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Working with the land to produce dairy products for a niche market

by Sally Colby Lamar Wadel had been operating the Franklin County, Pennsylvania dairy he was raised on for about the past 10 years, always pushing his cows and striving for higher production. When a friend suggested that grazing might be a viable option for his dairy herd, Wadel decided to give it a try.

The first year, he planted six acres of rye for his 45 cows. Although the herd was still receiving grain, Wadel says the cows weren’t interested in it once they were on grass. Wadel eventually added more grazing species including orchardgrass, alfalfa, brome, perennial ryegrass, timothy and clover; and sorghum or sorghum sudangrass in summer.

While on pasture, cows are offered a selection of free choice minerals including salt, kelp, selenium, iodine, copper and potassium. “The cows will come up and lick whatever they need,” said Wadel. “In winter, I feed a 2:1 mineral mix with the haylage.”

As he was establishing a grass-based herd, Wadel also concentrated on soil fertility and experimented successfully with remedies that organic producers use for treating sick cows and calves.

“I’ve found that I have healthier cattle than I have ever had,” said Wadel. “I also pay more attention to the soil. I’ve

been doing foliar feeding and paying more attention to soil health - I can see it reflected in improved cow health.”

Since Pennsylvania is a state that allows raw milk sales directly from the farm, Wadel applied for and passed the state inspection for raw milk sales about four years ago and starting selling raw milk directly from the farm and in several stores. Wadel has a small bottling plant on the farm for raw milk sold off the farm, although milk for on-farm sales can come directly from the tank. He has also been making and selling raw milk cheese for the past four months, which requires a separate permit.

Cheese making begins with fresh raw milk from the morning milking. “As we’re milking, we take it over to the cheese vat in 100 gallon batches,” said Wadel. “It has to be at 88 degrees, and that’s about what it is by the time it’s there. Then I add the culture, let it sit for 45 minutes, then add rennet and let it sit for another 45 minutes.” Next, the mixture is stirred and heated slowly to the temperature required for the cheese he’s making. He drains the whey, and curds go to the bottom to become cheese. After aging for 60 days, the cheese is ready to sell. Wadel has been making three varieties of cheddar:

A simple right-angle motor runs the pulsators in Wadel's swing 18 parlor.

Despite the rain, a group dedicated to grazing their herds visited the Lamar Wadel dairy farm in Shippensburg, PA, to learn how this dairyman is grazing cows, producing raw milk and cheese, and transitioning to organic production.

Photos by Sally Colby plain, smoked and chipped beef. Wadel sells the cheese both directly from the farm, at retail stores and through someone who markets it at a farmers’ market. Wadel has an informative brochure for customers, and says that a lot of sales of both raw milk and cheese are by word of mouth.

Since Wadel already has a grass-fed herd and customers who appreciate a source of inspected raw milk, he started the process of becoming certified organic. “It takes three years to become organic,” said Wadel. “The fields are certified organic now, and the cows will be certified in January.” Once certified, Wadel will sell to Horizon, and will also continue raw milk and raw milk cheese sales on the farm.

The state inspects Wadel’s raw milk operation as well as his cheese plant.

“They come every two weeks,” he said, adding that the inspector comes unannounced. “Since I’m already doing raw milk, I surpass the cheese standard.”

They take samples from the tank, and do a water test twice a year.” The state requires regular TB and brucellosis testing, and keeps a close watch on somatic cell count.

Cows are milked twice a day in a swing 18 parlor that Wadel purchased and moved to his farm in September 2011. He excavated a section of his old barn for a pit, reinforced the old barn ceiling with new I-beams and sold

some of the parts he didn’t need. In the parlor, a right angle motor runs a shaft that moves the pulsators. Wadel says it takes two people about 45 minutes to milk the 60 cows twice a day.

Prior to adding the new parlor, Wadel had been milking 120 cows. He sold 80 cows; partly to help finance the milking parlor, and also so he wouldn’t have to purchase organic hay to feed during the transition period. “I opted to sell cows and make a little less milk this year,” said Wadel, “but I didn’t have to buy feed.” Although cow numbers are down now, Wadel expects to be back up to between 80 to 100 cows within a few years. The cow herd is bred A.I. which Wadel does himself, and a Jersey bull runs with heifers. Wadel collects blood samples for pregnancy testing through BioPRYN®, which can verify pregnancy at 28 days.

NRCS is helping Wadel plan and construct a manure handling system that will incorporate poultry litter from a turkey poult house and a turkey finishing house along with cow manure. After blending, the manure will be composted on a stacking pad.

Wadel says that his raw milk customers are drawn to the product because the cows are on grass. “They know that I’m raising them all-natural and 100 percent grass,” he said.

“That’s what they want as much as they want organic.”

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Pest Alert: Armyworms invade parts of New York State New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine on June 12 warned crop growers of the presence of armyworms in several parts of New York State, including western and northern New York counties. The Department has received numerous reports from farmers and the New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program have verified that true armyworms have severely impacted parts of New York State, especially in western New York counties. Additional reports have established the presence of armyworms in Northern New York, the Finger Lakes and Eastern New York.

New York’s last significant infestation was in 2008 and prior to that 2001. By some accounts, this year’s infestation is surpassing those experiences. The moth overwinters in the South and in some years, flies up to New York laying eggs that hatch into

worm-like caterpillars. It is a migratory pest and the unusual spring weather may be responsible, at least in part, for this infestation.

Homeowners and farmers are encouraged to watch grass and corn fields for signs of infestation. Close monitoring is important if this pest is found. According to New York State IPM Livestock & Field Crops IPM Coordinator, Keith Waldron, a second generation can be expected and may result in further damage in July.

Armyworms got their name because they can move in a mass, marching in lines from one destroyed field to their next feeding ground. They have been found in New York in small grains, corn, mixed stands of alfalfa, turf grass, grass and hay fields, but have been known to also infest various vegetables, fruits, legumes, and weeds, including beans, cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, onions and peas.

In their early stages, armyworm larvae appear smooth, cylindrical in shape and are pale green to brownish.

Mature larvae are smooth and marked with two orange, white-bordered strips on each side. True armyworm ranges in size from 1/8 inch to 1.5 inches long and overwinter as partly grown larvae.

Preferring to feed at night, armyworms devour succulent foliage. By feeding on leaves and occasionally stems, they can severely damage seedling stands. Because they feed at night, armyworms may inflict much injury before they are detected. Having exhausted a current food supply, the worms migrate as an “army” to new host plants. Fields adjacent to or harboring lush grass are most commonly attacked.

Parasites, various diseases, insect predators, and birds usually keep armyworms under control except after

cold, wet springs. When practical, cultural methods, such as disking large areas, can help reduce future armyworm populations by exposing the pupae to natural enemies and hot weather. However, since armyworm moths are strong fliers, most areas will be subject to constant reinfestation.

Armyworms are easily controlled chemically when buildup occurs, but to be consistent with State law, it is important that both the armyworm pest and the specific crop be labeled on the insecticide before using the product. Monitoring is important prior to spraying as treatment should be sought only when pest levels would cause economic damage.

For more information regarding armyworms in New York State and how to detect or combat them, contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension agent at www.cce. cornell.edu.

Disastrous weather decimates New York’s 2012 Fruit Crop

by Jennifer Wagester On April 5, the National Weather Service in Buffalo, NY, issued a freeze warning in effect from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. on April 6 for Genesee, Livingston, and Ontario Counties. The warning came after unseasonably warm temperatures had brought fruiting plants and trees out of dormancy ahead of schedule. Growers able to cover their crops weathered the late winter storm. But those with trees in full bloom watched their prospective harvest wither as buds froze and turned brown, and then dropped to the earth. During the last days of April, this scenario was repeated in the Wayne County area.

Late freezing temperatures were widespread and impacted fruit production in Michigan; Ontario, Canada; and New York State. New York farmers were hit especially hard and efforts are underway to declare 34 counties a federal disaster area. Across the state, more than 3 million acres of farmland have experienced production losses of 30 percent or more, while many farms suffered 100 percent losses. This loss comes while farms in the eastern part of New York are still struggling to recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011.

Federal agriculture disaster recovery programs can provide financial assistance to compensate for farm losses, low interest emergency loans, and assistance in rehabilitating farm land.

These programs help farmers recover from production and physical losses on their farms and to rebuild their businesses. However, farmers do not anticipate this assistance to be immediately available. In 2011, many farmers did not receive assistance until January of 2012 for the 2011 season and a similar schedule is anticipated

for this year’s crop losses.

While that total impact of the freeze will not be known until harvest time, farmers are gearing up for a dismal season. The New York cherry crop was decimated and no sweet or tart cherries are expected. Some peaches will be available as will about 20-50 percent of the apple crop, depending on the variety. Apple varieties that did not weather the freeze well include Red Delicious, Empire, Crispin, McIntosh, and Jonagold. Varieties like Macoun, Gala, and Sweet Tango were not as adversely affected. Many growers were able to cover their strawberries, so a typical crop of strawberries is expected. Blueberries and raspberries are also anticipated to have normal yields.

New York farmers have not experienced a growing season like this since 1945, when a similar warm up and late freeze damaged fruiting plants.

With the 2012 growing season just underway, more weather-related challenges could be in store. A May 29 hail storm south of Rochester, NY, added to the damage for Finger Lakes growers.

In South Bristol, NY, Tom Brahm estimates the storm took about 50 percent or more of his family vineyard’s grape crop. The golf-ball sized hail stripped the leaves right off the vine.

The Cornell Cooperate Extension (CCE) Fruit Team is working with New York growers to help them make the best of this challenging year. On May 30 and 31, CCE hosted meetings in Wayne County and Orleans County to discuss the crop insurance and other program options available to address 2012 fruit losses.

Growers anticipating a loss are encouraged to begin the claim process immediately and maintain communication with their insurance agent and adjuster. In many cases, the adjuster

Alison DeMarree, a CCE Fruit Team member, provides record keeping strategies to NY fruit producers.

must review fruit on plants or trees that were cared for as they would be in a typical growing year. Neglecting to care for the plants or destroying or harvesting the fruit before an adjuster reviews the damaged could void the claim.

Depending upon the extent of the damage, farmers may be able to work with their adjuster to identify a sample area within a field to care for instead of caring for the entire crop. Maintaining plants that probably will not bear fruit is expensive. Selecting a sampling allows growers to conserve resources while meeting the insurance company’s policies and procedures.

Record keeping is critical for the claims process, especially for farmers projecting large claims. In previous years, actual production history (APH) reviews were conducted for claims over $100,000. However, this threshold was recently increased to $200,000. Given the anticipated losses, the number of claims requiring APH reviews is expected to be high and audits will start earlier than usual. Farms claim-

ing losses over $500,000 may be visited by a USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) auditor in addition to their insurance company auditor.

Farmers with a fresh price option must verify that, in the last four years, 50 percent or more of production was sold for fresh consumption. For instance, apple growers need to verify that fresh sliced fruit was eaten instead of processed into pies. Per USDA bulletin Number MGR-11-015, this verification may be done on an overall basis instead of by unit.

When talking with farmers, Alison DeMarree, a CCE Fruit Team member based in Wayne County, encouraged them to take care of themselves and to be mindful of their neighbors.

Staggering losses can produce stress and depression that negatively impact health. NY FarmNet Services are available to growers free of charge to assist with problem solving when professional help is needed. Reassuring words from family, friends, and neighbors can also help farmers endure and look forward to next year.

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Sarah Johnson (center), from the NY Department of Agriculture & Markets Crop Insurance Education Program, was at the recent CCE meetings to reach out to NY fruit growers.

From left to right - Daniel Chunglo from Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS), along with Dave Stull and Jack Singer from Rain and Hail Agricultural Insurance, gave an overview of the crop insurance claims process at the Orleans County CCE meeting.

Photos by Jennifer Wagester

by Jay Girvin, Esq., Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C., Albany, NY Q. Can you address any legal developments regarding an owner’s liability for farm animals that wander onto a public highway and cause an accident?

A. To update an issue that we addressed in a column last year, a recent decision by a New York appellate court has cast considerable doubt as to when, if ever, an owner may be held legally liable for injuries caused by a domestic animal that wanders onto a highway and causes an accident.

By way of background,

claims for injuries inflicted by domestic animals have traditionally been approached under one of two legal theories: strict liability and negligence.

Under a strict liability theory, an owner of a domestic animal who either knows or should have known of a particular animal’s “vicious” or “abnormal” propensities may be held liable for any harm caused by the animal as a result of those propensities, regardless of any fault or lack of care on behalf of the owner. A “vicious propensity” is not necessarily limited to behavior that is dangerous or ferocious, but may include any proclivity to act in a

way that puts others at a risk of harm. Most importantly, however, behavior that is considered normal or typical for the particular type of animal in question is insufficient to establish a vicious or abnormal propensity. For example, it is generally considered normal and typical behavior for large dogs to occasionally greet a person by rising onto their hind legs and pressing against them. Because this behavior is considered normal for the type of animal, it would be insufficient to support a strict liability claim, even if the result of the behavior was to cause injury to the person.

Under a negligence theory, an owner of a domestic animal that is not otherwise vicious or abnormally dangerous is nevertheless under a duty to take reasonable precautions to prevent the animal from causing

Cover photo by Sally Colby Lamar Wadel explains how he established pastures for grazing at a recent pasture walk at his farm in Shippensburg, PA.

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harm to others. Using the prior example, the owner of a large dog that engages in the typical canine behavior of greeting people by jumping against them may be liable for failing to take reasonable precautions — such as restraining the dog or offering a warning — to prevent the foreseeable risk of harm to others.

For many years, strict liability and negligence remained alternative bases on which owners could be held liable for injuries caused by domestic animals.

However, in a series of decisions issued over the past several years, the New York Court of Appeals has clarified that the owner of a domestic animal may now only be held liable under a strict liability theory, and that claims based on negligence are no longer available. In other words, a person claiming an injury as a result of an act by a domestic animal will only be entitled to recover damages if it can be shown that the act was the result of an abnormal or vicious propensity on the part of the animal that was not otherwise typical behavior for that type of animal.

Most injuries involving domestic animals arise in circumstances where the animal makes a sudden, unexpected action (i.e., biting, kicking, rearing, bolting, jumping) toward or in close proximity to another person. The rule

developed by the Court of Appeals seems to recognize that animals are by their nature unpredictable, and that while an owner may be liable for abnormal or vicious traits in a particular animal, an owner should not be held responsible for typical animal behavior even where reasonable precautions might have prevented the injury.

The rule, however, gives rise to an interesting result in the case of animals that wander onto the highway. Animals such as cows and horses, by their nature, have an inherent tendency to wander if left unrestrained and unattended.

For this reason, most owners recognize the need to keep such animals secured by fences, corrals, and barns. If an owner carelessly neglects to close and secure a barn door and an animal wanders out onto the highway and causes an accident, can that owner be held liable for any resulting injuries under the rules developed by the Court of Appeals?

At least one appellate court has recently held that owners in such circumstances cannot be held liable. Applying the Court of Appeals’ holding that an owner’s liability may only be based on

strict liability principles, the Third Department appellate court held in a case decided earlier this year that wandering by a domestic animal does not implicate any vicious or abnormal propensity, but is essentially an inherent and typical characteristic of animals. Given that fact, and given that negligence claims are no longer available in New York, the court was constrained to dismiss the case against the owner.

While the outcome of that case was dictated by the rule developed by the Court of Appeals, the Third Department was clearly uncomfortable with the result.

Although current New York law therefore appears to insulate an owner for liability associated with wandering animals regardless of any carelessness or negligence, that rule is likely to be revisited in the future. The Court of Appeals may develop in future cases an exception that permits negligence-based claims in the specific context of wandering animals, or the state legislature may adopt a statute that specifically addresses an owner’s obligations and liabilities in such circumstances.

Help on its way for local farmers Assemblyman Daniel J. Burling (R, C-Warsaw) recently praised Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for declaring 32 counties as natural disaster areas due to the extreme weather conditions New York State experienced earlier this year.

“The uncharacteristic warm weather this year caused early blooming; unfortunately, the fickle New York weather brought several hard frosts, which damaged many blossoming fruits and stunted many other crops growth.

Genesee, Livingston, Allegany and Wyoming counties were all designated in the secretary’s report as natural disaster areas. This designation will allow farmers and growers to apply for emergency loans and Farm Service Agency (FSA) assistance,” said Burling Burling noted estimated crop losses for grapes are at 40-50 percent, cherries at 100 percent, peaches at 90 percent and apples at 50 percent.

Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from this disaster decla-

ration to apply for emergency loan assistance. Please contact your local FSA office for more information: Allegany — Nicole Ayers at 5425 Cty. Rt. 48, Belmont, NY 14813-9747, 585268-5133 Genesee — Jenifer Dean or Joanne Slocum-Crosman at 29 Liberty St., Suite 4, Batavia, NY 14020-3247, 585343-9167 Livingston — Dean Pendergast at 11 Megan Drive, Suite 2, Geneseo, NY 14454-1334, 585-243-0030 Wyoming — Kate Hemstreet at 31 Duncan St., Warsaw, NY 14569 -1017, 585-786-3118 “Agriculture is the leading industry in New York State and provides worldrenowned crops to the market. It is imperative that we assist these hard working families and New York businesses that have suffered due to natural disasters. I am thankful for Secretary Vilsack’s declaration to help these farm operations recover financial losses,” said Burling.

Reducing risk of death on farms due to rollovers our state’s farmers are kept safe while they’re on the job.”

Assemblyman Bill Magee, chairman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, says, “Farmers are the backbone of our economy and helping them practice safe farming is in all of our best interests. I hope New York’s farmers continue to take advantage of NYCAMH’s ROPS rebate program.”

In addition to Ritchie and Magee, NYCAMH is grateful to the other agriculture committee members, including Senators Catharine Young and James Seward and Assemblymen Peter Lopez for their strong support of the ROPS program.

“Our campaign has increased by tenfold the number of farmers making their tractors safe by retrofitting them with rollover protective structures,” said Dr. John May, director of NYCAMH. “We couldn’t have done this without the state funding. We thank Governor Cuomo for a particularly strong agricultural budget that included support for the ROPS program.”

ROPS is just one of many life-saving programs sponsored by NYCAMH. For nearly 25 years, the organization has worked with New York farmers to decrease the number of farmers killed

Joe Armstrong, a goat and sheep farmer from the Schenectady area, speaks with Dr. John May, director of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, and Barbara Bayes, ROPS program coordinator. Armstrong’s 1973 Ford 2000 was the 1,000th tractor outfitted with rollover protection in New York State through NYCAMH’s ROPS rebate program.

Photo courtesy of NYCAMH and injured on the job, address workFor more information or to register site hazards, prevent costly injuries and for the ROPS rebate program, call 877reduce workers’ compensation costs.

ROPS-R4U (or 877-767-7748).

Op Ed: Oppose cuts to farm safety programs

by John May, MD, Director, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health Recently the farm community expressed strong concern regarding proposed Department of Labor regulations regarding youth participation in a variety of types of farm work. This was predictable — few things raise the hackles of a farmer like governmental regulation. Yet farming remains an excessively dangerous business. By consulting closely with members of the farm community, by offering a variety of programs that provide safety services to farmers and by tracking their impact, the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) has pursued a non-regulatory safety approach on New York farms. Much of this has been possible because of support from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Currently NIOSH’s program in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing is threatened with closure. The 136.9 million Americans working in safer occupations than farming are deemed to be a more “significant group”. Why should the farm community care?

Farmers have on-the-job death rates that are over seven times higher than the average American. Farmers’ death rates are twice as high as those for mining. The proposed budget cuts would obliterate the single most important national effort to improve this situation.

In New York, the NIOSH cut translates into crippling of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and

Health. For nearly 25 years, NYCAMH has been working with New York farmers to address worksite hazards, prevent costly injuries, reduce workers compensation costs and decrease the number of farmers killed on the job — in 70 percent of cases such deaths result in loss of the farm over the next year.

One of NYCAMH’s best known programs is the ROPS rebate program. In the past three years, tractors accounted for over 40 percent of New York farm fatalities. By assisting farmers in arranging for and paying for installation of rollbars on their tractors, NYCAMH has provided highly effective protection for over 1,000 tractors in recent years. These protected tractors have since been involved in over 80 serious incidents, some of which would certainly have been fatal.

According to insurance data, one such fatality would cost insurers at least $750,000. Thus this program has already paid for itself many times over by reducing costs to insurers and limiting premiums to the New York farm community.

In New York orchards and “black dirt” regions, NYCAMH staff is working with farmers to develop new tools and new ways of working that reduce muscle strains and sprains to workers.

Whether it is bags of onions in a packing house or buckets of apples being placed in bins, awkward positions plus heavy weights add up to musculoskeletal injury. These in turn result in workforce reductions and risk of medical and workers compensation costs. By partnering with farmers and

workers to develop new ways to do these jobs, NYCAMH is heightening efficiency and reducing costs for New York agricultural producers.

Trainings on New York farms (provided at no charge) by NYCAMH safety educators have enabled hundreds of New York producers to pass food safety audits and to comply with OSHA safety standards for forklift and tractor operation, chemical handling, hazard communication, field sanitation, etc.

Few would argue the economic benefit of avoiding OSHA fines. One farmer recently learned of a $6 device developed by NYCAMH for field sanitation stations that would have saved him a $3,000 fine.

The NIOSH funding in the federal budget provides important (and nonregulatory) health and safety education, resources and research for our farmers. This has been a most important tool in New York to decrease farm fatalities and injuries.

Right now is a key time to oppose cuts within the Centers for Disease Control budget that would eliminate the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing program in the final Fiscal Year 2013 federal budget. Please go to www.nycamh.com/news/ for contact information for your congressional representatives or call us at 800- 3437527 for assistance in locating your congressman. Tell them to assure appropriation of level funding for CDC/NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. Phone calls from farmers do count in Washington!

Thank you for taking the time to consider this serious matter.

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ROPS Program marks outfitting of 1,000th tractor COOPERSTOWN, NY — “I have a grandson who does a lot of haying and sometimes borrows my equipment; I want to do what I can to protect him and anybody else that might drive the tractor,” said Joe Armstrong recently.

The Schenectady area farmer outfitted his 1973 Ford 2000 this spring with a rollover protective structure (ROPS), becoming the 1,000th tractor to be retrofitted with rollover protection statewide through the ROPS rebate program offered by the New York Center for Agricultural and Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), located in Cooperstown, NY. Tractor rollovers are a significant cause of injury and death to farmers and their family members. In fact, rollover fatality rates in the Northeast are the highest in the country. Studies have shown that the use of a roll bar in combination with a seatbelt could prevent virtually all of these tractor rollover deaths, yet half the tractors in New York State are unprotected. So six years ago, NYCAMH, a program of Bassett Healthcare Network, launched the ROPS rebate campaign to reduce the number of deaths on the farm due to tractor overturns by making it easier for farmers to retrofit older tractors with a rollover protective structure.

NYCAMH refunds farmers 70 percent, up to $865, of the cost of installing a roll bar and seatbelt on a tractor. The ROPS program has been so successful in New York that it has since expanded to New Hampshire, Vermont and Pennsylvania.

Armstrong, a goat and sheep farmer, says the 125 acres he owns in the Capital Region consists of a lot of hilly terrain, which increases the risk of a roll over. He recalls a young teenager who lost his life in the 1970s after the tractor he was driving flipped over and landed on him. Another neighbor was lucky to walk away unharmed when the tractor he was driving rolled down an embankment. “I have a Massey Ferguson I hope to retrofit with a roll bar and seat belt too,” says Armstrong.

The Ford tractor he installed the ROPS on is used for pulling a double rake during hay season. “Who knows, it may not benefit me, but someday it may very well benefit someone else who uses the tractor.”

The ROPS rebate program could not enjoy the success it has without the critical support of the New York State Senate and Assembly Agriculture Committees, who this year led the successful effort to restore $100,000 in funding for the ROPS program in the state budget.

“Since I have taken office, one of my top priorities has been protecting our state’s agriculture industry. That means keeping our farmers safe too,” said Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Patty Ritchie. “By stopping cuts to agriculture funding and having ROPS funding restored, we are helping to ensure that the farming industry continues to grow, and that

Crop Comments

by Paris Reidhead Field Crops Consultant

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Germans and Canadians rock the boat A few weeks ago my Texas contact e-mailed to me an article titled, “Now glyphosate found in people’s urine”. A German university study has found significant concentrations of glyphosate in the urine samples of city dwellers. The analysis of the urine samples found that all had concentrations of glyphosate (the world’s most widely used herbicide) at 5 to 20 times the limit for drinking water. As well as being used increasingly widely in food production, glyphosate-based weedkillers often also get sprayed onto railway lines, urban pavements and roadsides.

Disturbingly, the article, which appeared in The Ithaca Journal reported: “The address of the university labs, which did the research, the data and the evaluation of the research method is known to the editors. Because of significant pressure by agrochemical representatives and the fear that the work of the lab could be influenced, the complete analytical data will only be published in the course of this year.”

News of this study comes not long after the publication of a study confirming glyphosate was contaminating groundwater. Last year two U.S. Geological Survey studies consistently found glyphosate in streams, rain, and even air in agricultural areas of the U.S. Other recent studies indicate that people may not only be absorbing glyphosate from multiple sources, but that it can circulate in the blood and can even cross the placental barrier and reach the developing fetus. A less secretive article on this subject was: “Maternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in EasternTownships of Quebec, Canada.” It ap-

peared in Volume 31, issue 4 of Journal of Reproductive Toxicology. That article states that pesticides associated to genetically modified foods (PAGMF), are engineered to tolerate herbicides such as American-made glyphosate and Germanmade gluphosinate, or insecticides such as the bacterial toxin Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

This study evaluated the correlation between maternal and fetal exposure, so as to determine exposure levels of glyphosate, gluphosinate, and Bt toxin in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Blood of 30 pregnant women and 39 non-pregnant women were studied.

Serum glyphosate and gluphosinate were detected in non-pregnant women, but not in pregnant women. CryAb1toxin (the main breakdown metabolite of Bt toxin) was detected in pregnant women, their fetuses, and non-pregnant women. This is the first study to reveal the presence of circulating PAGMF in women with and without pregnancy, paving the way for a new field in reproductive toxicology including nutrition and utero-placental toxicities.

And it keeps getting better. In 2011, F.C. Chang and M. F. Simcik, published a study titled: “Occurrence and fate of the herbicide glyphosate and its degradate aminomethylphosphonic acid in the atmosphere.” The article appeared in Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30(3): 548-555. This is the first report on the ambient levels of glyphosate, the most widely used

herbicide in the U.S., and its major degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in air and rain. Concurrently, weekly integrated air particle and rain samples were collected during two growing seasons in agricultural areas in Mississippi and Iowa.

Rain was also collected in Indiana in a preliminary phase of the study.

The frequency of glyphosate detection ranged from 60 to 100 percent in both air and rain. The concentrations of glyphosate ranged from <0.01 to 9.1 ng/m(3) and from <0.1 to 2.5 microg/L in air and rain samples, respectively. The frequency of detection and median and maximum concentrations of glyphosate in air were similar or greater to those of the other highuse herbicides observed in the Mississippi River basin; but glyphosate’s concentration in rain was greater than the other herbicides. It is not known what percentage of the applied glyphosate is introduced into the air, but it was estimated that up to 0.7 percent of application is removed from the air in rainfall.

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Let’s home in solely on the genetically engineered (GE) Bt crop-protecting insecticidal trait.

“Bt corn... a most dangerous failure”, were the words of Dr. Joseph Mercola, spokesman for Organic Consumers Association (OCA). Mercola, used these words to describe potential human health nightmares caused by GE insecticidal “crop protection” traits. In OCA’s on-line May 30, 2012, newsletter, Mercola states that the planet’s largest biotech corporation produced GE “Bt corn”; that this corn was equipped with a gene from soil bacteria called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which produces the Bt-toxin, a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them.

This pesticide-producing corn entered the food supply in the late 1990s, and over the past decade, Bt horror stories have surfaced. The problem with Bt crops goes far beyond the creation of Bt-resistant insects.

The herbicide’s manu-

facturer and the EPA swore that the GE corn would only harm insects; that the Bt-toxin produced inside the plant would be completely destroyed in the human digestive system, with zero impact on consumers, they claimed. However, not only is Bt corn producing resistant “superpests,” researchers have also found that the Bttoxins wreak havoc on human health.

Last year, doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of: 93 percent of pregnant women tested, 80 percent of umbilical blood in their babies, and 67 percent of nonpregnant women. It’s expected that the Bt toxin was likely consumed in typical diets of the Canadian middle class (who likely consume few organic foods), because GE corn is present in by far most processed foods, plus in drinks in the form of high fructose corn syrup. The study suggests that the toxin may have come from eating meat from animals fed Bt corn; most

livestock raised in confined animal feeding operations are fed Bt corn. According to Mercola, these shocking results imply that eating Bt corn might actually turn human intestinal flora into a small living pesticide factory, essentially non-stop manufacturing Bt-toxin from within the human digestive system.

If this hypothesis is correct, is it then also possible that the Bt-toxin might damage the integrity of the human digestive tract in the same way it damages insects?

(Recall that the toxin actually ruptures the stomach of insects, proving fatal.)

The biotech industry still insists that Bt-toxin doesn’t bind or interact with the intestinal walls of mammals (like humans). But there is peer-reviewed published research showing that Bt-toxin does bind with mouse small intestines and with intestinal tissue from rhesus monkeys. Or maybe the research is being done on humans to forecast treatment effects on lesser forms.

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Newsletter of Penn Dutch Cow Care

by Hubert J. Karreman Hi Folks, How many of us really register what we are looking at? In terms of cattle, what do you first notice? What do you see, hear, feel and smell? Do you use all your senses? Are you

simply going through the motions and set in your routine that everything always seems fine just the way it is?

I spent an actionpacked week in Holland in late May as part of a training course called Cow Signals, which is

organized by a group of very practical Dutch dairy veterinarians.

Their main focus is to create management systems which yield the healthiest possible cows, since healthy, happy cows produce the best milk — whether a pasturebased system, a freestall system, a bedded pack system, or a tiestall system. In any housing system, the six freedoms of pasture should be the standard to achieve when cows are inside.

The six freedoms of pasture are feed, water, light, air, rest, and space. These factors create (or hinder) true health. To put this into action, we first need to be aware of how cows behave in a pasture system — their natural motions when grazing and how they position themselves when lying down to rest or as they get up,

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bump on the last rib or backbone, or a sore at the top of the neck, or missing fur at the hock, or a lack of fur along the rear leg muscle — what might this mean? Whatever we can see and take note of can help us start to think about what the cause might be. This will identify risk areas which will need improvement for the herd to perform better. In the examples given above, the problem (and solution) has to do with size of stalls and/or amount of dry bedding. Once we become attuned to why something is happening, we can take action. The goal is that your cows will pay you back with more milk in the tank, show better signs of fertility, have stress free calving and much better starts to lactation.

Here is a real issue.

When cows rise after lying down on pasture, they stretch, arch their back, drop manure, and then walk on. In all indoor systems, if the stalls are designed correctly, they should have the freedom to do the same. Electric trainers completely stop the natural motions of cows rising freely from a resting position. In free stall systems there are no trainers and in bedded pack systems there are also no trainers.

And I have seen many tie-stall barns in various regions having no trainers either. I think part of the reason trainers are needed is due to pit manure systems and the mattresses that were created to accommodate such set ups — so that little to no bedding is used and therefore the cows must always be made to urinate and drop manure into the gutter itself. In free-stall systems and non-trainer systems, farmers regularly pull back wet bedding as needed. I certainly understand why trainers are needed, but then they should be used only as training devices

and not turned on all the time. If they are off and the cow just feels the metal ridges it will make them move back (and save on electricity cost also). I’ve never understood why trainers are turned on during milking time — I am near certain that having them on during milking time reduces milk production due to the added stress of electro-magnetic fields.

As many of you know, when beginning to work on a cow my first question always is “are the trainers off?” Why? One time when checking a sick cow, I must have been touching against a metal pole while using my stethoscope on the cow. At some point, I guess my head must have touched the trainer, for next thing I know I instantly dropped to the ground after feeling a gunshot-like jolt to my head. I don’t like to be shocked like that, plain and simple. Same for cows, I’d bet. Do animals always need to have something like that hovering inches above them? Keeping in mind the freedom of movement on pasture and that free-stalls and bedded packs don’t ever use trainers (nor do any tie-stall farms in Quebec), use them as little as possible.

What would milk customers think of such things?

There have been calls to eliminate tie-stalls in U.S. certified organic production (it’s already been done in Europe).

Personally I will defend tie-stalls until the day I die, since personalized care and attention to cows can be maximized.

I believe eliminating trainers from tie-stall systems will help fend off further calls to eliminate tie-stalls since every cow will still need a place to rest and lie down anyway. Keep in mind that the more freedom there is to lie down normally, stand up normally and stretch normally — like out on pasture — the better a cow’s milk production will be.

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as well as the space, water, air and light to let cows do the things cows do when out on pasture. For instance, watch a cow rest while on pasture — often times they will have a front leg stretched in front of them. When they graze, they also eat with one foot forward.

Can they do these things in the barn?

These same sorts of abilities need to be provided with indoor stalls and at feed areas. Allowing good traction on walkways to allow her body to turn (instead of shuffle in short straight movements), allowing normal intake of water at drinking facilities, and having good air to allow deep breathing and proper lighting to see things should closely mimic life on pasture.

This is because pasture is the most natural situation for a cow — and the Cow Signals team fully realizes this. I must say I haven’t previously heard people relate the need so clearly for indoor facilities to reflect the freedoms of pasture life — a refreshing perspective. With proper pasture and barns the best possible milk production can occur because the cows are at their healthiest.

I initially became interested in this veterinary team by reading a book called “Cow Signals: The practical guide for dairy cow management” by Dr. Jan Hulsen, available through Hoard’s Dairyman. The book and course (taught by Dr. Joep Driessen) are based on some simple questions: What do I see? How does this happen? What does this mean? Then, real solutions can be planned and action can be taken. The course allowed me to see many details of cows which I haven’t looked for while treating individual sick animals with specialized organic medicines.

For instance, seeing a bump on the front of both the shoulder blades, or a

A View from Hickory Heights

by Ann Swanson Who doesn’t like cheese?

Last week I focused on the dairy industry as a whole, giving credit to the farmers. Nowadays many farmers choose to do value added things to enhance their profits.

One of these cottage industries that developed is the making of cheese.

I have seen sessions for making cheese advertised in nearly every farm publication I get.

My granddaughter’s 4-H group took a tour of some dairies in the northern tier of Pennsylvania. One they visited manufactured and sold cheese. They came home with some delicious varieties of cheese. We enjoyed them when we got together for Easter.

My daughter -in-law tried making cheese using her goat milk. She

did not jump through all of the hoops to be able to sell it, but the family enjoyed eating it.

What she did find out was that making cheese took a lot of milk. She told me she would never complain about the price charged for cheese again. It was labor intensive as well as used a great deal of raw ingredients.

Americans really love their cheese. Since America is the melting pot for cultures it does not seem strange that each country that immigrated to the U.S. brought along with it their love for native cheeses. We have come to love all of them using them to create “authentic” cultural dishes that we enjoy.

One of the European customs that is noticeable on cruises that I

have taken is the serving of a fruit and cheese plate for the dessert course. I guess that might be a healthy alternative to some of the rich desserts that we consume.

Cheese is a dairy product. One of the first types of cheeses produced was cottage cheese. It still remains a hit often associated with low calorie meals.

The dairy facts I found said that Americans eat 31 pounds of cheese annually. They determined that 40 percent of that was eaten in restaurants and cafeterias. I would be interested to know how much of the cheese we eat is eaten on pizza.

Americans are in love with pizza. The only caution I give here is to be sure that the brand you choose offers “real” cheese.

For a while the “real seal” marked all things that were real dairy products. That was a handy, easily distinguishable sign. You

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could tell at a glance that you were indeed getting something made with a dairy product.

A while back I mentioned fixing tacos in a bag. That generated a lot of comments and questions. There is no specific recipe, but you assemble the ingredients that you like in your tacos and put them in a bag to eat them. The combinations are endless.

I usually buy small bags of corn chips. I tell the people to crush them just a bit, then, add meat, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, sour cream, salsa or whatever they like. Clean up is a breeze. If you use plastic utensils, there is nothing to be washed afterwards.

That made me stop to think about how often I use cheese in my menu.

There is cheese in macaroni and cheese and I often add it to my goulash. I make a cheese, potato, and sausage dish that I found in one of the

cookbooks I received as a gift when I was a presenter at the state dairy princess seminar. Of course, I use cheese on my pizza. My favorite cheese for this is soft fresh mozzarella and I make my own crust.

I also make a cheesy potato soup as well as broccoli cheese soup.

These are winter staples.

I use cheese in my omelets and sometimes add it to scrambled eggs. I am trying to replicate the cheesy biscuits that they serve in several restaurant chains. I have made a version, but it is not quite right yet.

During the winter holidays we always have cheese and crackers on hand. I buy a variety of cheeses for this.

When my husband was doing barn chores he frequently brought people home for a snack after chores. I always had cheese and cold meat in the refrigerator as well as crackers in the pantry for this. We really ate a lot of cheese

back then.

We have an Amish cheese factory not far from here. I like to go there for the cheese curds. They are so good. They usually have horseradish and plain. I like them both and so does the family. Other people must like them as well because sometimes they are gone when we get there. We try to make a trip there before the holidays.

Of course, I have to buy Bond Ost, a type of Swedish cheese, for our celebration as well. I buy the kind with caraway seeds because we all like that. I get that at a market that carries all things Swedish.

It is always time for cheese. Pick your favorite kinds and enjoy a simple supper with fresh garden produce and fruit. Don’t forget to put some cheese on your salads, too.

Ann Swanson writes from her home in Russell, PA. Contact at hickoryheights1@ verizon.net

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Senator Seward backs farming bills Sponsoring legislation to compensate for crop loss, cut government red tape ALBANY, NY — State Senator James L. Seward (R, C, I-Oneonta) on June 8 announced the introduction of legislation he is co-sponsoring that would help farmers who suffered significant crop loss due to extreme weather earlier this year.

The “Family Farmers and Apple Growers Relief Act” would establish a special tax credit for farmers who experienced widespread damage and loss to their crops as a result of an extremely rare and severe frost.

“Farmers use modern technology and new strategies to work the land but one factor is still beyond their control — the weather,” said Senator

Seward.

“Between Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last year and late frosts this year, farmers have suffered major crop loss and assistance is needed to ensure there will be another harvest at many upstate farms.”

Senate bill 7551, co-sponsored by Senator Seward, would establish a refundable personal income tax credit for farmers who suffered the loss of certain crops as a result of this year’s frost event at the start of the 2012 growing season.

Preliminary damage estimates indicate that New York has experienced one of the worst statewide, multicrop losses ever witnessed in the state. Cornell’s Lake Erie Regional Research Laboratory has estimated

crop losses for apples at 50 percent, cherries at 100 percent, grapes at 40 percent — 50 percent, and peaches at 90 percent. While the level of crop loss varies based on region, elevation, and the crop’s stage of growth, there is no doubt that there is a high probability that many farmers will face severe economic losses.

Senator Seward is also co-sponsoring senate bill 6778 that would improve the administration of the agricultural districts law by revising the definition of “viable agricultural land” and streamlining the process to recertify agricultural assessments.

“This is commonsense legislation that would cut government red tape for our farmers so they can concentrate on working the land rather than

filling out unnecessary paperwork,” Seward added.

During budget negotiations this year, Senator Seward successfully led the fight to have funding included in the state budget for vital agriculture programs including the New York Rollover Protection System (ROPS) Rebate Program, the Maple Producers Association, the Farm Viability Institute and Farm Family Assistance.

“Agriculture is our state’s number one industry and a vital component of our upstate economy and way of life. Legislation that preserves our family farms and enhances agribusiness is crucial and must be enacted to help the stewards of the land meet the countless challenges they face,” Seward concluded.

Statement of administration policy: S. 3240 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

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by Senator Stabenow, D-MI The Administration supports Senate passage of S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012, and looks forward to working with the Congress to address the important concerns described below prior to final passage.

The Administration greatly appreciates the Senate’s bipartisan efforts to enact a farm bill. With authorization for farm- and food-related programs set to expire this year, it is critical that the Congress pass legislation that provides certainty for rural America and includes needed reforms and savings. The new farm bill should promote rural development, preserve a farm safety net, maintain strong nu-

trition programs, enhance conservation, honor our World Trade Organization commitments, and advance agricultural research. In light of the Nation’s long-term fiscal challenge, the legislation should also contribute significantly to deficit reduction.

The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012, S. 3240, makes meaningful progress toward the Administration’s goals. Notable reforms include eliminating the direct payment system; tightening payment and eligibility requirements; strengthening access to healthy, affordable food; protecting emergency food aid programs and authorities; and increasing flexibility in the delivery of international food aid. The Ad-

ministration supports the Senate’s efforts to consolidate and streamline conservation assistance, which will reduce administrative burdens on farmers and ranchers and improve environmental outcomes. The bill’s funding for bioenergy programs will enhance our energy security while supporting innovation and growth in rural economies.

Consistent with the President’s Budget, the Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to achieve crop insurance and commodity program savings that are not contained in S. 3240, while at the same time strengthening the farm safety

net in times of need and supporting the next generation of farmers. The Administration also strongly supports the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a cornerstone of our nation’s food assistance safety net, which is why it was not subject to cuts in the President’s Budget. SNAP helps families put food on the table, while also benefitting farm and rural economies. The Administration also looks forward to working with the Congress to structure reporting requirements and the proposed Research Foundation in ways that will maximize and facilitate agricultural research.

Agriculture disasters declared in many New York counties Spring frost damaged over 3 million acres of farmland WASHINGTON D.C. — At the urging of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued federal agriculture disaster declarations for New York Counties that experienced crop damage as a result of a spring freeze. Senator Gillibrand recently called on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue disaster declarations so that farmers across New York State can access federal funds to help them recover losses and stay afloat this season.

