat 6.53; Barley No. 3Range 4.75-5, Avg 4.87;Oats No. 2 Range 3.80-4.30,Avg 4; Soybeans No. 2Range 11-12.30, Avg 11.67;EarCorn Range 195-220,Avg 207.50.South Central PA: Corn No.2 Range 6.40-7.10, Avg6.65; Wheat No. 2 Range5.30-6.33, Avg 5.81; BarleyNo. 3 Range 4.25-5.30, Avg4.45; Oats No. 2 Range 3-4,Avg 3.37; Soybeans No. 2Range 12-12.10, Avg 12.05;EarCorn Range 165-180,Avg 172.50Lehigh Valley Area: CornNo. 2 Range 7.05-7.25, Avg7.13; Wheat No. 2 Range 7;Barley No. 3 Range 4.85;Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soy-beans No. 2 Range 11.35-12.10, Avg 11.72; Gr.Sorghum Range 7.05.Eastern & Central PA: CornNo. 2 Range 6.40-7.36, Avg6.95, Mo. Ago 7.76, Yr Ago
5.55; Wheat No. 2 Range5.30-7, Avg 6.19, Mo Ago6.67, Yr Ago 6.34; Barley No.3 Range 4.25-5.50, Avg4.73, Mo Ago 4.93, Yr Ago2.78; Oats No. 2 Range 3-5,Avg 3.91, Mo Ago 4.11, YrAgo 2.35; Soybeans No. 2Range 11-12.30, Avg 11.87,Mo Ago 13.34, Yr Ago 11.09;EarCorn Range 165-220;Avg 191.25, Mo Ago 209.71,Yr Ago 126.87.Western PA: Corn No. 2Range 6.20-7, Avg 6.74;Oats No. 2 3.75-4, Avg 3.91;Wheat No. 2 Range 5.48;Soybeans No. 2 Range11.85.
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On the day in which theU.S. Congress passedthree historic free tradeagreements, the grass-roots dairy producers ofthe Dairy Policy ActionCoalition (DPAC) were inthe nation’s capitol stress-ing the need for policies
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Dairy Product Price Sup-port program, whichsaves taxpayer dollarsand sends a clear signalto global trading part-ners that the U.S. will bea dependable supplier ofdairy products that arein demand and will clearthose inventories evenwhen market prices arelow. The bill also makesavailable low interestloans to manufacturersto encourage investmentin retrofitting theirplants to adjust to thischange by focusing onmaking and marketingproducts that havebroader demand.
“Dairy is the one sectorthat has really struggledin the midst of a brighteconomic picture for agri-culture,” said DennisWolff, a lifelong dairyfarmer from Millville, PA,who served as a formerstate secretary of agricul-ture and is now a rela-tions consultant forDPAC through VersantStrategies. “The policydecisions being madenow by the Senate andHouse Ag Committees, asthey consider their rec-ommendations for theJoint Select Committeeon Deficit Reduction, willbe critical to the futuresof our dairy farm families.The Dairy AdvancementAct improves markettransparency and startsthe process of simplifyingthe milk pricing system.At the same time it recog-nizes the need for a mod-est safety net and for ex-panded risk managementchoices for producers.”
“We applaud SenatorCasey for introducingthe Dairy AdvancementAct. Unlike other propos-als, which make the sys-tem even more complex,this bill calls for reformsthat simplify and im-prove the way our milk ispriced,” said DPACchairman Cliff Hawbak-er, a dairy producer fromChambersburg, PA.
“As dairy farmers, weare looking for less, notmore, government costand control of our indus-try. We see the opportu-nities in the world mar-kets and realize we arepart of a world supply-and-demand balance,”observed Duane Hert-zler, a dairy producerfrom Loysville, PA. “Wethank Senator Casey forrecognizing the impor-tance of the food, jobs,and economic vitalityour dairy farms brings toour local communitieswith a bill that looks atthe big picture.”