“Farmers across New York who were still recovering from last year’s natural disasters risk losing an entire season worth of crops again,” Senator Gillibrand said. “These disaster declarations are a good first step to open up access to federal resources so these farmers can get back to business and keep New York’s agricultural industry on the move.”

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er than usual. Many of these crops were then exposed to early spring freezing temperatures, and were destroyed as a result. Across the state, more than 3 million acres of farmland have experienced a 30 percent loss or greater, while many farms suffered 100 percent losses, including farms that were still struggling to recover from the damage of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Federal agriculture disaster recovery programs provide a variety of tools to assist farmers in overcoming the challenges they can face as they work to recover from production and physical losses on their farms and rebuild their business, including financial assistance to compensate for farm losses, low interest emergency loans, and assistance in rehabilitating farm land.

Below is a list of New York counties that received disaster declaration and counties that are eligible for benefits: Disaster #1: Frost and freezes that occurred during the period of March 1, 2012, and continuing.

Disaster declaration for the primary counties of Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Ulster, Washington and Yates.

Benefits are also available for the contiguous counties of Allegany, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Genesee, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Oneida, Otsego, Putnam, Schenectady, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Wayne and Wyoming Disaster #2: Frost and freezes or unseasonably warm temperatures, and excessive heat that occurred during the period of March 1, 2012 through April 30, 2012.

Disaster declaration for the primary counties of Allegany, Wayne and Wyoming.

Benefits are also available for the contiguous counties of Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca and Steuben.

Disaster #3: Frost, freezes, high winds, and hail that occurred during the period of March 26 through April 8, 2012.

Disaster declaration for the primary counties of Orange and Rockland.

Benefits are also available for the contiguous counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Sullivan and Ulster.

Designation # 4: Excessive snow and freezes that occurred during the period of April 1, through April 30, 2012.

Disaster declaration for the primary county of Tompkins.

Benefits are also available for the contiguous counties of Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schulyer, Seneca and Tioga.

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First FMD vaccine that can be manufactured on the U.S. mainland PLUM ISLAND, NY — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced recently that the world’s first molecular footand-mouth (FMD) vaccine has been granted conditional license for use in cattle by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB).

Developed at DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), this is the first licensed FMD vaccine that can be manufactured on the U.S. mainland.

“The important capability of this vaccine compared with other foot-and-mouth disease vaccines that have been developed in the past is that it can be manufactured on the mainland in the United States because it does not contain live FMD virus,” said PIADC Director Dr. Larry Barrett.

This molecular-based FMD vaccine was developed by scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and DHS at PIADC and is the result of a sevenyear collaboration with industry partners GenVec Inc., a biopharmaceutical company based in Gaithersburg, MD, and Antelope Valley Biologics, a Benchmark Biolabs affiliate based in Lincoln, NE. “This vaccine represents one of the most significant developments in foot-andmouth disease vaccines in the last 50 years,” said Dr. Luis Rodriguez, Research Leader, PIADC, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. “The new molecular vaccine provides important options to FMD control in the United States, including less dependence on foreign sources for vaccine manufacturing and a wider range of tests that can readily distinguish vaccinated ani-

mals from those that have been infected with the disease.”

Additionally, the vaccine does not require expensive, high-containment facilities because it does not use the infectious materials of the live FMD virus.

DHS PIADC is working with the animal health vaccine manufacturer Merial to evaluate the production process.

The award-winning discovery research conducted by Dr. Marvin Grubman, USDA Agricultural Research Service at PIADC, led to this new vaccine that contains only virus coat particles, called empty viral capsids, which lack the infectious viral nucleic acids.

“The absence of specific viral components provides multiple opportunities to develop better diagnostic tests that differentiate between vaccinated and infected animals,” said Grubman. “Having this capability is critical to demonstrating freedom of infection and return to trade after a footand-mouth disease out-

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Dr. John Neilan, with the DHS Targeted Advanced Development Branch at PIADC, developed a way to address the immune response to the vaccine, achieving the efficacy required for a USDA license.

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“Development of this vaccine technology took several years, and everyone at Plum Island Animal Disease Center is proud to see result of the hard work that began with the initial discovery by Agricultural Research Service scientists followed later by the Department of Homeland Security sci-

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“Effective FMD vaccines can help alleviate the burden that these diseases pose to animal health and human wellbeing particularly in parts of the world facing food insecurity and population increases over the next decades,” Rodriguez added.

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Even the side dishes from coleslaw to potato salad to beans could use a makeover. If you’ve run out of ideas for a holiday barbeque menu, try grilling Italian style!

The beauty of making Italian dishes on the grill is that your guests can enjoy familiar dishes with a twist, served in a unique outdoor setting.

Eggplant is found often in Italian dishes. It’s easy to grill and can be used in a variety of ways to please meat lovers, vegetarians and children.

Improperly prepared eggplant can be slimy or bitter.

To avoid bitterness, select young, tender eggplants with shiny skins that give slightly under light pressure. Overly mature eggplants can develop a bitter flavor. If you prepare and cook eggplant correctly, it’s delicious, and grilling makes it even more flavorful.

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large portabella mushrooms tablespoons olive oil small red onions, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices small eggplants (about 1 1/4 pounds each), cut

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Open vents on bottom of grill, then light charcoal.

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2. Wash portabella mushrooms in cold water. Gently rinse gills on underside of the mushroom. Cut off end of stem to remove any dried or hardened section. Let mushrooms drain, gill side down, for 1 minute.

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Giant Sundae in Harrisburg Commemorates 75th June Dairy Month PHILADELPHIA, PA — Pennsylvania’s dairy promotion organizations celebrated June Dairy Month with the creation of a colossal ice cream sundae on the steps of the Capitol Building in

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lion in 2009. One-third of the state’s milk production is for drinking and the remaining two-thirds is used for processed dairy products such as cheese, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese and ice cream.

New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets Dairy statistics: • 5,400 dairy farms in New York State • Average farm is family owned • Average herd size is 113 cows producing 20,071 pounds of milk per cow per year • Nationally, New York State ranks 1st in cottage cheese production, 3rd in other cheeses (mozarella, cheddar) • Every farm job, creates 1.24 new jobs in the community According to the Steuben County 2007 Census of Agriculture, there are 254 dairy farms in the county with 21,583 cows producing 18,000 pounds per cow or 2,093 gallons of milk per cow each year.

Steuben County ranks number 11 among all the counties in New York State for milk production and number 54 in the U.S. There are 149,000 acres of hay and corn grown in the county, most of which is fed to dairy cattle. Steuben County farms employ 1,770 workers, mostly on dairy farms.

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Sundae from A18 salute the 7,400 Pennsylvania families who produce 5.6 percent of the nation’s total milk supply,” said Patty Purcell, CEO of Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association. “Dairy

Wee Salutee thee Dairy Farmers

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farmers take great pride in caring for their animals. The public can be assured that dairy farmers are dedicated and committed to providing your family with a delicious and nutritious food. Your milk comes from a good place!”

Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program are the local planning and management organizations funded by dairy farmer checkoff dollars. They work closely with Dairy Management Inc.™ and are responsible for increasing demand for U.S.-produced dairy products on behalf of Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers. For more information, visit www.dairyspot.com.

June 18, 2012 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section A - Page 19

AITCHISON No-Till Seeders

There are 5,400 dairy farms in New York State.

Home,, Family,, Friendss & You Donna’s Day: creative family fun

by Donna Erickson Party favors hide dinosaurs inside Every preschooler I know loves outdoor summer fun, birthday parties and anything to do with dinosaurs. Put that combination together, and it’s likely that a dinosaur-themed party will be somewhere in your parenting repertoire during the early years. So save this recipe and use it when it’s time to create sandy triceratops party favors.

These surprises inspired by another place in time are something the kids will never forget.

If there are older kids in the family who have already earned their degree in the dino phase, let them get their hands in the mix and help you prepare this sand-goop recipe to make triceratops party favors for their younger brother’s or sister’s party. Once this sand clay is off the stove and has cooled (yes, you’ll be cooking sand!), mold it around plastic eggs containing little plastic or rubber dinosaurs. If you don’t have plastic

eggs, mold the sand clay around the toys to form a ball. Anyway you do it, let them dry a few days until hard.

On the day of your party, pass one out to each child, or hide them in your yard for guests to find in a treasure hunt. Invite them all to follow you to the sidewalk. Tell them to tap-tap-tap their eggs against the concrete. The eggs will break after a few tentative hits, and voila! Your party guests have just hatched a slew of baby dinos into the world! Perfect for a “birthday” favor.

Sand clay recipe Put 1 cup clean sand, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered alum (in the spice section of your market) and 1/2 cup water in an old cooking pot. Stir with hands or a spoon. An adult should then place the pot on the stove, turn heat to medium and continue stirring with a spoon.

As it becomes warm, it will begin to liquefy. Continue to stir for 2-3 minutes until clay thickens. Remove from heat

and spoon mixture onto cutting board.

Let cool.

Make above-mentioned party-favor eggs or enjoy molding the clay into shapes and characters. There are prob-

ably as many ideas as there are grains of sand between your fingers! (c) 2012 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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Medications 101: How much do you know?

(NAPSA) — While everyone needs to be careful when taking medication, older adults face particular challenges.

Often, they take more than one medicine at a time and they may not metabolize drugs as well as they once did, raising the risk of complications.

Answering these true or false questions from leading home care company Interim HealthCare may help reduce side effects and improve the efficacy of any medications being taken: True or False: 1. Filling your prescriptions at the same pharmacy is a good idea.

2. All drugs need to be refrigerated.

3. If you miss a dose, the best thing to do is wait for the next time you need to take one.

4. Stop taking the drug once you feel better.

5. If you can’t remember to take your medicine at the right time of day and in the right amount, use charts, calendars and weekly pillboxes.

6. Certain foods can interact with medications.

Answers 1. True. That way, your records are in one place. This allows the pharmacist to know what you are taking and tell you if a new drug may cause interactions if taken with another drug at the same time.

2. False. However, all drugs should be stored away from children and animals. Many must be stored away from heat and direct light and not in the bathroom or other damp place. If a drug is not stored correctly, it can reduce its effectiveness.

3. False. Some drugs should be taken as soon as you realize you missed a dose; with others, you should wait until the next dose. Be sure to ask

your doctor or pharmacist how to proceed with the drug you are taking.

4. False. Take the medicine until you are finished or until the doctor tells you to stop.

5. True. All these reminder systems can work, but if you become more forgetful, supervision may be required.

6. True. Grapefruit juice can increase the levels of some medicines in your blood. Eating a calcium-rich dairy product can stop antibiotics from working. These are just two examples.

Check with your physician or pharmacist for more insight.

Always ask your doctor what each prescribed drug is, why you are taking it, when you should take it and what side effects to watch for. Supervising medication is one of the many jobs a home health care aide can perform. For more information, visit www.interimhealthcare.com.

King Crossword Answers Solution time: 21 mins.

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Bedding

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Calves very well muscled. $3,000. Cortland,NY 917-7639925

Delivered all of NY & New England or you pick up at mill.

REGISTERED ANGUS BULLS

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MOORE FARM

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Beef Cattle

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Barn Equipment

Call for the Sales Office Nearest You:

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Several To Choose From

SERVICE BULLS: Angus, Hereford & Santa Gertrudis.

Delivery available. Will lease bulls. 315-521-2552

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Buildings For Sale

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Best offer. 315-651-0248

ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS

INSULATION 1/2” to 4” - 4x8 sheets foam insulation. 1x6, 2x6 tongue & groove, white pine siding. Large quantities available!! Beachy’s Lumber & Insulation. 585-765-2215

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Business Opportunities

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Buying all hot loads of milk, minimum of 9000 pounds. Price is $2/hundred.

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WANTED

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Herd Expansions

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SEMEN COLLECTED ON YOUR BULL At Your Farm or At Our Stud in Verona, NY

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HEIFERS

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BASKIN LIVESTOCK 585-344-4452 508-965-3370

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Heifers & Herds Jack Gordon (518) 279-3101 Dairy Equipment FOR SALE: Double 8 Boumatic milking parlor w/Germania Arm Take-offs, $10,000; Surge 1500 gals bulk tank w/washer, $10,000; 10hp Alfa Laval vacuum pump w/oil reclaimer, $3,500. Call Bill at 315-2503518 STAINLESS STEEL barn cleaner chute for Patz, clockwise, 18” gutters, 29’ long, $1,200.00. 607-869-9225 USED BOUMATIC double 12 parallel Grand Prix milking parlor with meters, claws, plate coolers, vacuum pump, sink, complete. Very nice, working condition. 315-3532075

Farm Equipment

315-829-2250

FORD 7 FOOT pull type sickle bar mower, very little use, excellent condition; NH 7 foot haybine, works great, field ready; 4-Star Tedder, good condition, field ready. Will demo, delivery available. 607829-6817

Dairy Equipment

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Farm Machinery For Sale

RED DRAGON 12 row propane flamer for organic weeding, used one year, excellent condition, $15,000; 15’ rotary hoe, good condition, $1,500. Call Doug 585721-4728

1992 CASE IH 1680, 4WD combine, 3,500 engine hours, $55,000/obo; 1020 20’ flex head, always housed, $13,000/obo. Both Excellent Condition and Field Ready.

315-420-8328, 315-382-6334

Farm Equipment

Farm Equipment

SUMMERS COMING! IH & WHITE PLOWS & PARTS

JD 4050 MFD PS . . . . . . . . .$25,500 CIH 9170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,500 CIH 5140 MFD NICE . . . . . . .$26,500 IH 3588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,250 IH 1086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,250 IH 1066 CAB . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,750 IH 1066 MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500 IH 1066 FENDER & NEW TA .$10,900 IH 966 FENDER . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250 IH 856 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250 IH 806 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,900 IH 656 WEAK HYDRO . . . . . .$3,500 IH 424 W/LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 FD 4100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,500 BOBCAT CT225 W/LDR NEW $14,900 JD 9510 4WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,900 JD 9510 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$53,000 JD FLEX HEADS . . . . . . . . . . .CALL

300-6000 0 Gall Storage e Tanks

We e Do o Tank k Repair

SHENK’S

505 E. Woods Drive,

Sales 717-626-1151

Lititz, PA 17543

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,750 CORN PLANTERS . . . . . . . . . .CALL ELWOOD 4WD UNIT . . . . . . . .$5,500 IH & WHITE PLOWS 4X-10X . .CALL FRONT END LOADERS NEW & USED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL CASE 8430 ROUND BALER . .$5,000 1ST CHOICE GS520-4 TEDDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,250 ROCK PICKER . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL CHISEL PLOWS 9-17 SHANK .CALL 33FT AL DUMP TRAILER . . . .CALL LOTS OF DUALS . . . . . . . . . . .CALL IH, JD, FD TRACTOR WEIGHTS .CALL

Chittenango, NY •

Farm Machinery For Sale $1,000 OFF ALL Corn Heads & Grain Heads. Also $1,000 OFF ALL Grain Carts. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

1965 Massey Ferguson 35 3pt. hitch, live PTO, very good condition also 18.4x34 tire chains, one set brand new in the box. 10” Blower pipe with distributors and brackets, 40’ silage conveyor with 45 degree vertical bend, several remote cylinders with hoses.

Patz gutter pump, barn fans.

585-492-3042, 585-492-0978 1989 6 ft custom Kelly Ryan bagger w/150’ cables. $5,900 For the small farmer and high moisture corn. LSS 315-7831856 1990 JOHN DEERE tractor.

2555, 1887 hours, 4WD, front end loader, rear ballast box, rear remote, rockshaft 3pt hitch, sound-guard body, AC, 65hp, $26,000 OBO. 585-5544236.

315-687-0074

Farm Machinery For Sale (2) 12 Row 3 Point Hitch CULTIVATORS IH 5100 Grain Grill w/Seeder JD 8300 Grain Drill Mayrath 62' Auger w/Hyd Raise & Swing-Away End MF 14' Rock Flex Disk IH 4 Row Planter w/Plastic Hoppers JD 7000 6 Row Dry Fertilizer Planter 15' Stalk Choppers 2 to Choose From 5' & 15' Woods Cutters ~ Wide Selection ~ Gravity Wagons of All Sizes; 2 Bottom Plows & Small Implements

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585-330-5555 cell 585-624-1751

(2) CASE IH 2366 4x4 combines, one with HILLCO, both very nice. Zeisloft Eq. 800919-3322 2009 CASE SBX540 Baler, 14x18 bales, like new, $11,000. 315-256-6253

33’ CONVEYOR Hay or Grain; Double ring tire chains, 20.8x38; Model 38 NH flail chopper. 585-547-2248 5820 JOHN DEERE self propelled chopper, 4WD, hay head & corn head, kernal processor, $50,000. 585-3300014

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9 WAGONS LEFT. Stoltzfus hay wagon 8½’x18’ $3,560; 9’x18’ $3,600; 9’x20’ $3,800; w/8 ton WIDE TRACK gears.

ALL STEEL w/PT.Floor E-Z Trail wagon 9’x18’ $3,650. 8 ton 890W E-Z Trail WIDE TRACK gear. 12 bale 31’ long low profile round bale carrier, $3,500. Round bale, headlock & slant bar feeder wagons.

3PT.H. round bale wrapper, $9,400. Round bale grabber w/QA, $2,000. BIG DISCOUNTS FOR TWO OR MORE ITEMS! 518-885-5106 ALLIS CHALMERS Agco F2 Combine, corn & soybean, w/4 row corn head, 13’ grain head, diesel, shed kept, excellent condition. 585-584-8334

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale Best Price! Buy Now! • Pallet Forks - $595.00 Universal Attach Also Buckets for Skid Steers Price Subject to Change

Burkholder Repair LLC 315-536-8446

Big Tractor Parts Steiger Tractor Specialist 1. 10-25% savings on new drive train parts 2. 50% savings on used parts 3. We buy used or damaged Steigers 4. We rebuild axles, drop boxes, transmissions with one year warranty.

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US or Canada American made quality parts at big savings

BODCO 4560 truck mount manure spreader with legs, spread or tender, $7,500. 315243-7283 CASE IH 183 6x30 cultivator, $1,000; Knight 3700 mixer wagon, $3,500; Weaverline 430 feed car,t SS, 1730 hrs, $1,000. 585-526-7133 CIH 7120, MFWD, w/duals, good condition, $29,500; White 618 on-land plow, $4,000. 607-592-1878

Farm Machinery For Sale

JD 7410 cab heat air, 4WD, PQ trans. . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,500 JD 5510 ROPS 4WD, pwr reverser w/541 ldr. . . . . . .$17,500 JD 5420 ROPS 4WD, creeper gear, dual hyd., 7455 hrs. $15,500 JD 2855N 4WD, hi-lo, 540/1000, dual hyd. . . . . . . . . .$9,800 JD 5210 ROPS, 2WD, 4300 hrs, dual hyd. . . . . . . . . .$9,200 Snap-on Duals 18.4x38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,000 Penn Yan, NY 315-536-8919

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USED COMBINE & CHOPPER PARTS

TRACTORS Minot dsl., 3pt. . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 JD 5210 dsl. . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 ENGINES CAT 3208, JD 404T, 466T, 329, AC 3500, AC F2 MISC. Fertilizer Auger, truck mount, Unverferth, ex.shape . . . $1,350 Filken Gravity Wagon . . . . . $2,750 Kilbros Gravity Wagon . . . . $1,250 Fertilizer Spreader, 5 Ton . . $2,500 JD 8’ Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 (2) JD 48 Loaders. . . . . $2,500 ea.

Winpower Generator 12-20kw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,250 Brillion Cultipacker, 12' . . . . . $750 TILLAGE JD 2700 5x18 . . . . . . . . . . . $2,200 JD 2600 5x18 . . . . . . . . . . . $2,200 Chisel Plow 3pt., 7 Shank. . $1,200 Chisel Plow 3pt., 7 Shank. . $1,300 DRILLS IH 5100 Seeder. . . . . . . . . . $1,850 JD 8350 DD . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850

JD 8350 DD w/Seeder . . . . $1,850 IH 5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 SPRAYERS Century 500 Gallon . . . . . . $1,250 BALERS Bale Wagon, 22’, JD Tandem Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650 JD 224 wire w/pan . . . . . . . $1,250 JD 336 w/Kicker . . . . . . . . . $2,450 NH 273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850 Vicon 4Star Tedder, ex.Shape$2,650 COMBINES 915, 920 Flex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call 20’ Header Cart. . . . . . . . . . $1,850 Case IH 1010 X15 . . . . . . . $2,600 Header Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 JD 643. . . . . . . . . $5,700 & $4,750 JD 343 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,200 213-216 Grain Heads . . . . . . . Call IH 810 16.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 IH 863 4x30 . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,600 JD Chopper Mount Plate . . . . $950 JD 215 & 216 flex . . . . . . . . . . Call CLAMP-ON DUALS 20.8x38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 18.4x34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $550 18.4x38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 14.9x24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $550 20.8x34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750

June 18, 2012 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section A - Page 23

HEAT EXCHANGERS S • TUBE E COOLER

KILLBROS 350 GRAVITY BOX NICE .

Alternative Parts Source Inc.

ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS

We Need Good Used Tanks • 100-8,000 ga. - Call Us • 1000 Gal. Mueller OH • 500 Gal. Majonnier • 6000 Gal. Storage VA (99) • 1000 Gal. DeLaval • 4000SOLD Gal. Surge • 415 Gal. Sunset • 1000 Gal. Mueller M • 4000 Gal. Surge • 400 Gal. Jamesway NY • 900 Gal. Mueller OH • 3000SOLD Gal. Storage • 400 Gal. Majonnier • 800 Gal. Majonnier • 3000 Gal. Storage • 300 Gal. DeLaval • 2000 Gal. Mueller OH • 800 Gal. Mueller OH SOLD PA • 300 Gal. Majonnier SOLD NY Sunset NH • 2000SOLD Gal. Mueller OE • 735 Gal. • 300 Gal. Majonnier • 2000 Gal. Mueller OE • 735 Gal. Sunset • 300 Gal Mueller M • 700 Gal. Mueller OH • 2000 Gal. Surge • 300 Gal. Sunset SOLD MD • 700 Gal. Mueller V • 1600 Gal. Surge • 200 Gal. DeLaval • 700 Gal. Mueller V • 1500 Gal. Mueller OHF • 200 Gal. Mueller RS • 700 Gal. Mueller M • 1500 Gal. Mueller OH • 600 Gal. Mueller OH • 200 Gal. Sunset • 1250 Gal. Surge • 180 Gal. Milkeeper • 600 Gal. Mueller M • 1250 Gal. Mueller OH • 600 Gal. DeLaval Rnd • 150 Gal. Majonnier • 1250 Gal. Majonnier • 150 Gal. Mueller RH • 545 Gal. Sunset • 1250 Gal. DeLaval • 500 Gal. Mueller MW • 100, 180, 250 Gal. • 1000 Gal. Sunset F.T. • 500 Gal. Mueller M Milkeeper Self-Cont.

JD CORN HEADS . . . . . . . . . .CALL

Farm Machinery For Sale

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Farm Machinery For Sale FOR SALE: Cardinal 6x16 model 2J grain elevator on running gear $200; New Idea model 252, 7 foot sickle bar mower $500; John Deere/Van Brunt model FB, fertilizer grain drill, 13x7 $400. Cash only please. 585-764-5036 FOR SALE: Case International 8340 Haybine, stub nose guards, excellent condition, $5,500. 716-5922594

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Getting Out Of Farming Case IH DCX 101 discbine, like new condition, around 600 acres through machine . . . . . . . $14,500 John Deere 960 field cultivator, 24’ wide w/7” JD perma lock sweep . Reduced $8,200 20’ Round Bale Wagon w/IH running gear $3,500

585-356-2634

FORD 618 silage blower, new cupped paddles and blower band, good condition $800. or best offer. Ford 3pt. 2 bottom plow, good condition $500.

315-536-4159

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

JD 224 wire baler $1,200; JD 920 flex head, $5,500. 607279-6232, 607-533-4850

LARGEST SELECTION of Quality Combines in East.

Always shedded & well cared for. Best warranty! 1 year on motor & trans. Low 3.5% fin. zeisloftequip.com Bloomsburg, PA 800-919-3322

JD 4400 combines, one gas, one diesel, 13’ flex head, pickup head. 607-592-1878

Great Bend GB 870 loader w/ Q tach bucket (81⁄2 wide) self leveling with mounts for 8000 series JD. This is a very heavy duty loader and shows very little wear, like NEW, It is painted green. List price is well over $15K Selll forr $7,500 $7,0000 orr offers

Calll 717-464-2903 HUSKY 4000 gallon tank spreader mounted on 1986 GMC General, 400 cummins, 13 speed air ride. 585-3562705

FOX 660 silo blower; New Holland Model 40 silo blower; John Deere 4 row RG cultivator; New Holland 355 grinder; 8 row White 378 folding cultivator; 8 row White 378 solid toolbar cultivator; Demco 550 48’ boom sprayer. 585-5384925

Glencoe F511A 9-shank chisel plow, with coulters & 4 wheels. $9,000. 585-948-5843

IH DISGUSTED??? With your shifting? Now is the time to fix. Put a good tractor back to work. 800-808-7885, 402-374-2202

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

JD 4755 MFWD, used on our farm, nice one! $55,000. also JD 4850, JD 4650. We used all three! Zeisloft Eq. 800-9193322 JD 9600 COMBINE, 2900 separator hours, w/18’ grain head, $28,500; NH 326 w/kicker baler, always under cover, one owner, $6,500.

607-731-6284 JD 9600 combine, like new rubber, beautiful machine, $39,500; 6 IH & JD & White 4 & 6 row cultivators, $800$1,050; 2 Sets of 18.4x26 tires & rims, $350 & $550.

Mike Franklin 607-749-3424 JD B; 30’ hay & grain elevator w/motor; 110 gallon tank w/front brackets for IH 706; 1977 Ford F700 dump truck.

315-719-2149 JD BALER PARTS: Used, New Aftermarket and rebuilt. JD canopy new aftermarket, $750. Call for pictures. Nelson Horning 585-526-6705 JOHN DEERE 1327, 9’ discbine, $2,500. 607-226-0870 JUST ARRIVED: JD 9650 STS Rotor; (2) JD 9560 sidehill, (2) JD 9510 SH; (2) JD 9550 sidehill & 9500 sidehill.

Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

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KICKER BALE WAGONS $2,400; 8 & 10 Ton Running Gears, $1,450-$1,550; 20’ Bale Carriers, $2,850. Horst’s Welding, 585-526-5954 KILLBROS 300 grain box, N.I. Gear, extendable tongue, 16” side extensions, stored inside, $1,550 OBO. 607-844-8876 after 8:00pm

Offer valid thru 6/30/2012

MAINE TO NORTH CAROLINA

McCALE SW3500 Bale Wrapper with lift arm, field ready. $11,500. Call 315-653-7819 NEW AND USED CHOPPER PARTS for New Holland 770 to FP240. John Deere 3940 to 3975. NEW Horning crop processors. NEW & USED New Holland baler parts & service. Closed Sundays.

607-243-5555 NEW COMBINE PROGRAM! Direct ship combines. Save money and trucking. 1 year warranty on motor & transmission. Largest inventory of quality used combines on East Coast! 28 years in business. Zeisloft Farm Eq. LLC, Bloomsburg, PA, 800-9193322 www.zeisloftequip.com NEW HOLLAND 892 Chopper, w/hay head, field ready, $4,500; 3 New Holland 716 Chopper boxes, field ready w/12 ton running gears $4,800 each. 585-567-4219 leave message.

NEW SKID LOADER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, Manure Forks, Pallet Forks, Bale Spears, Round Bale Grabbers, Feed Pushers, Adapter Plates, Skid Steer Hitch, 3pt. Bale Spears. Tire Replacements for tire scrapers. Truck Freight Available.

MARTIN’S WELDING, 315531-8672 NEW STEEL BALE WAGONS, all steel, 2”pressure treated floor, 9x8x18 w/wide track 8T gear, $3,950. 10 bale round bale carrier, 6x12”box beam, $3,299. Feeder wagons all sizes. 570-446-3170

KUHN-KNIGHT 8110 Slinger Spreader, 540 PTO, single axle, (1) yr. old, like new, $10,500. 315-245-4361 lve. msg, all calls returned.

NH TR85 COMBINE est. hrs.

4100, 2WD, new front tires, 4 row corn head, 13’ direct cut head w/cart, many-many extra parts, $10,500 OBO. 585-2432769, 585-704-4764

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

JD 2950 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500.00 Case 1840 SSL, 3200 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,700.00 IH 470 Disc, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,200.00 IH 600 Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$750.00 2-260 Gallon Saddle Tanks & Squeeze Pump . . . .$750.00 NH 824 Corn Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,750.00 JD 3810 On-land Trailer Plow, 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,200.00 Miller 6-Row Cultivator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$900.00 4-Row Cultivator w/Rolling Shields . . . . . . . . . . . .$650.00 NI 3618 Manure Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,400.00 Dari-Kool Plate Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$950.00 24’ Platform Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,200.00 Quick Attach Hyd. Drive SSL, Round Bale Unroller $1,200.00

Free Trucking to Penn Yan Closed Sundays 518-529-7470

MARTIN’S

Farm Machinery For Sale

Chopper eating dirt?

Why R U Raking?

Front PTO + Triple Mower + Collector = Dirt Free Windrows

PleasantCreekHay.com Ready for Hay: Krone 10’ rotary rake, like new $4000.

Lely 22’ 10 wheel rake, $2000.

Breeding Bulls - NZ Friesen, milking shorthorn, lineback, JxH for sale. Delivery available. 570-772-6095

Smiley’s Equipment JD dozer, 6 way blade, $9,000; 4x4 tractor with cab, $9,000; JD 4x4 ldr., $7,500; Ford 4x4 compact, $4,500; Hitachi excavator, $10,500; MM excavator, $12,500; Case backhoe, $5,000; MF backhoe, $3,000; Case 1150C dozer, 6 way, $18,500; scraper blades, $200 up; hay wagons, $850 up; Int. dump, $5,500; skid steer, $7,000; landscape trailers, $850; new 5 ton trailer, $5,000; JD discbine, $7,000; Kuhn discbine, $3,500; NH hay rake, $1,500; tedder, $850; NH tedder, $1,250; JD hay rake, $1,200; like new JD round baler, all the bells & whistles, $17,500; Hesston round baler, $2,500; NH round baler, $2,000; JD square baler, $1,500; NH square baler, $1,250; York rake, $400; new rototillers, $1,650; post diggers & pounders, $350 up; 2-3-4 bottom land plows, $200 up; harrows, $150 up; 3pt. and tow behind disc’s, $450 up; brush hogs, $300 up; finishing mowers, 3pt., $350 up; corn planters, $500 up; Brillion seeder, $1,500.

22 Acres of Equipment Buying Equipment Dead or Alive

518-634-2310

SPRAY TRUCK: 1997 Ford F350 w/73 5 speed, 400 gallon tank, Raven controller, 45’ hydraulic booms, 20” grader tires, $5,000 OBO. 585-6244697 TWO JOHN DEERE 348 wire balers with acid, $10,000. and $12,000. Always housed. 315246-1648

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Charles McCarthy Farm Machinery TRACTORS • FARM MACHINERY • UTILITY TRAILERS

BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE 570-833-5214

PH:570-869-1551 Cell:607-759-4646 4698 ST. RT. 3004

MESHOPPEN, PA 18630

“New” McHale Rd Bale Wrapper model 991 BC, self load & bale tip . . . $18,600 NH FP 230 Forage Harvester, 3 row & hay head, processor, tandem axle “Very Little Use” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,500 NH 575 sq Baler w/#72 thrower, good one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 NH 570 sq Baler, No Thrower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,200 JD 7930 c/a MFD, IVT, duals, 360 hrs JD 7530 c/a MFD, P. Series, IVT, duals 700 hrs w/JD 741 SL loader!

2011 JD 6430 c/a MFD P. Series, IVT, w/loader, only 115 hrs JD 6405 c/a w/loader, new tires, Hyd, L.H. Rev. Case IH 245 Mag. c/a 4x4, duals, 1100 hrs SEE

US AT

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ANDREWS FARM EQ., INC. Conneautville, PA 16406 814-587-2450

Lower your feed cost!

Save an average of 3 to 4 lbs of grain per cow per day Going from non processing to a processor. $6.00 corn. . . .

Farm Machinery For Sale

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

USED COMBINE PA R T S K & J SURPLUS

WANTED TO BUY: Used farm & construction equipment, all makes and models, running or not, 1980’s & newer. Will 315777-2357

LANSING, NY 607-279-6232 Days 607-533-4850 Nights

WANTED

Massey Ferguson 165, 175, 265, 275, 285 Any Condition

814-793-4293 Wood kicker wagon, 22’ on JD 1275 tandem gear, like new $2,650; Ficklin 185 gravity wagon, $2,750; 18’ steel side kicker wagon, $2,550. 607533-4850, 607-279-6232

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CALL (716) 633-1940 FOR PRICES & ASK FOR: DON POWELL BILL SCHMAHL SCOTT SCHULTZ

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

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$

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Fencing

R & R FENCING LLC • • • •

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

Equine Livestock Post Driving Pasture & Paddock Design BRIAN ROSS

585-599-3489

9479 Alleghany Rd Corfu NY 14036 15 Years of Professional Fencing Installations “Quality You Can Trust”

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(315) 549-7081 YOUR SOURCE FOR:

• Livestock Feeds • Ration Balancing • SeedWay Seeds • Crystalyx Products

VINEYARDS LLC

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3 Board • Split Rail HT Wire • Ag Fence Chain Link • Vinyl Residential • Commercial www.stablefences.com

585-349-4119

Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

(315)) 549-82266 Romulus, NY 14541

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Pat O’Brien & Sons For all your feed needs!

• Steam Flaked Corn • Protein Mixes

• Corn Meal • Minerals

Pick-up or Delivery from our Geneva Feed Mill

We Buy All Grains! Call Pat @ 716-992-1111 Fencing

SHAMROCK FARMS (585) FENCING DAN FITZPATRICK

188 Genesee St. - Suite 209 Auburn, NY 13021

This is the machine to depend on. Featuring an extremely robust fixed bale chamber, Bellima produces bales from silage, hay and straw of brick-like densities. At the same time it is an absolutely low-maintenance machine that requires an extremely low input from the tractor. *1.9%, 60 mo, 15% down. Expires 6-30-12

8571 1 Kinderhook k Rd. . Kirkville, , NY Y 13082

315-687-7891 1 • 315-510-2400

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8408 CARNEY HOLLOW RD., WAYLAND, NY 14572 Sales & Installations Building Since 1981

• Posts • Board • Split Rail • HT Wire • Vinyl • Energizers

E & A FENCE

771 State Highway 163, Fort Plain, NY

Bringing Security For Them Peace of Mind For You ~ Sales & Installation of All Types of Fence ~ Visit Our Retail Location by Appointment

518-993-5177

Quality First - Always

June 18, 2012 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section A - Page 25

Fencing

Bellima a F130 0 D Silage e Baler

• Energy Mixes • Nutritional Services

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Fencing

Fencing

Empire Farm Fence & Supply

“Miles of Quality Start Here”

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers For Sale: 2 Steel 30-ton Grain Bins, cone bottom, $4,000/each. Contact Dave 845-701-2737 Sullivan Co.,NY NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160 RUSTIN WILSON (315) 364-5240

Greenhouse Equipment

HAVE WET FIELDS? Have compaction issues? Low yields? Call D&D Farm Service/Agri-SC 1-888-401-4680

SCHAFER LIQUID FISH FERTILIZER, 100% Organic OMRI listed. For pricing call WIGFIELD FARMS, Clyde, NY 14433, 315-727-3910

Financial Services

Generators

NOBODY beats our prices on Voltmaster PTO Alternators, Sizes 12kw-75kw. Engines Sets and Portables Available.

MOELLER SALES 1-800-346-2348

Financial Services

GREENHOUSE BARGAINS: 20’ bows $75.00 each, including enough perlin, ground stakes, perlin clips, wiggle wire & channel, spring clips to fasten plastic. Or we will build complete on your property.

10% discount on first 5 orders.

607-869-5581 between 7:30am-8:30am

Hay - Straw For Sale HAY SAVER Plus Hay Preservative, 68% Propionic Acid.

87¢ per pound. Product available in Waterloo, NY. Delivery Available. Conoy Ag, Elizabethtown, PA 717-367-5078

Farmer to Farmer Wet and Dry

Round & Square Bales

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut Hay Also Square Bales of

STRAW Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS Page 26 - Section A • COUNTRY FOLKS West • June 18, 2012

315-923-9118

Hay - Straw Wanted

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

Quality Alfalfa Grass Mix Lg. Sq. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Call for Competitive Prices NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

PROCESSED & ROTARY combined wheat straw. Mark Horst, 519-887-9743, cell 519525-6659

TOO MUCH HAY? Try Selling It In The

CLASSIFIEDS Call Peg At

H AY

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Hay - Straw Wanted

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence • Energizers • Fencing Supplies

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

Hay - Straw For Sale

800-836-2888 or email

classified@leepub.com Hay - Straw Wanted

ALWAYS WANTED TIMOTHY MIXED HAY ALFALFA MIXED HAY 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings Also Small Square Mulch

Call 4M FARMS 315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

HAY & STRAW

519-482-5365

CALL STEVE

Cell 717-222-2304 Growers, Buyers & Sellers

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

Spot Buys or Long Term Contracts Small or Large Quantities Quick Payment

2012 Contracts Now Available Contacts: Allen Hollenbach 610-929-5753 ahollenbach@giorgimush.com Kevin Eickhoff 610-926-8811 ext. 5216 keickhoff@giorgimush.com Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

WANTED

HAY & STRAW

Help Wanted 600 COW DAIRY FARM looking for worker for general animal and field work.

Tractor & cow experience a plus. Located in Skaneateles,NY area. Please call Eric at 607-745-7568

Dairy Feeding Position Available at HARDIE FARMS, INC. Near Ithaca, NY

Trailer Load Lots Janowski Bros.

315-829-3794 315-829-3771

Competitive wages and benefits with opportunity for growth within our company.

Contact John 607-280-4948 or john@hardiefarms.com

WANTED

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/ TRUCK DRIVER

Pre Cut Rye Straw 50 to 75 Lb. Bales

With Mechanical Skills

302-737-5117 302-545-1000

Needed on CNY Dairy Farm

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

315-379-3220

WRITERS WANTED

The Best Method For Covering Hay Stacks

Country Folks is looking for self-motivated free-lance writers to contribute to their weekly agricultural paper.

PROTECT YOUR FEED FROM THE WEATHER Save money in prevented feed losses & up to 5 seasons of use Large Inventory • Next Day Shipping

Knowledge of the industry a must.

Clyde, NY

• Hopper Feed Bins • Transport Augers • Crane Service • Dryer Service

Heating

All bale sizes and types, including ROUND BALES, accepted.

For Sale All Types Delivered

WE SPECIALIZE IN • Sukup Grain Bins • Dryers • Grain Legs • Custom Mill Righting

HAY CORN STOVER STRAW

ROCKY MEADOW FARM 810 South 14th Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042

1-866-887-2727 • 1-717-228-2727 www.supertarp.com • rockymeadowfarm@evenlink.com

HAY * HAY * HAY

Western * Organic * Conventional BEST QUALITY / PRICES / SERVICE We’re #1 - Financing Available WE DELIVER! Certified Organic Growers Association $50 CASH for REFERRALS CALL RICK (815) 979-7070

Articles could include educational topics as well as feature articles.

Please send resume to Joan Kark-Wren jkarkwren@leepub.com or call 518-673-0141

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Help Wanted

Help Wanted

FEEDING POSITION

Large Dairy Farm Located in Cayuga County, NY

Dave Gabel Agricultural Belt Services

Is seeking a goal-oriented team player to join our crop crew. Ideal candidate will have a class A CDL, knowledge of dairy farming, and strong mechanical and operation skills. A positive attitude and willingness to learn are also a must.

$ave on Flat Belts for Your Farm Machinery

is available at OAKWOOD DAIRY

Involves feeding an 1800 cow dairy, managing bunk silos and feed deliveries.

Good Salary with a 5-day work week, paid holidays & other benefits. Oakwood Dairy is a progressive, high production dairy with excellent facilities, equipment and management located near Auburn, NY.

Call

Livestock Equipment

HERDSMAN

Dairy Replacement Heifer & Beef Cattle Facility Located in Batavia, NY Must be organized & able to pull & treat animals.

Excellent pay & benefits.

CALL BILL AT

585-727-4330

PART TIME Weekend Help Needed, 4 to 6 hrs. per day, $10.00 per hr. 315-531-8133, 315-651-0248

Hoof Trimming

QUALITY BELTS AT FARMER PRICES Now Available: Extensive Line of Trailers & Trailer Parts ~ Call for Information & Prices

Agricultural Belt Service Route 75, Eden, NY 14057 Call 716-337-BELT

Penta Feed Mixers Sales • Parts • Service

New Units 300, 410, 900 Cu. Ft. In Stock Financing Available Call For Pricing 315-545-2027

Affordable Hydraulic Hoof Trimming Tables • Heavy Duty Professional Quality • Increased Production With Less Effort

TEAM of 10 year old light sorrel Belgian Geldings, 17-1 hands, well broke. Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Now accepting MasterCard, Visa & Discover

Poultry & Rabbits

• Models Available In Stationary & Portable • Limited Warranty

The Ultimate in Tilt Tables SHEP’S WELDING, INC. PO Box 296, Chiefland, FL 32644 • www.shepswelding.net

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FEB 7 - SEP 17 Raising Livestock in Tioga County 56 Main St., Owego, NY. 6-8 pm. You will learn how to assess your land and choose livestock, review infrastructure requirements and get tips on pasture/hay management. Tioga County livestock farmers will host the second part of the series.

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JUN 19 Breeding & Genetics: Considerations for Organic Dairy Farms Online. For more information or to register visit www.extension.org/pages/2 5242.