DPAC notes that whiletrade agreements opendoors for U.S. dairy prod-
ucts, the industry mustbe positioned to walkthrough those doors withthe products that are indemand. Thus, the DairyAdvancement Act is notonly a dairy bill, but alsoa jobs bill for the econo-my. It captures the feder-al policy concerns ex-pressed at countlesspublic forums heldacross the United States,and takes a progressiveapproach by improvingtransparency, growingglobal markets, encour-aging new product devel-
opment and offering safe-ty net options, withoutinvoking supply controland without putting tax-payers at risk for billionsin liabilities as in otherdairy proposals. These is-sues are important todairy farms of all sizes, aswell as to processors andmanufacturers of dairyproducts.
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The DPAC group who traveled to Washington Oct. 12 (from left) Alan Kozak, Rob Bar-ley, Howard Straub, Denny Wolff, Duane Hertzler, Dale Hoffman, Herman Bishop, DaveForgey and Bernie Morrissey.
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MILC when the milkprice hits a trigger, or touse an individual tool toprotect a margin be-tween feed cost and milkprice,” said Rob Barley, afarmer from Conestoga,PA. “It does not link thesafety net to supplymanagement like in oth-
er proposals. Havingused LGM-Dairy, I havefound that it allows theproducer to develop acustomized safety netand protect the marginthat is relevant to hisdairy operation.”
“We support this billbecause we believe that
controlling the U.S. milksupply is not the solu-tion. All the evidence in-dicates that we do nothave an over supply ofmilk relative to U.S. andglobal demand. Instead,the important task is tobe developing productsand marketing strate-
gies,” said Dave Forgey, adairy producer from Lo-gansport, IN. “There is areported 7 billion poundsof unmet global dairy de-mand in the world, andthat gap is expected towiden. Why would wewant to back away fromthat market with propos-
als that control produc-tion, when instead wecan chart a pathway for-ward for U.S. dairy farm-ers through the DairyAdvancement Act?”
Producer HowardStraub from St. Johns,MI, observed how hisstate has made agricul-
tural exports a priority.“Dairy needs to be part ofthat bright future. Wedon’t believe the produc-ers’ interests are bestserved by sending a sig-nal to the world that we’llbe the country to pull-back when margins tight-en,” he said. “Instead, weneed to build and servethose long term cus-tomers by making theright products and mar-keting them consistently.”
“We have a lot to beproud of as dairy farmers.We have the resourcesand the people,” said DaleHoffman, a dairy produc-er from Shinglehouse, PA.“When you look at theoverall economy, whatsector is most productive?Agriculture. We’ll lose it ifwe don’t innovate andcompete.”
For Hoffman, thechoice is simple: “Makethose products here andkeep the jobs and dollarshere at home. If we caninnovate and market ourdairy products, we canbe very competitive. Wejust need to unleash ourpotential as the UnitedStates of America.”
“Since DPAC wasformed in 2009, we haveworked tirelessly on theCornerstones for Changeto give fellow dairy pro-ducers a voice in the poli-cy decisions that willshape our futures,” saidAlan Kozak, a producerfrom Millersburg, Ohio.“We thank Senator Caseyfor introducing the DairyAdvancement Act and askthe House and SenateAgriculture Committees toconsider this fresh ap-proach when making theirrecommendations to theJoint Select Committee onDeficit Reduction; or toput the dairy policy dis-cussion through the nor-mal committee process.”
The Dairy Advance-ment Act aligns federaldairy policy with theglobal realities of the21st century. It is a mar-ket oriented approachthat was developed bylistening closely to dairyproducers and expertsfrom all segments of thedairy industry. It simpli-fies and adds trans-parency to an overlycomplex system andgives producers safetynet options, without re-stricting their opportuni-ties to manage and growtheir businesses for thenext generation of farm-ers and consumers.
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The UMaine Coopera-tive Extension Crop Insur-
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UMaine Extension offers free dairy insurance workshopand lunch for producers
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ville Elks Club on Friday,Nov. 4. The workshop,which runs from 9:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will in-troduce price protectioncrop insurance as a wayfor dairy operators tomanage unpredictablepricing in the market-place.
Gene Gantz from theUSDA Risk ManagementAgency will present LGMDairy insurance. RichardKersbergen, UMaine Ex-
tension professor willspeak on managing feedcosts and Alan Curler,Farm Management educa-tor with University of Ver-mont Extension will sharehow LGM dairy insuranceis working in Vermont.
The workshop andlunch are free for Mainedairy producers. Corpo-rate sponsors have donat-ed door prizes to be drawnduring the meeting. Youmust register no later
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The technical, environ-mental and economic fac-tors involved in the use ofanaerobic digestion sys-tems on livestock opera-tions will be addressed inthe virtual RenewableEnergy Education FieldDay on Oct. 26.
“To create the most ap-propriate digester systemfor an operation requiresan understanding of thetechnology involved, aswell as the potential foraddressing nutrient man-agement needs or gener-ating an income stream,”said engineer James Fis-cher, energy project di-rector for Farm Founda-tion, NFP. “This webinaris designed to help man-agers better understand
the opportunities and thechallenges a digester sys-tem may present to theirlivestock operations.”
The Oct. 26 webinarwill include researcherswith technical expertise,and producers with first-hand experience in re-searching and operatingdigester systems. Thisvirtual Field Day is tar-geted to dairy and beefproducers in New Mexico,Arizona, California, Col-orado, Kansas, Okla-homa and Texas. Repre-sentatives of environmen-tal and agricultural or-ganizations working withlivestock producers, aswell as staff from stateand federal agencies, arealso encouraged to par-
ticipate. There is nocharge to participate butregistration is required.
Farm Foundation, NFPis organizing this webinarin collaboration withUSDA Rural Develop-ment, USDA’s Office ofEnergy Policy and NewUses, USDA Farm Ser-vice Agency and USDANatural Resources Con-servation Service.
Speakers include live-stock producers with ex-perience in operating ananaerobic digester, in-dustry leaders workingwith various technologiesused in anaerobic diges-tion, university re-searchers, the InnovationCenter for U.S. Dairy,and representatives from
government agencies, in-cluding the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture andthe U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency’sAgStar program. Sessiontopics include:
• Using a digester tomanage livestock ma-nure/nutrient issues.
• Potential revenuestreams from an integrat-ed digester system.
• Financing options forinstalling an anaerobicdigester.
Webinar sessions willbe from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MDT. The sessions arebeing taped and will beavailable for viewing forone year after the event.You can view the eventfrom your office or homecomputer.
To register for the webi-nar, visit the Farm Foun-dation, NFP Web site atwww.farmfoundation.org. There is no charge toparticipate in this webi-nar, but registration is re-quired.
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There is still ample time to submit your nominationfor the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) An-nual Awards Program. Nov. 18 marks the deadline forthe submission of nominations. This program offers agreat opportunity to recognize those individuals whohave exhibited exceptional commitment and dedica-tion to the sheep industry.
There are four award categories available for nomi-nation:
• The McClure Silver Ram Award is dedicated to vol-unteer commitment and service and is presented to asheep producer who has made substantial contribu-tions to the sheep industry and its organizations inhis/her state, region or nation.
• The Camptender Award recognizes industry con-tributions from a professional in a position or field re-lated to sheep production.
• The Environmental Stewardship Award recognizesindividuals actively involved in sheep production thathave shown an extraordinary commitment to caringfor natural resources and thereby enhancing the envi-ronment.
• The Shepherd’s Award for Media recognizes out-standing yearlong coverage of the sheep industry in ei-ther print or broadcast.
Nominations must be postmarked by Nov. 18 andpast award recipients are not eligible. Awards will bepresented at the ASI Convention, Jan. 25-28, 2012, inScottsdale, AZ. Additional information is available atwww.sheepusa.org.
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Products WorkshopPortsmouth Country Club,Greenland, NH. 8:30 am - 4pm. Cost: $20 (after Oct 22,$25). Contact Nada Haddador Deb Stevens, 603-679-5616 or [email protected].