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ForestConnect Webinar Series noon and 7 pm. Land Ownership and Transfer: Options and Opportunities.

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Calendar of Events JUN 30 National Lineback Show Centre Hall Fairgrounds, Centre Hall, PA. 10 am. Any boy or girl age 8-21 and a jr. member of ALDCR by June 1 is eligible to show in the junior show. This year an open show has also been added.

For entry info check at www.americanlinebacks.co m. Contact Luke Harrison, 814-490-7517 or roz_18@ hotmail.com.

JULY 5, SEPT. 6, OCT. 4, NOV. 1 & DEC. 6 Maple Training Webinars 7-8 pm. Webinar connection details are available at http://maple.dnr.cornell.ed u/webinar.html A high speed internet connection is necessary to participate.

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Contact Stephen Childs, email slc18@cornell.edu.

JUL 7 Cayuga County Fair Open Meat Goat Show Weedsport, NY. Contact Kay Kotwica, 315-889-5333 or email kotland@dreamscape.com JUL 13-14 Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Shale Knoll Arena, 47 Crooked Rd., Annville, PA. Friday preview 2-7 pm. Saturday adoption 8 am - 5 pm.

Adoption is first come, first serve. Call 866-468-7826.

JUL 20-21 2012 Summer Tree Farm Tour Empire Evergreens, 766 Addison Rd., Painted Post, NY. Registration begins at 8 am each day. On Friday night, there will be a cash bar with 20 plus vendors in the trade show area, and a chicken BBQ. Attendees can save money by registering by June 11.

Registration includes admission to all sessions and the trade show area, workshop materials and morning refreshments.

Lunch is available both days with advance ticket purchase or bring your own. A registration form can be downloaded from the Association website at www. christmastreesny.org or call the CTFANY office at 607535-9790.

JUL 21 Tree Farm Field Day Eagleville Gap, Blanchard, PA. 10 am - 3 pm. Questions? Program Details Contact: John Hoover, Tree Farmer 203-736-4385 or johnwhoover@msn.com.

Registration information contact: Dave Jackson, Forest Resources Educator, Penn State Extension of Centre County at 814-3554897 or drj11@psu.edu. The registration page can be downloaded at http:// patreefarm.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/01/ Hoover-Tree-Farm-FieldDay-Brochure-7-12.pdf.

JUL 25-31 Managing the Biology of a Grazing System Marvin Moyer’s Farm, Lainhart Rd., Owego NY. 10 am 3 pm. A view of what is going

on beneath the sod of a grazing farm and how to maximize the biology potential for cycling nutrients which feed the plants. RSVP requested to help plan lunch. Contact Sharon VanDeuson, 607-7535078 or shv7@cornell.edu JUL 28-29 NYS Boer Goat Show NYS fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY. Contact Kay Kotwica, 315-889-5333 or e-mail kotland@dreamscape.com.

SEP 2 New York State Fair Open Meat Goat Show NYS fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY. Contact Kay Kotwica, 315-889-5333 or e-mail kotland@dreamscape.com.

On Internet at www. nysfair.org/competitions SEP 15-20 The 49th All American Dairy Show Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, Harrisburg, PA. Featuring 23 shows in six days, including four full days dedicated to youth shows and more than 2,400 animals shown by nearly 1,000 exhibitors from across the nation. Call 717787-2905. On Internet at www.allamerican.state.pa.us SEP 29-30 NYS Jack Frost Classic Boer NYS fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY. Contact Kay Kotwica, 315-889-5333 or e-mail kotland@dreamscape.com.

On Internet at www. esmgpa.org OCT 2 Building a Strong Management Team Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr. Bernard Erven will outline the three critical steps in forming an effective management team. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 3 Avoiding Drug Residues in the Dairy Industry Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Dr. Geof Smith will discuss these critical points and give an overview of how drug residue testing in milk and meat is implemented in the US. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com Building U.S. Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Brazil, Russia, India and China, also known as BRIC, have huge buying power, Jason Henderson will discuss this growing market and how it will affect agricultural exports and global food production. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 4 How to Many Replacement Heifers Does Your Dairy Need Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr.

John Currin will discuss how to manage your replacement herd in terms of size and quality. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com

OCT 5 “Making Sense of the Global Dairy Markets” Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Alan Levitt will be discussing just how large the global marketplace is and where the market is headed. He will outline the current U.S. export situation, key markets and what factors are driving the global price. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

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Planning for Change: Transitioning the Family Farm Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Elizabeth Rumley will discuss how to make the transition while keeping the farm financially viable for all parties involved. She will also outline ideas on creating a structured plan for making a smoother transition to the next generation. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com

The Effect of Risk on Dairy Farm Management Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr. Christopher Wolf will exam-

ine the risk that different sized dairies face, how risk has changed over time and what the management implications are for dairy farmers.Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

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OCT 6 Should You Treat Them or Should You Eat Them?

How to Improve Your Mastitis Treatments and Maintain Healthy Cows Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Dr. Pamela Ruegg will discuss the changing presence of mastitis pathogens on modern dairy farms and will demonstrate how and when antibiotic treatments should be used.Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 24-27 National FFA Convention & Expo Indianapolis, IN. On Internet at www.ffa.org

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grab a hand full of carpetweed and pull carefully, trying to reset the plants as best you can.

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DHIA & Dairy Section Warren County has new Dairy Court

by Ann R. Swanson SUGAR GROVE, PA — A celebration of the dairy promotion was held at the Sugar Grove Free Methodist Church recently. The 2011–2012 court was introduced.

They were thanked for all of the time they gave to promote the dairy industry in this area.

Tory Sanden, 2004 Warren County Dairy Princess, was the mis-

tress of ceremony. She asked all former Dairy Princesses present to stand and introduce themselves. The former princesses ranged from the very first county princess to numerous representatives from the 2000-2010 era.

Taylor Carlson, Dairy Princess contestant, presented a skit about the importance of milk for a healthy lifestyle. Next,

2011-2012 Princess Ashley Blair gave her farewell speech. She reported that she just arrived home from Cow Camp at Penn State University. During her reign she visited with everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens stressing the importance of milk in the diet.

Ms. Carlson gave a speech about dairy facts.

She noted that the more

than 4,000 dairy cows in Warren County generate numerous jobs related to agriculture.

Following her presentation the court for 2012–2013 was introduced, then crowned.

The new Little Dairy Missses along with the schools they attend are: Kaitlyn Barton — Columbus Elementary, Mckenzie Gates — Youngsville Elementary,

Gracie Hobbs — St. Joe’s Elementary School, Hannah Nickerson — Columbus Elementary, Kaitlyn Sleeman — Warren Area Elementary Center, and Laura Stricker — South Street Elementary.

The new Dairy Misses along with their respective schools are: Megan Gourley — Columbus Elementary, Kaitlyn Hobbs — WAEC, Veronica Ludwick — Russell Elementary, Madison Sleeman

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Taylor Carlson gave a speech on the dairy industry as part of the requirement to become the 20122013 Warren County Dairy Princess.

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— Sugar Grove Elementary, Alicia Stricker — WAEC, and Lily Stricker — WAEC. The Dairy Maids are: Leah Curtis — Corry High School and Rachel Enos — Eisenhower Middle High School.

The new Warren County Dairy Princess is Taylor Carlson, daughter of Gary and Colleen Carlson of Lander. She attends Eisenhower Middle High School.

Committee members that helped with the pageant were: Carrie Ludwick — chairperson, Tiffany Gilkinson — vice chairperson, Michelle Enos — treasurer, Jessica Gourley — secretary, Pam Stricker, Valerie Hobbs, Dan and Donna Blair, Toni and Brian Gates, Jenn Nickerson, and Lauri Curtis.

If you would like some members of the court to attend a meeting or other event please contact one of the committee members to make arrangements.

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Z & M AG & TURF 17 Railroad Ave. Alexander, NY 14005 (585) 591-1670 Z & M AG & TURF 56 Lindquist Rd. Falconer, NY 14733 (716) 665-3110 PENNSYLVANIA HISTAND'S FARM & HOME 58 Pottersville St. Rome, PA 18837 (570) 744-2371 PAUL JACKSON LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS Bailey Hill Rd., Rt. 1 Box 366 Troy, PA 16947 (570) 297-3872

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Lone Oak Dairy Farm Pasture Walk set June 27

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will be hosting a pasture walk and barn tour on Wednesday, June 27, at Lone Oak Dairy Farm, on Hallock Road, near Dundee, NY, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Five years ago Kevin McCann made the choice to transition his tie-stall herd to a rotational grazing system. He sold the corn planter, bought a round baler & wrapper, fenced in his former crop land and began grazing.

The switch to grazing has allowed McCann to make several improvements on the farm. He remodeled one end his tie-stall barn, adding 20 stalls to accommodate a growing herd, new energy saving lighting, and a covered manure storage.

His most recent project includes a new milk house, new, larger bulk tank, and improved ventilation. The comfort level of this tie-stall barn is such that the cows literally race in from pasture

to lie in the stalls!

McCann will discuss the pros and cons switching from confinement to grazing, his pasture system, and we will wrap up with a tour of the barn. A light lunch will be served.

Directions: The farm is located at 4898 Hallock Rd. Dundee, 14837, approximately 1/2 mile south of State Route 230. Please dress for moderate walking in pasture conditions, rain or shine. Please pre-register

by June 25 by contacting Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County at 607-6642300, or Kerri by e-mail at: ksb29@cornell.edu.

The event is free and all graziers are encouraged to attend.

Coordinated by the Upper Susquehanna Coalition and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben and Schuyler Counties, with support from the NRCS Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative.

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Super Bowl champion, former New York Giants running back and Syracuse University alumnus Joe Morris, spokesperson of the NFL “Fuel Up to Play 60” program, was a special guest at the Assembly Minority Conference’s annual Dairy Day reception in Albany, hosted by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,I,C-Canandaigua) and Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush (R,C-Black River). Kolb and Blankenbush, Ranker on the Assembly Agriculture Committee, were also joined by their legislative colleagues, state agriculture representatives and members of New York’s dairy industry to celebrate the benefits of dairy products to the health of the state’s economy and its citizens.

Morris presented excited children from Glendaal Elementary School in Scotia with a plaque for their commitment to the Fuel Up to Play 60 program, which stresses the importance of consuming nutri-

ent-rich foods, such as dairy products, and exercising at least 60 minutes each day. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program was launched by the National Dairy Council and the National Football League, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.

“Dairy Day is a great annual tradition, and this year we had the pleasure of welcoming Giants Super Bowl champion Joe Morris to talk about the importance of dairy for good overall health,” said Kolb.

“However, the real stars of the day were the children who were recognized for eating healthy and exercising regularly. It was exciting to highlight the entire spectrum of the dairy industry at this year’s Dairy Day — from the farmers who milk the cows to the children who enjoy the delicious health benefits.”

“Dairy Day in Albany provides a perfect opportunity to highlight the hard work and perseverance of our family dairy farmers and local dairy producers, who contribute greatly to our state economy — especially in my district in Northern New York,” said Blanken-

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bush. “Making sure that New York policies are beneficial to New York State’s dairy industry and family farmers is important for our economy and consumers statewide.”

“As an athlete and a dad, I know the important role that good nutrition — including low-fat and fat-free milk, cheese and yogurt — and physical activity play in keeping everyone, particularly kids, healthy,” said Joe Morris, alumnus of the Superbowl XXI winning Giants, and four-year starter at Syracuse University.

“That’s why I’m proud to be here congratulating these students on the commitment they’ve made to better health by participating in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program.”

As of the last Agricultural Census, there are 5,700 dairy farms in New York and the Empire State is the nation’s third-largest milk producer and fourthlargest cheese producer, accounting for more than 7 percent of the nation’s cheese; ranked third in the production of Italian and mozzarella cheeses, accounting for nearly 10 percent of all production of Italian cheese in the nation; and ranked first in cream, cottage cheese, low-fat cottage cheese and sour cream production.

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine said, “Dairy is the cornerstone of agriculture in New York State and there is no better time than now to celebrate all the contributions our more than 5,000 dairy farm families make to our economy and communities. From a fresh, local supply of milk and dairy products to the vast open spaces dairy farmers work to maintain, no other industry contributes quite as much to the quality of life we have in Upstate New York as the dairy industry. As a former dairy farmer myself, hats off to my fellow dairymen and women across the State of New York!”

“This year we celebrate June is Dairy Month with children’s good nutrition as the main focus. Dairy products play an important role in the daily lives, health and meals for growing children. New York State dairy farmers and dairy processors work very hard to provide our state’s consumers with nutritious milk, cheese and yogurt,” said Bruce Krupke, Executive Vice President of the Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc. Vendors from across the state featured at the June 12 event included the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council; Cabot Creamery Cooperative; Dairylea Cooperative Inc; Garelick Farm; Hillcrest Dairy; H.P. Hood; Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc; The New York Farm Bureau; Organic Valley; PRO-DAIRY; Stewarts Shops; and Upstate Niagara Co-Op. “The delicious dairy foods the public had a chance to sample today were provided by our dairy farmers, who are some of the hardest-working people you will ever meet and are the true backbone of New York’s economy.” Kolb said. “Each year, Dairy Day offers a special opportunity for us to give thanks to them and let them know how important they are to our entire state. Drinking milk and getting 60 minutes of exercise each day gives our kids the energy they need to feel great and grow up healthy.”

Others in attendance at the reception included Assemblyman William Magee; Dean Norton, President, New York Farm Bureau; Stephen Coye, President, New York State Grange; Jim Buelow, President, Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc.; and Schaghticoke Dairy Farmer Kris Brock, Second Vice President, American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Inc. Super Bowl Champion, Former New York Giants Running Back and NFL “Fuel Up to Play 60” spokesperson Joe Morris headlined annual “Dairy Day” reception hosted by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush.

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800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com DAIRY ONE RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING QUALITY MILK AWARD WINNERS Each year, Dairy one is pleased to recognize those members whose herds have maintained a rolling herd average somatic cell count of 175,000 or less in the previous calendar year.

Winners are presented with a Quality Milk barn sign and a year sticker for the first year that they win the award. Those who have won in previous years are given a year sticker to add to the barn sign, indicating another year of excellence. Award packets are currently being distributed through Dairy One Farm Service Technicians and Market staff.

Herds with low somatic cell counts (SCC) tend to be more profitable than herds with high SCC. Increased profit comes from reduced mastitis treatmeat and veterinary costs, higher milk production per cow and milk quality premiums. Additionally, milk with lower somatic cell counts has a longer shelf life and results in a higher yield of cultured dairy products. Herds producing high quality milk with low SCC set a standard of excellence for the entire industry. Careful milking procedures, good milking equipment maintenance, and excellent herd management using individual cow SCC all contribute to a herd’s low SCC. Out of the approximately 4,000 members that process through DRMS Raleigh and get Record Services through Dairy One, 744 were honored with the Outstanding Quality Milk Award. Listed below are those who are on the published option. Dairy One congratulates all winners and wishes them continued success through 2012-2013.

If you would like assistance improving your milk quality, talk to your Dairy One Farm Service Technician or call Dairy One at 800-496-3344.

2011 Quality Milk Winners

CONNECTICUT

• St. Brigid’s Farm

Hartford County • Smyth’s Trinity Farms • Scott Perry

Talbot County • Henry W Snow, III

Merrimack-Belknap County • Marion & Gordon Jones • Highway View Farm • Spooky View Farm

Litchfield County • Arethusa Farm, LLC • Laurelbrook Farm • Hudson Weigold • Meadow Ridge Farm • Carlwood Farm

Tidewater County • Harmony Farms, LLC

Hillsboro County • Paul Knox

Queen Anne County • L. J. Palmatary & Sons • Lester Jones & Sons, Inc.

Rockingham County • Great Bay Farm • Fernald Farm

New Haven/Middlesex County • Cedar Ridge Dairy

Washington County • Christine & Michael Forsythe • Long-Delite Farm

Strafford-Carroll County • Scruton’s Dairy, Inc. • UNH Cream Herd • UNH Dairy Ctr. - John Whitehouse

New London County • Blue Slope Farm, Inc. • River Plain Dairy Tolland County • Fish Family Farm • University of Conn. Dairy • Hytone Farm

DELAWARE Sussex County • Richfield Farms • Fair Hope Farm, Inc.

MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire County • Twin Rivers Farm • Fairfields Dairy Farm, LLC Essex County • Richardson’s Dairy, Inc. Franklin County • Robertson Bros. Farm • Boyden Bros. Dairy Hampshire County • Mayval Farm • Morning Dew Farm • Cook Farm

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Middlesex County • Tully Farms, Inc.

MARYLAND Carroll-Baltimore County • Ryan Bell • Barney Stambaugh • Windsor Manor Farm • R.A. Bell & Sons, LLC Cecil County • Kilby, Inc. • Mt. Ararat Farms Frederick-Montgomery County • Deerspring Dairy Farm • David & Carole Doody • Plain Four Farms • Bulldog Holsteins • Arti-Jay Farm

• Trans Ova Genetics

MAINE Androscoggin-Sagadahoc County • Fisher Farm • Twin Brook Dairy, LLC • Brigeen Farms, Inc. • Roland Hemond Cumberland County • Baker Brook Farm Franklin County • Shady Lane Farm • John & Marcia Donald • Richard Cory • M T Farm • Springside Farms Kennebec County • Silver Maple Farms, Inc. • Richard Pearson • Windy Acres Farm, LLC Knox-Lincoln County • Linita Farms Oxford County • Mountain View Farm • Granite Hill Farm Penobscot-Piscataquis County • Univ. of Maine - Whitter Farm • Twin Meadows Farm • Stephen & David Velgouse • Simpson View Farm • Veazland Farms • Stonyvale, Inc. Somerset County • Mt. View Homestead • Krebs Farm • Grassland Farms • Joshua Clark • Chartrand Farms Waldo County • Aghaloma Farms

Harford County • Harkins Hill Dairy • Strawberry Hill Farm

York County • Johnson Farm, Inc.

Howard County • Univ. of Maryland - Forage Research Farm

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Kent County • Fair Hill Farm

Coos County • Yawnoc Farm \1

Cheshire County • Stonewall Farm

Sullivan County • La Casa de Leche, LLC • Eccardt Farm, Inc.

NEW JERSEY Central Jersey Area/ Hunterdon County • George Wengryn, Jr. • Cedar Lane Farms, LLC • Windy Crest Holsteins

NEW YORK Albany County • Stanton Farm Allegany County • Nickdale Farms • Deer Creek Farms • Center-Vu Farm • Thomas & Nason Long • Bennett Brothers • Sara Hatch • Kel-Acres Dairy Farm • Jopo Farms Broome County • Whittaker Farm • Roseland Holsteins • Faigle Farm • HayDay Farm Cattaraugus County • Wilean Farm • Roger Horton • Brown Brook Farm Cayuga County • Little John Farms • White Clover Farms • Happiness Hill Farm • Green Hill Farm • Allen Farms • Fessenden Dairy, LLC • Romano Farms, LLC • Raymond Nolt Chautauqua County • Cline-Crest Farm • Minor Brothers Farm • Frontier Brook Farm • John & Laura Knight • Raymond Troyer • R&D Crowell Farm • Grape View Dairy, LLC • Norman Lundmark • Tim & Mary Rhinehart • Crump Farms • Halocrest Holsteins • Craig Harvey • McCray Farm

Chemung County • Grace Farms Chenango County • Twin Pond Farms • Angelrose Dairy • Greenview Farms • Underground Genetics • Eiholzer Farms • Balsam View Dairy • Alan & Debra Davis • Mattydale Farm • Hanehan Family Dairy, LLC • Westover Farm • Davis Farm • Edward Geier • McKenney Farm Clinton County • Donald Dimock • Don-Sher Farm • Hidden View Farm, LLC • Cha-Liz Farm, LLC Columbia County • Hillover Farm • The Davenport Family\1 • Jim Davenport • Ooms Adrian & Sons • Dutch Hollow Farm #1 • Hollyrock Farms Cortland County • Mockingbird Hill Farm • Dove-Tales Farm • Currie Valley Dairy, LLC Delaware County • Del Rose Farm • Keator Farm • Ackland Dairy Farm • Jeff & Lori Taggart • Cecil Davis • Schaefer Farm • Char-Marie Farm • Darling Holsteins • Pineyvale Farm • Humdinger Holsteins • Marick Farm, LLC • Paul & Gwen Deysenroth • Boardview Farm • Gregory Farm • Posthaven Holsteins • Eternale Flames Holsteins • Hosking Farm Dutchess County • Plankenhorn Farms • Sprout Creek Farm • Rebecca Osborne Erie County • Rolling Meadows Farm, LLC • Wideman Farms • Early View Farm • Jeffrey Simons • Richmond Farm • George Haier • James Emerling • R&D Janiga Enterprises • Keith & Ann Schmitz Franklin County • Blue Gene Farm • Glengarry Farms, LLC • Alan Lobdell • Ooms View Holsteins • Rolling Brook • Beaver Flats Holsteins • Glenn & Mary Blow Greene County • Valley View Farm Herkimer County • Valley High Farm • Foster’s Acres Jersey’s • Foster’s Acres Holsteins • Done-In-Farm • Marshy Acres Farm • Jordan Valley Farm • Kel-Vista Holsteins Jefferson County • Eastman Dairy Farm, LLC • Lyndale Farm • Young Farm • Mazy Acres • Lilac Lawns Farm, Inc. • Michael Northrop • Steve Eisel • TMT Farms • Cady-Lee • Big Dog Dairy

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Louis & Olive Peachy Hy-Light Farms, LLC Enos Kurtz Jon Freeman

Lewis County • Carl & Doris Hoppel • Sunny Slope Farm • Keith & Amy Roggie • Harmony Haven Farm • Norman Farney • Jeff Simpson • Paluck Farms • Windmill Crest • Christina Nortz • Wilfred & Lois Schrag • Gus & Mike Tabolt • South Keener Dairy • L&M Farms Livingston County • Kevetta Farm • Cadyville Farm • Maxwell Farms Madison County • T-Farm 1 • Perry Farms • Tuscarora Dairy, LLC • Timothy Head • Morgan Farm Montgomery County • Clyde Snyder • Handy Hills Farms • Maxine & Paul Shuster • Hu-Hill Farm • Robert & Mary MacVean • Canary Dairy, LLC • Debily-Dale • James Hudson • Brumer Farm Niagara County • Maverick Farm Oneida County • Flowing Spring Farm • Gypsy Dell • Collins Knoll Farm • Lucky Vale Farm • James Williams • Champion Farms, LLC • John & Lisa Roberts Onondaga County • Eastview Farms, LLC • Elmer Richards & Sons • Fabius-Greenwood Farms • Twin Farms • Maplehurst Farms, LLC • Carl & Craig Dennis • Burgett Farms Ontario County • Bennett Farms • FA-BA Farm • Charles & Shelley Walker • Phalen Farms • Reedland Farm • Lightland Farms, LLC Oswego County • Corjess Holsteins Otsego County • Lentsville Farm • Charles & Joyce Johnson • Rohring Falls Farm • Waterpoint Farms • Dulkis Farms • Maple Grove Farm • Day Dream Farms • Weinert Farm • Banta Brothers • Silver Spoon Farm • Trill-Acres • Woodlawn Dairy Farm • Rock-Spring Farm Rensselaer County • Mark & Alice Moody • Dothedale Farm • Evergreen Farm • Matt & Peggy Cannon • Lukeland Farm • Boilingbrook Farm Saratoga County • Smith Brothers • Hanehan Family Dairy, LLC • Clear Echo Farm, LLC • Welcome Stock Farm • C.B. Curtiss & Sons

Schoharie County • R-Key-Vale Farm • Eureka Farms • L-V-A Farms • High Hill Farm, LLC • Argus Acres • John & Debra Stanton • Gaige Farms Schuyler County • Seneca Valley Farm • Glenview Dairy, LLC • Lone Oak Farm • Nick & Erica Wood Seneca County • Muranda Holsteins • Daryl Martin • John Mehling • Roy Martin • Persoon Dairy Farm St. Lawrence County • Stauffer Farms, LLC • David Smith • Putney Dairy • C&M Dairy, LLC • Freoge Farms • Scott & Traci Laing • Lisbon Centre Farms, LLC Steuben County • Damin Farms • Karr Dairy Farms, LLC • Jackson Hill Farm Sullivan County • J&E Weissmann Farms Tioga County • Howland Acres • Yvette Francisco • R. Hidden Valley Farm • Crest Valley Farm • Maiden Blush Farm • Kwiatkowski Brothers • Merle & Margaret Lawton Tompkins County • Millbrook Farms • Snow Top Farm of Danby Washington County • Critter-Ridge • Twin Brooks Farm • Dewalt Farm • Parker’s Dairy • Kuster Farm • New Generation Farm • Main Drag Holsteins • John & Mary Tudor • Beech Hill Farms • Ruigview Farm • Reafield Farm • Liddleholme • Deep Roots Holsteins • HI Brow Farms, LLC • Kenyon Hill Farm • Walker Farms, LLC • Tamarack Farms • JLH Dairy • Cambric Holsteins • Shaker Hill Farm • Deer Flats Farm Wayne County • E. W. Koeberle & Sons • Drumlin View Farm, LLC • Schoe-Acres Wyoming County • Armson Farms • Silver Meadows Farm • Emerling Farms • Hyman-Crest Farm • West-Flats Dairy • Stoney Creek Dairy, LLC • Davis Valley Farm • Friendly Acres • New Dawn Farm

OHIO Columbiana County • Everson Jerseys Richland County • Ivan Burkholder

PENNSYLVANIA Adams County • Spungold Holsteins • Circle Creek Holsteins Armstrong County • Alta-View Farm • Shan-Mar Jerseys

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800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com Beaver County • Ronald & Diane Burry • Craig Farms • Nye Farms Berks County • Gary & Kathy Heffner • Oakenbound Holsteins • G & H Farms • Michael Forry • Arlan & Jane Krick • Knauer Brothers • One Hill Farm Moyer • Barry & Barbara Good • Miclin Farms • Carl Good • United Hearts Holsteins • Misty Moor Holsteins • Sunrise Farm Bradford County • County Path Holsteins • Davi Leray Dairy • Kevin & Sally Vanderpoel • Stewart’s Holsteins • John & Holly Allford Butler County • Michael & Annette Schiever • Under Grace Dairy • Chestnut Run Farm • Croft Brothers • Marburger Farm Dairy Cambria County • Ron Hoover • Vale Wood Dairy • Barr Ridge Farms • David Myers

Clearfield County • Carl Brink & Sons • Orner Farms, Inc.

• Lost Hollow Farm • Globe Run Farms • Wingert Farms

Columbia County • Jan Jurbala

Indiana County • Pleasant View Farm • Craig Andrie • Jewart Dairy • Stewart Hollow Farm

Crawford County • Fosters Family Farm Cumberland County • Marcus Good • We-Style Holsteins • Smithdale Farm • Jet-Rae Farm • Curtis & Janice Weaver • Hensel Hill Farm • Triple L Farm Dauphin County • Pleasant Hill Farms • Ty & Tracy Long Elk County • Paul Swanson • Pierre Pontzer Erie County • George Heintz • William & Bryan Loper • Mark Vogel • Roger & Debra Gilkinson Fayette County • Starlight Hill Farm

Chester County • David F King Farm • Century Oak Farm • Neal & Mary Lou King

Franklin County • Milking Time Holsteins • Beidel Brothers • Middour Farms, LLC • Steven Ruby • Locust Hill Dairy • Dennis & Janice Bricker • Eric Niswander • James & Nina Burdette • Curtis & Erma Knepper • Milton Rotz • Paul Zimmerman • Poverty Lane, LP • Dennis Sollenberger

Clarion County • Nexgen Dairy, Inc. • John Henry

Huntington County • Behrer Farms • Heron Run Farms

Centre County • Heather Brown • Jesse Stover • Tom & Loretta Hartle • Valleys-End Farm

Jefferson County • Highland H Farms Juniata County • J. Scott Landis • Joel & Sara Mills • Red Sunset Farms • Robert Miller • Andrew & Robin Swartz • Charles & Tammy Kline Lancaster County • K+Q Swiss • Tru-Dale Farms • Spatz Cattle Company • Star Rock Dairy, Inc. Lawrence County • Martinholm Farms Lebanon County • Pleasant Patches Dairy • Reid Hoover • Leroy & Grace Wise • Promise Lane Farm • Clifford & Fay Berger • Curvin & Dawn Good • Reeds Creek Farm • Bruce Heilinger • Kendra Mase • Miste Hollow Holsteins • Ric-Rey Holsteins • White Birch Farm • Kevin & Allison Sellers • Robert & Sherry Bashore • Gary Lentz • Calvin & Thelma Zimmerman • Philhaven Farm • Earl Ray & Carol Martin • Locust Ridge Holsteins • Smith Farm • Mark M Hoover • Zim Lea Holsteins

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Leon Martin Detweiler Farm Barry & Barbara Hostetter Little Hill Farm Harold Case

Lycoming County • Benjamin & Marjorie McCarty McKean County • Syn Tann

Provida Dairy Farm Phillip Wenger Laurel Grove Farm M W Smith Farms Sylvin Wenger

Potter County • Edko Farms • John & Carol Fowler Schuykill County • Miller & Rex, Inc. • Brian & Brenda Ruch • Snyderland Farms

Mercer County • Canon Dairy Farm Mifflin County • Elwood & Pauline Stitt • Ramond & Rose Kauffman • Robert & Diane Kauffman • Paul Neer • Nathan Yoder • Forgy’s Dairy • Michael Yoder • John & Saloma Byler • Willows Farm • G Sheldon Peachey • Kauffman Dairy Farm • Jesse Spicher • Calvin & Elva Yoder • Dale King • Clark N. Peachey • Ray & Tura Hostetler • Ammon Farms • Ver-Nan Hosteins

Snyder County • Mabarbil Farm • Warrencrest Holsteins • Ernest Weaver Somerset County • Pleasant Side Farm • First Love Holsteins Steuben County • Dunlea Dairy Susquehanna County • Kenneth Gesford • Walker Farms • RM Shipsky & Sons • Reuben & Elizabeth Everitt • Joe & Lisa Valentine Tioga County • Henry & Kelly Sherman

Montgomery County • Merrymead Farm Northhampton County • Koehler Farm • Brewer Farms • Ralph Hahn • Red Mapl Spring Farm Northumberland County • Gla-Dan Holsteins • Shultz Hillside Dairy • H & B Farm • Spring Lake Dairy • Dry Run Dairy, LLC Perry County • Nikoda-View Farm

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Union County • Buff Run Farm Warren County • Donald Ekey • Martha Beardsley • Aggravation Acres • Matt Wilcox Washington County • John Marchezak • Plainfield Farm Part Wayne County • N. Gary Kravetsky • Highland Farms

• Jack & Ella Chyle • Kevin & Gerarda Burleigh Westmoreland County • Bill & Rick Ebert • Hixson Farm York County • Tayacres Farm • Robert & Sharon Baumgardner • Walk-Le Holsteins • Kate-Ann Farm • Gum Tree Farm

VERMONT Addison County • Middlebrook Farm, Inc. • Cary Family Farm • M & J Dairy • Deer Valley Farm • Four Hills Farm Chittenden County • Twin Oaks Dairy Farm, LLC Franklin County • Fournier Acres • Burland Farms • Grant John Gorton Grand Isle County • North Island Dairy Orange County • Knoxland Farm /2 Windsor County • Jason Johnson

VIRGINIA Clarke County • Riggs & Stiles Orange County • Rock Bottom Dairy, LLC

WEST VIRGINIA Greenbrier County • Lotus Hill Farm • Ben Buck Farm Monroe County • William Beiler

Expansions in dairy industry lead to surplus, lows for milk prices 2011.

Feed prices and difficulty with weather and crop harvests have contributed to dairy producers’ struggles.

Last year’s wet seasons hindered farmers’ ability to produce feed for their dairy herds. Dunn said some producers are running out of corn silage.

Exports and the strength of the American dollar also have played a role in the fluctuating milk prices. With the amount of milk produced per cow increasing — creating more milk than the U.S. population can consume — dairy-product exports must increase or cow numbers must shrink to balance supply and demand.

Increased exports in the last year have meant the dairy industry could grow. In 2011, 14 percent of domestic milk production was exported, and prices were favor-

able. The exports were boosted by bad weather in Australia and New Zealand, leading to low milk production in those countries. Food-safety concerns related to Chinese products also were a factor, as well as a then-weak U.S. dollar.

Dairy producers used the favorable dairy prices to make largely the same decisions.

“The problem always in agriculture is everybody looks at the same information and reaches the same conclusions,” Dunn said.

“And when producers saw really nice prices, everybody said, ‘I’m going to expand.’”

With the expansions came 4 percent more milk production in January through March than the same months in 2011. However, sales of milk could not increase at the same rate.

Now the industry is trying to figure out how to adjust

surpluses. Dunn said that could happen in two ways: finding more customers for the milk, and encouraging the industry to expand more slowly. The latter is happening gradually, and the growth in milk production in April was lower than it was in March.

Now, the dairy industry needs to increase its exports by 20 percent, an amount Dunn said is substantial.

“It’s one thing to have your market grow by 3 or 4 percent, but where are you going to find 20 percent more customers than you had last year?” he asked.

“The world population is growing, and you can have some bad weather, but that’s too much to expect.”

Another factor hurting the dairy industry is the recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar against some other currencies, which Dunn said

hurts American exports. For example, compared to the euro, the value of the dollar is high, having increased by more than 10 percent in the last few months. The strong dollar negatively affects export sales because it drives up the prices for American goods.

“If we have a strong dollar, we can buy other people’s stuff for a good price, and our stuff is expensive to them,” Dunn said, emphasizing that agriculture is driven largely by exports.

He added that a number of farmers are thinking of concentrating on crops instead of dairy.

“Ordinarily, land in Pennsylvania is not suitable to be really competitive in corn and soybeans — too many small fields — but when the prices of corn and soybeans are high enough, then that works.”

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — One source of income for Pennsylvania dairy farmers has hit its lowest point in three years, according to a dairy market expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

James Dunn, professor of agricultural economics, said that in May, milk margin per hundredweight — the income portion left to pay dairy producers’ bills for inputs other than feed, such as electricity, equipment and labor — hit its lowest point in Pennsylvania since September 2009.

“This is starting to really eat up the farmers,” Dunn said. “The milk price is not historically low, but the feed price is so high that the amount that’s left is not good.”

The 2012 Pennsylvania average milk price is estimated to be $2.14 per hundredweight lower than it was in

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853 3.5 738 3.1 3X 633 3.5 545 3.0

ALFRED STATE COLLEGE DHIRAPCS H 66.5 NICKDALE FARMS DHI-AP H 133.9 THOMAS & NASON LONG DHI-AP H 30.3 FALLBROOK FARMS DHI-AP H 145.2 GROSS, KRIS & RHONDA DHI-AP H 151.7 BENNETT BROTHERS DHI-AP H 209.8 KELLEY, RICHARD DHI-AP H 79.1 BAKER, RICHARD & JEFFREY DHI-AP H 419.8 GEORGE, CHRIS & STEPH DHIR-AP H 40.7 PLOETZ, GARY & PATTIE DHI-AP H 51.5 RAMSEY, ERNIE DHI-AP H 61.1 SMITH, JERRY DHIR-AP H 35.3 SPEICHER, ROBERT & JIM DHI-AP H 95.0 MORNING VIEW DAIRY FARM DHI-AP J 33.6 BILL WAHL DHI-AP H 55.5 LARRY & DAVE SKROBACK DHI-AP X 18.3

28455 1120 3.9 888 3.1 25414 894 3.5 770 3.0 24695 868 3.5 737 3.0 23407 864 3.7 717 3.1 22756 860 3.8 710 3.1 22797 844 3.7 690 3.0 21544 773 3.6 683 3.2 22648 819 3.6 681 3.0 21806 820 3.8 657 3.0 21167 791 3.7 636 3.0 19939 741 3.7 598 3.0 18331 730 4.0 578 3.2 18878 705 3.7 573 3.0 16743 692 4.1 558 3.3 17214 650 3.8 523 3.0 17127 618 3.6 521 3.0

WHITTACRE FARM LLC DHI-AP H 469.0 WHITTACRE FARM LLC DHI-AP X 27.6 DIEKOW,ARTHUR & PEGGY DHI-AP H 75.8 TILLOTSON, DOUG AND STEVE DHI-AP H 119.8 COLEMAN, WALTER DHI-AP H 63.2 AUKEMA DOUG. DHIR-AP H 60.5 CHARLES MRAS DHIR-AP H 85.3 JOHN AND CHARLES HAYES DHI-AP H 89.8 PRICE, LESTER AND DAVID DHI-AP H 55.6 FAIGLE, PAUL DHIR H 58.9 LEETOPS FARM DHI-AP H 102.0 WOODFORD, DANIEL J. DHI-AP H 43.5 ROSELAND HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 26.0

26745 25387 23908 22387 21154 20844 22546 20490 19877 19584 19987 19151 17613

CARBU FARMS DHIRAPCS H 509.5 HILL'S VALLEY FARM, LLC DHIR-AP B 151.4 WHITEHEAD, NATE DHI-AP X 68.2 JONES DAIRY, INC. DHI-AP H 75.7 WILEAN FARMS DHI-AP H 165.4 CHARLES BARES DHI-AP H 2056.4 DUROW, MICHAEL AND DAWN DHI-AP H 170.9 KARON FARMS,INC. DHI-AP H 83.2 BOBERG,DANIEL F. DHI-AP H 70.1 PIMM ADELIA DHI-AP H 283.0 MARK HANSEN DHIR-AP J 72.8 JOHN MOSHER DHI-AP H 58.8 BOBERG ALAN F. DHI-AP H 64.8 ANDERA, CHRIS & CATHY DHI-AP H 62.9 KRATTS RONALD L. DHI-AP H 55.4 HORTON, DAIRY DHI-AP H 63.2 PHILIP CLARK DHI-AP H 50.7 WOLOSZYN FARMS DHI-AP H 101.6 POWELL FARMS DHI-AP X 104.4 ANDERA, CHRIS & CATHY DHI-AP H 16.4 BROWN BROOK FARM DHI-AP A 40.0

29328 1083 3.7 895 3.1 3X 24671 1035 4.2 796 3.2 24411 897 3.7 772 3.2 24519 914 3.7 749 3.1 24004 909 3.8 734 3.1 23941 926 3.9 727 3.0 3X 23204 789 3.4 723 3.1 23689 913 3.9 718 3.0 22493 754 3.4 689 3.1 20851 777 3.7 670 3.2 17957 820 4.6 637 3.5 20948 721 3.4 613 2.9 19682 733 3.7 600 3.0 18935 716 3.8 592 3.1 19385 713 3.7 580 3.0 19277 724 3.8 573 3.0 19120 662 3.5 568 3.0 18441 695 3.8 560 3.0 16856 723 4.3 559 3.3 17320 684 3.9 548 3.2 16634 625 3.8 514 3.1

SCIPIO SPRINGS DAIRY FESSENDEN DAIRY,L.L.C. OAKWOOD DAIRY, INC. PINE HOLLOW DAIRY PATCHEN, KENTON ALLEN FARMS GREEN HILL DAIRY RIPLEY FARMS MILLS, GEORGE RIPLEY FARMS BLUMER, DAVID NOLT, RAYMOND JR BACONDALE FARMS WHITE CLOVER FARMS REDMOND BROS. LITTLEJOHN FARMS PINE HOLLOW DAIRY DONLIN FARMS VITALE, PAUL DONLIN FARMS RIPLEY FARMS BRUTUS HILL FARM HALF ACRE DAIRY TWIN HILLS FARM 1 ROMANO FARM LLC ROMANO FARM LLC BURHANS, DONALD & KATHY

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KNIGHT, JOHN & LAURA CABHI FARM IVETT, HOWARD & LUCY DENISE SAXTON TENPAS,ROGER JHIGH ACRES MCCRAY FARM CARL AND KRIS NECKERS CARLBERG FARM TRIVAL FARM, INC. GRAPE VIEW DAIRY LLC. CARL AND KRIS NECKERS OAK VIEW DAIRY ORMOND,FARM CROWELL,ROBERT STARCESKI, PAUL AND ROBIN

999 988 867 772 833 798 843 759 761 710 727 738 656

3.7 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.9 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.7 3.6

806 763 723 662 648 647 643 625 597 595 585 578 501

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3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.0

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H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H

27758 967 3.5 852 3.1 3X 27751 1085 3.9 837 3.0 3X 26917 1039 3.9 831 3.1 3X 26146 1015 3.9 801 3.1 23905 844 3.5 777 3.3 3X 26002 895 3.4 776 3.0 3X 26091 970 3.7 765 2.9 24420 895 3.7 762 3.1 3X 23881 869 3.6 747 3.1 24092 929 3.9 745 3.1 25732 899 3.5 743 2.9 3X 23891 875 3.7 740 3.1 3X 24556 906 3.7 733 3.0 3X 23298 878 3.8 724 3.1 24137 884 3.7 711 2.9 3X 22092 805 3.6 692 3.1

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B R COW E E YEARS D

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MOSS, GLEN & S. DIANE CRUMP FARMS NICKERSON FARMS RHINEHART, TIM & MARY CRAIG AND ERICA HARVEY WALL STREET DAIRY 1 CLINECREST FARM ANDERSON,ALLEN LUNDMARK, NORMAN E. BECKERINK, ROBERT CHENEY,STEVEN & MORRIS BRAD & KIM WILTSIE CARL AND KRIS NECKERS RAYMOND TROYER DAN & AL MINOR JONATHAN WARD JAQUITH DOUGLAS BOOZEL, MARK RATER, TIM AND KATHY DWAYNE & CATHY EMKE BEIGHTOL,JAMES,BRETT SPINLER FARMS

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

X H H H H H H H H H H H J H H H H H H X H H

177.2 135.0 934.0 98.1 87.2 41.1 73.9 73.1 110.4 71.4 59.8 110.9 154.6 37.6 90.5 48.2 110.8 76.9 34.2 91.1 125.1 133.9

22101 22330 22661 21942 22279 21253 20473 20473 20612 20180 20314 19189 16116 19510 20596 18450 18798 18850 17974 17837 17468 17088

796 740 798 791 739 763 719 766 743 750 756 749 786 652 729 634 725 658 676 664 656 665

3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.9 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9

687 682 670 670 658 644 632 631 629 627 615 597 596 596 590 571 568 560 552 549 530 508

3.1 3.1 3X 3.0 3X 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.7 3X 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

LANTLAND FARMS LTD. BLAKEMORE,LANCE & GINA BOOR,DAVID TANNER FARMS LLC TURNER, DAVID

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H

209.9 123.1 106.4 90.1 84.6

24647 24452 22209 22429 18536

920 871 888 829 655

3.7 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.5

758 738 696 669 589

3.1 3.0 3X 3.1 3.0 3.2

NEWTON, HAROLD & BRIAN HOWARDS INDIAN CAMP FARM HANEHAN FAMILY FARM ANGELROSE DAIRY MARSHMAN FARMS LATHROP, BARRY & PAULA LINCKVIEW FARMS MIKALUNAS FARM HOWARDS INGERTO, JAY & VIRGINIA HOFMANN, ROBERT & JOHN SYLSTRA,J.C. MATTYDALE FARM MAPLE SHADOW FARM DAN FRIEDEL GORRELL FAMILY DAVIS, ALAN & DEBRA GREENVIEW FARMS MAPLEDREAM FARM ANGELROSE DAIRY MCKENNEY, DAVID COOK, MARTIN BLANCHARD FARMS TOM MEADE JR. TYNERDALE OLIN, WILLIAM & LINDA LATHROP, PETER & BRENDA WHITE, MASON & ALLEN EIHOLZER FARM HAPPY VALLEY FARM ROBINSON, OSCAR CROTHERS, ANTHONY MUDGE, STEVEN FRANK, ROBERT MIRY RUN FARM SCHWARTZ, CARL DENZ, ALBERT RUSCHMANN,PETER EVANS, SCOTT M.

DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H H H H H H J H H H X H H H H H H J H H H H H H H H H H X X H H H H H X H

192.0 17.9 400.6 688.5 62.7 395.6 79.5 153.1 105.1 59.6 110.0 61.7 63.5 59.7 110.5 72.8 102.1 53.5 85.5 124.4 13.6 84.2 98.4 166.8 91.9 34.1 126.2 97.5 58.9 60.9 249.3 89.7 91.5 60.7 197.0 93.4 99.9 79.1 58.3 68.8

28006 1058 3.8 876 3.1 3X 28446 1003 3.5 875 3.1 26795 1067 4.0 825 3.1 3X 26528 986 3.7 809 3.0 26383 939 3.6 786 3.0 25286 941 3.7 768 3.0 3X 24951 935 3.7 745 3.0 23397 824 3.5 715 3.1 22630 856 3.8 711 3.1 20334 908 4.5 701 3.4 23253 873 3.8 695 3.0 23805 812 3.4 694 2.9 22935 856 3.7 692 3.0 21556 810 3.8 691 3.2 22954 791 3.4 679 3.0 22505 837 3.7 672 3.0 22013 791 3.6 671 3.0 22706 876 3.9 668 2.9 21432 813 3.8 654 3.1 20288 742 3.7 635 3.1 18243 814 4.5 633 3.5 21371 816 3.8 632 3.0 20925 783 3.7 631 3.0 20493 749 3.7 628 3.1 21339 751 3.5 617 2.9 19266 721 3.7 611 3.2 20323 760 3.7 607 3.0 20756 762 3.7 606 2.9 20081 709 3.5 606 3.0 19958 772 3.9 602 3.0 18539 682 3.7 600 3.2 18691 662 3.5 599 3.2 17523 737 4.2 584 3.3 18732 740 4.0 574 3.1 18725 706 3.8 572 3.1 18944 741 3.9 561 3.0 18224 670 3.7 557 3.1 18495 711 3.8 556 3.0 17704 699 3.9 549 3.1 18054 682 3.8 541 3.0

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H H

359.3 564.0 991.6 268.1 599.1 100.1 155.2 50.5 14.2 57.6 52.8

29926 1118 3.7 935 3.1 3X 30638 1126 3.7 929 3.0 28373 957 3.4 843 3.0 3X 24653 999 4.1 768 3.1 24438 912 3.7 734 3.0 21535 856 4.0 665 3.1 21812 830 3.8 662 3.0 20726 684 3.3 628 3.0 20832 755 3.6 623 3.0 18949 678 3.6 569 3.0 18434 726 3.9 548 3.0

H 553.0 H 248.5 H 1122.5 H 465.5 B 62.9 H 19.5 H 167.7 H 51.5 J 576.2 H 75.4 H 108.4 H 148.3 H 131.0 H 84.7 H 171.3 H 196.2 H 27.3 J 72.0

28396 1016 3.6 863 3.0 3X 26987 958 3.5 819 3.0 25513 877 3.4 798 3.1 3X 25949 923 3.6 797 3.1 21621 943 4.4 781 3.6 24595 890 3.6 742 3.0 23673 886 3.7 703 3.0 23005 872 3.8 694 3.0 20021 960 4.8 690 3.4 3X 22228 760 3.4 676 3.0 21367 818 3.8 675 3.2 3X 21779 828 3.8 666 3.1 21492 810 3.8 639 3.0 20444 712 3.5 616 3.0 17472 649 3.7 588 3.4 18109 681 3.8 584 3.2 17893 697 3.9 566 3.2 15547 700 4.5 540 3.5 3X

TURNER, BENJAMIN &CAROLYN DHIR H 113.1 BECK FARMS DHI-APCS H 1159.2

31069 1208 3.91009 3.2 28024 965 3.4 870 3.1 3X

CHEMUNG

3.0 3X 3.0 3X 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

72.6 193.8 45.1 22.4 448.5 218.7 119.0 302.9 113.0 138.6 254.0 189.9 352.7 211.8 523.3 49.8

1172 1045 1024 1017 982 1014 915 897 903 935 837 860 888 788 842 874 881 762 802 721 828 720 723 705 665 734 637

3.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.7

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LONAN FARM DHI-APCS KELLER R & SONS HD1 DHIR LYN F. MAIN,JR DHI-APCS OOMS ADRIAN & SONS DHI-AP ELITE DAIRY DHI-AP DAVENPORT, JIM HERD 3 DHI KIERNAN, WILLIAM DHI-AP THE DAVENPORT FAMILY HD 2 DHIR DUTCH HOLLOW FARM DHIRAPCS RONNYBROOK FARMS DHI-AP OOMS,ANTONIE & MICHAEL HD 1 DHI-AP TRIPPLE CREEK FARM DHI-AP MILLERHURST FARM DHI-AP BARRINGER, FRED DHIR-AP B.B.T.T.FARM DHI-AP G+H DAIRY DHI-AP BURCH & SONS DAIRY DHI-AP OOMS,ANTONIE & MICHAEL HD 2 DHIR-AP

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B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

983 987 971 956 919 943 847 854 808 848 836 791 785 719 796 711 718 710 668 671 738 648 667 668 675

3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.5 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.2

SPRUCE EDEN DAIRY LLC DRAKE, RICHARD D. CURRIE VALLEY DAIRY LLC CURRIE VALLEY DAIRY LLC RIVERSIDE DAIRY LLC SPRUCE EDEN DAIRY LLC DOVETALES FARM FORBES FARM AUGUR, DAVID BROOKS, CLINTON S ROBINSON, ROLAND HALL, BRYAN A & J GRINNELL SCHONCREST FARMS WESTAN FARMS SUNSETYOUNG FARM TWIN OAKS DAIRY LLC KNAPP, PETER ROCKY BOTTOM FARM MATT & KEVIN SHARPE CLOSSON, RANDY GLADTIME TOO MCEVOY,CHARLES & KENNETH MUGGLIN JEAN L HD I BLAINE & CHRIS KELLER

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H J H X H H H H H H H H H H H H H B H J X

425.5 188.4 818.0 53.5 664.9 24.5 177.8 589.7 79.8 74.8 75.1 71.6 96.6 85.2 158.1 147.8 132.9 59.7 60.7 101.4 81.7 63.8 32.6 41.7 73.9

27022 26837 26073 25195 25127 20675 23983 21558 22650 22539 22635 22387 19157 19238 19734 19481 18559 18217 18364 17851 17418 16078 16637 14381 16023

JOLEANNA HOLSTEINS HUMDINGER HOLSTEINS ALBANO FARM INC. HAGER FARMS PALMER,RONALD & JORDAN MATTSON, H.L. & SONS SCHAEFER, ADOLF & LARRY DELROSE FARM ACKLAND DAIRY FARM CHAR MARIE FARM LLC BEEBE HILL FARM TAGGART,JEFF & LORI & BRAD LAMPORT, FRANK JR DEYSENROTH, PAUL & GWEN DARVIEW FARM HOLLEY, DAVE & ELAINE MARICK FARM,LLC SCOTT' HILLSIDE FARM MARTIN, EDWIN & DUANE SKYMAC FARM DAVID GOULD DAIRY SMITH HOLSTEINS JASON, SANTOBUONO MAXWELL, RUSSELL RITZ FARMS RICHNAN FARM ETERNAL FLAME HOLSTEINS MUDDY RIVER FARM BEDFORD FARMS MOUNTAIN CREST FARM 2 GRANT, DAVID HOSKING FARM MUSHKODAY FARM PINEYVALE FARM SHAW, JAMES TERRY, MATTHEW JOHNSON,CHRISTL & TIM SKOVSENDE, NEILS HYMERS, SCOTT & GAIL BRUCE&SUE GREGORY

DHIR-AP DHIR DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H J H H H H

136.6 46.5 153.7 467.3 45.6 193.4 68.2 67.8 50.2 116.1 72.3 83.3 119.1 46.6 26.0 73.4 302.6 127.9 49.8 49.9 60.0 119.0 38.4 45.3 68.3 45.8 115.5 89.4 96.0 80.9 101.8 62.4 136.2 62.1 56.8 53.0 42.1 84.4 53.1 36.7

28183 1010 3.6 895 3.2 3X 26253 1000 3.8 822 3.1 26428 1181 4.5 805 3.0 25816 972 3.8 794 3.1 3X 25060 929 3.7 776 3.1 25276 913 3.6 771 3.1 25144 868 3.5 764 3.0 24193 940 3.9 746 3.1 24186 911 3.8 741 3.1 24046 903 3.8 733 3.0 24531 921 3.8 732 3.0 23689 886 3.7 723 3.1 3X 23346 880 3.8 720 3.1 22931 869 3.8 711 3.1 22237 833 3.7 704 3.2 22830 878 3.8 704 3.1 22310 901 4.0 693 3.1 3X 22910 846 3.7 692 3.0 22004 854 3.9 691 3.1 22867 841 3.7 686 3.0 22169 816 3.7 676 3.0 20930 820 3.9 675 3.2 21808 827 3.8 670 3.1 22334 842 3.8 654 2.9 20287 784 3.9 650 3.2 21377 722 3.4 647 3.0 20813 692 3.3 644 3.1 19864 779 3.9 643 3.2 20843 782 3.8 639 3.1 21212 785 3.7 638 3.0 20830 834 4.0 635 3.0 20840 774 3.7 633 3.0 20373 811 4.0 625 3.1 20807 787 3.8 625 3.0 20436 711 3.5 615 3.0 16147 812 5.0 611 3.8 20382 763 3.7 610 3.0 19613 759 3.9 608 3.1 19407 764 3.9 606 3.1 20818 774 3.7 603 2.9

UPLANDS FARM COON BROTHERS HD 2 JACKSON BROS. HENRY BENEKE STORM FIELD SWISS BRIAN DONOVAN PULVER,JOHN & JEFFREY BROOKCREST REBECCA OSBORNE COON BROTHERS HD 1

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H X H H H X G

92.5 233.5 44.6 140.0 42.2 156.5 169.4 57.3 80.0 107.9

22970 23740 21914 20314 18723 17995 18210 19015 16247 16576

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956 909 759 798 719 689 670 707 652 768

4.2 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.6

836 813 793 783 758 739 727 687 684 679 668 667 600 599 578 575 560 555 555 548 545 526 516 509 506

730 711 677 647 593 585 574 571 524 521

3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.2

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3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1

AMBERWOOD FARM DHI-AP H 54.3 RICHMOND, CHARLES & JOHN DHIR-AP H 219.9 ROLLING MEADOWS FARM LLC DHI-AP H 590.2 EARLY VIEW FARM DHI-AP H 108.7 PHILLIPS FAMILY FARM INC. DHI-AP H 906.3 R&D JANIGA ENTERPRISES DHI-AP H 302.5 MUNN, RICHARD DHI-AP H 75.9 HAIER, GEORGE DHI-AP H 59.5 WITTMEYER, CLAYTON JR. DHI-AP H 190.3 NORBEL DAIRY DHI-AP H 112.4 SCHMITZ, KEITH & ANN DHI-AP H 65.9 TRIPLE OAK FARMS DHI-AP H 154.1 HAIER FREDRICK DHI H 54.1 JEFFERY SIMONS DHI-AP H 64.0

25259 1013 4.0 819 3.2 26219 932 3.6 787 3.0 3X 26061 965 3.7 783 3.0 3X 24602 939 3.8 765 3.1 24641 944 3.8 758 3.1 3X 23043 854 3.7 726 3.2 23513 879 3.7 723 3.1 24280 865 3.6 723 3.0 23162 834 3.6 705 3.0 22756 843 3.7 682 3.0 3X 22650 822 3.6 674 3.0 22199 815 3.7 667 3.0 20007 824 4.1 632 3.2 20388 762 3.7 614 3.0

OOMSVIEW HOLSTEINS STARGO DAIRY FARM,LLC POIRIER, EUGENE METCALF FARMS BEAVER FLATS HOLSTEINS ARMSTRONG,THOMAS DANIEL & HELENE MEIER VINCENT FARM LLC. FRIEND,ALLAN AND MARY ARTIC ROSE ARTIC ROSE

33095 1010 3.1 968 2.9 3X 28721 1001 3.5 903 3.1 3X 25373 999 3.9 790 3.1 24859 908 3.7 775 3.1 3X 25160 797 3.2 765 3.0 23914 892 3.7 756 3.2 24036 874 3.6 756 3.1 24696 880 3.6 755 3.1 22588 839 3.7 707 3.1 22995 844 3.7 702 3.1 23202 792 3.4 683 2.9

FRANKLIN

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H H

91.9 179.6 68.6 511.0 62.8 71.8 357.0 142.1 84.6 10.8 32.1

For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com HERD OWNER

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DONALD ELLSWORTH WOOD, WILLIAM K. OTIS,RALPH & CINDY VINCENT FARM LLC. HAMILTON, SCOTT & JUDY GLENGARRY FARM LLC GEORGE MILLER THANKFUL HEARTS JERSEY'S CRAIGMOOR FARM CRAIGMOOR FARM WILLIAM JONES & SONS ALAMANA FARM'S LABARE , ROBERT TUTTLE FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP

BLUMER DAIRY MOWACRES FARM KINGSLEY, HOWARD & SONS TORREY FARMS DAIRY BERKEMEIER, H. C. & SONS ROBERT WOOD ZUBER FARMS 2 JOHN KUSZLYK

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP

GENESEE

GREENE

B R COW E E YEARS D

H H H J H A J J J G H H H X

282.0 68.7 57.8 32.1 83.2 139.5 104.8 63.6 42.2 42.5 100.5 48.1 65.8 78.5

H 409.2 H 1562.3 H 106.5 H 894.6 H 74.0 H 85.1 H 2145.1 X 71.0

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

22272 20896 20144 17702 20784 19298 16454 16370 15910 16849 18106 18233 16981 15919

761 747 765 821 736 706 695 717 749 771 657 637 673 653

3.4 3.6 3.8 4.6 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.6 3.6 3.5 4.0 4.1

681 674 635 628 623 585 583 579 576 556 547 538 513 504

3.1 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 3X 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2

25890 976 3.8 812 3.1 3X 26166 1012 3.9 789 3.0 3X 24906 915 3.7 760 3.1 24281 861 3.5 719 3.0 3X 20921 808 3.9 673 3.2 21417 682 3.2 648 3.0 3X 20437 806 3.9 608 3.0 3X 17678 635 3.6 542 3.1

DHI-AP H 45.8 DHIR-AP J 60.1

19542 16599

CASLER, JIM & PHIL MAYPAR FARM FOSTER'S ACRES HOLSTEINS TIMMERMAN FARMS WOLFE, HOWARD VALLEY HIGH FARM KELVISTA HOLSTEINS WINDEX FARMS BOEPPLE, RAYMOND & LISA FREDERICK P HERRINGSHAW BLACK IRON DAIRY LLC DONALD & ERIN SHUTTS JR SCHWASNICK FARMS BRUCE TREADWELL SPRING LAWN FARM ATRASS FARM MEADOW BROOK FARM WINTERGREEN FARM JORDAN VALLEY COLLINS PRIDE HOLSTEINS FOSTER'S ACRES JERSEYS DALE COVERT SALMSTEAD FARMS DITHMARSIA HOLSTEINS HAUGHTON FARM HACKLEY, BRIAN MARSHY ACRES FARM LYON, JOSEPH & ANGELA ELM TREE FARM HILLSDALE FARM GEHRING, DONALD DONEINFARM DALE COVERT

DHI-AP DHIR DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H H X H H H H X H H H J H H H H H X H H H H H X

289.6 135.5 137.1 204.8 90.7 76.0 90.4 100.4 62.0 202.1 179.9 64.8 111.8 77.9 79.1 69.5 72.5 66.1 66.8 115.7 13.8 41.8 100.6 108.4 96.7 51.8 60.1 73.9 71.0 14.6 41.4 30.2 20.1

28174 1194 4.2 863 3.1 25571 993 3.9 797 3.1 24696 832 3.4 770 3.1 25308 830 3.3 762 3.0 3X 23748 906 3.8 746 3.1 23591 923 3.9 717 3.0 23392 873 3.7 702 3.0 21794 825 3.8 679 3.1 22408 842 3.8 678 3.0 20455 797 3.9 652 3.2 21847 797 3.6 650 3.0 20650 763 3.7 648 3.1 21365 816 3.8 640 3.0 21562 784 3.6 638 3.0 20429 756 3.7 637 3.1 20183 772 3.8 610 3.0 18823 698 3.7 601 3.2 19755 716 3.6 580 2.9 19115 674 3.5 576 3.0 18920 675 3.6 567 3.0 15392 724 4.7 565 3.7 18372 668 3.6 553 3.0 19116 660 3.5 551 2.9 18203 694 3.8 549 3.0 17406 699 4.0 547 3.1 17772 660 3.7 544 3.1 18542 650 3.5 544 2.9 18100 649 3.6 543 3.0 18288 687 3.8 535 2.9 16934 543 3.2 528 3.1 17600 660 3.8 527 3.0 17462 651 3.7 510 2.9 15452 670 4.3 508 3.3

HYLIGHT FARMS,LLC DHIR-AP HYLIGHT FARMS,LLC DHIR-AP NORTH HARBOR FARM DHI-AP NORTHROP, MICHAEL & SONS DHI-AP GRAND VENTURE DAIRY DHI-APCS BIG DOG DAIRY DHI-AP SHELAND FARMS DHI-APCS EISEL, STEVE DHI-AP BROWN,DOUGLAS E. DHI-AP WOOD FARMS, LLC. DHI-APCS MASON'S DAIRY FARM DHI-AP HYLIGHT FARMS,LLC DHIR-AP SMITHVILLE DAIRY DHI-AP SOUTH SANDY DAIRY DHI-AP LILAC LAWNS FARM INC. DHI-AP HORNING, STANLEY & SHARON DHI-AP GALEN R. GOCKLEY DHI-AP BOULTON BEACH FARMS,LLC DHI-AP ZEHR, JASON DHI-AP REED HAVEN FARMS DHI-AP LYNDALE FARM DHI-AP EASTMAN DAIRY FARM LLC. DHI-AP REFF FAMILY FARM DHI-AP LEE,STEPHEN & SALLY DHI PEACHEY WILMER & VERA DHIR-AP FORRESTER,DENNIS & CAROL DHI-AP TOAD HOLLOW DAIRY DHI-AP KURTZ, JOSEPH E. JR. DHI-AP TMT FARMS DHI-AP ZUMBACH, BRIAN & AMY DHI-AP MURROCK FARM DHI-AP JENKINS DAIRY FARM DHI-AP WATSON, STEPHEN DHI-AP MEEKS FARM+SONS DHI-AP HALDEMAN DAVID DHI-AP JEFF ZIMMER DHI-AP MOSER, BRAD DHI-AP YODER, TIM & ARLENE DHIR-AP JOSH+LISA MOSER DHIR-AP BONNYLAND FARM DHI

H H H H H H H H H H H X H H H H H H X H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H

74.2 256.8 791.7 84.2 864.1 112.8 720.0 135.7 252.3 593.4 114.5 32.7 105.8 85.5 139.5 54.3 68.6 136.5 63.4 167.5 73.9 399.3 92.5 62.1 76.1 123.2 69.9 60.0 52.5 91.5 241.6 107.3 86.4 135.6 55.9 83.8 49.0 71.6 53.2 61.2

29468 29821 29915 27834 27040 26861 26740 24618 25709 25169 24093 21392 24331 24508 23758 22236 22485 22582 22314 23088 22533 24026 21396 22164 22829 22484 21832 20703 21143 21086 20851 19311 18507 18020 17726 17632 17327 17141 17134 17218

DHI-AP H 48.9

28128

HERKIMER

JEFFERSON

LEWIS

L&M FARMS

742 3.8 588 3.0 814 4.9 581 3.5

1103 1117 1042 964 983 986 932 770 966 1002 928 1037 943 915 765 897 840 816 832 818 839 829 863 785 834 783 783 808 842 691 777 737 673 666 651 646 627 691 649 640

3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.2 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.7

909 907 899 843 841 811 805 796 780 766 749 747 742 738 723 714 714 705 700 695 695 693 691 673 669 662 659 654 649 642 615 611 571 555 536 528 526 525 522 511

3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0

956 3.4 834 3.0

3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X

3X 3X 3X

WALNUTHOF FARM ANDY SCHANTZ YORK, SCOTT E RIDLESIDE HERD #1 RIVEREDGE DAIRY SCHRAG,WILFRED & LOIS ROGGIE,KEITH SOUTH KEENER DAIRY HOUSER, DWIGHT WILLIAMS FARM TARA LYNDAKER JASDALE FARM TERRY WALSEMAN SULLIVAN,MIKE C. LEYDEN VIEW FARM ZEHR GLENN HANCOCK,JIM & DARCIE RODNEY CLINTSMAN JEFF SIMPSON YORK, MICHEAL & DYNALL SHERMAN ERIC & LORELLE MISTYKNOLL FARM HEBERT, RONALD ERNEST & AMY BEYER THUNDER LANE DAIRY MAST, TITUS WIDRICK,KYLE YANCEY,HASKELL A.,JR VALMONT DAIRY FARM BUCKINGHAM, DALE PALUCK, WILLAIM NORTZ, CHRISTINA GUS TABOLT HOPPEL,CARL & DORIS BAUER, JAMES GINGERICH, LOWELL & JOYCE MOSER, LYNDON

LIVINGSTON

R. SCHRAMM ENT. MULLIGAN FARM, INC MULLIGAN FARM, INC MROCZEK, JOSEPH & ANDY KEVETTA FARMS MULLIGAN FARM, INC COYNE FARMS, INC. DAIRYKNOLL FARMS KEVETTA FARMS MAXWELL FARMS CADYVILLE FARM DONNAN FARMS, INC.

MADISON

TYPE TEST

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

109.3 74.7 56.8 171.1 63.7 83.6 84.2 111.3 79.5 159.8 51.7 131.8 72.6 123.7 87.3 89.5 98.2 81.2 62.0 65.3 71.8 131.4 98.6 122.6 81.2 74.5 78.9 59.2 113.6 62.3 93.9 37.7 134.2 104.4 24.8 127.9 92.9

26341 24481 24855 23406 22565 22923 24046 22622 22632 22290 21931 22248 22686 20381 21956 21289 21530 21068 20548 20567 20088 19456 20285 19867 19654 18413 19462 18816 18865 18272 18273 18779 18042 18530 18227 16891 16357

993 829 920 866 845 954 876 837 889 884 764 979 914 758 885 773 716 767 820 770 875 730 755 825 848 695 718 662 704 658 768 774 697 731 631 680 639

3.8 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.5 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.4 3.8 3.7 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.9

803 751 748 731 715 701 699 698 694 684 682 675 674 670 663 647 646 639 626 618 616 605 601 599 587 582 573 573 567 562 551 549 548 542 540 536 510

3.0 3X 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3X 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.1

H 194.8 H 1130.6 H 1240.7 H 89.1 H 25.7 H 108.7 H 905.1 H 914.9 J 14.6 H 82.1 H 154.2 H 3546.1

28019 28053 27837 25992 26305 25901 26166 25926 21256 24071 21372 20985

1082 1043 1033 908 887 966 1030 907 923 878 864 755

3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.5 4.3 3.6 4.0 3.6

875 857 851 811 805 795 783 778 776 713 661 623

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.7 3.0 3.1 3.0

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H

3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X

3X

CHRIS AND STEPH ANDERSON DHIR-AP H 52.3 MORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUND DHI-APCS H 259.3 CEDARKNOB FARMS,LLC DHI-AP H 327.5 SPRINGWATER FARMS LLC DHI-AP H 400.7 DURFEE, STEVEN DHI-AP H 513.4 HOLMES ACRE DHI-AP H 513.8 SWAMP BOTTOM FARM DHI-AP H 46.7 WHITE EAGLE FARMS DHI-AP H 1004.2 FERN HILL FARM, LLC DHIR H 247.3 ROBERTS, CHARLES & SONS DHI-AP H 125.8 GATEHOUSE FARM DHI-AP H 247.8 EVANS, DOUG DHIR A 40.7 MONANFRAN FARMS, INC. DHIR-AP H 190.6 BIKOWSKY,PATTY & JOHN JR. DHI-AP H 77.2 GRANNY ANNE DHIR-AP H 83.1 TFARM DHIR H 87.3 WOOD, CALVIN & MATT DHI-AP H 239.3 WESTFALL, FRED & STEVE DHI-AP H 96.2 MANLEY, GWEN & JEFF DHI-AP H 43.9 RENDCACH FARMS DHI-AP H 160.6 JONES, DAVID & SCOTT DHI-AP H 79.8 PUSHLAR, PAUL & FAMILY DHI-AP H 79.5 WINTERCREST FARMS DHI-AP H 120.2 WRATTEN FARM DHI-AP H 36.7 PARSONS, DOUGLAS DHI-AP H 119.5 HENRY, JOSEPH O. & PETE DHI-AP H 71.0 FANNING, TERRY DHI-AP H 68.4 WOODCOCK, LOUIS L. DHI H 93.1 WEDGE FARM DHI-AP H 71.5 MORGAN, FRED & JUDY DHI-AP H 148.8 BARNES, BRUCE DHI-AP H 69.5 LYREKCREST HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 80.2 BRIDGEDALE FARM DHI-AP H 113.3 SCHELL, JOHN E. DHI-AP H 60.8 PERRY, DONALD L.&DONALD H DHI-AP H 82.4 SCHELL, JOHN E. DHI-AP J 16.8 MEEKER, ROY E. DHI-AP H 42.9 WESTFALL, FRED & STEVE DHI-AP A 26.0 WRATTEN FARM DHI-AP X 31.8 WILCOX, TERRY DHI-AP H 79.9

30198 874 2.9 926 3.1 3X 29298 1071 3.7 915 3.1 3X 27926 909 3.3 847 3.0 3X 27561 924 3.4 828 3.0 3X 26199 993 3.8 810 3.1 3X 25240 867 3.4 765 3.0 3X 23824 799 3.4 752 3.2 25353 914 3.6 743 2.9 3X 22833 896 3.9 735 3.2 23645 909 3.8 730 3.1 24481 896 3.7 728 3.0 3X 22313 862 3.9 721 3.2 23682 849 3.6 704 3.0 23638 830 3.5 703 3.0 22232 840 3.8 692 3.1 22095 845 3.8 689 3.1 20954 792 3.8 658 3.1 21259 776 3.7 657 3.1 21437 812 3.8 656 3.1 21355 805 3.8 649 3.0 20837 801 3.8 646 3.1 20775 749 3.6 645 3.1 21687 786 3.6 642 3.0 20566 777 3.8 633 3.1 19691 732 3.7 615 3.1 20187 685 3.4 615 3.0 19791 670 3.4 611 3.1 19067 723 3.8 604 3.2 19998 782 3.9 603 3.0 18797 796 4.2 598 3.2 19748 698 3.5 596 3.0 19282 691 3.6 591 3.1 19155 721 3.8 584 3.0 18754 661 3.5 558 3.0 18608 722 3.9 552 3.0 17684 676 3.8 547 3.1 18941 714 3.8 539 2.8 16613 636 3.8 515 3.1 16123 600 3.7 507 3.1 16504 603 3.7 503 3.0

COLBY HOMESTEAD FARMS ELLSWORTH, ROCKY & PAT

DHI-APCS H 207.0 DHIR-AP X 54.0

22300 15935

KORONA, JEREMY CANARY DAIRY LLC KORONA, JEREMY NARE FARMS KORONA, JEREMY DEVENDORF FARM MEAD, GARY HAYES THOMAS BRUMAR FARM

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-APCS

25988 25726 25518 24775 20201 23669 23794 24393 23532

MONROE

MONTGOMERY

H H H H J H H H H

30.0 55.6 61.3 197.4 12.5 45.9 194.7 65.4 208.2

878 3.9 675 3.0 633 4.0 531 3.3 1265 958 1165 991 1173 923 897 1003 990

4.9 3.7 4.6 4.0 5.8 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.2

844 828 820 777 767 761 743 735 731

3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1

HERD OWNER

TYPE TEST

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

SHUSTER, PAUL & MAXINE DHI-AP STANLEY WICHOWSKY DHI-AP CLAY HILL FARM DHIR-AP ROBBIE DYGERT DHI-AP HEISER, JASON DHI-AP KORONA, STANLEY DHI-AP MAC VEAN, ROBERT DHI-AP FREDERICKS VELVET ACRES DHI-AP JAMES HUDSON DHIR-AP SAMMONS FARM 1 DHI-AP FEAGLES FARM DHI-AP WILA HALA FARM DHI-AP RANDY & DEBBIE FRASIER DHIR-AP INGHAMS HILL FARM DHI-AP KORONA, STANLEY DHI-AP HANDY HILLS FARM DHI-AP MCCLUMPHA FARM DHI-AP HILL, RONALD DHI ADAM HAYES DHI-AP DAMIN FARM DHI-AP KORONA, STANLEY DHI-AP COLE, MIKE DHI-AP TRAHAVEN DHI-AP RACANIELLO, WAYNE DHIR-AP SNYDER, CLYDE DHI-AP FRASIER, LYN AND WILLIAM DHI JUDY & HENRY CAUWENBERGHS DHI-AP DAMIN, GLEN DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H J H H H H H A J H H H H J H

55.4 63.9 143.8 60.3 91.6 40.0 109.1 141.8 35.6 224.4 72.8 80.0 47.3 79.5 32.3 105.4 31.5 79.3 58.3 75.3 36.1 73.2 49.3 32.6 74.8 61.2 61.7 62.9

24399 22993 22764 23810 23471 22390 22294 22259 22555 21945 22498 21167 21406 22527 17351 19882 21407 21082 19668 19764 18164 16821 19531 19205 18495 18655 15789 17703

908 902 837 933 892 787 876 741 954 835 866 840 871 806 821 790 715 921 747 787 748 850 791 772 735 694 743 666

3.7 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.6 4.7 4.0 3.3 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.1 5.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.7 3.8

722 706 701 700 696 694 694 679 675 674 674 654 654 649 635 635 633 631 604 598 597 591 582 582 549 548 546 513

3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3X 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5 2.9

MCCOLLUM FARMS LAKESHORE DAIRY LLC GASPORT VIEW DAIRY,INC. J J FARMS 1 J J FARMS 1 WILLS DAIRY FARM RED CREEK FARM RANNEY FARMS J J FARMS 1 MILLEVILLE FARMS,INC.

H 2324.7 H 1685.4 H 695.4 H 336.3 H 484.1 H 295.7 H 151.3 H 113.9 H 146.7 H 74.4

25056 25432 23992 24159 21976 21446 21303 20434 17274 16850

952 956 844 857 798 714 803 832 666 668

3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.0

783 761 732 719 662 654 646 632 544 540

3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2

27684 27325 24113 23675 22141 22512 21928 22448 22612 21509 21753 21082 20936 20748 19812 20259 19176 18797 20264 17691 18255 17512 18607 17657 19271 17581 18015 16815 15320 18513 17306 18716 16804 17123 16987 17556 15968

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3.6 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.8 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.8

842 802 771 740 700 697 697 691 686 642 638 632 628 615 609 608 601 586 585 576 572 569 567 559 552 546 542 541 541 541 534 532 525 522 522 512 507

3.0 2.9 3X 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.2

NIAGARA

ONEIDA

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

COLLINS, EDWARD & SONS CHAMPION FARMS LLC BIELBY, JAMES WILLSON, RODNEY GAFNER, GEORGE PRITCHARD, HUBERT AND JIM GALLAGHER,CINDY & PAUL ANGELL, KEVIN C. WILLIAMS, JAMES SMITH, WILLIAM & JOAN GREEN, PETER M. GYPSY DELL FARM LLC MELODYWOOD FARM SMITH, RONALD & HOWARD HAROLD GLOUSE VAN HATTEN, B & C STOLARCZYK, BRIAN GROESLON FARM INC. ROBERTS, JOHN & LISA SHERWOOD FARM FITZGERALD, JASON HD2 LWG DUTCH HAVEN FARM BALDWIN, RICHARD & SHARON GAR LINN FARM LARRY,DOUGLAS JONES TERRANCE R. SCHNEIBLE,BOB RED LINE FARMS LLC POOLE,BRIAN&TRACEY POOLE,BRIAN&TRACEY SMOTHERS, ANNETTE & AR SPRING GROVE FARM LLC TOLBERT FRANK PLEASANT VALLEY FARM NOBIS, TONY & PETE LEE DAIRY FARM ROCKYLEE FARM

DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H H H H H H H X H H H H X H X H H H H H H J A H H H X H H H

SNAVLIN FARMS COVALE HOLSTEINS TWIN BIRCH DAIRY ,LLC VENTURE FARMS LLC ANDREW STACK FABIUS GREENWOOD FARM MOUNTFIELD FARM AIRY RIDGE FARM COWLES, THURLOW, Y. OLIVER,FARM MAPLEHURST FARMS LLC LOOMIS, JAMES W. AMESLEA FARM 1 RICHARDS, ELMER & SONS MARKHAM HOLLOW FARM DALE VANERDEN TREGFARMS LLC DOODY, LARRY & SONS BURGETT FARMS HAYNES SCOTT CARLSON, CHERYL DENNIS, CARL & CRAIG HAYNES SCOTT TUCKER JOHN COOK, PAUL TWIN FARMS

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H 139.2 H 459.1 H 1181.5 H 845.5 H 97.2 H 905.1 H 163.5 H 401.5 H 272.4 H 79.3 H 415.5 H 202.4 H 118.6 H 1413.6 H 308.6 H 653.9 H 168.1 H 368.0 H 111.5 X 11.2 J 57.8 H 46.4 A 47.4 J 129.0 H 49.7 B 32.0

ONONDAGA

670.6 713.9 87.2 98.5 55.4 112.9 74.0 48.9 53.8 62.4 128.8 166.1 54.8 59.9 90.0 41.3 82.3 71.7 19.1 63.7 67.1 67.0 61.1 58.0 46.4 94.9 47.1 57.0 43.8 14.4 44.6 53.6 62.6 74.4 47.4 79.2 50.3

3X 3X 3X 3X

3X

29914 1135 3.8 920 3.1 3X 29723 1065 3.6 918 3.1 3X 28417 956 3.4 873 3.1 3X 28640 1063 3.7 860 3.0 3X 27345 978 3.6 844 3.1 26230 921 3.5 792 3.0 3X 23562 908 3.9 747 3.2 25050 829 3.3 740 3.0 3X 23883 887 3.7 735 3.1 24292 906 3.7 729 3.0 24592 978 4.0 729 3.0 3X 23197 896 3.9 724 3.1 3X 23227 839 3.6 707 3.0 22460 839 3.7 696 3.1 22409 878 3.9 696 3.1 22705 790 3.5 696 3.1 3X 22678 835 3.7 695 3.1 22710 821 3.6 690 3.0 21478 850 4.0 678 3.2 19348 777 4.0 645 3.3 16386 803 4.9 636 3.9 20536 746 3.6 614 3.0 18207 692 3.8 564 3.1 15858 743 4.7 557 3.5 3X 18544 745 4.0 548 3.0 17074 674 3.9 541 3.2

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Top 40 Herds For May

For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER KARASEK,RUDY & SON WILDB DAIRY SILVER SPRINGS FARM

DHI-AP H 119.7 DHI-AP J 46.3 DHIR J 133.4

ONTARIO

RHA MILK

17903 16272 14642

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

610 3.4 527 2.9 682 4.2 525 3.2 700 4.8 508 3.5

RAES,RONALD DHI-AP MINNS JAMES DHI-AP LIGHTLAND FARMS DHI-AP BLACK BROOK FARM DHI-AP ELVI FARMS, INC. DHI-APCS HILTON RICHARD N DHI-AP HEMDALE FARMS, INC. DHI-APCS FABA FARM DHI-AP REEDLAND FARMS DHI-AP ROGERS DAIRY FARM DHI-AP LINHOLM DAIRY LLC DHI-AP DEBOOVER FAMILY FARMS LLC DHI-AP GREEN VIEW FARMS DHI-AP WILLOCREST DHI-APCS HAYTON FAMILY FARM DHI-AP DAY BROTHERS DHI-AP PHALEN,KEVIN & ROBERT DHI-AP LAMELLA FARMS DHI-AP COSH, ANDREW S. DHI-AP CROUCH, GLENN AND JOHN DHI-AP WALKER, CHARLES & SHELLEY DHI-AP

H 150.4 H 673.0 H 399.5 H 172.3 H1042.9 H 400.3 H 731.0 H 488.2 H 374.3 H 160.2 H 175.3 H 1020.5 H 119.0 H 1083.1 H 64.7 H 150.1 H 451.6 H 124.1 H 72.3 H 62.8 H 39.8

32222 28718 27801 27602 26863 26785 26558 25581 25948 24468 24148 24765 23004 23205 22558 21447 22419 20404 20189 17304 16838

1119 1007 997 1022 944 1006 885 926 943 939 921 945 880 832 860 818 838 752 756 696 728

3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.3

960 869 827 820 817 814 808 792 774 760 749 744 708 704 703 680 679 638 621 535 520

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

SMILEY, RUSSELL W. GIBBS, GARY & SARA SPRUCEGATE HOLSTEINS BELLVALE FARMS STAP ROBERT & STACEY THORNDALE FARM ECHO FARM HOYT, MARK & KATIE JOHNSON, C. F. & SON FREEDOM HILL FARM EWANCIW, ED BALBACH, C.H. WISNER FARMS, INC. JOHSON, PHILIP COSSA, ED & MARY JANE

H H H H H H H H H J H H H H J

25528 21797 20588 21444 21035 20965 21343 21130 17734 15995 18484 17072 17198 16306 14414

996 838 758 837 746 822 720 740 714 712 666 637 622 681 670

3.9 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.5 4.0 4.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.6

785 687 660 660 652 645 644 633 549 544 524 519 518 502 501

3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5

ORANGE

ORLEANS

DHI-AP DHIR DHIR DHIR DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP

39.9 68.4 51.5 54.0 106.4 111.3 108.5 69.8 220.6 31.2 29.3 50.9 84.7 266.2 38.7

3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X

SCHOHARIE

3.8 775 2.9 3X 3.7 692 3.1 4.0 618 3.2

CORJESS HOLSTEINS WILKINSON, LARRY MAPLE HELP STOCK FARMS NICHOLSON,DEAN WILL COMLEY SUMMER VILLA HOLSTEINS

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H X H

87.2 78.8 52.6 94.6 61.4 58.5

23840 23397 21493 20703 17203 17846

878 775 807 750 636 636

3.7 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6

755 681 677 645 547 531

3.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0

WEBSTER, TERRY & COREY WOODLAWN DAIRY FARM LLC VAN ALSTINE, TOM & SANDY ROHRING FALLS FARM GALLEY, DAVID ALDRICH KEITH BANTA BROTHERS COOPERSTOWN HOLSTEIN CORP WATERPOINT FARMS JORDAN BROTHERS FLY CREEK VALLEY FARMS TRACY,ROBERT POWERS, JAMES & PAMELA DAYDREAM FARMS GANTNER,RICH ROCKSPRING FARM BOUCHARD, RICKY MATT AND DEAN UTTER WESTBROOK, WILLIAM&WENDY OSBORNE,CLAYTON,JOHN,BRUC LICATA DAIRY TYLER, LESTER DAN & MAE'S DAIRY DULKIS, MARK BOB & KAREN MELLOTT TAUZEL, J & J JAMES FERGUSON BUTTS,DAN & JOHN WEINERT,WILLY&BECKY GOD'S GRACE FARM RIDGEVIEW FARM MUMFORD, JAMES & MARCIA JAKE REED TRILL ACRES

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H H H H H H H H H H X H H X H H H H B H H H H H H H H H H H H

147.3 167.7 74.5 78.4 78.8 37.3 73.9 274.8 366.8 90.4 54.4 80.2 51.1 48.0 38.8 87.9 35.1 123.4 81.4 53.0 35.2 135.3 78.3 65.9 56.6 62.3 77.8 35.1 41.9 50.4 66.7 108.3 60.9 35.5