OCT 29How To Run a CSA
(NOFA Massachusetts)Many Hands Organic Farm,411 Sheldon Road, Barre,MA. 9 am - noon. Cost: $40.E-mail [email protected]. On Internet atw w w . n o f a m a s s . o r g /p r o g r a m s / e x t e n s i o nevents/successfulcsa.php
How to Run A Successful CSA
Many Hands Organic Farm,411 Sheldon Rd., Barre, MA.9 am - 12 pm. Tour the fieldgrowing areas, hoop houses,farm equipment and CSA
Calendar ofEvents
packing area. Register onlinewith a credit card or Echeckat www.nofamass.org. Pre-registration is requiredunless arranged by phonewith the organizer, BenGrosscup at 413-658-5374.Cancellations will be hon-ored and refunds issuedwith notice made (except $8processing fee) by Oct. 19.Potluck lunch will be sharedwhen workshop ends. Bringa dish to pass. Scholarshipsmay be available for thosewho need and apply forthem. Contact Ben Gross-cup, 413-658-5374 [email protected] Extension OffersIntermediate & Advanced
Sheep Shearing SchoolPineland Farms, NewGloucester, ME. 9 am - 3 pm.$45/person and includeslunch and reference materials.Contact Richard Brzozowski,207-70-4205 or [email protected]
NOV 2Agricultural Resource
Workshop and Open HouseMarlboro College GraduateCenter, 28 Vernon St. (Rte142), Room 2E, Brattleboro,VT. 9 am - 12 pm. Space islimited - please RVSP to FSAat 802-254-9766 ext. 2 [email protected].
NOV 4Maine Dairy Insurance
WorkshopWorkshop and lunch are freefor Maine dairy producers.register no later than O c t o b e r 2 8 a textension.umaine.edu/cropinsurance or call 207-581-3875 or 800-287-0274 (inMaine).
NOV 552nd Northland Toy Club
Collectible Toy ShowPolish Community Center,Washington Ave. Ext.,Albany, NY. 9 am - 2 pm.Admissin is $3, childrenunder 12 free with adult.Contact N.T.C., 518-966-5239.
NOV 5-62nd Annual Fiber Festival
of New EnglandEastern States Exposition,
West Springfield, MA. SheepShearing, Workshops, FleeceSale, Fiber Animals, Demon-strations, Children’s Area,Fiber Fashion Show, SheepDog Demonstrations. Morethan 150 vendors selling rawfleeces, fencing, yarn, cloth-ing, blankets, knitting nee-dles, spinning wheels, shawlpins & brooches, Christmasornaments, fiber animals,roving, patterns, felting kits,beads & much more. Call413-205-5011 or [email protected]. On Internet atfiberfestival.org
NOV 11-12It Takes a Region - 2011:Conference to Build ourNortheast Food System
Desmond Hotel & Confer-ence Center, Albany, NY.Contact Kathy Ruhf, 413-323-9878, e-mail [email protected]. On Internet atwww.ittakesaregion.org
NOV 11-18North American
International LivestockExposition Sheep Show
Louisville, KY. On Internetat www.livestockexpo.org
NOV 17A Team Approach to
Developing SuccessfulFarm Transfer Plans
Doyle Center, 464 AbbotAve., Leominister, MA. 9 am- 4 pm. Designed for profes-sionals who assist, or wouldlike to assist farmers withany aspect of farm transferor succession plans. ContactBob Bernstein, 603-357-1600.
NOV 29Working Together
to Preserve FarmlandCanterbury CommunityCenter, 1 Municipal Dr.,Canterbury, CT. 6:30-9 pm.Free workshop. Contact Jen-nifer Kaufman, 860-450-6007 or e-mail [email protected].
DEC 8-12Acres USA Conference
& Trade ShowHyatt Regency, Columbus,OH. See Web site for details.Call 800-355-5313. OnInternet at www.acresusa.com
Worcester State University,486 Chandler St., Worcester,MA. Contact CathleenO’Keefe, e-mail [email protected]. On Internetat www.nofamass.org/conferences/winter/index.php
JAN 18Southeast AgricultureMediation Workshop:
Conflict Resolution Skills The Carver Public Library, 2Meadowbrook Way, CarverMA. 6-8 pm. Call 508-295-2212 ext. 50 or [email protected] Internet at http://semaponline.org.