26536 26294 26058 23785 23210 23076 23024 22424 22821 20946 20782 20561 20727 19671 20566 20570 20009 19101 20458 20921 21133 18604 19784 20461 19712 19320 19197 19557 19714 18578 18345 17709 17008 16950

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3.7 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8

816 807 775 716 705 696 685 680 675 657 647 646 642 639 627 626 625 622 621 609 608 602 595 594 593 576 575 571 571 550 545 542 518 504

3.1 3.1 3.0 3X 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3X 3.0 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0

GREEN, DAVID CANNON MATT & PEGGY DAN REQUATE MCMAHON, JOHN & DAN MOODY, MARK & ALICE LEWCLIF FARMS TARBOX FARMS 1 LUKELAND FARMS CRAIG A CHITTENDEN

DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H H H H H J

333.5 98.0 177.7 127.7 33.4 120.1 90.3 103.1 75.9

28433 1153 4.1 872 3.1 3X 24319 949 3.9 820 3.4 24656 929 3.8 747 3.0 3X 22967 850 3.7 704 3.1 21625 822 3.8 643 3.0 19719 790 4.0 633 3.2 20483 760 3.7 626 3.1 18509 682 3.7 569 3.1 14185 665 4.7 529 3.7

GILBERT,ANDY & TONY STAUFFER FARMS WOODCREST DAIRY,LLC RIVERBREEZE FARMS

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-APCS

H 1229.0 H 1483.4 H 2732.2 H 1110.3

OTSEGO

RENSSELAER

ST. LAWRENCE

26971 26781 25559 25529

833 862 900 848

3.1 3.2 3.5 3.3

831 808 764 763

3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0

C&M DAIRY LLC. NOWZ THE TIME FARM ROPUT FARMS CROSBY, FRANK, J. TWIN MILL FARMS, LLC LES & IRENE HARGRAVE HD2 REED, MARION & FRED JR. FAUCHER, MICHAEL PUTNEY,LESLIE G.HD 2 PUTNEY,LESLIE G. HD1 MAPLE NOOK HOLSTEINS LAVACK,FRED & FAMILY HD 1 SCOTT&TRACI LAING MCDONALD,DONALD & ROBERT BRESETT, HAROLD JR FREGOE PATRICK,H. COW BELL ACRES MATT REYNOLDS LAVACK,FRED & FAMILY HD 3 NELSON,MARK WOOD, DAVID R. PECK, WILLIAM PECK, JOSEPH KEVIN PECK FLYHIGHER HOLSTEINS LLC KINGSRANSOM FARM SMITH BROS. HANEHAN FAMILY DAIRY SPEIDEL, RICHARD CURTISS, C.E. & SON

26325 1007 22597 843 19373 778

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

883 820 825 790 857 764 795 764 739 724 740 691 696 651 641 645 710 680 638 579

3.7 3.7 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.9 4.0 4.5 3.5

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H B H H H H H H H H H H X H J H

566.4 60.4 121.8 34.0 145.6 23.2 66.2 104.9 194.3 124.3 70.9 77.8 61.8 160.0 132.9 128.4 32.0 46.5 46.7 30.5

23773 22115 20677 21982 21521 18156 20011 21290 20731 20579 19651 19523 18829 17721 18180 18577 14352 17160 14067 16626

DHIRAPCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR-AP

H H H H H H H H H H

975.1 612.6 110.0 594.0 157.1 814.3 170.7 671.5 86.8 22.6

28733 1154 4.0 914 3.2 3X 28058 1060 3.8 868 3.1 3X 25388 922 3.6 769 3.0 25023 900 3.6 753 3.0 3X 24723 926 3.7 747 3.0 3X 24277 900 3.7 733 3.0 3X 23169 910 3.9 727 3.1 23609 889 3.8 721 3.1 21701 886 4.1 660 3.0 17395 709 4.1 556 3.2

28775 1094 3.8 882 3.1 25954 999 3.8 821 3.2 27091 1032 3.8 819 3.0 26402 1029 3.9 794 3.0 24018 945 3.9 758 3.2 24202 880 3.6 734 3.0 20921 835 4.0 679 3.2 17261 653 3.8 534 3.1 17380 637 3.7 532 3.1

3X 3X 3X 3X

25884 25638 26367 25802 25060 24800 23855 20791 21747 19106 18623

3X

3X

DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H B H

SMITH, GERARD M. SMITH STOCK FARM DAMIN FARMS, LLC ROGER DUNN SCHUMACRES & ASSOCIATES BURNS FAMILY FARM LLC JA WA FARMS KARR DAIRY FARMS,LLC DWI BET FARMS ARCHER, BRUCE NICHOLS DAIRY CLARK, EDWARD JR. DAMIN FARMS, LLC BARBR FARMS ATHERTON FAMILY KIMBLEDALE CHARLES P. WATERS WADE, LYLE & JEAN PRICE, TOM FIDE FARMS STEWART, DAVID & KATHY ELLISON FARMS KRAMER, DAVID & KIMBERLY EDWARD SOPOROWSKI

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H 107.0 H 573.5 H 1141.0 H 601.3 H 1142.5 H 411.7 H 169.1 H 538.9 H 349.9 H 53.8 H 65.3 H 86.8 X 69.7 H 153.0 A 88.0 H 67.3 H 110.6 H 54.5 H 42.2 H 85.0 X 99.3 H 181.2 H 38.5 H 48.0

26693 1071 4.0 863 3.2 28206 1034 3.7 843 3.0 3X 27457 915 3.3 795 2.9 3X 26758 982 3.7 790 3.0 3X 25317 902 3.6 759 3.0 3X 25876 893 3.5 756 2.9 3X 24097 953 4.0 748 3.1 23283 876 3.8 724 3.1 3X 24473 863 3.5 720 2.9 3X 22568 834 3.7 713 3.2 22408 816 3.6 701 3.1 22170 870 3.9 699 3.2 21073 861 4.1 694 3.3 3X 21549 753 3.5 638 3.0 20185 746 3.7 631 3.1 20549 729 3.5 627 3.1 20242 706 3.5 620 3.1 19002 708 3.7 603 3.2 18948 638 3.4 576 3.0 18064 675 3.7 569 3.1 18868 725 3.8 569 3.0 18843 692 3.7 556 3.0 16752 639 3.8 507 3.0 16997 659 3.9 504 3.0

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H M H

20997 20219 17928 17106 16564

SULLIVAN

BRANDON PETERS DAIRY J&E WEISSMANN FARMS HUGHSON, WILFRED WEISSMANN MSHORTHORNS THONY'S DAIRY

86.8 28.7 142.1 22.3 49.7

703 719 682 638 652

3.3 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.9

634 588 548 519 509

3.1 3.1 3X 3.0 3X 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 3X 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.0

3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1

ULSTER

WASHINGTON

MURANDA HOLSTEINS GEORGE FARMS DARYL G. MARTIN JOHN MEHLING CANOGASPRING FARMS HORNING, CURTIS GEM LAKE FARM LLC VANILLEN DAIRY ZIMMERMAN, GLENN VANILLEN DAIRY EAGLETON FARM

STEUBEN

796 789 788 784 770 721 701 662 657 631 559

TOMPKINS

DOMINO FARM F&C BROOKS AND SONS

H 819.6 H 394.1 H 2354.8 H 721.9 H 119.1 H 77.6 A 31.5 H 51.5 X 71.4

3.5 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.6 4.0 3.7

LYON, FRANK CAMPBELL, CHARLES B. KING, DAVE ZORN, TOM & JANET STRONGHAVEN FARM R. HIDDEN VALLEY FARM HOWLAND, ROBERT C. FRISBIE BROTHERS KWIATKOWSKI BROTHERS MCNEIL,MARK LAWTON, MERLE HUIZINGA, HENRY & LOIS FRANCISCO, YVETTE HUIZINGA DAIRY TODD AND JOSIE SPENCER WALKER, DOUGLAS JR. DEMING, CODY

3X 3X

SENECA VALLEY FARMS GAIGE FARMS BERGEN FARMS GLENVIEW DAIRY LLC BURR, CHARLES AND KEN HOSTETLER, MARK & MARYELE BURR, CHARLES AND KEN ALLEN, THOMAS R. LONE OAK FARM

912 923 875 967 898 874 855 816 775 763 682

TIOGA

3X

3X 3X

82.4 378.6 67.4 96.3 347.7 70.3 218.0 32.9 211.7 29.3 49.6

849 840 807 750 725 722 719 716 691 686 672 670 670 657 645 577 560 537

HERD OWNER

HARDIE FARMS INC. COOK FARMS MILLBROOK FARM STUTTLE, LEWIS VISION QUEST DAIRY TEACHING & REASEARCH CTR MILLBROOK FARM CARPENTER, EVAN & BREN VANDEBOGART, ALAN & RAY MILLBROOK FARM FOUTS FARM SMITH, NIAL S. & SONS CUMMINGS, WILLIAM STUTTLE, LEWIS PINE RIDGE FARM INC. STUTTLE, LEWIS RANKIN FARM HOUSTON, MARLIN J. KANE, DONALD

3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0

SENECA

4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.5 5.5 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.7

3.0 3X 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.0 3.6 3.0

28740 27068 25307 23944 24498 24744 20251 23081 23036 22871 21356 18607 22129 21820 21884 18844 18729 17963

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

1147 1105 1069 982 816 877 1117 943 840 839 760 818 792 809 783 751 772 656

721 682 666 665 663 641 637 635 629 620 597 596 576 544 544 541 523 519 509 507

PROKOP, RICHARD,SANDY & JON DHI-AP H 333.3 SUNY AG &TECH COLLEGE DHIR H 164.3 ARGUS ACRES, LLC DHI-AP H 385.4 SCHULTZ BROS. FARM INC. DHI-AP H 142.7 HIGH HILL FARM LLC DHI-AP H 127.5 RUTHER, STEVEN & MARION DHI-AP H 75.2 PROKOP, RICHARD,SANDY&JON DHI-AP J 22.0 LLOYD,DAVID,DENISE,JASON DHIR-AP H 157.2 STANTON,JOHNDEBERIC DHI-AP H 141.2 CACCIOLA GERRY & SHARON DHI-AP H 329.6 RKEYVALE DHI-AP H 71.7 EVERETT, TIM & PATTI DHI J 29.4 BOULDER BROOK FARM DHI-AP H 137.0 STANTON,JOHNDEBERIC DHI-AP A 42.3 LVA FARMS NO B.S.T. DHI-AP H 107.2 BUCK, DANIEL & TAMMY DHI-AP H 69.0 C.D.S. TILLAPAUGH DHI H 311.0 GAIGE, DAVID & DONNA DHIR-AP H 52.1

SCHUYLER

3X 3X 3X 3X

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

SARATOGA

NEAL, EDWARD & JAMES AND JODY DHI-AP H 558.1 ZIMMERMAN CHRIS DHIR-AP H 39.2 SMITH,EDWIN & RICHARD DHIR-AP X 58.1

OSWEGO

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LINCOLN HILL FARM KENYON HILL FARM RUIGVIEW FARM HIBROW FARM MAIN DRAG FARM WALKER FARMS MARNS, ALBERT & DONNA HOYT, JAY & LORI TOOLITE FARM LLC CREEK FARM DEER FLATS FARM STEWART FARM ADAM AUSTIN CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL THE KUSTER FARM TWIN BROOKS FARM LLC TUDOR, JOHN ANDREW,HOWARD & JAY FAIRVIEW FARMS SEACORD, RICHARD & BRIAN TRINKLE FARM CAMPBELL, REA D. ABBOTT III, ROBERT PARKER'S DAIRY #2 ROUSE, EDWARD J. WEEPING BIRCH FARM NEW GENERATION FARM PARKER'S DAIRY #1 SWEZEY VIEW FARM LIDDLE, ADAM REID, KYLE & SHANNA FOOTHILL FARM, LLC PARKER'S DAIRY #3 WEEPING BIRCH FARM TOOLITE FARM LLC TRINKLE FARM SWEZEY VIEW FARM

WAYNE

HORIZON DAIRY SCHOEACRES WELCUMIN FARMS SCHULTZ, WAYNE H. BOISE, STEPHEN & JEANNE KOEBERLE,E.W. & SONS DRUMLIN VIEW FARM LONELY LANE FARM SHIRRON FARMS HOAD ,BRANDON

WYOMING

TYPE TEST

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

B R COW E E YEARS D

H H H H H H H H H H J H H H H H H

90.1 59.8 72.4 40.9 257.3 235.5 93.2 127.1 200.8 55.0 79.0 164.0 39.8 162.3 87.5 45.2 70.5

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

27857 1050 3.8 843 3.0 26461 961 3.6 813 3.1 26987 958 3.5 789 2.9 26321 1014 3.9 779 3.0 25352 967 3.8 763 3.0 3X 24645 971 3.9 755 3.1 25005 896 3.6 745 3.0 23962 886 3.7 717 3.0 22994 846 3.7 710 3.1 3X 22447 869 3.9 700 3.1 19746 933 4.7 693 3.5 22364 838 3.7 681 3.0 21733 832 3.8 663 3.1 20782 763 3.7 642 3.1 20746 792 3.8 629 3.0 18852 672 3.6 598 3.2 18568 688 3.7 585 3.2

H 1137.4 H 266.3 H 680.1 H 235.0 H 395.3 H 557.2 H 19.5 H 81.8 H 79.5 X 74.6 H 326.2 X 146.8 H 47.5 X 15.0 H 356.1 J 54.6 H 57.2 H 123.8 H 171.6

29276 27193 27709 27533 27106 26775 27208 25389 25117 23768 22932 21384 21809 21047 20441 17143 18810 18608 16737

999 963 942 947 965 894 884 858 979 880 894 859 779 731 734 784 754 705 623

DHIRAPCS J 155.3 DHI-AP H 58.6

21184 17518

977 4.6 785 3.7 635 3.6 527 3.0

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP

3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.6 4.0 3.8 3.7

913 841 835 828 808 807 802 774 767 767 703 664 663 636 616 609 587 562 503

3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.0

3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X

3X 3X

H 181.3 H 375.8 H 83.3 H 226.7 H 102.9 H 1024.4 H 144.9 X 63.6 H 118.1 H 260.4 H 230.8 H 134.0 H 27.2 H 44.9 H 108.2 H 209.3 H 107.3 H 113.6 H 54.5 J 83.4 H 367.0 H 84.2 H 61.6 H 104.3 H 67.5 H 96.7 H 49.6 H 87.1 H 79.2 H 70.7 H 98.8 H 89.5 H 64.9 X 31.8 G 33.8 A 29.5 A 49.7

27407 944 3.4 829 3.0 3X 26241 1007 3.8 804 3.1 3X 26103 1034 4.0 796 3.0 24851 928 3.7 766 3.1 24913 910 3.7 758 3.0 25533 899 3.5 748 2.9 3X 23786 853 3.6 747 3.1 22123 965 4.4 732 3.3 23893 899 3.8 727 3.0 22458 905 4.0 725 3.2 23397 867 3.7 722 3.1 23312 909 3.9 721 3.1 23589 782 3.3 713 3.0 3X 23489 804 3.4 704 3.0 22464 872 3.9 701 3.1 21702 775 3.6 668 3.1 20619 747 3.6 667 3.2 20434 765 3.7 642 3.1 20703 813 3.9 639 3.1 16622 823 5.0 634 3.8 20061 771 3.8 621 3.1 19595 740 3.8 617 3.1 19762 708 3.6 611 3.1 20413 709 3.5 599 2.9 20410 721 3.5 598 2.9 18908 780 4.1 597 3.2 19610 695 3.5 594 3.0 19815 687 3.5 585 3.0 18715 674 3.6 578 3.1 19195 708 3.7 563 2.9 18477 696 3.8 563 3.0 17671 655 3.7 552 3.1 18678 621 3.3 551 2.9 16175 723 4.5 538 3.3 16251 723 4.4 537 3.3 15608 626 4.0 513 3.3 15503 619 4.0 507 3.3

H H H H H H H H H H

29112 1031 3.5 856 2.9 3X 23211 850 3.7 709 3.1 3X 22681 895 3.9 700 3.1 22960 856 3.7 698 3.0 21933 880 4.0 668 3.0 21035 754 3.6 637 3.0 20013 726 3.6 635 3.2 21404 763 3.6 616 2.9 18581 683 3.7 561 3.0 17359 667 3.8 526 3.0

112.6 169.5 127.4 106.8 43.1 494.8 94.1 61.2 67.5 34.3

COVISTA HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 291.6 BAKER BROOK FARMS DHI-AP H 1430.6 SOUTHVIEW FARMS 1 DHI-AP H 1474.3 EMERLINGALFRED STATE DHIRAPCS H 92.1 SCHREIBERDALE HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 725.6 DUEPPENGIESSER, A. DHIR-AP H 1153.9 VANSLYKES DAIRY FARM LLC DHI-AP H 1264.6 WISCOY FARMS DHI-AP H 175.5 ARMSON FARMS DHIR-AP H 434.2

29975 29405 28298 27219 27554 27497 28516 26175 26365

1088 1162 1043 932 1009 1046 999 937 954

3.6 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.6

907 892 850 824 821 818 813 806 803

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0

3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X 3X

For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com HERD OWNER DOUGLAS GOOD FARYNA , WALTER HIBSCH SIMMONS,WM & MARCIA EMERLING FARMS DAVIS, JAMES F. STONEY CREEK STONEY CREEK SICKLES, RICHARD & SANDRA ALAN WEST PINGREY, DONALD VICTORY ACRES LLC SILVER HAVEN FARMS ALLEN MASON WOODVALE FARMS FRIENDLY ACRES FARM DANIEL PINGREY SILVER MEADOW FARM HYMAN, JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, DAVE & GREG VICTORY ACRES LLC BRANT'S HILLTOP DAIRY EAGLEVIEW DAIRY LLC. METZ,DAVID & CYNTHIA HD 1 ALL BRIGHT FARM

TYPE TEST

DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHIR-AP

B R COW E E YEARS D

H 141.2 H 398.2 H 145.8 H 585.3 H 1104.7 H 261.9 H 86.3 H 35.4 H 121.0 H 151.7 H 265.2 H 66.9 H 180.3 H 76.1 H 588.7 H 548.5 H 246.7 H 181.4 H 65.6 J 682.6 B 107.8 H 151.6 H 346.0 H 69.7 J 41.6

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

25500 935 3.7 800 3.1 3X 25943 966 3.7 793 3.1 25158 1050 4.2 783 3.1 25687 839 3.3 758 3.0 3X 24292 868 3.6 743 3.1 3X 24883 877 3.5 732 2.9 3X 24052 841 3.5 732 3.0 23333 820 3.5 726 3.1 22989 872 3.8 725 3.2 24460 796 3.3 721 2.9 3X 22637 818 3.6 712 3.1 23196 874 3.8 707 3.0 21652 875 4.0 693 3.2 22681 850 3.7 687 3.0 23247 855 3.7 684 2.9 3X 23157 830 3.6 683 2.9 21426 786 3.7 674 3.1 21272 881 4.1 670 3.1 21429 820 3.8 668 3.1 18141 891 4.9 651 3.6 19177 780 4.1 639 3.3 21234 724 3.4 637 3.0 20406 755 3.7 631 3.1 18690 755 4.0 577 3.1 14943 769 5.1 567 3.8

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER WING, KERRY & ALAN NICKERSON BROTHERS

YATES

TIMBERMAN ROBERT ROLLEN N'S DAIRY OSWALD, SAM JENSEN, RODNEY HERD #1 VINE VALLEY FARM CHRISTI FARM JENSEN, RODNEY HERD #2 CHRISTI FARM

Top 40 Herds For May B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

DHI-AP H 79.3 DHI-APCS H 177.9

19433 18933

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

27495 1019 3.7 855 3.1 24976 943 3.8 746 3.0 23506 884 3.8 701 3.0 3X 23678 918 3.9 694 2.9 18923 728 3.8 624 3.3 19961 765 3.8 598 3.0 19018 764 4.0 589 3.1 18975 741 3.9 552 2.9

H W H H B H A X

63.2 100.6 314.7 20.3 234.7 92.5 26.7 42.2

714 3.7 567 2.9 711 3.8 554 2.9

NEW JERSEY CENTRAL JERSEY AREA/HUNTERDON COUNTY FULPER FARMS LLC CEDAR LANE FARM,LLC JONES FARM 1,2,3 DEPT.COR MOUNTAINVIEW CORR FACILIT CEDAR LANE FARM,LLC HOWARD SUTTON AND SON WENGRYN, JANET CEDAR LANE FARM,LLC MIDDLEBUSH FARMS, INC. JONES FARM 1,2,3 DEPT.COR

DHI DHIR DHI DHI DHIR DHI-AP DHI DHIR DHIR DHI

H H H H B H H J H J

119.4 36.3 94.5 75.4 12.9 45.2 25.6 17.5 46.7 12.6

23315 22985 20517 20060 19084 20612 19631 15825 18502 14597

949 998 821 736 833 675 726 873 680 780

4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.4 3.3 3.7 5.5 3.7 5.3

707 689 634 628 620 616 598 576 563 538

3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.7

HERD OWNER HUNVAL FARM

TYPE TEST

B R COW E E YEARS D

DHI-AP H 37.9

SOUTH JERSEY AREA

MYERWOOD FARMS DHI-APCS H 391.3 BEILER, KEVIN DHI-AP H 74.3 WILLIAM M. DOLBOW DHI-AP H 95.3 SEBOWISHA FARMS DHI-AP H 73.5 STRING ALVIN W & MARIE DHI-AP H 122.7 BAYSIDE STATE PRISON FARM DHI H 131.3

SUSSEX

FREEBORN LARRY LOCKBURNER,MARK F VANDERGROEFF ALLAVALLEY FARM WINDY FLATS DAIRY HOUGH FARM SCHOELIER CASEY ERVEY KEVIN BYACRE HOLSTEINS LLC SPRING HOUSE DAIRY CLIFFORD VANETTEN

WARREN

MAKARVICH FARMS GREEN VALLEY FARM DRAKES ACRES

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H X H H H H H J H

100.1 82.7 107.8 18.4 92.1 50.7 57.1 88.6 145.2 46.0 46.5

DHI-AP H 87.4 DHI H 152.0 DHI-AP H 66.0

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

16645

615 3.7 505 3.0

24951 23757 21611 20599 19439 18231

831 826 757 745 740 705

3.3 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9

731 710 667 629 605 582

2.9 3X 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2

25776 25435 23404 22468 22004 20895 19730 19398 18863 13740 16979

947 884 868 864 743 804 694 758 727 712 603

3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9 5.2 3.6

783 781 728 719 671 611 598 597 559 520 507

3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.8 3.0

28411 1050 3.7 876 3.1 22657 881 3.9 715 3.2 19763 725 3.7 610 3.1

Expo seminars showcase latest research At World Dairy Expo fresh ideas will be presented by the best in the dairy business.

Eight free seminars will cover a variety of management topics including: management teams, drug residue,

dairy exports, farm transferring, replacement heifers, dairy marketing, feed economics and milk quality.

Continuing education credits can be earned by members of the

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS) and the American Association of State Veterinary Boards – RACE Program* (RACE). Additionally, all seminars will be available for

viewing after they are presented at www.worlddairyexpo.co m.

Seminars will be showcased each day, Tuesday through Saturday, in the Mendota 2 meeting room, in the

NEW YORK BILLHARDTS JAMESWAY SALES & SERVICE 5807 State Route 12 Glenfield, NY 13343 315-376-2054 CENTER STATE AG SERVICE Morrisville, NY 315-684-7807 DON’S DAIRY SUPPLY, INC. 349 Roses Brook South Kortright, NY 13842 607-538-9464 DUPREYS FEED & SUPPLIES 9748 Rt. 9 P.O. Box 535 Chazy, NY 12921 518-846-7338 JOCK’S FARM EQ. & REPAIR 727 Co. Rte. 7 Brushton, NY 12916 518-529-0113

P&D EQUIPMENT SALES 10171 Brookville Rd. Alexander, NY 14005 585-343-2394 SPRINGER’S INC. 55 Main St. Richfield Springs, NY 13439 315-858-0720 www.springersinc.com

PENNSYLVANIA FALLBROOK FABRICATION RD#2, Box 33 Troy, PA 16947 570-297-3802 ROVENDALE AG & BARN INC. 1300 Susquehanna Trail Watsontown, PA 17777 570-538-9564

about hiring, training, motivation, compensation, performance feedback and discipline.

During his tenure at the university, he has been honored with numerous awards for his teaching including the U.S. Department of Agricultural National Excellence in Teaching Award and the American Agricultural Economics Association Group Extension Award.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.

“Avoiding Drug Residues in the Dairy Industry” Dr. Geof Smith, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine Sponsored by: Neogen Corporation Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) The use of pharmaceuticals is an important part of animal health. Proper administration and usage of drugs is important for everyone on the dairy.

Record keeping and utilizing protocols are a vital part of avoiding the consequences that can ensue with drug residue. Dr. Geof Smith will discuss these critical points and give an overview of how drug residue testing in milk and meat is implement-

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LOGAN’S SILO 9111 State Route 12 Copenhagen, NY 13626 315-688-4414 Fax: 315-688-2203

Exhibition Hall. A&L Labs, Arm & Hammer, Badgerland Financial, Neogen Corporation, Zurex PharmAgra are sponsors of this year’s seminars. Following is a brief synopsis of each Expo Seminar.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1 p.m.

“Building a Strong Management Team” Dr. Bernard Erven, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University Sponsored by: Zurex PharmAgra Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) Management teams are a key component to the success of every dairy. Dr. Bernard Erven will outline the three critical steps in forming an effective management team.

Dairies have to identify what a management’s team role will be, who will make best candidates including family and non-family team members and, finally, provide the right training and leadership to accomplish goals. The seminar will conclude with take home tips that any manager can use almost immediately on any size operation.

Erven is a professor emeritus at the Ohio State University. For over 40 years, he has worked around North America consulting and giving presentations

Expo from B9 ed in the U.S. Smith is an associate professor of ruminant medicine at the North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine. Over the past decade, his research has been primarily on ruminant animals with a focus on calf health and drug use in cattle.

He is also a contributing columnist to Hoard’s Dairyman magazine and has been featured in their monthly webinar series.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m.

“Building U.S. Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time” Jason Henderson, Vice President and Omaha Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Omaha Branch Sponsored by: Badgerland Finacial Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) Brazil, Russia, India and China, also known as BRIC, have huge

buying power, accounting for more than 40 percent of the world’s consumers. As economic conditions improve in these countries, a growing middle class has emerged. Jason Henderson will discuss this growing market and how it will affect agricultural exports and global food production.

Henderson is the vice president and executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Omaha Branch. His position has taken him from coast to coast and around the world for speaking engagements.

Additionally, Henderson writes extensively, overseeing the quarterly publication of Tenth District Survey of Agricultural Credit and Agricultural Finance Databook. He also manages the Main Street Economist, a publication focusing on economic issues in rural America.

Thursday, Oct. 4, 11 a.m.

“Planning for Change: Transitioning the Family Farm” Elizabeth Rumley, J.D, LL. M, Staff Attorney, The National Agricultural Law Center Sponsored by: EW Nutrition Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) You’ve decided to sell the farm to the next generation, and now what?

Family farm transition is a process that takes time and open communication.

Assets, management and decision making must all be transferred in order to make the transfer a successful one. Elizabeth Rumley will discuss how to make the transition while keeping the farm financially viable for all parties involved. She will also outline ideas on creating a structured plan for making a smoother transition to the next generation.

Rumley is an attorney on staff at The National

Agricultural Law Center. Her research focuses on the legal issues in animal agriculture. Her position at the Center has taken her across the U.S. to talk with both agricultural and non-agricultural audiences about legal issues facing the industry.

Thursday, Oct. 4, 1 p.m.

“How to Many Replacement Heifers Does

Your Dairy Need” Dr. John Currin, Clinical Associate Professor, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Sponsored by: Nutrition Physiology Co. LLC Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) In the past, producers have struggled to have enough quality replacements. With the advent of sexed semen and

having better reproductive management, the number of replacement heifers has been on the rise in recent years.

Feed costs have also been on the rise and the price of bred heifers is on the decline. Dr. John Currin will discuss how to manage your replacement herd in terms of size and quality. Currin is a clinical associate pro-

Expo B11

Top Herds For May

For Records Processed Through DHI Provo COUNTY HERD NAME CATTARAUGUS MARIVALE FARM CHAUTAUGUA C & W FARM ERIE ROBERT MEYER GENESEE POST DAIRY FARMS LLC PAGEN FARMS I MIKELHOLM HOLSTEINS DEN KEL HOLSTEINS DEN KEL JERSEYS WYOMING LOGWELL ACRES MARTIN FARMS BECKER DAIRY FARM BIGFOOTE HOLSTEINS

HERD NUMBER RHA BREED OF COWS MILK

RHA FAT

% FAT

RHA PRO

% PRO 3X

H

71

19,252

618

3.21

616

3.20

W

108

20,364

708

3.48

628

3.08

H

89

22,597

777

3.44

682

3.02

H H H H J

378 653 41 24 110

24,121 24,067 24,061 23,145 19,260

851 900 964 905 993

3.53 3.74 4.01 3.91 5.16

737 729 733 733 732

3.05 3.03 3.05 3.17 3.80

Y Y

H H H H

313 114 159 54

26,370 24,301 22,634 15,600

934 986 845 564

3.54 4.06 3.73 3.61

803 754 708 478

3.05 3.10 3.13 3.07

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For more information, contact

CHAMPLAIN DAIRY SERVICE INC. Swanton, VT 802-868-3144

DYKEMAN FARMS Fultonville, NY 518-922-5496

FINGER LAKES DAIRY SERVICE Seneca Falls, NY 315-568-0955

FISHER FARMS Canastota, NY 315-697-7039

DON'S DAIRY SUPPLY, INC. South Kortright, NY 607-538-9464

FINGER LAKES DAIRY SERVICE Lowville, NY 315-376-2991

FINGER LAKES DAIRY SERVICE Warsaw, NY 585-786-0177

R&M FARM & PRO HARDWARE Marathon, NY 607-849-3291

SOUTHERN TIER DAIRY SERVICE Java Center, NY 585-457-4350

539 Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, PA 17202 Ph: 717-263-9111 Fax: 717-263-5573 Toll Free: 1-888-464-6379 E-mail: info@rydersupply.com • www.rydersupply.com

Expo from B10 fessor of production management/food animal medicine in the department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. For over 15 years, he has worked training students and performing extension research. Before his tenure as an associate professor, he was a part of a large animal practice.

Friday, Oct. 5, 11 a.m.

“Making Sense of the Global Dairy Markets” Alan Levitt, Vice Pres-

ident of Communications, U.S. Dairy Export Council Sponsored by: Zurex PharmAgra Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) As global markets become more integrated, the need to understand the supply and demand of dairy products becomes more critical.

Alan Levitt will be discussing just how large the global marketplace is and where the market is headed. He will outline the current U.S. export situation, key markets and what fac-

tors are driving the global price. Levitt was recently named Vice President of Communications at the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

However, he was been working with the Council since 1995. Prior to joining the Council full time, he ran his own marketing and consulting firm, Levitt Communications, for 11 years.

Levitt has over 25 years of experience studying and researching global markets for the dairy business.

Friday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m.

“The Effect of Risk on Dairy Farm Manage-

ment” Dr. Christopher Wolf, Professor, Michigan State University Sponsored by: Arm & Hammer Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) Dairy farming involves more financial risk than ever. Market volatility and variability in crop yields have led to fluctuating milk and feed prices. Dr. Christopher Wolf will examine the risk that different sized dairies face, how risk has changed over time and what the management implications

are for dairy farmers.

He will also discuss the large range of risk management tools and strategies that are available. Wolf is a professor of agricultural, food and resource economics at Michigan State University. His research focuses on markets and policies related to dairy farming. His research and extension program focuses on management, markets and policies related to dairy farming.

Saturday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.

“Should You Treat Them or Should You Eat Them? How to Improve Your Mastitis Treatments and Maintain Healthy Cows” Pamela Ruegg, DVM, MPVM, Professor, University of WisconsinMadison Sponsored by: A&L Labs Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1) Mastitis remains the

most frequent and costly disease of dairy cows and is one of the top reasons for culling. Dr. Pamela Ruegg will discuss the changing presence of mastitis pathogens on modern dairy farms and will demonstrate how and when antibiotic treatments should be used.

Differences in the types of pathogens, differences in cow characteristics and a better understanding of how bacteria behave in the udder will be covered using practical case studies. Dr. Ruegg is a professor and extension milk quality specialist in the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her extension program is focused on improving milk quality and safety on dairy farms. Dr. Ruegg is a frequent speaker at dairy and veterinary conferences in the U.S. and internationally.

Top 40 Herds For May 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

ERIE

GILLIGAN JAMES &DEANNE HILL MICHAEL EASTMAN FARMS PORTERDALE FARMS INC

Visit These New York-New England Dealers KRAMER'S INC. RFD #3 Box 245 Augusta, ME 04330 207-547-3345 CLINTON TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. Meadow Street, PO Box 262 Clinton, NY 13323-0262 315-853-6151

FOSTERDALE EQUIPMENT CORP. 3137 Route 17B, Cochecton, NY 12726 845-932-8611 WHITE'S FARM SUPPLY, INC. RD 4, Box 11 Jct. Rtes. 31 & 316 Canastota, NY 13032 315-697-2214

ONTARIO

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

NEW YORK

MAMMOSER FARMS EDEN MAMMOSER GERALD

JEFFERSON

B R COW E YEARS E D

DHI-AP H 1124.4 DHI-AP H 1695.6

27250 23910

959 3.5 821 3 3X 848 3.5 711 2.9 3X

H 338 H 950.3 H 1015.3 H 1746.3

26981 26766 26355 23816

947 976 956 937

DHI-AP H 2549.5 DHI-AP H 115.8

26041 25750

932 3.5 789 943 3.6 776

3 3X 3 3X

DHI-AP H 553.2

23478

820 3.4 712

3 3X

DHI-APCS H 1882.3

26234

987 3.7 779 2.9 3X

DHI-APCS H 1097.4

23703

961

DHI-AP H 2121

24668

897 3.6 739

DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP

WILLOW BEND FARM WILLOW BEND FARMS NEDROW

3.5 3.6 3.6 3.9

823 3 814 3 809 3 709 2.9

3X 3X 3X 3X

PERRY LAMB & WEBSTER INC. 601 West Main Springville, NY 14141 716-592-4924

PLEASANT VIEW FARM

ST LAWRENCE MAPLE VIEW FARMS

WASHINGTON WOODY HILL FARM

WYOMING

COVINGTON DAIRY

4 741 3.1 3X 3 3X

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Summer events — Cornell Small Dairy Support June 20, 1-3 p.m. Snofarm Dairy & Creamery, 644 Buffalo Rd, Brooktondale, NY 14817.

Aaron and Calvin Snow will talk about Staying Small through a Century of Dairy Farming. The farm has been in the Snow family for three generations. A year and a half ago Calvin (father) and Aaron (son) started producing cheese from a small percentage of milk to sell locally.

Snofarm is milking 35 cows, primarily Holsteins, a few Dutch Belts and a few Brown Swiss.

The afternoon tour will consist of field, barn, and cheese making facility tours and discussion.

RSVP: Monika Roth, 607-2722292, mr55@cornell.edu.

July 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

On-farm Energy Production, at Scheffler Dairy, 643 Cobb St, Groton, NY 13073.

This event will cover the basics of making grass pellets and pressing oil from farm grown oilseeds. These two markets are just beginning here in the Northeast but some enterprising farmers are already exploring how they can be a part of them. There will be demonstrations of some of the equipment used for on farm energy production and presentations from: • Ed & Eileen Scheffler bought an oilseed press this spring through an Organic Valley program. They participated with Organic Valley two years ago to press Canola and Sunflower seeds. They have participated with

Tompkins County Planning Department to bring in a business intern to help them put together a plan for their new enterprise.

• John and Jenifer Stoker from Cazenovia, NY, formed Stolor Organics, LLC a family owned and operated organic food and skin care company specializing in cold pressed, unrefined, Non-GMO, certified organic oil.

• Matt Dedrick, from Lansing, NY, built a tractor driven grass pelleting machine. He has been experimenting with different ingredients to pellet and burn.

RSVP requested to help plan lunch.

Contact Sharon VanDeuson at 607753-5078 or shv7@cornell.edu.

July 31, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Managing the Biology of a Grazing System, Marvin Moyer’s farm, Lainhart Road, Owego NY. Jerry Brunetti will give attendees a view of what is going on beneath the sod of a grazing farm and how to maximize the biology potential for cycling nutrients which feed the plants.

This event is being organized by the “Tioga Grazers” a grazing discussion group which have been meeting for the past 10 years. There will also be information on how a grazing farm can use Risk Management” Pasture Rangeland and Forage Policy” to protect their feed supply from drought.

RSVP requested to help plan lunch. Contact Sharon VanDeuson at 607-753-5078 or shv7@cornell.edu.

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Snowe, Gillibrand offer amendment to stabilize price of milk WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (RMaine) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have filed an amendment (S.A. 2190) to the 2012 Farm Bill (S. 3240) that would provide certainty for the nation’s dairy farmers by stabilizing milk pricing.

Specifically, the amendment would allow dairy industry groups to present milk pricing reforms to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for consideration in a public hearing setting; eliminate the end product price formula to set prices for class III milk; and order the Secretary of Agriculture to release the Department’s final proposal to industry organizations for approval by referendum.

“The last thing Maine’s more than 300 dairy farms — many of them small businesses — need in these tumultuous economic times is an outdated and unfair federal pricing scheme that would undercut their competitiveness and prosperity in the marketplace,” said Senator Snowe, Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee. “It is critical we protect our farmers, who have created over 4,000 good paying jobs in Maine, from new government imposed pricing schemes that subjectively regulate the dairy market. I hope my colleagues will support our commonsense amendment to aid this critical segment of our economy.”

“For years, New

York’s dairy farms have endured volatility in the market — as feed and fuel costs rise, the price of milk plummeted,” said Senator Gillibrand, New York’s first member of the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years.

“When our family farms suffer, our whole state and whole economy suffer. Our farmers deserve a better, more just pricing system.”

Aug. 14, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Managing a Grazing Dairy, Dan and Ann Carey Farm, 305 Lick Street, Groton NY The Carey’s have been operating a grazing dairy since 1998. They currently milk 200 cows and attribute some of their farm’s success to grazing. The Carey’s will talk about how they manage their dairy to maximize the time and labor advantages which grazing can offer.

We will tour the fencing and water system the Carey’s have developed over the years and discuss Cornell’s Dairy Farm Business Summary and how it can help measure some of the benchmarks of a grazing dairy.

There will be information on how to

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RSVP requested to help plan lunch.

Contact Sharon VanDeuson at 607753-5078 or shv7@cornell.edu.

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Dairy Profit Monitor: a useful tool for your dairy farm

by B. Howland, Department of Animal Science, PRO-DAIRY Program Cornell University Given the relatively unfavorable milk price, feed cost relationships expected for 2012, many experts in the dairy industry are encouraging producers to examine feeding strategies based upon marginal feed costs to produce an additional pound of milk relative to the value of additional milk produced.

The Dairy Profit Monitor is a tool that producers can use to examine such income over feed cost relationships The Dairy Profit Monitor (DPM) is a webbased business management tool that al-

lows producers and their advisers to track operating performance in five areas: milk production, herd health, milk check analysis, efficiency parameters and financial management.

DPM can generate realtime reports for trend analysis and highlight how the dairy changes monthly, quarterly and annually. DPM incorporates herd production and health data with financial and efficiency information, and provides a baseline report to determine how different parts of the business affect each other.

Over 60 farmers regularly track key financial and key production data through The Dairy Profit Monitor, and

farm performance can be compared over time.

The same 48 farms were compared for their averages for the months of July and August of 2009, 2010, and 2011.

These 48 farms grew in herd size from an average of 725 cows in 2009 to 771 cows in 2010 and to 781 cows in 2011, a growth of 7.6 percent. The minimum and maximum herd size grew, indicating that herds of all farm sizes grew. Milk production also increased; both on a component and milk produced basis. Component production increased by 2.74 percent from 5.07 pounds per cow per day in July to August of 2009 to 5.21 pounds per cow per day

for the same months in 2011. Fat and protein corrected milk production increased from 76.6 pounds per cow per day in 2009 to 78.9 pounds per cow per day in 2011, an increase of 2.98 percent.

With increased output came increased efficiency. Milk sold per worker increased from 188,006 pounds.

(1,128,036 pounds annualized) to 198,807 pounds.

(1,192,842 pounds annualized).

Driving this increase was increased milk production with the same labor. Feed efficiency also increased. While dry matter in-take averaged nearly the same, feed conversion (pounds of energy cor-

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rected milk per pound of dry matter) increased from 1.49 in 2009 to 1.54 in 2011. This increase positively affects net milk income over feed costs.

Total lactating cow feed costs increased.

2010 costs were lower than 2009, however from 2010 to 2011, prices increased by $1.27 per cwt. Overall increase from 2009 to 2011 was $0.95 per cwt. or 13.5 percent.

Lactating feed costs per lb. of dry matter increased from 10.5 cents in 2009 to 12.4 cents per pound of dry matter in 2011, an 18 percent increase. This affected margins.

The DPM measures net milk income (NMI) over purchased and total feed costs for the lactating herd on a per cow per day basis. This reflects the money that is available to cover all additional expenses on the farm and is key to track changes herd performance. Actual net milk income over feed costs uses milk price, premiums and marketing expenses.

On a per cow per day basis net milk income over lactating purchased feed costs increased from $5.57 in 2009 to $13.76 in 2011. The driver for the increase was the significant increase in milk price from $11.61 per cwt. in 2009 to $22.64 per cwt. in 2011. NMI over total lactating feed costs using actual milk price also increased from $3.52 to $11.63 per cow per day. This is an increase of $8.11 or 230 percent. However, feed costs also increased over the past few years.

Net milk income over purchased and total feed costs (NMIOFC) using fixed milk price factors removes change in milk price, premiums, or marketing costs. It uses a three year average, for component milk price, premiums and marketing costs. This gives farmers the ability to isolate what affect increases in components, change in feed efficiency, and/or feed costs have on their NMIOFC. NMI over purchased feed costs decreased from $8.84 per cow per day in 2009 to $8.30 per cow per day in 2011. This decrease is directly correlated to increases in feed costs.

Feed conversion ratio and component production both increased, however feed costs increased significantly, which affected margins.

NMI over total feed costs decreased from $6.78 per head per day to $6.17 per head per day. This decrease of $0.61 results from the increase in feed costs, however it is not as dramatic as purchased feed costs, as forage growing costs don’t tend to vary.

The change in NMIOFC using fixed milk price factors is congruent with what many farmers have experienced recently — increased milk price with increased price of inputs.

For more information on how to get started with the Dairy Profit Monitor as a tool for your business, visit www.dairyprofit.cornell.edu, or contact Betsey Howland at BLH37@cornell.edu or 607-592-6222.

“Cow power” discussed at Stakeholder meeting Center hosts meeting for Pennsylvania Dairy Power Group Individuals representing the public utility commission, the power grid, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the dairy farm population were all in attendance at the most recent Center for Dairy Excellence “Pennsylvania Dairy Power Stakeholders” roundtable discussion.

The meeting was held recently and served as a platform for the group to discuss opportunities and obstacles to expanding renewable energy production on Pennsylvania dairy farms.

As the nation’s fifth largest dairy state, Pennsylvania is home to 540,000 dairy cows producing about 10.75 billion pounds of manure annually. On-farm biogas recovery presents a huge under-tapped resource of renewable energy for the commonwealth.

“Methane digesters of-

fer the farm and community very tangible benefits, including odor control, improved water and air quality, improved nutrient management, and the opportunity to incorporate food waste and other substrate material,” said John Frey, executive director of the Center for Dairy Excellence, the organization that hosted the meeting.

“Bringing together the stakeholders that can collectively ‘move the needle’ on profitable dairy-generated energy production in Pennsylvania could provide significant benefits for our industry and for the individual dairy farm businesses.”

This is the third time this group has met in the past 14 months. At the second meeting held in January, the group identified as its goal “to leverage our collective inter-

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ests to identify barriers and explore solutions for increased adoption of biogas production using anaerobic digestion (methane digester) technology on Pennsylvania dairy farms.”

This goal has served as the foundation for the discussion of the May meeting, which centered around regulatory, permitting and cost issues that are associated with methane energy production on the farm. David Dunn, developer of the Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) Cow PowerT Initiative, joined the group at this meeting to share how Vermont has linked farms, renewables and customers to expand on-farm methane energy production.

“The Cow PowerT initiative started as a discussion we had internally at CVPS on how we as a public utility could make methane digesters work for the farm and for our society,” Dunn told the group. “Cow Power, or methane energy pro-

duction, was relatively easy to control and manage on our power grid system, providing a good 24-hour supply of energy. However, the initial investment on the farm was significant.

“Our community stepped up and committed to paying more for the ‘Cow Power,’ which provided farms with a new stream of revenue, our customers with a renewable energy choice, and us with tools to protect the environment,” he said. “Some of our customers did it because it felt good, and others did it because it was good for their business. In the end, we like it because it is supporting the fabric of Vermont by supporting local businesses.”

Dunn explained how “Cow Power” works. Customers commit to paying a 4-cent premium for some or all of their electricity, knowing that four cents is paid directly to the farm. Currently the program is helping to produce energy for more

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tion and how to identify solutions for expanding production in the commonwealth.

“The biggest benefit of a group like the [Dairy Power Stakeholders] meeting regularly is knowing that there are advocates working on behalf of this issue in various segments of the industry,” said Mike Brubaker, a partner at Brubaker Farms in Mount Joy, Lancaster County.

For more information about the Pennsylvania Dairy Power Stakeholders Group, contact the Center for Dairy Excellence at 717-346-0849 or info@centerfordairyexcellence.org.

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The NMC pages provide a variety of useful information to followers including management tips and industry updates that correspond with NMC’s goal of improved milk quality. Posts and discussions include management information on proper milking protocols and herd management as well as timely information for NMC members regarding upcoming events and ongoing milk quality research.

“NMC’s social networking efforts offer our members — and anyone interested in milk quality — great forums for networking,” said Sheila Andrew, NMC president. “NMC is built on the international exchange of information relating to mastitis control and milk quality. The global reach of the NMC Facebook and Twitter pages will help us to further build that knowledge base of diverse expertise by providing another medium for us to discuss milk quality.”

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Farms produced more than 55,400,000 kWh of electricity for CVPS through May 2012 and received $2.2 million in premiums through the program.

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by Ruth Strong, committee chairwoman The 49th Tioga County Dairy Princess coronation was held on May 18, at the Candor Fire Hall, Candor, NY. Eighty-eight dinner guests were present for the delicious dinner as the three candidates presented their milk promotion speeches with much confidence and poise.

Each of the three candidates met individually with the judges before presenting well-prepared and very interesting speech presentations. Following the judging, Taylor Mead, daughter of Spencer and Andi Mead of Owego, NY, was crowned the 2012-2013 Tioga County Dairy Princess by Kristy Alexander, 2011-2012 Tioga County Dairy Princess. Alex Aman and Alica Ribble were selected as 2012-2013 Tioga County Dairy Princess Alternates.

Taylor Mead is presently a sophomore at Owego

Free Academy. Her family operates a large dairy farm in South Owego which has been in operation since 1855. Taylor participates in volleyball, lacrosse and enjoys horseback riding. Taylor wants to be dairy princess because, she stated, “I feel strongly and have many opinions on the dairy industry and I would like to help promote it. I want to learn more and represent my farm.” Her future plans are to go to college to become a veterinarian and someday own her own ranch.

Alex Aman is the daughter of Aaron and Becky Aman of Candor, NY. She is presently a sophomore at Candor Central High School. Alex is a member of National Honor Society, Student Council, Chorus, Youth group and participates in volleyball and softball. Alex wants to be dairy princess, she stated, “To be more involved in the dairy industry and community. Also to learn more

about dairy and public speaking.” Her future plans are to go to college and study architecture.

Alica Ribble is the daughter of Clifford and Christina Ribble of Candor, NY. She attends TC3 doing General Studies. Alica has been active in the Dairy Promotion Program for seven years, and served as an alternate dairy princess the past three years. Her activities include Candor Fire Co-Auxiliary Secretary, Candor Ambulance Squad, Candor Booster Club, Panther Welcome Crew (TC3) and Residence Hall Association (TC3). Alica wants to be dairy princess because, she stated, “I have been working with farmers since I was a little girl and I want to further educate the public on the importance of having your 3-every-day of dairy.” Her future plans are to finish at TC3 and transfer to Alfred State to major in Agricultural Technology.

The following young ladies will serve as Dairy Ambassadors for the upcoming year: Danielle Barto, daughter of Rich and Janice Barto of Nichols, NY; Katelyn Eaton, daughter of Paul and Heather Eaton of Owego, NY; Leah Ludwig, daughter of Scott and Sharon Ludwig of Newark Valley, NY; and Alexis Zuck, daughter of Melissa Zuck of Richford, NY. These four young ladies will work with our Princess court to promote the dairy industry throughout the year.

The Carolyn B Donnelly Memorial Service Award was established in 2008 in recognition of the 45 years of service that Carolyn had given to the dairy princess program. Kristy Alexander, 2011-2012

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Taylor Mead, 2012-2013 Tioga County Dairy Princess.

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Alica Ribble, Alternative; Kristy Alexander, 2011-2012 Dairy Princess; Taylor Mead, 2012-2013 Dairy Princess and Alex Aman, Alternate.

Assemblyman Palmesano celebrates Dairy Day Honoring the dairy industry as part of National Dairy Month Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R, C, I – Corning) on June 12 joined his Assembly Republican colleagues in celebrating their annual Dairy Day event in Albany’s Legislative Office Building.

New York has more than 5,700 dairy farms, and their 610,000 milk cows produce more than one billion pounds of milk each month, making New York the third largest producer of dairy products in the United States. New York State is currently fourth in the nation in dairy production.

Dairy and animal production in New York provided $2.39 billion value of production to farmers in 2010. Additionally, distribution

and processing accounts for $10 billion statewide and $50 billion regionally on an annual basis. Agriculture is the number one industry in New York state and dairy is the number one component of the agricultural industry, so it is vital that we provide farmers with the resources that they need to succeed, noted Palmesano.

“The farming industry is the heart of New York,” said Palmesano.

“Today, I join my colleagues in celebrating all that our agricultural industry does for the people of New York.”

The annual event is held to offer the public a chance to sample a variety of New York’s dairy products and to meet organizations and companies representing various sectors of the

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Tioga County from B15 Tioga County Dairy Princess, was presented this award in recognition of her outstanding dedication and service to the promotion program this past year by Janet Schuster, daughter of Mickey and the late Carolyn B Donnelly.

Alexandra Ormond, the reigning 2012-2013 New York State 1st Alternate Dairy Princess, represented ADA/DC. Ormond presented a short update message on ADA/DC promotion programs and expressed her appreciation to be able to represent the New York State dairy industry.

Dave Wheelock served as Master of Ceremonies, and he gave recognition to all the former Dairy Princesses in attendance. Kristy Alexander gave her farewell speech as the 2011-2012 county princess, remarking on the activities she had participated in during the year of her reign and that by serving as dairy princess she has had the opportunity to meet many people of all ages and to promote the importance of consuming dairy products.

This year, the Tioga County Dairy Promotion begins its 49th year of representing the farming industry, which provides employment and economic growth throughout the country. The Dairy Princess Program plays a very important part in the promotion of the industry and helps develop the lives of young ladies as they communicate the nutritional value and health benefits of dairy products to consumers of all ages.

The young ladies participate in many promotional activities throughout the year such as Oakdale Mall Farm Days, Ice Cream Sundaes, parades, making radio announcements, writing newspaper articles, promotion at County and State Fairs, teaching schoolage children the importance of dairy products and participation in the State Dairy Princess Pageant.

The Dairy Promotion Committee thanks the young ladies, their parents, the farmers, and Agri-businesses that contribute time and money to the program that makes it successful.

dairy industry.

“I encourage New Yorkers to buy local agricultural products whenever possible,” Palmesano stated. “That way you can provide your family with the freshest food available and also help New York’s dairy farmers remain productive and profitable, thus ensuring a bright future for New York.”

Assemblyman Palmesano is pictured here, on right, with Darrel Aubertine, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture.

Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Palmesano

NMPF and IDFA oppose Senate Farm Bill amendment legalizing national sales of raw milk WASHINGTON, D.C. — The two organizations representing America’s dairy farmers and dairy foods companies jointly announced their opposition recently to a proposal in the Senate that would allow the interstate sales of raw milk.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill, No. 2180, that would allow the direct sale of raw milk and raw milk products across state lines, “greatly enhancing the chances that people will become sick because of increased consumption of unpasteurized milk,” the two groups said in a letter sent to members of the Senate.

“Pasteurization is one of the greatest public health tools. To compromise or reduce its use through this legislation is not just bad politics — it’s a huge, inhumane step backwards, and one that will cause sickness and death,” said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. Federal law currently prohibits the interstate sale of raw milk, but allows states individual discretion to regulate raw milk sales within their borders.

Several states in recent years have liberalized sale or distribution of raw milk, even as the product has been repeatedly linked to serious illnesses from coast to coast.

“The link between raw milk and foodborne illness has been well-documented in the scientific literature, with evidence spanning nearly 100 years, said Connie Tipton, President and CEO of IDFA. “Raw milk is a key vehicle in the transmission of human pathogens, which is why its consumption has been opposed by every major health organization in the United States, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.”

Kozak said that lawmakers have to keep in mind that “nearly two-thirds of all outbreaks associated with raw milk or raw milk products involve children. It is the responsibility of our nation’s leaders to make decisions to protect the health of the American public, most especially, those who are minors and are unable to make fully informed decisions that could have profound consequences for the rest of their lives,” he said.

Tipton said that “While consumer choice is an important value, it should not pre-empt public health and wellbeing. Legalizing the sale of raw milk and raw milk products to consumers, either through direct sale or through cow-share programs, represents an unnecessary risk to consumer safety.

Therefore, we ask that you oppose Amendment No. 2180.”

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Tweets aren’t just for the birds: Using Twitter as a source of information

by Dave Winston, VT Extension Dairy Scientist and Dairy Youth Program Coordinator The use of social media has grown tremendously over the past few years. Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn have created ways for people to stay connected personally and professionally in an on-line format. Twitter, introduced in 2006, is considered a microblog, meaning that it is a blog containing very short entries. It is a means of sharing little tidbits of information, often with a link provided for ‘the rest of the story’.

Twitter offers users a quick way to scan what is happening locally, nationally, and globally. Dairy producers and other members of the dairy industry can effectively use Twitter to access dairy and other information as well as to share information with others. Twitter may be accessed through a computer with Internet access or through applications available on smart phones like the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android. To create a free Twitter account, one would first visit twitter.com.

In order to effectively use Twitter, one should become familiar with the jargon associated with it. The following selected definitions are from the Twitter website. Others are provided in the Twitter Help Center on the website.

• Tweeting is the act of posting a message, often called a “Tweet”, on Twitter.

• A tweet (noun) is message posted via Twitter containing 140 characters or fewer.

• A tweeter is an account holder on Twitter who posts and reads Tweets. Also known as Twitterers.

• To follow someone on Twitter is to subscribe to their Tweets or updates on the site.

• A follower is another Twitter user who has followed you.

• A username is also known as a Twitter handle. It must be unique

and contain fewer than 15 characters. It is used to identify you on Twitter for replies and mentions.

• Mentioning another user in your Tweet by including the @ sign followed directly by their

username is called a “mention”. This is also refers to Tweets in which your username was included. Therefore, the @ sign is used to ‘callout’ usernames in Tweets.

• A hashtag (the # sym-

bol) is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. A dairy producer may find Twitter useful in a variety of ways including: • To receive news and updates from dairy publi-

cations, government agencies, and local and national media; • To follow the activities of dairy and other agricultural organizations; • To educate others about the dairy industry;

• To search for information on trending topics; • To share photos, Tweets from other users, and web links through Tweets.

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National Dairy Producers offer a unique proposal to supply management in the DISSA vania to discuss an array of industry-related issues, a certain detail

outlined in the Dairy Industry Stabilization and Sustainability Act of 2012 (DISSA) took many of them by surprise.

The DISSA, drafted by the board of the National Dairy Producers Organization, Inc., offers a unique approach to supply management, by regulating only the production of class III and class IV milk.

“This is a radical departure from any other proposal currently being considered by the dairy industry or elected officials in Washington,” National Dairy Producers’ Director Tom Van Nortwick said.

The plan will manage

the overproduction of milk used to manufacture cheese, butter and powder which have a major and direct impact on the prices of all milk.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will be used to determine trigger mechanisms when an excess of maximum production levels occur.

Such a proposal would balance the supply of milk with profitable demand. According to board member Bob Krucker, it “provides the producer with a potential for profitability by changing the method and the mechanism which val-

ues or prices the milk.”

Today, the price of butter, powder and cheese is priced by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), and based on these values the price for class III and IV milk is established. But should the DISSA be enacted, a regional minimum price will be set at 80 percent of the total cost of production for class III and class IV milk. Classes I and II will continue to be priced under the current Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) formula.

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the value of milk should be greater than what it costs to make, Krucker said.

When the program is activated, each licensed producer will be assigned a “production history base,” determined by their last three years of production. The highest annual milk production between 2009 and 2011 will become that producer’s “production history base”.

“Bases” will be be annually adjusted according to the percentage of change in domestic demand.

If excess inventory levels exist, the money paid for that percentage of milk used to manufacture cheese, butter and powder beyond the producer’s licensed history base will be distributed into a producer controlled fund.

These monies will be managed by a producer review board and will be used for the improvement of market conditions for dairy producers.

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Hannah Baker crowned Tompkins County Dairy Princess Hannah Baker, the 16 year old daughter of Jamie and Jenny Baker of Ithaca, NY, was recently crowned Tompkins County Dairy Princess. Hannah has been involved in the program for the past five years as a Dairy Ambassador, and Alternate Dairy Princess.

She lives and works on her family’s dairy farm, Sweyolakan Farm. She enjoys taking care of the calves and growing pumpkins. Hannah will be a senior this fall at Twin Tiers Christian Academy.

One of her goals for the program is to make sure everyone knows how important dairy products are in your daily diet.

Her favorite dairy recipe is Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Squares and is printed below. This is a great way to make sure you include 3 servings of dairy every day in your diet.

Helping Hannah to complete her incentives, and share the good news about dairy products are her alternates McKayla Pollack of Groton, and Margaret

Markley of Trumansburg. Ambassadors include Mackenzie Weaver, Dryden, Lizzy Drake, Lansing, Julia Fouts, Cortland, and Kristen Pollack, Groton.

To schedule Hannah, and members of her court for a community event, parade, or to give a promotional speech, contact Jenny Baker at 607-272-4583.

Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Squares 1 cup crunchy wheat and barley cereal 3 cups fat-free strawberry yogurt 1 (10-ounce) bag frozen unsweetened strawberries (about 2 1/2 cups) 1 cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk 1 cup light or fat-free whipped topping (optional) Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with foil. Sprinkle cereal evenly on the bottom of the pan; set aside. Place yogurt, strawberries and condensed milk in a blender; cover and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture over top of cereal, gently smoothing yogurt mixture to edges of pan. Cover with foil (or plastic wrap) and freeze for 8 hours or until firm. Use edges of foil

to loosen and remove from pan; let recipe thaw for 5 to 10 minutes. Cut into squares, top with whipped topping, if desired, and serve.

Storage tip: Squares may be individually wrapped and frozen for single servings.

Note: Create your own variations by using other flavor combinations of yogurt and fruit.

Recipe created by 3-Every-Day™ of Dairy

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High feed prices, low milk prices!

What can you do?

by Bob James, VT Extension Dairy Scientist, Dairy Nutrition Current economic conditions are causing intense frustration throughout the dairy industry. There are many items over which you have no control, but there ARE things that you can control—both from an income and expense perspective. Our five year study of feed management illustrated many opportunities which exist to improve income over feed cost.

Too often dairy producers make the mistake of assuming that a good nutritionist will fix all of their problems to assure high milk production at a low cost per cwt. It’s up to the dairy manager to ensure that the recommendations are carried out. Focus on these three items to improve the accuracy of the feeding program.

1. Test forages monthly regardless of the herd size. This costs between $32 and $150 depending on the sophistication of the analyses requested. This sounds expensive, but the alternative is far more costly.

• For a typical 150 cow dairy in Virginia, $150 amounts to $.03/cow/month. Reducing soybean meal overfeeding by .13 lb. per cow or increasing milk yield by 0.16 lb. per cow would offset this expense.

2. Measure silage dry matters at least weekly or whenever one detects a change in feed quality.

Dry matter can be determined on the farm with a Koster tester, microwave oven, or food dehydrator—all equipment with a minimal expense. The impact of moisture on ration balance can be large. If one assumes a herd is fed 70 lb. of corn silage/cow /day at 38 percent DM a reduction to 32 percent DM results in 3.2 Mcal less energy and 0.34 lb. less protein. For a 1400 lb. cow producing milk with 3.5 percent fat that’s about 6.5 lb. less milk or $1.17 less income per day.

3.Improve feeding accuracy. The phosphorous incentive program studied eight farms which implemented the use of feed management software and a new indicator for their mix wagons. This enabled managers to download feeding instructions and to monitor how accurately the feeder loaded ingredients and delivered the rations. Use of this technology resulted in the best managers achieving accuracy within 1 per-

cent of that specified by the nutritionist. In contrast, we found that feeders and managers who did not use the technology very well deviated from the specified rations by more than 8 percent. The challenge is that in some cases feeders underfed key ingredients and overfed other ingredients. The result is that cows are either underfed and produce less milk the next day or overfed key ingredients, thus wasting feed. This technology would cost between $4,000 and $6,000.

Again, this sounds expensive until one considers that our example 150 cow dairy with 50 lb. of dry matter intake per cow costing $.16/lb. spends $1200 / day on feed alone. Reducing overfeeding by 1 lb. of dry matter would enable a payoff of the investment in less than seven months. Additional benefits of higher milk yield accrue with less daily variation in ration composition.

These three items require a commitment by

the manager to adopt routine practices of forage analyses and monitoring of dry matter. Feed management software and hardware with proven success on dairies includes: (in alphabetical order) EZ Feed, Feed Supervisor, Feed Watch and TMR Tracker.

Source: Dairyline, June 2012

Hannah Baker, the 2012 Tompkins County Dairy Princess.

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Increased milking frequency during early lactation: expected changes in profit for a less than 200 cow dairy farm

by John Hanchar and Jackson Wright Increased milking frequency during early lactation is an effective management tool for increasing milk yield. On a less than 200 cow dairy, given the expected benefits and costs, tradeoffs — including additional labor, purchased feed and crop expense, and other costs — is increased milking frequency an effective management tool for increasing profit when compared to 2X milking?

Summary • Partial budget analysis suggests that increased milking frequency, that is, 4X for days 1 through 21 of the lactation, 2X thereafter, is attractive over a wide range of milk prices and marginal purchased feed and crop costs per additional pound of milk

when compared to 2X for a dairy farm described as averaging 90 cows for the year.

• Results are sensitive to expected milk price, marginal purchased feed and crop cost, and milk yield response.

• Due to the sensitivity of results to changes in key variables, a farm manager’s decision making regarding frequent milking during early lactation will benefit from analyses that reflect conditions, and expectations specific to the farm.

Economic analysis One measure that producers use to evaluate possible changes in practices is the expected change in profit. Profit equals the total value of production minus the costs of inputs used in production.

Expected change in profit equals the expected change in

total value of production minus the expected change in costs. Analysts construct a partial budget to estimate the expected change in profit associated with a proposed change in the farm business, for example, frequent milking during early lactation.

Selected assumptions • Average number of cows for the year: 90 (Source: Cornell University Cooperative Extension’s Dairy Farm Business Summary (DFBS) Program, 2011, Group average for NYS, less than 200 cows, 2X milking, May 2, 2012) • Proposed change: 4X milking in early lactation, that is days 1 through 21, 2X for the remainder • Current: 2X milking • Additional pounds of milk per cow per day, days 1 through 21: 17.27 • Additional pounds of milk per cow per day, days 22 through 270: 6.80 • Additional labor hours per cow per day attributed to 2 additional milkings: 0.2 • Number of animals milked 4X daily: 5

Table 1. Expected Change in Profit by Gross Milk Sales per Cwt. by Purchased Feed and Crop Expense per Additional Pound of Milk — 4X Days 1 through 21, 2X thereafter vs. 2X; Average Number of Cows is 90; Initial Expected Milk Response.

Table 2. Expected Change in Profit by Gross Milk Sales per Cwt. by Purchased Feed and Crop Expense per Additional Pound of Milk — 4X Days 1 through 21, 2X thereafter vs. 2X; Average Number of Cows is 90; One Half of Initial Expected Milk Response.

• Annual pounds of milk sold per cow per year - current: 18,800 • Milk receipts in $ per cwt. and marginal purchased feed and crop costs ($/additional pound of milk) are varied

Results Twenty-two of 25 expected milk price, expected marginal purchased feed and crop cost combinations yielded expected changes in profit greater than zero

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Given DFBS net farm income results for 2009, 2010 and 2011, the results from table 1 suggest that 4X milking during early lactation can be expected to increase profit by about 33 percent on average when compared to 2X. If a farm expects to achieve only half of the yield response assumed initially, then the results in Table 2 apply. Fifteen of 25 expected milk price, marginal purchased feed and crop expense combinations yielded expected changes in profit greater than zero (Table 2) when milk yield response expectations were lowered.

Given DFBS net farm income results for 2009, 2010 and 2011, the results from table 2 suggest that 4X milking during early lactation at the reduced expected yield response can be expected to increase profit by about 9 percent on average when compared to 2X. To learn more about this work, please contact John Hanchar.

Source: Ag Focus, June 2012

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HERD OWNER

BRADFORD

BUTLER

ED & LORRAINE THIELE MIKE & ANETTE SCHIEVER UNDER GRACE DAIRY HARTZELL FARM MARBURGER FARM DAIRY ALBERT HOGG & SONS RITA KENNEDY PAUL CRITCHLOW JR. DROVERS INN JOHN H RENO J L & H F KENNEDY CROFT BROS BRADLEY & CALEB COOPER CHESTNUT RUN FARM

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CENTRE

VALLEYSEND FARM PENNDELL FARMS BROOK WAY HOLSTEINS PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PINE HOLLOW FARM RAS HOLSTEINS GLEN AND LOIS MILLER VALLEY WIDE FARM TODD AND LISA WOOMER STRINGERS SAND RIDGE MURMAC FARMS JUSTIN HOMAN PAUL HARTLE DAVID HOUSER HAAGEN FARM KENNETH C GEPHART SCOTT E SWARTZ STEPHEN L MUNDRICK TOM AND LORI HARTLE JONATHAN GLICK REESES DAIRYHILL BREEZY FARMS DOUGLAS P VONADA CLAUDE HOMAN BARBARA ROSSMAN ROD AND TIM BRUSS TI GLO FARM BREEZY FARMS FISHER FARMS NITTANY SPRINGS FARM MELLOTTS FARM CHARLES LINER FETTEROLF FARM MELLOTTS FARM TONY & SAPRINA HARTER HAROLD.E.HARPSTER LORI D. BROWN CLAUDE NYMAN

CLARION

JOHN HENRY # NEXGEN DAIRY INC JOHN HENRY # MABE HOLSTEINS KEB DAIRY

CLEARFIELD

HICKS DAIRY FARM ORNER FARMS INC HAAG'S GREEN VALLEY CARL G BRINK + SONS SANKEYCREST FARMS SCHRACK FARMS

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

PENNSYLVANIA

KLINE RON,GLENN &GARY SCOTT AND KAREN NOLT D&L HESS FARMS ALLFORD,JOHN & HOLLY SCOTT AND KAREN NOLT ROGER + CATHY BROWN WM CAR WMS FARMS RUSSELL MAPLE FARMS SNOWCREST FARMS PETER SOLOWIEJ DOUG STEWART MERLE & LESLIE WANCK SHUMHURST FARM DAVI LERAY DAIRY KEVIN VANDERPOEL PECK HILL FARMS JEFFERY AMMERMAN WILLIAM & GRETCHEN STEELE ROBBIN &RYAN KINGSLEY FEUSNER,JOHN & DENISE

CLINTON

B R COW E E YEARS D

MEYERDAIRYFARMLLC SHAWN & WANDA MOORE

DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H J H H H H H H H H H H H H H X H

488.2 78.3 59.3 54.8 12.8 187.7 78.5 36.2 124.3 77.1 26.1 76.9 37.5 73.6 88.4 195.9 104.9 80.0 50.1 69.5

26397 26782 24297 24929 19655 23249 21630 21801 21408 21113 21110 20278 21059 20606 20783 19727 18941 18465 17862 16738

998 906 876 898 929 860 747 776 815 825 802 737 833 777 751 677 734 746 680 662

3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6 4.7 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0

827 806 764 759 712 696 685 677 658 650 643 637 635 628 621 605 597 594 558 538

3.1 3X 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.0 3X 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X X H H B H H H

40.4 116.8 51.3 172.4 121.0 51.9 26.8 37.5 76.9 33.6 31.7 40.6 46.4 35.8

25703 24545 24043 23720 21290 20869 18301 17059 19454 18184 16486 17152 17785 17532

937 951 950 820 825 816 687 771 710 702 618 670 674 667

3.6 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.5 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8

794 765 715 705 671 650 629 605 592 581 576 553 550 537

3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 3X 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1

H 69.3 H 78.7 H 172.1 H 252.1 H 67.4 H 56.1 H 77.0 H 50.1 H 45.6 H 90.9 H 1191.8 H 70.6 H 62.0 H 38.7 H 39.6 H 66.7 H 48.9 H 43.6 H 175.5 H 68.3 H 113.2 H 58.7 H 76.3 H 41.8 H 75.9 H 50.0 H 152.9 H 136.9 H 105.2 H 137.6 H 27.3 X 55.5 H 76.1 H 32.0 X 52.4 J 66.0 H 17.3 H 22.4

26330 27612 27173 25980 25686 25116 25620 25962 25626 25275 25421 24054 23823 23626 23011 24464 22140 21206 23019 22580 21050 21651 20599 21062 21210 20180 20663 20890 18999 19868 18829 18738 18962 18269 17589 14699 17308 17403

1250 1152 978 939 888 894 907 977 1026 1029 901 866 900 853 939 860 863 889 953 812 835 796 795 811 742 763 800 753 743 857 703 759 784 730 703 748 654 659

4.7 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 5.1 3.8 3.8

853 852 807 791 787 782 778 774 772 771 749 745 720 718 714 705 690 687 685 666 661 657 656 656 648 640 630 627 603 601 597 587 582 582 554 549 543 531

3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 3X 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.1

DHI DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H

55.3 103.9 69.7 84.7 60.8

33231 1208 3.6 987 3.0 24232 896 3.7 738 3.0 22598 823 3.6 703 3.1 21878 794 3.6 683 3.1 20941 767 3.7 656 3.1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H

90.2 78.1 76.5 93.5 44.5

26629 25887 25565 24652 23675

925 984 932 909 913

DHI-APCS H 907.0

24229

836 3.5 729 3.0 3X

DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP

HERD OWNER

3.5 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.9

836 806 784 777 737

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1

COLUMBIA

JAN JURBALA LYONS DEN DAIRY HEMSARTH BRUCE&BRENDA

CRAWFORD

TRCP FARM LLC. TRCP FARM LLC. FOSTERS FAMILY FARM LOST ACRES FARM DOLLYRUN FARM

TYPE TEST

Top 40 Herds For May B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

DHI-APCS H 211.5 DHI-AP H 95.7

23917 22633

DHIR-AP H 60.6 DHI-AP H 85.6 DHI-APCS H 202.7

28809 1105 3.8 905 3.1 24843 910 3.7 778 3.1 25305 984 3.9 764 3.0 3X

39.8 54.0 117.3 95.6 54.5

23559 25552 25586 22852 18672

939 916 871 846 605

DHI-AP H 75.6 DHI-AP H 56.1 DHI-AP H 70.7

25907 24197 19761

956 3.7 793 3.1 936 3.9 750 3.1 751 3.8 611 3.1

MARK VOGEL DHI-AP H 49.9 LIND FARM DHI-AP H 66.7 KIDSTREAT DHI-AP H 81.3 WILLIAM+ BRYAN LOPER DHI-AP H 60.9 WOODS DAIRY DHI-AP H 116.1 CRAIG SHINKO DHI-AP H 82.1 PALNEL FARM DHI-AP H 120.7 DEAN +SUZANNE CURTIS DHI-AP H 144.0 RAUSCH FARMS DHI-AP H 57.8 MARK VOGEL DHI-AP J 13.6 HIGH POINT FARMS DHI-AP H 102.3 BRAD ROBINSON DHI-AP H 260.3 KRUSE FARM DHI-AP H 86.6 CONCORD VALLEY FARMS INC DHI-APCS H 153.3 MARSHY MEADOW FARM DHIR-AP H 57.0 EVAN NICKERSON DHI-AP H 33.2 MARSHY MEADOW FARM DHIR-AP B 17.6 MIDNIGHT FIRE DAIRY DHI-AP X 34.9

26115 23285 22529 23093 22176 21214 20912 18932 21180 17802 21351 19640 18604 19710 18910 18261 15710 16382

864 881 838 814 741 827 807 759 825 842 825 780 697 760 699 715 650 658

ELK

PAUL SWANSON V BELL FARMS PIERRE PONTZER

DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

B H H H X

836 3.5 706 3.0 883 3.9 698 3.1

ERIE

FRANKLIN

ROCK GAP DAIRY DHI-APCS PAUL H.ZIMMERMAN JR. DHI-AP JAMES&NINA BURDETTE DHIR-AP JEMI CATTLE COMPANY DHIR-AP LOCUST HILL FARM DHI-AP DENNIS W BRICKER DHI-AP JIM KAHLER DHIR-AP STEVEN E RUBY DHIR-AP EVAN J BURKHOLDER DHI-AP OAKLEIGH FARM DHIR-AP CURTIS KNEPPER DHI-AP DUFFIELD DAIRY DHI-AP ANTHONY R LEHMAN DHI-AP ROMARCOHOLSTEINS DHI-AP ERIC NISWANDER DHI-APCS BEIDEL BROTHERS DHI-APCS MILTON ROTZ DHI-AP MEYERS BROS DAIRY DHIR-AP JIM KAHLER DHIR-AP PAUL H.ZIMMERMAN JR. DHI-AP PECKMAN HOMESTEAD DHIR-AP JEREMY D. MARTIN DHI-AP LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP DENNIS&JOEL SOLLENBERGER DHI-AP MIDDOUR FARMS LLC DHI-AP ANTRIM WAY FARM DHI-AP HONEYSUCKLE ACRES DHIR-AP GUILSIDE FARM DHI-AP WITTERDALE FARM DHI-AP LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP EDGAR S REICHARD DHIR-AP LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP JEMI JERSEYS DHIR-AP NELSON R MEYERS DHI-AP VERNON W. ZIMMERMAN DHI-AP DONALD PIPER # DHI-AP THOMAS E SHATZER DHI-AP JUSTIN GEISINGER DHI-AP RYAN D MEYERS DHI-AP POVERTY LANE FARMS LP DHI-AP

JEFFERSON

HIGHLAND H FARMS MOWREYS SPRUCELAWN MITCHELLS DAIRY FARM DAN KELLER LONDONDALE FARM HIGHLAND H FARMS SMITH OAK FARM WINGARD DAIRY FARM DAN RAYBUCK D & L FARM PINE VALLEY FARM KNAPP BROTHERS FARM HARVESTORE HILL FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

4.0 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.2

3.3 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.7 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.0

807 794 776 743 627

792 714 709 703 673 673 647 647 646 644 640 615 603 581 578 565 531 529

3.4 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.4

3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.2

H H H H H H H H H H H H H X H H H H J J X H H H H H H H H B H X J H H H H H H H

150.6 48.3 115.8 18.1 117.6 63.4 109.7 199.7 191.9 121.5 68.5 240.7 102.2 39.8 43.6 174.0 372.3 197.1 19.9 17.9 120.1 93.1 64.8 97.2 154.9 107.6 118.6 194.3 183.5 122.4 53.5 19.8 31.2 56.5 75.9 127.1 67.8 75.7 38.8 149.0

27143 1007 3.7 832 3.1 26424 968 3.7 825 3.1 25439 982 3.9 806 3.2 26323 1096 4.2 805 3.1 26456 976 3.7 798 3.0 26051 893 3.4 786 3.0 22768 932 4.1 761 3.3 24523 916 3.7 755 3.1 23732 963 4.1 750 3.2 24283 825 3.4 742 3.1 23184 912 3.9 737 3.2 23598 846 3.6 724 3.1 3X 23511 851 3.6 713 3.0 21818 930 4.3 705 3.2 22212 801 3.6 693 3.1 21439 856 4.0 684 3.2 21195 776 3.7 680 3.2 20859 766 3.7 676 3.2 18398 921 5.0 676 3.7 18365 854 4.7 672 3.7 20879 858 4.1 671 3.2 21510 798 3.7 666 3.1 21449 696 3.2 664 3.1 22863 812 3.6 662 2.9 20603 820 4.0 659 3.2 20899 836 4.0 658 3.1 21279 747 3.5 654 3.1 21811 782 3.6 646 3.0 19986 739 3.7 641 3.2 18694 699 3.7 632 3.4 19172 762 4.0 620 3.2 18511 729 3.9 602 3.3 15850 855 5.4 597 3.8 19150 721 3.8 592 3.1 18765 734 3.9 580 3.1 18316 677 3.7 564 3.1 17712 684 3.9 554 3.1 17769 624 3.5 553 3.1 16195 648 4.0 536 3.3 16897 652 3.9 527 3.1

H H H H H J H H H H H H J

50.7 120.5 85.2 21.2 63.6 17.5 125.8 36.6 13.4 38.7 42.8 118.8 72.0

30537 1054 3.5 943 3.1 25782 972 3.8 811 3.1 25065 933 3.7 794 3.2 26313 996 3.8 794 3.0 25094 946 3.8 771 3.1 19637 944 4.8 719 3.7 21149 771 3.6 679 3.2 20403 686 3.4 667 3.3 20597 785 3.8 661 3.2 20546 741 3.6 646 3.1 19923 751 3.8 633 3.2 19620 778 4.0 625 3.2 16151 775 4.8 578 3.6

HERD OWNER PARADISE ACRES LAUREL VALLEY DAIRY

LACKAWANNA GEORGE YEDINAK PAUL MANNING

LAWRENCE

ROBIN&JOHN THOMPSON LEFTMAC FARM CAMPRUN HOLSTEIN HILLMAR FARM TROTACRE FARM HENRY FARMS TROTACRE FARM

LUZERNE

SCOTT RINEHIMER C K TROXELL FARMS

LYCOMING

BENJAMIN MCCARTY ED+CHRISKITZMILLER BOSCH FARMS BRYNN BOWER FANTASYFOUND HOLSTEINS ED+CHRISKITZMILLER MICHAEL & LARRY FRY

TYPE TEST

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

DHIR-AP G 44.2 DHI-AP H 26.2

17451 17814

736 4.2 559 3.2 673 3.8 551 3.1

DHIR H 53.5 DHI-AP H 77.6

21184 17721

846 4.0 649 3.1 670 3.8 519 2.9

51.1 61.0 121.3 63.7 121.2 41.3 37.7

22702 23511 22829 21650 20952 18429 16339

857 841 807 769 700 689 724

DHI-AP H 76.6 DHI-AP H 175.9

21712 22669

797 3.7 676 3.1 822 3.6 676 3.0

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H H X G

3.8 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.4

727 726 709 664 646 567 538

3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.3 3X

DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H

38.5 19.8 105.1 41.8 124.1 63.4 80.2

23539 22228 20019 20126 19950 19438 18301

805 820 837 790 772 756 762

3.4 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2

716 693 643 629 619 608 572

3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H W H H H X

45.4 55.3 77.0 53.0 37.4 46.1

22149 23118 21106 19010 18498 15765

862 812 736 747 684 672

3.9 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.7 4.3

719 701 631 603 581 542

3.2 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4

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49.9 121.5 62.7 121.0 121.9 140.4 103.1 32.2 30.6 492.7 88.1

26853 26422 24251 25339 23710 21174 20533 21068 16562 15607 15324

939 962 880 855 883 825 711 763 769 797 576

3.5 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.6 4.6 5.1 3.8

814 798 753 740 713 692 643 643 598 596 510

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DHI-AP H 52.4

21900

791 3.6 668 3.1

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762 748 726 717 711 695 600

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GEA Farm Technologies becomes the exclusive distributor of the FutureCow™ Prep System GEA Farm Technologies is once again leading the way in bringing innovative products to today’s progressive dairy producers with the patent pending FutureCow™ Prep System.

The FutureCow™ Prep System uses a mechanical brush unit to effectively and reliably wash, disinfect, dry and stimulate teats prior to milking.

“Prepping cows with the FutureCow™ Prep System accomplishes all of the necessary pre-milking procedures in one easy step,” said Chad Buchanan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. “Cows receive a con-

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the opportunity to partner with GEA Farm Technologies. We will be able to expand the availability of FutureCow™ and improve the technology that supports the system,” said Kevin Dole, President of Alpha Technology USA Corp. “Knowing that FutureCow™ is fully supported and installed by select GEA Farm Technologies dealers — who have unsurpassed dairy equipment experience — we maintain our commitment of providing producers reliable solutions that improve their dairy’s profitability and performance.”

Labor savings The FutureCow™ Prep System can provide a significant return on investment. Because cow prep can be more streamlined and efficient, many dairies have been able to eliminate labor in the parlor.

Increased parlor efficiency Improvements in prep procedure efficiency also leads to improved parlor efficiency. FutureCow™ users report that they have gained valuable time per milking shift, after making the switch to this product, which can allow operators to milk more cows, or allow them time to perform other tasks during their shift. Also, the consistency in prep procedures and superior stimulation that FutureCow™ provides can improve milk flow rates and decrease milking times, which can further improve parlor throughput.

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sistent prep procedure, no matter who is milking and superior stimulation. Plus, dairy producers can potentially reduce labor costs and can certainly reduce operating costs by eliminating towels and laundry.”

GEA Farm Technologies is now the exclusive distributor of the FutureCow™ Prep System, which is manufactured by Alpha Technology USA Corp. “Alpha’s proven success in the field and their progressive technology make them an excellent partner for innovative products such as FutureCow,” said Buchanan.

“Alpha Technology is excited about

Interactive Small Woodlot Management Workshop set June 23 The Master Forest Owners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County are pleased to offer: Interactive Small Woodlot Management Workshop, with Presenter State Extension Service Forester Peter Smallidge, on Saturday June 23, st Mumby’s Woodlot, Rushville, NY. Parking address is 4476 Ferguson Corners

Rd., Rushville. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. Event will run from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Cost is $10 per family.

Pre-registration is required. Space is limited to 35 participants. Slots will be filled on a first come — first served basis to paid attendees.

• If you are a woodlot owner and want to be more engaged with your

woods, this is the perfect workshop for you. This interactive, hands-on program is intended for woodland owners with beginner to intermediate knowledge and/or skill, as well as anyone interested in learning about sustainable forestry

practices.

• It will examine basic silviculture principles, including pruning, thinning, and harvesting to control the stock, density, composition, growth, health, and overall quality of a forest stand.