JAN 20-2116th Annual VT Grazing & Livestock Conference
Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee,VT. Featuring local, regionaland national speakers onmultiple species grazingmanagement & production.Several workshops. ContactJenn Colby, 802-656-0858or e-mail [email protected] Internet at www.uvm.edu/pasture
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BURLINGTON, VT —Two teams of Universityof Vermont (UVM) Exten-sion 4-H’ers participatedin dairy judging competi-tion, Sept. 17, at EasternStates Exposition in WestSpringfield, MA, compet-ing against top 4-H’ersfrom the five other NewEngland states.
Representing the stateon the Vermont A Teamwere Caitlyn Abbott,Chelsea Abbott and PeterRainville, all from Fair-field; and Ellis Wright,
Enosburg Falls. These 4-H’ers were the high overallscorers in the Vermont 4-H dairy judging contest in2010 and also competedat Eastern States last fall.
The Vermont B Team,consisting of the top fourwinners at the 2011 statedairy judging competitionin June, are KathrynWright and Brian McGar-ry, both from Enosburg;Kirsten Breau, Vernon;and Tiffany Tracey, Ver-gennes. Brooke Aicher,Shelburne, and Sara Ing-
wersen, Addison, werenamed team alternatesbut did not compete atEastern States this year.
High overall individualscorers at Eastern Stateswere Caitlyn Abbott, sec-ond; Chelsea Abbott,fifth; and Peter Rainville,seventh. Vermonters alsotook five of the top 10spots for highest individ-ual scores for reasons.Peter Rainville andChelsea Abbott came infirst and second, respec-tively. Ellis Wright was
fifth, Caitlyn Abbott,sixth, and KathrynWright, seventh.
Vermont 4-H’ers finish-ing in the top 10 in judg-ing classes by breed in-clude:
Ayrshire: Chelsea Ab-bott, second; PeterRainville, third; CaitlynAbbott, fifth; Ellis Wright,tenth.
Brown Swiss: KristenBreau, fourth; CaitlynAbbott, tenth.
Guernsey: Caitlyn Ab-bott, fifth; Chelsea Ab-
bott, sixth; Ellis Wright,eighth; Brian McGarry,ninth; Kristen Breau,tenth.
Holstein: Chelsea Ab-bott, second; KathrynWright, third; PeterRainville, eighth; EllisWright, tenth.
Jersey: Caitlyn Abbott,fifth; Chelsea Abbott,sixth; Peter Rainville, sev-enth.
of all members of eachteam were combined todetermine team rankings.The Vermont A Teamearned first place overallin the competition as wellas first place in reasons.The Vermont B Teamcame in eight overall andfifth for reasons.
To learn more aboutthe Vermont 4-H dairyprogram, contact WendySorrell, UVM Extension4-H livestock educator, at802-656-5418 or 800-571-0668, ext. 2 (withinVermont) or by e-mail [email protected] .
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Vermont 4-H’ers score high in dairy judging at Big E
by Bob GrayRecently Congress-
woman Hochul (D-NY)and Congressman Han-na (R-NY) jointly intro-duced a bill that wouldallow immigrant workersto temporarily come tothe U.S. to work on dairyfarms. Their bill, H.R.3024, entitled the Accessto Agricultural Labor Actof 2011, would amendthe current H-2A sea-sonal worker programthat does not provide thedairy industry with theopportunity to take partin this program as it iscurrently operated.
Under the proposedlegislation dairy workerswould be able to work inthe U.S. for extendableperiods of three years.
The New York FarmBureau supports thislegislation.
From the federal side itis not clear yet whetheror not the E-Verify legis-lation that was reportedout of the House Judi-ciary Committee will betaken up by the fullHouse and, more impor-tantly, will JudiciaryCommittee ChairmanLamar Smith of Texasagree to adding provi-sions to his bill thatwould deal with theneeds of agriculture.
Although having theavailability of new work-ers for dairy to be eligibleunder the H-2A programis important, every dairyproducer I talk to aboutthis is most concernedwith the workers they al-ready have on theirfarming operations. Be-ing able to get new work-ers is important — but ifthey lose the work forcethey have in place, formost it would be a disas-ter.
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