• This workshop will

look at the protective gear necessary for safe chainsaw operation and how to inspect tools and equipment for wear.

• Participants should dress for the weather and be prepared for walking on moderately rough ground. Partici-

pants are encouraged to bring a hard hat, clipboard, and pencil.

For more information and to register for this workshop contact Cornell Cooperative Extension Yates County, 417 Liberty Street, Penn Yan, NY, at 315-536-5123.

NFU releases free cooperative education curriculum Families, communities, and businesses large and small depend on the spirit of cooperation to succeed. National Farmers Union (NFU) is introducing a special curriculum to highlight 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives.

“Cooperation is at the heart of America, from its largest cities to its smallest towns,” said NFU President Roger Johnson. “Schools, organizations, and community leaders are invited to use these lessons.

The co-op curriculum is available to everyone for free.”

A White House Community Leaders Briefing hosted by the National Cooperative Business Association was held today where NFU Director of Education Maria Miller and others raised awareness of the cooper-

ative business model.

Farmers Union members have helped organize hundreds of successful cooperative businesses, some of which are among the Fortune 500 companies.

The curriculum provides six separate lessons each for collegiate and adult students. The lessons are written to introduce how cooperation works to help individuals accomplish as a group what they could not on their own.

To download the curriculum, visit www.nfu.org/education/education-materials. To learn more about ways to use the curriculum, contact Miller at mmiller@nfudc.org The curriculum was developed with support from CHS Foundation in cooperation with the NFU Foundation.

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GEA from B23 brush set accommodates all teat lengths, and assures teat-ends are properly cleaned before the milking unit is applied. Also, brush speed and pressure have been optimized for maximum stimulation, which contributes to less unit on-time and improved teat-end health.

Easy, fixed pricing GEA Farm Technologies provides a flat rate billing program with the FutureCow™ product that is charged per cow, per month, and includes all consumables, regardless of usage. This assures producers a consistent, fixed cost that is much easier to manage financially.

“Our mission is to simply help today’s progressive dairy producers become more profitable,” adds Buchanan. “By bringing them products like the FutureCow™ Prep System, they can reduce their cost of doing business and improve their performance.”

The FutureCow™ Prep System is fully-supported and installed by select GEA Farm Technologies dealers, carrying the WestfaliaSurge product line; a professional network — available to local dairy operations 24/7.

For more information call 877-WS-DAIRY (877973-2479).

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The NY Ayrshire Club announces the 2012 calf scholarship winner The New York Ayrshire Club is pleased to announce that Katelyn Miller, is the 2012 calf scholarship recipient. Katelyn is the 10-yearold daughter of Jeffrey and Jennifer Miller. The Miller family farm is in Chautauqua, NY. Katelyn has many duties on their farm which include feeding and

caring for the calves and heifers. She has been a 4-H member for four years during which she has written articles for the 4-H news letter for her county along with many other 4-H activities.

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We would like to thank the other applicants and encourage them to apply again next year. The Scholarship is open to all youth in New York State who has an interest in raising an Ayrshire calf. The program offers the opportunity to a youth who

Trade Office in Bogota, the Council hosted more than 100 Colombian importers, endusers, feed manufactures and policy decision makers at an evening networking reception and celebra-

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to be not only your regular suppliers of feed grains, but we want to be partners in trade with you. We want to be partners in proving food security to Colombia and partners in your economic growth and success,” Indiana Corn Marketing Board representative David Howell told the group.

“In addition to the obvious benefits of lowering trade barriers and opening markets for both countries, the FTA also provides important intangible benefits,” said Deb Keller of Iowa Corn Promotion Board.

“It provides predictability that enables industries in both countries to make investment and commitments over the long-term.

“Finally, it provides unlimited opportunity to collectively further strengthen and nurture our strategic and economic linkages with an important ally in this hemisphere,” she said Group members included: • Doyle Lentz – North Dakota Barley Council • Wayne Cleveland – Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board • Deb Keller – Iowa Corn Promotion Board • David Howell – Indiana Corn Marketing Board • Kurt Shultz – USGC Regional Director for Latin America • Floyd Gaibler – USGC Director of Trade Policy • Marri Carrow – USGC Director of Communications

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The Council’s trade team included members from four major grain producing states; North Dakota, Texas, Iowa, and Indiana.

“We are here this evening as representatives of the farmers from our industry to let you know that we care about the Colombian marketplace. We want

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has demonstrated the interest and ability to develop the calf to her fullest potential and who will also grow through this project.

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ball; baseball; being a Dairy Ambassador; 4-H; Junior Ayrshire Club; Junior Holstein Club; and Chautauqua County Fair and driving the 4-wheeler. She is also involved in Chautauqua County Dairy Bowl and Dairy Judging.

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Agriculture Counts!

by Kevin Pautler, Director NASS-PA Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: This is a monthly column from the Pennsylvania Field Office of USDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS-PA) operated in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The website is www.nass.usda.gov; for the reports mentioned below, click on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Publicationsâ&#x20AC;? tab.

2012 Wheat crop & hay stocks: Based on May 1 conditions, Pennsylvaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 production of winter wheat is forecast at 9.15 million bushels, up 6 percent from 2011; yield is forecast at 61 bushels per acre, up 10 bushels per acre from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final yield.

Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.69 billion bushels, up 13 percent from 2011. Stay tuned for the June 12 Crop Production report with an updated wheat forecast as of June 1 to account for any changes during May. In Pennsylvania, all hay stored on farms as of May 1 totaled 450,000 tons, up 32 percent from the previous year. Nationally, hay stocks on farms May 1 was down 4 percent from the previous year.

2012 Planting intentions published March 30: The annual planting intentions survey was conducted around March 1. A quick summary of the report follows. In Pennsylvania farmers intend to plant 1,440,000 acres of corn this spring, up 1 percent from the previous year and 7 percent above two years ago; and 500,000 acres of soybeans, equal to the acres planted in the two previous years. If realized, this would tie the previous

record for the largest planted acres of soybeans for the Commonwealth.

Nationally, growers expect to plant 95.9 million acres of corn, up 4 percent from last year. If realized, this will be the highest planted acreage in the U.S. since 1937, when an estimated 97.2 million acres were planted. Soybean producers intend to plant 73.9 million acres in 2012, down 1 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage intentions are down in many areas as some acreage is expected to shift to corn.

For the complete report with other crops across all states, call us at 717787-3904 or go to www.nass.usda.gov, click on the gray â&#x20AC;&#x153;Publicationsâ&#x20AC;? tab across the top and look for the Prospective Plantings under â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most Requested Reports.â&#x20AC;?

2012 Crop plantings and hogs: The first step to understanding the production potential for 2012 field crops is to have a good measure of crop acreage close to planting time. To do this, the annual June Agricultural Survey is used to contact a pre-selected group of farmers to represent all growers in the state and nation. It is not a census of all growers; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scientific sample.

In Pennsylvania, the June Ag Survey collects acreage information about hay, small grains, corn, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes, and tobacco. The survey also measures grains in storage, livestock, farm numbers, and land values.

The quarterly Haog Survey is conducted at the same time and coordinated to reduce additional contacts for hog owners. Both surveys are under

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USGC releases first annual report on U.S. corn grades, standards, moisture The U.S. Grains Council is pleased to present the first annual Corn Export Cargo Quality Report for the 2011/2012 corn marketing year as a service to foreign buyers and other interested parties. The Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corn Export Cargo Quality Report is an objective survey, taken at the point of loading for international shipment, of the quality of U.S. yellow commodity corn destined for export. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the second of two new Council reports concerning the quality of the 2011 crop,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Wendell Shauman, USGC chairman and farmer from Illinois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earlier this year the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corn Harvest Quality Report surveyed corn quality at the farm gate. Together, these two reports are intended to provide reliable information on U.S. corn quality for the current marketing year, based on a transparent and consistent methodology.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to providing an early look at grades and standards factors and moisture (that are reported each year by the U.S. Federal Grain Inspection Service), these reports provide in-

formation on additional quality characteristics that have not been reported previously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quality is a vital concern for every stakeholder in the corn value chain: seed companies, corn growers, traders, corn handlers, shippers, processors and end-users. The Council anticipates that the value of these reports to all stakeholders will increase over time as stakeholders become familiar with the information presented and with the year-to-year variations to be anticipated in the U.S. corn marketing system,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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way from late-May through mid-June.

We count on help from growers to properly measure agricultural production in Pennsylvania and across the nation. If you are contacted personally or by telephone, please remember that your response is important so that we can publish the most accurate statistics possible because Agriculture Counts! With your help, NASS provides the FACTS so often necessary to define and defend Pennsylvania agriculture.

The annual June Ag Survey includes different phases to keep costs low and quality high. Our interviewers will visit 167 land segments across the state that are about one square mile each.

They will contact all operators within the segment to draw operation and field boundaries on aerial photographs to account for all land use within the selected area.

Knowing that no list is complete, these aerial photos allow us to estimate crop acreages and how many farms are not on our list of farmers. If you are visited by our staff with these photos, your cooperation is very important because these 167 square miles represent all 45,000 square miles in Pennsylvania.

In addition, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sampled about 1,500 crop farmers and 200 hog owners from our list of known agricultural operators. Letters will be sent to them explaining the upcoming survey. They

will be contacted from late May to mid June for their help in answering acreage and livestock questions that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require using aerial photos.

These USDA surveys are all done at the same time nationwide. So, it is important that Pennsylvania producers be properly represented among the other states. Crop statistics provide producers and Pennsylvania farm associations with vital information for growers of cash crops and for current and potential feed supplies for milk and livestock producers. Hog owners can review national trends to help with production decisions.

As with all our surveys, by federal law, names and address and data about each operation are completely confidential to this one agency, NASS. Survey results are published as totals so that no individual data can be discovered or calculated. The same law also protects farm data from requests under the Freedom of Information Act. By law, no one can gain early access to the results of any survey. The reports are available to everyone at www.nass.usda.gov and use the PUBLICATIONS button to find: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Acreageâ&#x20AC;? report, June 29, 8:30 a.m.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crop Production,â&#x20AC;? July 11, 8:30 a.m. with potatoes; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grain Stocks,â&#x20AC;? June 29, 8:30 a.m.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quarterly Hogs & Pigs,â&#x20AC;? June 29, 3 p.m.; or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farms and Land In Farms,â&#x20AC;? every February.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — A state historical marker commemorating the first extension agent in Pennsylvania and one of the first in the United States was dedicated on June 7 in Schellsburg, Bedford Co. The marker, at 3744 Pitt St., highlights “the beginning of the Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service” and the approximate location where extension agent A.B. Ross officially began his work helping farmers in Bedford and surrounding counties in 1910.

Dignitaries from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Bedford County commissioners, Senator John Eichelberger and the president of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents attended the ceremony, which was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Schellsburg and Old Log Church Historical Society, and the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents.

Speaking at the observance, Bruce McPheron, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, emphasized the historical importance of the Cooperative Extension partnership between landgrant universities, such as Penn State, and federal, state and county governments, both in the Keystone State and across the country.

“Cooperative Extension has helped make American agriculture the envy of the world,” he said. “Wherever I travel internationally, the questions inevitably come back to, ‘Tell me about extension and how we can help farmers and rural communities.’”

“What we celebrate here today is the foundation of a powerful system that continues to spur economic development, job creation and community resilience by providing sciencebased education to the citizens of Pennsylvania.”

McPheron noted that Penn State Extension started serving agricultural producers in Pennsylvania more than a century ago, even before the federal Smith-Lever Act was passed in 1914 establishing the nationwide Cooperative Extension system, connected to land-grant universities.

“Our extension presence in communities across the commonwealth means that Penn State Extension and the College of Agricultural Sciences are literally the ‘front door’ to Penn State and all the solutions that Pennsylvania’s land-grant university can bring to bear to address real-world problems for agriculture, food, natural resources, youth and communities,” he said.

In addition to McPheron, making remarks at the 3 p.m. ceremony were Jean Craige Pepper, commissioner with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Mary Jo DeppNestlerode, associate director of Penn State Extension; Paul Craig, extension educator and president-elect of the National Association of County Agri-

cultural Agents; Robert Goodling, extension educator and president of the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents; and Janice Stoudnour, Penn State Extension district director for Bedford, Cambria and Somerset counties.

Duane Duncan, retired extension educator and life member of the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents, unveiled the marker.

Bedford County commissioners in 2007 praised Penn State Extension in a proclamation, recognizing that the organization has made historical contributions to the county’s vitality.

“Bedford County has a proud tradition of extension education,” the proclamation stated. “Beginning with the first agent in 1910, A. B. Ross, agents have continued to provide new knowledge and expertise in the areas vital to the development of the county, such as nutrition, family life, animal health, pest control, farm management and land utilization, as well as organizing and maintaining volunteer leadership to serve youth involved in the 4-H program.”

Ross’ appointment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Farm Management was a watermark in Pennsylvania’s agricultural history.

According to “The College of Agriculture at Penn State: A Tradition of Excellence,” written by Penn State historian Michael Bezilla and published in 1987, Ross had been practicing law in Cleveland, Ohio, until ill health forced his return to his native Bedford County in 1907.

“Looking for a way to occupy himself during his recuperation, Ross became interested in scientific agriculture and was appalled to learn how little local farmers knew about the subject,” Bezilla wrote. “He began traveling the countryside on horseback, making friends with agriculturists and distributing copies of USDA bulletins.

“He was soon proficient enough to make inoculation tests for legumes, advise farmers on corn varieties best suited for Bedford County and suggest better farm-management techniques.”

The success of Ross’ activities came to the attention of authorities in Washington, D.C., and he was eventually making his rounds throughout Bedford and five adjacent counties in a USDA-supplied automobile rather than in the saddle.

Penn State Extension is a nonformal, community-based educational resource, funded cooperatively by state and county governments and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Each year, more than 2 million people participate in Penn State Extension programs in agriculture; natural resources and environmental management; 4-H/youth development; community resources and economic development; Marcellus Shale natural-gas issues; and nutrition, diet and health.

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Minimize stresses of weaning by preparing for the transition in advance Weaning lambs to dry feed can be a stressful transition for young lambs. Supplying adequate levels of lambspecific milk replacer and mapping a weaning strategy prior to the switch can help to ensure that the changeover goes smoothly for young lambs while ewes transition to the parlor.

Begin planning for weaning well in advance of when milk replacer is removed from the lamb’s diet by granting grain access to young sheep. Dairy sheep producers can add forages and grains by three weeks of age when the natural conversion to solid feeds begins. At that time,

the developing rumen can start to break down small amounts of grains, so starter feed mix should be offered.

Starter feeds are typically protein-based palatable grain mixtures that are offered free choice to young livestock while they are still on milk. If the lambs remain with the ewes for part of the day, the starter feed should be fed in a specific feeder with openings too small for adult sheep but large enough to fit growing lambs. Lambs that are separated from adult ewes to be fed milk replacer can receive the grain in feeders or troughs.

Dave Thomas, Ph.D., of the Department of

Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, says that, since the young lambs are not fully functioning ruminants, the dry diets need to be low in fiber, high in energy and protein and processed into a pellet or meal.

Mike Neary, extension sheep specialist at Purdue University, says that a starter feed should contain at least 14 percent crude protein (with 18-25 percent crude protein levels being ideal) that includes high energy content, balanced minerals and elevated palatability. A viable starter feed option listed by Purdue University includes: 80 percent grain sorghum, 10 percent oats and 10

percent oilseed meal with alfalfa hay available at all times.

Still, it is important to remember that rations should be formulated based on individual needs of a lamb crop and available feedstuffs. For instance, Thomas recommends a 22 percent crude protein diet that is high in corn grains and also includes: soybean meal, liquid molasses, feed grade limestone, ammonium chloride and a salt vitamin mineral mix formulated for sheep.

Whatever ration is selected, dairy sheep producers are encouraged to monitor Vitamin E levels in the diet to promote efficient growth.

Further, urea should not be used as a protein source in pre- and early post-weaning diets of young lambs as the ingredient cannot be broken down in the developing rumen. Urea can typically be added to the ration when the lamb reaches 65 pounds. By monitoring consumed starter feed levels, producers can determine a weaning timeline. The transition should occur based upon individual lamb growth and consumption rates rather than group age. Neary adds that lambs are typically able to break down solid feeds in their rumens once they consume starter feed levels that equal 1 percent of their

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body weights. For example, if a lamb weighs 20 pounds, he or she should consume at least 0.2 pounds of starter feed before being weaned.

Along with starter feed, lambs should have access to free choice water.

“Prior to weaning, the majority of liquid in a lamb’s diet comes from lamb-specific milk replacers,” said Dr. Tom Earleywine, director of nutritional services for Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products.

Earleywine adds that ration and pen changes should be avoided two weeks prior and two weeks after weaning as consistency and cleanliness can prevent added stress. For the same reason, potentially taxing procedures, including vaccination, castration, worming and tagging, should be completed at least two weeks prior to the weaning day.

Through both periods, it’s encouraged to keep groups of lambs together. Lamb groups should not be broken as hierarchy and group bonds have already been formed.

By keeping stress levels low and supplying starter feeds and adequate levels of lambspecific milk replacer, artificially-reared lambs can be weaned from milk replacer as early as 30 days of age.

At this point, lambs should have consumed approximately 20 pounds of milk replacer powder and weigh at least 25 pounds.

“It all comes back to management,” Earleywine adds. “The combination of high-protein grains and a quality milk replacer early in life can help alleviate the stresses of weaning and help this year’s lamb crop begin the next step into joining your milking flock.”

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Boyce Thompson Institute, located at Cornell University, leads U.S. arm of international consortium ITHACA, NY — For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded. It becomes an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the tomato and other crops.

The full genome sequence, as well as the sequence of a wild relative, is jointly published in the latest issue of the journal Nature (May 31, 2012).

Specifically, the genome was sequenced from the “Heinz 1706” tomato.

The publication caps years of work by members of the Tomato Genomics Consortium, an international collaboration between Argentina, Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and others.

James Giovannoni, a scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (located on the campus of Cornell) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, leads the U.S. tomato sequencing team, which includes researchers at several institutions. The wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) genome sequence was developed at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Consortium researchers report that tomatoes possess some 35,000 genes arranged on 12 chromosomes.

“For any characteristic of the tomato, whether it’s taste, natural pest resistance or nutritional content, we’ve captured virtually all those genes,” said Giovannoni.

The sequences of these genes and their arrangement on the chromosomes are described in the Nature article, “The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution,” which is information that allows researchers to move at a quicker pace and plant breeders to produce new varieties with specific desired characteristics.

“Tomato genetics underlies the potential for improved taste every home gardener knows and every supermarket shopper desires and the genome sequence will help solve this and many other issues in tomato production and quality,” said Giovannoni.

Now that the genome sequence of one variety of tomato is known, it will also be easier and much less expensive for seed companies and plant breeders to sequence other varieties for research and development, he added.

Whereas the first tomato genome sequence came at a cost of millions of dollars, subsequent ones might only cost $10,000 or less, by building on these initial findings. To provide access to the gene sequences of the tomato and related species, Boyce Thompson Institute scientist Lukas Mueller and his team have created an interactive website (www.solgenomics.net).

In the United States, Boyce

Thompson Institute scientists Zhangjun Fei and Joyce Van Eck contributed to the sequence and its analysis. Other U.S. institutions involved: Cornell University, Colorado State, University of Florida, University of Oklahoma, University of Georgia, University of Arizona, University of Delaware, Montana State, University of Tennessee, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the USDA. The sequencing of the tomato genome has implications for other plant species. Strawberries, apples, melons, bananas and many other fleshy fruits, share some characteristics with tomatoes, so information about the genes and pathways involved in fruit ripening can potentially be applied to them, helping to improve food quality, food security and reduce costs.

“Now we can start asking a lot more interesting questions about fruit biology, disease resistance, root development

and nutritional qualities,” Giovannoni says.

Tomatoes represent a $2 billion market in the United States alone. The USDA estimates that Americans consume, on average, more than 72 pounds of tomato products annually.

The sequencing would not have been possible without the work of Cornell’s Steven Tanksley and Boyce

Thompson’s Greg Martin in the 1990s.

Tanksley, Martin and other Ithaca scientists developed genetic maps and other molecular tools for tomatoes to study mechanisms of disease resistance, and those tools ultimately paved the way for the consortium’s sequencing efforts.

Tomato genome and sequencing research in

the United States was supported by the National Science Foundation and the USDA. The Boyce Thompson Institute is located on the Cornell campus, and it was founded by William Boyce Thompson in 1924. It is a private, non-profit institution that explores fundamental aspects of plant biology to positively impact society.

Calling all Alumni 4-H celebrates 110 years It’s a Celebration 2012 marks 110 years of 4-H, as well as six years of Lake Plains 4-H. That is a lot to celebrate and we want to make sure that we commemorate all of the work that 4-Hers have done over the years.

To celebrate these two great events we will be having a birthday celebration on Thursday, Aug. 16, from 6:308 p.m., at the Wayne County Fair. This celebration will feature past 4-H projects from local alumni, speakers from the local government and community, current 4-Hers will talk about their experiences, and there will be a cake decorating contest that will allow club members to showcase their talents!

Refreshments will be available.

We are looking for past 4-H projects, pictures, ribbons etc to showcase at this event. If you are a 4-H alumni, from any county, we would love to borrow your projects for the summer and display them! You can drop off your projects at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Newark. There will be index cards available for you to write down information about your project as well as your name and information so we can return them back to you.

If you are interested in participating but have questions please contact Amy Rugenstein at anr32@cornell.edu or 315-331-8415 or Aimee Widger at aw254@cornell.edu or 585-705-3791.

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With a focus on the science of reproduction and development in animals, the day-long event will feature visits to labs on campus and as well as to the university farms. Called “The miracle of life: from two cells to birth,” the day is designed to communicate the application of knowledge from research labs to practical uses, according to Dr. Francisco Diaz, of DAS and the Center for Reproductive Biology and Health. “We hope to spark interest in learning about the science of reproduction using animals as a guide. Attendees will gain an understanding about how egg and sperm cells develop and will learn how these cells give rise to an entire organism/be-

ing/individual.”

He added that the young people will learn more about lab-based technology and clinical applications.

Diaz explained that this is the third year of an outreach to young people being offered as part of the SSR meeting, through a grant from the Burroughs Welcome Fund, an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.

The event is free to interested youth, but registration is required

by July 15. Lunch will be included and all participants will receive a T -shirt. For more information, contact Francisco Diaz, Penn State University, 206 Henning Building, University Park, PA 16802, fjd10@psu.edu or check the SSR website, www.ssr.org/12Schedule.shtml.

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Dairy Cow & Heifer Sale Wed., June 20TH • 10:30 AM All Consignments Welcome: Cows - Heifers - Bulls From Weaned Calves to Mature Cows Please send all info w/Truckers Tues., June 19th Sire ID’d breeding age Open & Short Bred Heifers bring a Premium!

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SALE MANAGED BY: New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. David Kolb 61-L

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Reminder: Special Heifer Sale Wednesday, July 11TH

COR-JESS FARM MACHINERY DISPERSAL FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2012 11:00 AM CORY & JESSICA DREIBELBIS 108 UPTON ROAD PULASKI, NY OUTSTANDING LINE OF WELL MAINTAINED MACHINERY!!!!

CIH 7140 4WD/CAB - CIH 5240 OPEN STATION IH 986 - JD 3010 DIESEL JD 2940 4WD/JD 260 LOADER OPEN STATION JD 855 W/72 INCH MID MOUNT MOWER 3 GEHL 980 FORAGE WAGONS (TANDEM) SUNFLOWER 1232 18’ DISC WATCH NEXT WEEKS C. FOLKS FOR FULL DETAILS E.J. TREADWAY BILL DELARM & SON SALE MANAGER ANTWERP, NY N.BANGOR, NY DELARM & TREADWAY 315-659-2407 518-483-4106 WWW.DELARM-TREADWAY.COM

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TRACTORS Case IH 9110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville Cat 416 Backhoe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,800 . . . . Schaghticoke Farmall Cub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 750 B Crawler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 . . . . . . . Chatham JD 2950 cab/MFWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 4430. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5045D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville . . . . . . . . $32,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5075 w/553 . . . . . . . . . SOLD JD 5325 2WD/cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5525 cab, loader . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . Schaghticoke JD 6430 Rental Return . . . . . . . . . . . $65,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

JD 7130 Rental Return . . . . . . . . . . . $71,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville (3) JD 7930 IVT. . . . . . . Starting at $123,000 . . . . . . . Fultonville AC CA 2btm/cult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . Fultonville COMPACT TRACTORS MF 1220 w/mower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,595 . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 850 w/cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . Clifton Park JD 855 w/cab, & loader. . . . . . . . . . . . $9,800 . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 1600 wam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2210. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,750 . . . . Schaghticoke JD 2210 w/Loader/Mower . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2520 Loader/Mower. . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 . . . . . . . Chatham JD 3120 w/300CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3320 w/300/448 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3720 w/blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,900 . . . . . Clifton Park JD 4410 w/420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,800 . . . . . . . Fultonville Kioti DK455 TLB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 . . . . . . . . Goshen Kubota L39 TLB, canopy . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . Schaghticoke NH TC45D cab/loader . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen NH TZ25DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 . . . . . . . . Goshen SKID STEER / CONSTRUCTION 78” skid steer blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 96’ pwr rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,800 . . . . . . . Chatham NH LS 180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville Cat 236 cab, heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville NH L175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 . . . . Schaghticoke NH LS180 cab/heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen MOWERS CONDITIONERS JD 1217 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl DC 2412 mo-co . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 . . . . . . . Chatham NH 1411 mo-co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . Chatham NH 1465 Moco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,950 . . . . . . . Fultonville Kuhn FC 302 mo-co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville HAY AND FORAGE Claas 870 SPF H w/heads . . . . . . $169,500 . . . . Schaghticoke

Scott Isard, professor of aerobiology, received the International Integrated Pest Management Award of Excel-

Soil health field day and tour set at Larson research farm June 27

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The latest in covercrop mixtures, integrated weed management, manure-management strategies and beneficial insects will be featured during a field day and research tour to be held by Penn State Extension and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

The event, "Strategies for Soil Health and Nutrient Conservation Research," will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on June 27 at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs.

Attendees will have an opportunity to hear about research conducted by the College of Agricultural Sciences.

"This field day and tour will feature handson activities, demonstrations and discussions with researchers and practitioners about innovative strategies for soil health," said Heather Karsten, associate professor of crop production and ecology, who is organizing the event involving researchers and educators from three Penn State cropping systems research projects.

The event, which will take place on the research center's agronomy research farm, will include five stations: • Cover-Crop Mixtures for Corn Success will focus on evaluating how this year's corn crop is

responding to the nitrogen supplied by different cover-crop mixtures and monocultures.

"Participants will get their hands dirty testing soil, measuring corn plants and reviewing cover-crop performance data collected this past winter and spring," explained Charlie White, sustainable agriculture extension associate.

• Winning over Weeds with Cover Crops will highlight how two research projects are using cover crops in innovative ways to manage weeds.

• Minding Manure to Conserve Nutrients will detail how new equipment is allowing subsurface application of poultry litter and liquid dairy manure in no-till systems.

"We will demonstrate how these techniques can conserve valuable

nutrients, and custom manure haulers will answer participants' questions," explained Doug Beegle, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy.

• Creative Cover Cropping will focus on underseeding, interseeding and other cover-crop practices, with insight from local practitioners and Penn State researchers.

• The Power of Predators will provide information about beneficial insects that protect crops from insect pests, slugs and weeds.

"Through hands-on activities, participants will meet some of these fascinating creatures and learn how to assess their activity," explained John Tooker, assistant professor of entomology.

Participants in this field day can earn con-

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tinuing academic credit in the following areas: Pesticide Applicator Recertification, Certified Crop Advisors in Nutrient Management, Soil and Water Management, Pest Management, Manure Hauler Certification, Certified Nutrient Management, Odor Management Plan Writers, and Conservation Planning Credit: No-Till/Cover Crops.

More information about the projects fea-

tured in this field day is available at the following websites: • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Dairy Cropping Systems (http://psu.ag/LAqQI8) • Weed and Insect Management in Organic Rotational No-till (http://psu.ag/Mo4N8d) • Cover Crop Cocktail Mixtures (http://psu .ag/KTGCyu) Participants must register by June 20. Cost to

attend the field day and research tour is $10 (includes lunch). To register, visit the Web at http://agsci.psu.edu/so il-health or call 877-4891398. For more information, contact Heather Karsten at 814-8633179 or by e-mail at hdk3@psu.edu.

The Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs is nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45.

HUGE ABSOLUTE MACHINERY SALE BLANCHARD FARMS

SMYRNA, NEW YORK 13464

SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012 • 10:30 A.M. Directions: From Route 12 in Sherburne, Take Route 80 West 3 mi., next to Stowaway Storage, 2325 NYS Hwy. 80, Smyrna, NY. Watch for auction arrows.

Tractors: JD 7730 MFWD, full cab, 775 hrs. JD 7730 MFWD, full cab, 838 hrs. JD 7810 MFWD, full cab, w/JD741 loader, bale hugger, 2463 hrs. JD 7410, 2 wheel, 2870 hrs. JD 6420, MFWD, full cab, 2953 hrs. CIH 7710, MFWD, full cab. JD 675 B Skid loader. JD 450 G Dozer, 6 way blade, 2187 hrs. Sets of double ring chains.

Harvesting: JD 5730 Forage Harvester, w/ 3 row corn head. JD 9400 Combine, 4WD, 2500 engine hrs. 1777 separator hrs. JD 444 corn head, & JD 915 Flex head. NI 324 2 row picker/husker. JD 216 2 beater forage wagon. (7) JD 716A Forage wagons, (5) w/tandem running gears. CIH 600 Blower. H&S 860 Blower. NH 30 Blower. Gilmore Tatge 370 Batch Dryer. NY-D 40 ft. 8" Transport Auger-PTO. Little Giant 50 ft. 8" Transport Auger-PTO. Miller Pro 305 52 ft. Grain/Hay Elevator w/motor. Hay/grain 36 ft. elevator w/elec. motor. Gehl 170 Grinder/Mixer.

Haying Equipment: (2) NH 575 balers, (LIKE NEW)! NH 1431 Discbine. NH 1411 Discbine.

(3) NH 258 rake's on dolly wheels. NH 252 Double rake hitch. Kuhn GF8501T 8 star tedder. (6) Steel Hay wagons, some w/tandem axle running gears. (5) Wooden hay wagons. JD 1418 Rotary mower. (2) JD Belly mount side mowers.

Tillage: Kverneland 115-9 HD 6 btm. plows. (Like New!). JD 2810 6 btm plows w/leveler. White 435 10 ft. Mulch Tiller. White 273 Disc Harrow. JD 980 20 ft. C-Shank field Cultivator. Haybuster 3106 Rock Picker. (ex. cond.). (2) NI 2 row Rock Pickers. JD 452 Grain Drill, 13 ft., double disc. JD 7200 6 row Corn Planter, fert. auger, w/201 transport trailer. Killbros Fert. Box w/Auger. (5) Gravity Boxes w/running gears.

Barn Equipment: Pequea 520 Feeder Wagon. Meyers 20 ft. Feeder Wagon. SI 20 ft.

Feeder Wagon. NI 3739 Box Spreader. (2) Uebler 810 feed carts. (3) Bedding Choppers.

Pincor generator on wheels. Portable milk pump.

Produce: (4) Corn Cribs, full, with corn on the cob. (Not at sale site, by appointment).

Trucks: 1978 GMC 6500 V-8. 1971 GMC 6500, both w/wooden dump boxes. 1985 GMC 3500 Cattle Truck, wooden rack.

Tools: Mig welder, welders, Elec. Hacksaw, Trash pump w/Honda WT30X. American 3 pt. hitch Wood splitter. Hyd. cylinders. Impacts, skilsaws, chain saws, elec. motors, drill press, bits, hyd. press, hyd. jacks, handy man jacks, elec. grease guns, wheelbarrows, hand sigh's, battery charger, power saws, pipe clamps, water tanks, torch set w/dolly, cement mixer, tire changer, 30T press, heavy duty industrial hoist, log chains, and many more items!

Saw Mill: Ireland Saw Mill, PTO. (Could be converted.). Extra saw blades. (Not at sale site, by appointment). Tompkins 4 sided Planer, belt driven. Tower 32" Edger, belt driven, extra belts. 12" planer.

Manager's Note: A TOP line of machinery. Well maintained, regular maintenance, greased daily, oil changes, always cleaned, washed, and kept under cover. All machinery owned by one owner: Blanchard Farms was established in 1932.

Sale Managed by:

Mr. David Unger &

Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc. Cincinnatus, NY 13040

Tel: (607) 863-3821

V isit us on the Web @ genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 Monday, June 18 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. 1 pm dairy followed by sheep, lamb, goats, pigs & feeders. 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.com Tuesday, June 19 • 5:00 PM: 3660 Oatka Trail, Leroy, NY. Harmon Farms Machinery Auction selling all farm equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com Wednesday, June 20 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 3:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Dairy Day Spe-

cial Feeder Sale. Every Wednesday following Dairy. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com • 5:00 PM: Coleman’s, Rt. 17C, Barton, NY. Tractors, farm machinery & consignments. Goodrich Auction Service, 607642-3293 Thursday, June 21 • Sharon Springs, NY. High Hill Farm Complete Dispersal. 120 plus head will sell. C/O Greg Law, owners. Managed by The Cattle Exchange. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 6:30 PM: 210 Pottsville St., Port Carbon, PA. 4.92 Approx. Industrial Acreage w/Building. Leaman Auctions, 717-4641128, cell 610-662-8149 www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip #3721 Friday, June 22 • 10 AM Wrights Auction Service, Bridport, VT. Selling Farm and Barn Equipment for Paul and Marian Connor’s Red Gate Acres. 802-334-6115 • 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. Special Trail Horse Sale, trailerload of horses coming out of Texas. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231

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B RO U G HT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES Rte. 125, E. Middlebury, VT 05740 Sale every Monday & Thursday Specializing in Complete Farm Dispersals “A Leading Auction Service” In Vt. 800-339-2697 or 800-339-COWS 802-388-2661 • 802-388-2639 ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc. Jack Lyon Bridgeport, NY 315-633-2944 • 315-633-9544 315-633-2872 • Evenings 315-637-8912 AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER INC. 18 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077 413-569-6421 • Fax 413-569-6599 www.jacquierauctions.com Auctions of Any Type, A Complete, Efficient Service philcorn@jacquierauctions.com AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL 808 Borden Rd., Buffalo, NY 14227 800-536-1401 www.auctionsinternational.com BENUEL FISHER AUCTIONS Fort Plain, NY 518-568-2257 Licensed & Bonded in PA #AU005568

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BRZOSTEK’S AUCTION SERVICE INC. Household Auctions Every Wed. at 6:30 PM 2052 Lamson Rd., Phoenix, NY 13135 Brzostek.com 315-678-2542 or 800-562-0660 Fax 315-678-2579 THE CATTLE EXCHANGE 4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753 607-746-2226 • Fax 607-746-2911 www.cattlexchange.com E-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com A Top-Quality Auction Service David Rama - Licensed Real Estate Broker C.W. GRAY & SONS, INC. Complete Auction Services Rte. 5, East Thetford, VT 802-785-2161 DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN 3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com dannauctioneers.htm DELARM & TREADWAY Sale Managers & Auctioneers William Delarm & Son • Malone, NY 518-483-4106 E.J. Treadway • Antwerp, NY 13608 315-659-2407

www.drchambersauction.com Saturday, June 23 • 9:00 AM: Little Falls Groceries, 1972 St. Rt. 169, Little Falls, NY. Public Auction.

Household Estate, Food, Consignments, Small Animals. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 • 9:30 AM Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St. Whitney Point, NY. 100 Seized/Repo Vehicle Auction plus local Real Estate with Tractors, Firearms, Woodworking Equipment & Tools. Also group of Commercial Restaurant Equipment Lg. group of Tractors, Lawn & Garden, Farm Equipemnt and Trailers, Municipal & School Vehicles. 607-6924540, 1-800-MANASSE www.manaseeauctions.com • 10:30 8th Annual Consignment & Automobile Auction held at Mason Facility, Rt. 19, Fillmore, NY 14735. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844, 585-261-8844, 585721-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com Tuesday, June 26 • At the Farm, Newport, VT. Poulin-Royer, Inc. Complete Dispersal of all cattle and most equipment. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 Wednesday, June 27 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732

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Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-4500558 • West Charleston, VT. Complete Holstein Herd dispersal for Brian Dane. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802525-4774, neks@together.net.

Auctioneer Reg Lussier, 802-626-8892.

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Friday, June 29 • 9:30 AM: Newark Valley, NY. Farm & Construction, Tractors and machinery.

Consignments. Goodrich Auction Service, 607-642-3293 Saturday, June 30 • 10:30 AM: Huge Absolute Machinery Sale Blanchard Farms Smyra, NY 13464 Sale managed by Mr. David Unger & Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc. Cincinnatus, NY 607-863-3821 genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com Monday, July 2 • Hosking Sales Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771

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D.R. CHAMBERS & SONS 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY 13849 607-369-8231 • Fax 607-369-2190 www.drchambersauction.com EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING LLC 5001 Brittonfield Parkway P.O. Box 4844, East Syracuse, NY 315-433-9129 • 800-462-8802 Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-776-2000 Burton Livestock . . . . . . . . . . .315-829-3105 Central Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-868-2006 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-392-3321 Cherry Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716-296-5041 Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-844-9104 Farm Sale Division . . . . . . . . . .315-436-2215 Gouverneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-287-0220 Half Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-258-9752 Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585-584-3033 FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK 3 miles east of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PM Feeder Cattle Sales monthly Horse Sales as scheduled 585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC. AUCTION SERVICE Franklin, NY 607-829-5172 Over 30 Years Experience in Farm

Equipment Auctions Frank Walker, Auctioneer P.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775 fwalker2@stny.rr.com FRALEY AUCTION CO. Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded 1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA 570-546-6907 Fax 570-546-9344 www.fraleyauction.com GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE 5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040 607-863-3821 www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC. 7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811 607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com H&L AUCTIONS Malone, NY Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576 Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800 518-832-0616 cell Auctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003 HARRIS WILCOX, INC. Bergen, NY 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com

AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 4 • Cattle sale will run on Thursday July 5.

D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauctions.com • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday July 5 • Cattle sale, D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauctions.com Friday, July 6 • 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14, Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies and registered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com Saturday, July 7 • Garden Time LLC in Glens Falls, NY. 3rd Annual Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 Monday, July 9 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New

Berlin). Monthly Heifer Sale.

Misc. & Small Animals. 12:30 Produce, 1 PM Dairy. We now sell lambs, Goats, Pigs and Feeder immediately following Dairy.

Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 PM. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 607972-1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 11 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Friday, July 13 • 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, July 18 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Friday, July 20 • 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com Saturday, July 21 • Middleburgh, NY. Reflections of Maple Downs Sale. Hosted by Maple Downs Farm II. Held in conjunction with the NY Holstein Summer Picnic. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Leyden, MA. Selling trucks, trailers, shop tools & farm equip. including pay loader and farm tractor for Zimmerman Livestock Trucking. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 Wednesday, July 25 • West Addison, VT. Bodette Farm Complete Equipment Dispersal. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 Thursday, July 26 • 6:00 PM: County Highway Maintenance Facility, Geneseo, NY. Livingston County Tax Title Auction. Thomas P. Wamp/Pir-

rung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Friday, July 27 • 10:00 AM: Haverling Central High School, Bath, NY. Steuben County Tax Title Auction. Thomas P. Wamp/Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Saturday, July 28 • 9:30 AM: Martins Country Market. 3rd Annual Large Summer Equipment Auction. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-7298030 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday Horse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Sunday, July 29 • 10:00 AM: Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Rt. 29 & 392 Old Schuylerville Rd., Greenwich, NY. Tri-State Antique Tractor Club Inc. antique Wheels and Iron Showw. 1st time consignment auction.

Selling antique & modern farm, construction, gas engine, signs, toys, literature and related items. Show: Sat-Sun July 2829. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.ht m Friday, August 3

Sales Managers, Auctioneers, & Real Estate Brokers

KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE 817 State Rt. 170 Little Falls, NY 13365 315-823-0089 • 315-868-6561 cell We buy or sell your cattle or equipment on commission or outright! In business since 1948 LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774

ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICE MARCEL J. ROBERTS Specializing in farm liquidations.

802-334-2638 • 802-777-1065 cell robertsauction@together.net

PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S

HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & 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 • Fax 607-699-3661 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny.rr.com HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK MARKET Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392 P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411 607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny,rr.com

MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERS Sales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers Whitney Point, NY Toll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540 Fax 607-692-4327 www.manasseauctions.com MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455 Sale Every Monday Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828 Sales Barn 860-349-3204 Res. 860-346-8550 NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLE Norman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

717-354-4341 Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales

NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALES North Bangor, NY 518-481-6666 Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503 Harry Neverett 518-651-1818 Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken 802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERS Specialist in large auctions for farmers, dealers, contractors and municipalities.

Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICE Rt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY 518-695-6663 Owner: Henry J. Moak WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

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HILLTOP AUCTION CO. 3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146 Jay Martin 315-521-3123 Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030

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• 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14, Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies and registered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, August 4 • 10:00 AM: 1507 Pre-Emption Rd., Penn Yan, NY (Yates Co.). Real Estate Absolute Auction. 103 acre DeWick farm w/100 acres tillable, farmhouse, shop 2 machine sheds. Thomas P. Wamp/Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Wednesday, August 8 • 2:00 PM: Gehan Rd., off Rts. 5-20, 5 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. NY Steam Engine Assoc. 4th Annual Consignment Auction.

1st day of pageant of Steam Show Aug. 811. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.ht m Thursday, August 9 • 1:00 PM: Route 414, Seneca Falls, NY. Farm & Equipment Auction. Next to Empire Farm Days Show. Farm Equipment, Tractors, Antique Equipment, Construction Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com Wednesday, August 15 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • Lee, NH Ath-Mor Farm dispersal of Holstein Herd and complete line of equipment.

Sales Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, Barton, VT 802-525-4774, neks@together.net. Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 Wednesday, August 22 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-4500558 Friday, August 24 • Barton, VT. Important Holstein Dispersal. More info soon. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 Saturday, August 25 • 9:00 AM: Penn Yan, NY. Finger Lakes Produce Auction Farm Machinery Consignment Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers,

Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Thursday, September 6 • 1:00 PM: 10400 Gillette Rd., Alexander, NY. WNY Gas & Steam Engine Assoc.

2nd. Annual Consignment. 1st day of show Sept. 6-9. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.ht m Saturday, September 8 • North Country Storage Barns. 2nd Annual Shed and Shrubbery Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 • Morrisville, NY. 30th Annual Morrisville Autumn Review Sale. Hosted by Morrisville State College Dairy Club. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Dept., Rts. 34 & 34B, Lansing, NY. Municipal Surplus & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, September 15 • 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Fall Consignment Auction. Farm & Construction Equipment. Heavy & Light Trucks.

Consignments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-2431563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday Horse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, September 19 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 Saturday, September 22 • 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY. Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction. Farm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, September 26 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-

0558 Saturday, September 29 • Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power Sports Consignment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 Saturday, October 6 • 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390, Rochester, NY. Monroe County Municipal Equipment Auction. Heavy Construction Equipment, Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, October 13 • Hosking Sales. OHM Holstein Club Sale. Brad Ainslie sale chairman 315822-6087. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Saturday, October 13 • 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com Wednesday, October 17 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 Saturday, October 20 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, October 27 • Ithaca, NY. NY Fall Harvest Sale. Hosted

by Cornell University Dairy Science Club.

The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds). Onondaga Co. area Municipal Equipment Auction. Municipal & Contractor Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-4500558 Saturday, November 3 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).

Fall Premier All Breed Sale. Call early to consign to make catalog & advertising deadlines. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, November 10 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, November 21 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 Thursday, November 29 • Lampeter, PA. Destiny Road Holstein Dispersal. Jay Stolzfus, owner. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, December 1 • 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction. Farm & Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquidations & Consignments.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Feeder Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, December 8 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday Horse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, December 12 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-4500558 Wednesday, December 19 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 Friday, April 5 • Intercourse, PA. Past Present Future Sale hosted by C.K. Kerrick & Matt Kimball. Held at te Ben K. Stolzfus sale barn.

Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT June 11, 2012 Calves: 45-60# .52-60; 6175# 1.15-1.35; 76-90# 1.551.72; 91-105# 175-180; 106# & up 185-190.

Farm Calves: 1.95-20750 Started Calves: 56-70 Veal Calves: 1.60-1.90 Open Heifers: 77.50-1.25 Beef Heifers: 75-1.11 Feeder Steers: 95-1.23 Beef Steers: .84-1.37 Stock Bull: 85-13750 Beef Bull: 91.50-1.59 Feeder Pigs (ea): 75 Sheep (ea): 110-137.50 Lambs (ea): 130-190 Goats (ea): 100-160; kids 6085; Canners: up to 76 Cutters: .77-80 Utility: .81-8850 Rabbits: 5-17 Chickens: 6-32 Ducks: 7-27 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT June 11, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Prem. White 65-75% lean 97-100; Breakers 75-80% lean 85-93; Boners 80-85% lean 78.50-88.50; Lean 85-90% lean 60-83.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 85-200; 80-92# 85170; 70-80# 85-87.50; Vealers 100-120# 85-90; 90-100# 5087.50; 80-90# 75-89; 70-80# 50-82.50; 60-70# 50-65; Hols.

Hfrs. 73-99# 80-100.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA June 12, 2012 Beef Cattle: Canners 40-70; Cutters 72-81; Util. 70-82; Bulls 100-114 Steers 110-115; Hfrs. 75-90.

Calves: Growers 15-220; Veal 100-115; Heifers 150-200; Other 75-100.

Hogs: Sows 35-40; Feeders 60-70; Roasters 60-110; Boars 20; Market 55-60.

Sheep: 80-100; Lambs 125175.

Goats: billies 80-180; Nannies 75-130; Kid 10-70

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA June 5, 2012 Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 47-60; 61-75# 60-80; 76-95# 70-85; 96-105# 80-81; 106# & up 5087.

Farm Calves:115-210/cwt Start Calves: 100-116/cwt Feeders: 71-73/cwt Heifers: 93.50/cwt Steers: 96/cwt Canners: 20-72/cwt Cutters: 73-77/cwt Utility: 77.50-87/cwt Sows: 42/cwt.

Feeder Pigs: 51-92 ea.

Lambs: 135-200/cwt Sheep:40-165/cwt Goats: 20-215 ea.

Rabbits: 2.50-12.50 ea.

Poultry: 2-15. ea.

Hay: 13 lots,2.-3.30/bale nor thamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com

CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY June 4, 2012 Calves: Grower over 92# 180205; 80-92# 150-175; Bob Veal 78-84.

Cull Cows: Gd 83-88; Lean 79-83; Hvy. Beef Bulls 97-101.

Beef: Veal 1.20/#; beef/hfrs.

87-92; Hols. steers 94-99.

Lamb/Sheep: Market 160180; Slaughter Sheep 71-73.

Goats: Billies 160-200; Nannies 75-87.50; Kids 65-80.

Swine: Hog 73-81; Boar 4752.

No Sale May 28 - June 1.

HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ No report CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY June 7, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. .70-1.80; Grower bull over 92# 1.00-2.30; 8092# .80-2.20; Bob Veal .10.75.

Cull Cows: Gd 68-89; Lean 45-75; Hvy. Beef 73-102.

Dairy Replacements: Fresh Cows 900-1500; Springing cows 1050-1300; Springing Hfrs. 1000-1450; Bred Hfrs.

850-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 9001450; Open Hfrs. 500-900; Started Hfrs. 150-400; Service Bulls 700-1000.

Beef: Feeders 60-120.

Lamb/Sheep: Market 100200; Slaughter Sheep 25-65.

Goats: Billies 80-180; Nannies 75-130; Kids 10-70.

CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY June 7, 2012 Calves: Heifer 70-180; Grower bulls over 92#100-230;8092# 80-220; bob veal calves 10-75 Cull cows: Gd. 68-89; Lean 45-75; Heavy beef bulls 73102 Dairy Replacements: Fresh 900-1500; springing cows 1000-1300; springing heifers 1000-1450; bred heifers 8501200; fresh heifers 900-1450; open heifers 500-900; started heifers 150-400; service bulls 700-1000 Beef: feeders 60-120 Lamb & Sheep: market 100200; slaughter sheep 25-65

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY May 30, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. 130-210; Grower Bulls over 92# 150-212; 8092# 120-205; Bob Veal 20-80.

Cull Cows: Gd 74-91; Lean 68-83; Hvy. Beef 95-105.

Beef: feeder 115-120; Ch 106115; sel 97-102; hol. ch. 10051095; hol sel 91-95;.

Lambs: Feeder 100-158; Market 120-175; Slaughter Sheep 60-105.

Goats: Kids 150-200 Billies 120-160; Nannies 120-155 Swine:No Report DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY June 4, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. 100-150; Grower Bull over 92# 170-220; 80-92# 140-200; Bob Veal 10-60.

Cull Cows: Gd 80-91; Lean 68-79; Hvy. Beef 90-102.

Beef: Feeders 90-127; Hols.

Sel. 96-102 Lamb/Sheep: Market 145180; Slaughter Sheep 40-50.

Goats: Nannies 35; Swine: Feeder pig 35-58 GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY June 7, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. 80-1875; Grower Bulls over 92# 160-225; 8092# 140-225; Bob Veal 50-80.

Cull Cows: Gd 85-925; Lean 80-87; Hvy. Beef Bulls 971035.

PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY June 4, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. 2225-2275; Grower Bulls over 92# 170200; 80-92# 150-220; Bob Veal 30-60.

Cull Cows: Gd 835-91; Lean 785-885; Hvy. Beef Bulls 96101.

Beef: Feeders 94-1225; ch.

104-123; Hols. Ch 97-105 Lamb/Sheep:Slaughter Sheep 55-875.

Goats: Kids 170-202.50; Billies 200; Nannies 110-185.

Swine: Sow 505-58; Hog 4348 BATH MARKET Bath, NY June 7, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. 75-170; Grower Bulls over 92# 170-215; 80-

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

92# 140-200; Bob Veal 20-60.

Cull Cows: Gd 80-92; Lean 68-80 heavy beef bulls 95-106 Beef: feeders 95-118; holstein sel 105-110; Lamb & Sheep: market 145180; slaughter 35-40 Goats: Billies 120-150; Nannies 7000-100; kids 30-40; Swine: sow 38-42; boar 25; feeder pig 60.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Penn Yan, NY June 13, 2012 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 65-85; Canners/Cutters 45-78.

Dairy Bulls for Slaughter: HY Util 98-104.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): No Report Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95110# 50-70; 80-95# 45-67.50; 60-80# 40-65; Vealers (grassers) 250# & up 50-85.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: bull over 95# 100-200; 80-95# 95-225; 70-80# 80-200; Hfr. Calves 75-185.

Beef Calves Ret. to Feed: bull over 95# 85-150.

Beef Steers: Ch grain fed 112-124.50; Sel 94-108; Hols.

Ch grain fed 95-110.

Hogs: Slgh. Hogs US 1-3 5873; Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 125-280.

Market Lambs: Ch 80-100# 120-132.

Slaughter Sheep: M 30-50; Ch over 130# 60-70.

Goats: Billies L 110 up, 90130; Nannies L 85-110.

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY May 30, 2012 Flowers: Flats 1-10; Flats (vegetable) 1-13; Hanging Baskets 3-14; Planters 10-35; Pots .10-3.50.

Produce: Asparagus (bunch) 1-2.20; Beans (1/2 bu) 24.5028 Beets (bunch) .65-1.60; Cabbage (hd) .27-.32; Cherries (8qt) 14.; Lettuce (hd) .05.70; Cucumbers (1/2bu) 16.50-

24; Eggs (doz) 85-1.80 Peas (1/2 bu) 9.50-33.50; Spring Onions (bunch) .45-.65; Strawberries (qt) .85-2.75; Summer Squash (1/2 bu) 13-16.50; Tomatoes (25#) 29-43; Zucchini (1/2bu) 6.50-17 Produce Mon. @ 10 am Wed. & Fri. at 9 am sharp, Hay Auctions Fridays@ 11:15.

FINGER LAKES FEEDER SALE Penn Yan, NY June 1, 2012 Beef Steers: 301-500# 117166; 501-700# 98-159; 701# & up 88-148.

Beef Heifers: 301-500# 118161; 501-700# 96-157; 701# & up 89-158.

Beef Bulls: 301-500# 102.50159; 501-700# 86-129; 701# & up 90-126.

Hols: 301-500# 88-105; 501700# 84-96; 701# & up 82-86.

Bred Replacements: 8101460.

Families: 1270-1280.

FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report Hay Tuesdays & Fridays @ 11:15 am. Produce Friday @ 9 am sharp!

HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY June 11, 2012 Cattle: Dairy Cows for Slaughter Bone Util .70-.90; Canners/Cutters .58-.70; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls & Steers .85-1.01.

Calves: Bull Calves 96-120# 1.50-2.35; up to 95# .10-2; Hols. under 100# 2.10.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA Slaughter Steers: Sel 1-2 1170-1502# 113.50-117.50 Slaughter Cows: Prem whites lean 65-75, hi dress 97.50; breakers lean 75-80, avg dress 86-89, lo dress 85,; Boners lean 80-85, avg dress 81.50-85; lean lean 85-90,

avg dress 75-79, lo dress 7172.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 2100# 96; YG 2 908-996# 83-92.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 500-600# 143; M&L 3 400500# 139; M&L 3 300-500# 80-90; 500-700# 83.

Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 140.

Bulls: M&L 1 300-500# 138151; 500-600# 138-150; M&L 2 300-500# 129-134.

Return to Farm Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 85-120# 162.50-182.50; No. 2 80-120# 122.50-150; No. 3 80-120# 77.50-118 Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50 per lean 247-274# 68.50-71; 40-45 per lean 207268# 62-65; Sows US 1-3 400-600# 53.50-56.50; Feeder Pigs US 1-3 40-60# 7587.50/hd Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch. 2-3 40# 297.50-305; 75# 300. Ewes Util. 1-2 158-206# 54-57.

Slaughter Goats: Sel 1 6070# 132.50-152.50; Sel 3 1020# 35-45; Nannies sel 100110# 115-140; Billies sel 2 100# 130.

BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA June 6, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75%; Breakers 7580% lean, hi dress 88.50 lo dress 75-80; Boners 80-85% lean 80-84, hi dress 87.50-88, lo dress 72-79; Lean 85-90% lean 73.50-81.50, hi dress 81.50-86, lo dress 66-72.50;, very lo dress 50-64; Light Lean 85-92% lean 62-67, lo dress 53.50, very lo dress 4550.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 8501862# 96-104; YG 2 11981234# 89.50-91.50 Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 374# 128; 672# 118; Hols. L 3 758# 85; Heifers L 3 530# 70; Holstsein Bull Calves: No. 1 94-114# 175-202; 82-92# 182205; No. 2 94-118# 157-180; 86-92# 157-182; No. 3 82-

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COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA June 13, 2012 Cows: Canners 40-77; Cutters 78-84.50; Util 85-91.

Bulls: 110-115.

Steers: Ch 115-121.50; Sel 105-114.50; Hols. 90-98.50.

Heifers: Ch 116-121; Sel 113-117.50; Hols. 89-96.

Calves: 20-128 ea.

Feeders: 68-131 Sheep: 75-91 Goats: 57-128 ea.; Kids 15111 ea.

Sows: 38 Boars: 17.50-18 Feeder Pigs: 68 ea.

Roaster Pigs: 111 Chickens: 1-7 Rabbits: 1.50-18 Ducks: 1-15 Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm. No sale July 4. Sale will be July1 @ 4 pm.

Goats: 100-120 ea; Billies 125-175 ea; Kids 25-75 ea.

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104# 100-150; util. 66-104# 50.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 2 75-100# 115-185per/head.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 30-60# 55-67; Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 32-66# 135-165; 72-104# 152.50-167.50; 110-154# 155172.50. Ewes Gd 2-3 134166# 65-85; 212-224# 50-70; Rams 224# 95.

Slaughter Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 60# 120; Sel 2 under 20# 32.50; 20-40# 27.50-35; 4560# 67.50-85; 70# 85; Nannies Sel 1 120-130# 122.50125; Sel 3 90# 67; Fresh Cows: Supreme 17501825; App 1425-1750; Crossbred 1525-1625; Jersey 1000; M 1125-1250; Jersey 875; Common 685; Short Bred Cows: 1-3 months, M ,925; Springing Cows: 7-9 Months M 1025; Common 950; Short Bred Heifers: 1-3 months app 1010-1175; reg 1000-1210; crossbred 925; M 710-910; Common 600; Bred Heifers: 4-6 months app 1100-1310; crossbred 8851000; Jerseys 1110-1225; M 825-1085.

Springing Heifers: 7-9 months app 1275-1475; Jersey 975; M 900-985 Open Heifers: app 300-600# 635-660; Jersey 435-600; 600900# 810-985; 900-1200# 810-1050; Reg. 1085; Crossbred 775. M 300-600# 485575; crossbred 485; jersey 310-375; 600-900# 660-785; crossbred 450-485; Jersey 425; 900-1200# 685-735; Common 300-600# 235-500; 600-900# 385-610; 900-1200# 600; Dairy Bulls: 300-600# 335; Jersey 310; 600-900# 550600; Jersey 600; 900-1200# 735-775; 1200-1500# 875985.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA June 12, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 87-94; Boners 85-92; lean 83.50-90; big middle low dress lights73-85; Shelly 71 & down Bulls: 1200-1415# 109.

Feeder Cattle: Steers Hols.

770-1195# 94.50-124; Heifers hols dairy types 94.50119;bulls jersey 470-620# 6283.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 80-120# 190-202; No. 2 80-120# 170-194; No 3 65-160# 95-165; util. 4090;Hol. Heifers 65-105# 125210 tubed; Swine:feeder pigs sold by head 35-80# Goats (/hd): Smature nannies & billies 97-18; small thin bottle 30-87; Lambs: Gd & Ch 45-60# 152162; Sheep (all wts): 92 Sale every Tuesday 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs 6 pm for Livestock starting with calves.

Pennsylvania Markets Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four Special Fed Cattle Sales June 19.

State Graded Feeder Pig Sale June 22.

No Sale Tues., July 3.

Receiving 7:30 until 10 am.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA May 29, 2012 Rabbits: 11-15.50 Bunnies: 1-950 Chicken Family: 10 Hens: 3-6 Roosters: 3-6.50 Pullets: 1.-4.50 Peeps: .50-1.50 Quail Peeps: .75 Turkey Peeps: 2-2.50 Ducklings:1-4.50 Pigeons: 3.50 Guinea Pigs: 11 Eggs (/dz): Jumbo Brown 2; XL Brown 1.80; L Brown 1.502;; M Brown 1.10; Fertile Mixed Color & Sizes 1.50; Green 1.50; Sold single Fertile Turkey: 50 Parakeets: 9-30 Cockateils: 21 All animals sold by the piece.

Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA No report Receiving 7:30 - 10 am. Sale time 1 pm.

DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC June 11, 2012 Holstein Steers: Hi Ch Pr 3-4, 1354# 106; Slaughter Cows: Breakers 81.50-83.50; Boners 75-80; Lean 65-78.50; Bulls Grade 1, 1184-1240# 92-95; 2222# 90; Feeder Bulls: L 3 Holsteins, 300-350# 79-80; Feeder Heifers: No Report Calves: Bull Calves No. 1 94112# 190-205; 80-92# 195215; No. 2 94-114# 180-200; No. 2 80-92# 170-202; No. 3 76-124# 120-177; Util 70-104# 35-85; 58-68# 10-40; Hfrs. No. 1 92-110# 210-242; 80-86# 190-195; No. 2 92-104# 190210; No 3 80-88# 135-165.

Barows/Gilts: 194-208# 57-

64; Sows: 400-550# 46-51.

Boars: 238# 39.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 80-95# 142152; Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 70# 145; Sel 2 40-50# 70-90;Nannies Sel 1 100# 140; Sel 3 100-120# 110-115.

EarCorn: 1 lds, 205/ton.

Oats: No Report Hay (/ton): 10 lds, Mixed 140255; Timothy/Grass 105-255.

Straw: 3 lds, 100-195/ton.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA June 11, 2012 Slaughter Cattle: Steers Ch 1-2 1205-1705# 103-108; Heifers Ch. 2-3 1235# 114 Slaughter Cows: prem whites 65-75% lean ; Breakers 75-80% lean, 88.50-90.50 avg dress, 94 hi dress, 84-85 lo dress; Boners 80-85% lean, 81-87 avg dress, 78-80 lo dress; lean 85-90% lean, 7580 avg dress, 72-74 lo dress.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 18102640# 99-111; one 118; YG 2 1255-1760# 94-96.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300400# 149-152.50, M&L 2 300500# 111-1354; 500-700# 111-126.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300400# 170; 500-600# 140-142; 700-900# 101-115; M&L 2 300-400# 138.

Ret. to Farm Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 85-120# ; No. 2 80-120# 155-180; no 3 80120# 85-140; util. 70-120# 3580; Beef Type 80-255# 113175.

Slaughter Hogs: Boars 180250# 20-22.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 40-60# 120-122.50; Ewes util. 1-2 145-200# 32.50-37.50 Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 2 55# 80; Sel 3 17-35# 19-29; Nannies sel 3 100# 47.50 GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA June 11, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1232-1382# 122.50127.50; Ch 2-3 1236-1582# 118-122.50; 1632-1660# 113.50-15; Sel 1-3 13941436# 112-116.50;

Slaughter Holstein Steers: Ch. 2-3 1264-1668# 103-107; 1880# 98; Sel 1-3 1190-1610# 94-98.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1244# 122.50; Holstein Heifers 1340-1584# 106.50108; Ch. 2-3 1194-1316# 118.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75%; Breakers 7580% lean 89-94.75, hi dress 95.75-98.25, lo dress 85.-90; Boners 80-85% lean 86-90, hi dress89.75-94.50, lo dress 8385.50, very lo dress 78; Lean 85-90% lean 78.50-85, hi dress 86.50-88.50, lo dress 72-78, very lo dress 66.5072.50; Light Lean 85-92% lean 74-79, lo dress 66-73.50, very lo dress 60.50-64.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 9582250# 102-119, hi dress 121.50; YG 2 898-1206# 8598.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L 2 462# 125; Hols. Steer L 3 368378# 117.50-122.50; 864948# 100-105; Heifers M&L 1 608-704# 102.50-140; M 2 498# 135; Bulls L 1 452# 157.50; M&L 2 324-476# 159175; Herefords 106; 516# 115 Ret. to Farm Hols. Bull Calves: No. 1 Hols. 94-120# 178.50-202.50; 80-92# 192.50-205; No. 2 94-120# 160-195; 76-92# 165-195; No 3 74-106# 110-155; Util. 52104# 20-95 Hols. Heifer Calves No. 1 98# 190; No. 2 78-84@ 100-120; Beef cross 88# 200; Sows: US 1-3 340# 40 Boars: 586# 11.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 34-66# 140-200; 70-89# 137.50-160; Ewes Gd 2-3 126-154# 62.50-77.50; util 1-2 180# 52.50.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 2 25-35# 35-65; 40-50# 67.50102; 55-80# 135-155; Nannies Sel 2 100-160# 102.50127.50; sel 3 70-100# 57.5092.50; Billies Sel 1 200# 235 INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA May 31, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1258-1490# 124.50; Ch 23 1270-1358# 118.50-122.50; Sel 1-2 1295-1360# 114.50117.50

Slaughter Hols. Steers: Sel 1-2 15051550# 94-97.50 Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1210-1340# 118-121; Sel 1-2 1030-1060# 117.50.

Slaughter Cows: prem whites 65-75% lean; Breakers 75-80% lean, avg dress 91-97, hi dress 100.50; Boners 8085% lean, avg dress 8689.50, hi dress 90.50-91, lo dress 80.50-81; lean 85-90% lean, avg dress 78-83, lo dress 74.50-76 Slaughter Bulls: YG 2 15652280# 98.50-99.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 2 400-500# 137.50-147.50; 500700# 132.50-135. Hfrs. M&L 2 300-500# 130-135; L 3 600700# 100. Bulls M&L 1 500700# 132.50-147.50.

Ret. to Farm Calves: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 85-120# 180-200; No. 2 80-120# 155-175; No. 3 80-120# 90-145; Util 70-120# 50-80; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 80100# 205-215.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 250-270# 69-70; 40-45% lean 218-258# 62.50-65.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 35-54# 150155.

Ewes: Util 1-2 144-202# 4052.50.

KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA June 2, 2012 Alfalfa: 1 ld, 190 Mixed Hay: 5 lds, 100-215; Rd. bale 25.

Timothy: 2 lds, 170-180 Grass: 12 lds, 85-290 Straw: 6 lds, 120-200 LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA June 1, 2011 Slaughter Cattle: Steers High Ch & Pr 3-4, 1290-1575# 117-123; Ch 2-3, 1230-1670# 114-119; Sel 2-3, 1110-1475# 110-115; Hols. Ch 2-3 12251675# 102-107; Sel 2-3 12051465# 95-100; Hfrs. Ch&Pr 34 1130-1345# 113-118.50; Ch 2-3 1100-1420# 118-116.50; Sel 2-3 1110-1275# 112113.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 86.5092.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 82-90, hi dress 90-99, lo dress 78-82; Boners 80-85% lean 81-87, hi dress 87-91, lo dress 75-81; Lean 85-90% lean 8590, Avg Dress 75-82; hi dress 82-88, lo dress 69-75.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 8002035# 99.50-107.50; hi dress 109-116; lo dress 94-99.50.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 170-200 mostly 180200; 75-90# 190-210; No. 2 90-130# 150-180; No 3 85125# 100-140; Util. 70-105# 50-80; Holstein Heifers: no 1 85100# 170-240; no 2 70-130# 100-160; non tubing 60-90# 50-100 Holstein Bull Calves: Tues.

No. 1 102-122# 165-190; 8595# 210-225; no 2 95-112# 182-195; 90-95# 204-215;

pkg. 83# 240; pkg 73# 100; no 3 pkg 109# 165; 93-94# 187192; 82# 220; pkg 74# 100; util. 73-109# 20-50; Graded Holstein Heifers: no 1 92-115# 220-265; pkg 83# 180; no 2 83-93# 170-190; 6573# 55-100; non tubing 73-98# 65-75.

Graded Bull Calves: Thurs. no 1 120-128# 166; 106-118# 185-197; 86-104# 200-206; no 2 106-128# 175-187; 88-104# 194-201; 80-86# 217; no 3 100-130# 170-172; 80-98# 181-195; 72-78# 175; util. 90110# 40-51; 60-88# 15-35; Holstein Heifer Calves: no 1 85-110# 180-230; no 2 75115# 100-160.

Fresh Cows: App. 1400-1575; M 1150-1375; Common 9501150; Short Bred Cows: 1-3months M 1125-1250; Common 9251050; Springing Cows: 7-9 months M 1200-1275; Common 10251175; Short Bred Heifers: 1-3 months M 1250-1275; Common 950-1175; Bred Heifers: 4-6 months M 1200-1300; Common 8751100.

Springing Heifers: 7-9 months, sup. 1400-1525; app.

1200-1400; M 1225-1275; common 1000-1150.

Open Heifers: 300-600# app 550-650; M 400-500; 600900# M 700-800. Bulls no test.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White Lean 65-75; Breakers lean 75-80; avg dress 8488.50; low dress 78-82; boners lean 80-85; ave dress 7476; lean lean 88-90 avg dress 69-75.50; low dress 58-64 Slaughter Bulls: yield grade 1 1495-2270# 90-100; Holstein Bull Calves: no 1 85120# 180-200; no 2 80-120# 150-170; no 3 80-120# 100130; util. 65-130# 10-60; LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA May 30, 2012 Slaughter Cattle: No Report.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 81.50-84; Breakers 75-80% lean 78.5081; Boners 80-85% lean 7780, hi dress 81.50 low dress 73-76; Lean 85-90% lean 7478, hi dress 80-83.50, lo dress 67-72.

Bulls: YG 1 1295-1925# 95.50-100.

Ret. to Farm Calves: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-125# 185-200; 80-90# 200-217.50; no 2 95120# 165-185; 80-90# 170195; no 3 95-110# 110-145; 75-90# 100-125; util. 70-110# 45-85.

Barrws/Gilts: 45-50% lean 193-260# 57.50-59.50 Sows: US 1-3 440# 42.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 55-60# 197.50; ch

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 2-3 50-70# 180-190; 95# 185; Ewes good 1-2 135# 75; util. 12 210# 56; cull 1-2 125# 34;.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 40# 100; sel 2 30# 72.50; 50# 122.50; sel 3 20-40# 45-55; 50-55# 100; 60# 150; Nannies Sel 2 100120# 120-155; sel 3 80-100# 92.50-122.50; Billies Sel 3 50100# 70.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA June 4, 2012 Steers: Ch 110-114; Gd 102108.

Heifers: Ch 108-112; Gd 100106.

Cows: Util & Comm. 82-91; Canner/lo Cutter 80 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 92-98 Bulls: YG 1 85-92 Cattle: Steers 85-140; Bulls 80-120; Hfrs. 90-130.

Calves: Ch 130-175; Gd 90100; Std 15-85; Hols. Bulls 90130# 140-220.

Hogs: US 1-2 60-62; US 1-3 55-59; Sows US 1-3 30-48; Boars 21-60.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 20-50# 35-50.

Sheep: Lambs Ch 160-180; Gd 140-160; Sl. Ewes 55-80.

Goats: 30-210.

MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA June 4, 2012 Grass: 210-230 Mixed Hay: 160-175 Round Bales: 75-100 LG Bales 115 Straw: 165 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA June 4, 2012 Roosters: 5.50 Hens: .50-3.50 Banties: 1-2.50 Pigeons: 1 Ducks: 8 Geese: 10-14 Guineas: 3.50 Turkeys: 11-17 Bunnies: 1-6 Rabbits: 8-14 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA June 7, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1350-1575# 117-120.50; YG-5 1475-1685# 109.50115; Ch. 2-3 1230-1520# 114118; Sel. 2-3 1110-1395# 110114.50 Slaughter Holsteins: Ch 2-3 1225-1608# 102-105.50; sel 2-3 1205-1465# 95-100; Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & PR. 3-4 1130-1328# 113116.50; Ch 2-3 1115-1420# 108-112.

Slaughter Cows: Prem. White 65-75% lean 86.50-88; Breakers 75-80% lean 82-86 avg dress, 88-92 hi dress, 78-81 lo dress; Boners 80-85% lean, 81-84 avg dress, 85.50-87.50 hi dress, 75-80 lo dress; lean 88-90% lean, 75-79 avg dress, 80-83 hi dress, 70-74 lo dress.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 9401815# 102-107, lo dress 9599..

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 120-128# 166; 106-118# 185197; 86-104# 200-206; No. 2 106-128@ 175-187; 88-104# 194-201; 80-86# 217; No 3 100-130# 170-172; 80-98# 181-195; 72-78# 175; Util. 90110# 40-51; 60-88# 15-35.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 85-110# 180-230; NO. 2 75115# 100-160.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA Percent Lean 49-54, 220300# 65-70; 300-400# 54-56; Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 4852; 300-500# 40.50-44 low dress; 500-700# 49.50-52; Boars: 300-700# 24.50-25.50 NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA June 11, 2012 Slaughter Lambs: Non-Traditional, Wooled, Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 50-60# 166-180; 60-80# 146-168; 80-90# 148-158; 90110# 144-161; 110-130# 154156; 130-150# 142-157; Hair sheep: 70-90# 138-170; 90110# 126-139; wooled & shorn Ch. 2-3 40-60# 140-158;6080# 135-150; 80-90# 137-152; 90-110# 126-150; 130-150# 105-120; Hair Sheep 40-60# 110-158; 60-80# 136-152; 80110# 139-150 Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 100-150# 62-81; 150200# 62-80; 200-300# 49-65; util 1-2; Thin Flsh 120-160# 48-65.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 30-40# 77-90; 40-60# 100142; 60-80# 140-167; 90-100# 170-190; 100-110# 164-184; Sel 2 30-40# 55-92; 40-60# 75-120; 60-80# 120-147; Sel 3 20-40# 34-62; 40-60# 56-88; 60-80# 85-112; 80-90# 95117. Nannies/Does Sel 1 80130# 139-160; 130-180# 154169; sel 2 80-130# 110-130; sel 3 50-80# 66-88; 80-130# 88-105. Wethers Sel 1 100150# 230-257; 150-200# 250272;Sel. 2 100-150# 169-184; 150-250# 197-218; Sel. 3 100150# 140-168. Bucks/Billies Sel 1 100-150# 195-215; 150250# 230-259; Sel. 2 100150# 150-175; 150-200# 180194; Sel 3 100-150# 115-140.; NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC. New Wilmington, PA No report

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Market Summary Compared to two weeks ago corn sold .40-.45 lower, wheat sold .45-.50 lower, barley sold .70-.80 lower, Oats sold .10 to .15 lower & Soybeans sold .30-.40 lower. EarCorn sold steady. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 5.97-6.45, Avg 6.24, Contracts 5.25-5.42; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.92-6.62, Avg 6.22, Contracts 6.15-6.21; Barley No. 3 Range 3.65-4, Avg 3.90, Contracts 4; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50-4.80, Avg 4.65; Soybeans No 2 Range 12.69-13.37, Avg 13.05, Contracts 12-12.29; EarCorn 180.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.20-6.80, Avg 6.53; Barley No. 3 Range 5; Oats No. 2 3.50-5, Avg 4.16; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.4213.70, Avg 12.96; EarCorn Range 195-220, Avg 207.50.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6-6.45, Avg 6.18; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.306.40, Avg 5.79; Barley No. 3 Range 3.75-4.75, Avg 4.19; Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-4.25, Avg 3.81; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.35-13.75, Avg 12.87; EarCorn 180-195, Avg 187.50.

Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 6.15-6.49, Avg 6.29; Wheat No. 2 Range 6.22-6.90, Avg 6.51; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.80-13.23, Avg 12.96; Gr. Sorghum 5.92.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 5.97-6.80, Avg 6.32, Month Ago 6.76, Year Ago 8.37; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.30-6.62, Avg 6.05, Month Ago 6.11, Year Ago 7.49; Barley No. 3 Range 3.65-5, Avg 4.15, Month Ago 4.85, Year Ago 7.73; Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-5, Avg 4.15, Month Ago 4.28, Year Ago 4.19; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.3513.75, Avg 12.95, Month Ago 13.88, Year Ago 14.07; EarCorn Range 180-220; Avg 194, Month Ago 20, Year Ago 210.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 5.42-6.29, Avg 6.02; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.57; Oats No. 2 3.80-5.30, Avg 4.27; Soybeans No. 2 12.99.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary June 8, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 119-123; Ch 1-3 114-119; Sel 1-2 110-115; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 103.50-108; Ch 2-3 100-105.50; Sel 1-2 89-100.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 116.50-118.50; Ch 1-3 112-116.50; Sel 1-2 108-112.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 83-88; Boners 80-85% lean 80-87; Lean 8590% lean 73-83.

Slaughter Bulls: hi dress 114-119; Avg dress 96-106; lo dress 94-98.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 171-194; 500-700# 155167; M&L 2 300-500# 140167; 500-700# 117-133.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300500# 151-175; 500-700# 137159; M&L 2 300-500# 137143; 500-700# 120-143.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 155-196; 500-700# 150162; M&L 2 300-500# 127140; 500-700# 130-135.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 30-75.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols. bulls 95-120# 165-200; 80-90# 190210; No. 2 95-120# 150-195; 80-90# 170-205; No. 3 80120# 100-185; No. 1 Hols.

Hfrs. 84-105# 170-265; No. 2 80-105# 100-160.

Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 4954% lean 220-270# 64-66.50; 45-50% lean 220-270# 60-62.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 4346; 500-700# 49.50-53.50.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 1-2 30-40# 140-165; 40-50# 90110; 50-60# 95-105; 60-100# 70-90; US 2 15-30# 155-200; 30-40# 120-140; 40-60# 100105.

Slaughter Sheep Lambs Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 160-180; 6080# 162-192; 80-110# 152176; Ch 1-3 40-60# 150-180; 60-80# 144-170; 80-110# 139169; Ewes Gd 2-3 120-160# 64-80; 150-200# 61-74; Util 12 120-160# 42-60.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 20-40# 85-101; 40-60# 119134; 60-80# 158-175; 80-100# 175-200; Sel 2 20-40# 60-86; 40-60# 96-134; 60-80# 140154; Sel 3 20-40# 27-59; 4060# 58-79; 60-80# 85-102; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 140156; 130-180# 167-184; Sel 2 80-130# 126-141; Sel 3 5080# 80-96; 80-130# 106-120; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 220245; 150-250# 265-290; Sel 2 100-150# 172-190; Wethers Sel 1 100-150# 208-230; 150250# 232-260; Sel 2 192-197.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary Hay & Straw Market For Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and/ton. All hay and straw reported sold/ton. Compared to last week hay sold steady to 10 lower & straw sold mostly steady. Alfalfa 120-325; Mixed Hay 100-325; Timothy 100210; Straw 100-160; Mulch 70.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 96 lds, 39 Straw; Alfalfa 150-290; Mixed Hay 70-325; Timothy 150-330; Grass 70-300; Straw 90-210.

Diffenbach Auct, May 28, 36 lds Hay, 10 lds Straw. Alfalfa 200-290; Mixed Hay 100-325; Timothy 220-330; Grass 90300; Straw 110-180.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: June 1, 18 lds Hay, 8 Straw.

Alfalfa 132-225; Mixed Hay 100-215; Timothy 200-220; Grass Hay 122-210; Straw 117-190.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: May 31, 19 lds Hay, 10 Straw. Alfalfa 205; Mixed Hay

75-285; Timothy 130; Grass 185-280; Straw 90-210.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: May 30, 23 lds Hay, 11 Straw. Alfalfa 195-210; Mixed Hay 70-225; Timothy 205-225; Grass 70-250; Straw 95-200.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 77 Loads Hay, 13 Straw. Alfalfa 150-190; Mixed Hay 50-290; Timothy 170-315; Grass 85290; Straw 110-205.

Belleville Auct, Belleville: May 30, 12 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw. Mixed 122.50-222.50; Straw 110-150.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: May 28, 5 lds Hay, 0 Straw.

Mixed Hay 150-290.

Greencastle Livestock: May 28 & 31, 4 lds Hay, 0 Straw.

Mixed Hay 50-87.50; Timothy 135.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: June 2, 21 lds Hay, 6 Straw. Alfalfa 190; Mixed Hay 100-215; Timothy 170-180; Grass Hay 85-290; Straw 120205.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: May 29, 17 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Mixed Hay 100-330; Timothy 190-315; Grass 100110; Straw 125-170.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: May 19 & 22, 18 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 150; Mixed Hay 80-215; Grass 135200; Straw 160-165.

New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: June 1, 8 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa 120; Timothy 220; Grass 150; Straw 230.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES June 11, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1265-1555# 120-122; YG 5 1300-1965# 113-116.50; Ch. 2-3 1140-1500# 115.50-120; Sel 2-3 1155-1390# 113115.50; Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1100-1225# 114.50-116.50; sel 2-3 1080-1230# 110.50114 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites Breakers 75-80% lean 82.-85, lo dress 79-80.50Boners 85-90% lean, avg dress 84.50-88, low dress 77-80; lean 85-90% lean avg dress 76.50-78, high dress 80-82 low dress 70-75.50 Slaughter Bulls: Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 85-120# 185-200; no 2 80125# 160-180.

Holstein Heifers: WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA June 7, 2012 Alfalfa: 1 ld, 230 Orchard Grass: 2 lds, 115170 Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 80-325 Grass: 2 lds, 175-235 Straw: 11 lds, 110-180 EarCorn: 1 ld, 205 Corn Fodder: 1 ld, 105 Mixed Rd. Bales: 1 ld, 25/bale.

WOLGEMUTH AUCTION No report

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MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA June 12, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1185-1525# 122-125.50; full YG 4-5 122; Ch.2-3 11051595# 117-122, full YG 4-5 117; 1635# 114.50; Sel 1-3 1135-1560# 110-116.50 Slaughter Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1350-1495# 105-109; Ch. 2-3 1200-1530# 100-105.50; 1605-1730# 96100; Sel 1-3 1140-1565# 9498.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1145-1205# 118-122.50; Ch. 2-3 1115-1280# 112117.50; Holstein Heifers 12551380# 95-97; sel 1-3 10301160# 108-111 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% Breakers 7580% lean, Boners 80-85 lean, 80-83.50 avg dress, 77.50-79 lo dress; Lean 85-90% lean 75-78.50 avg dress, 70-75 lo dress, 58.50-66.50 very lo dress; light lean 85-92% lean, 72 avg dress, 66.50-67.50 lo dress, 50-61.50 very lo dress.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 10952165# 95-108; lo dress 94; YG 2 860-1690# 86-94 Feeder Cattle: No Report Steers: M 1 Herefords 765995# 110; M&L 2 515-710# 115-155; Herefords 300-445# 122-145.

Holstein Steers: L 3 320475# 82-110; 548-690# 92-97 Heifers: L 1 785# 125; M&L 2 270-435# 125-137, Herefords 120-515# 132 Bulls : M 1 715-485# 122 Herefords 100; M&L 2 270435# 125-137; Herefords 120; 515# 132.

Holstein Bulls: L 3 325# 77; 950# 87 Ret. to Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls Calves: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-125# 190-215; 85-90# 190-202; No.2 95-120# 160-185; 75-90# 160-185; no 3 70-115# 100-155; util 55110# 27-95.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 80-110# 180-195; no 2 65-85# 120-155 Holstein Beef Cross Calves: 90-140.

Slaughter Hogs: No Report Barrows & Gilts: 49-54% lean 240-275# 69-72.75; 280295# 65.50-69.50; 45-50% lean 225-265# 62-64.

Sows: U.S. 1-3 390-495# 44.50-51.50; 512# 50.50 Boars: 345-785# 22-24.50 Feeder Pigs: U.S. 1-3 20-55# 50-73; Roasting Pigs 140190# 60-71 per cwt.

Slaughter Sheep: No Report Lambs: Ch 2-3 40-60# 130147; 75-90# 130-145; 117# 120.

Yearlings: 160# 80 Ewes: Good 2-3 115-170# 5567; util 1-2 92# 52; Rams 185# 72 Slaughter Goats: No Report Kids: Sel 1 40# 80; sel 2 under20# 20-35; 20-40# 3572; 45-55# 67-90.

Nannies: Sel 1 140-220# 127150; sel 2 110-140# 75-122; sel 3 70-90# 57-75 Billies: Sel 1 150-200# 172234, Fancy 290.

Slaughter Wethers: Sel 1 170# 242-252.

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Potato, tomato growers should remain vigilant for late blight UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — Late blight, the same disease that caused Ireland’s potato famine in the 19th century, was confirmed in three Pennsylvania counties recently.

Potatoes and tomatoes in commercial production fields in Blair, Franklin and Mifflin counties have been hit, according to Beth Gugino, assistant professor of plant pathology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. She added that while late blight has been found only in commercial fields so far, home gardeners should be vigilant for symptoms in their plants as well.

Late blight affects potatoes and tomatoes, and its symptoms appear similar for both crops.

Growers should watch for a pale green or watersoaked spot that becomes brown. Also, the underside of the leaf will have fuzzy growth and appear whitish gray, and the stems can have long, chocolate-brown lesions.

Recent weather conditions have been favorable for late blight, Gugino explained.

The pathogen prefers cool, wet conditions and thrives in temperatures between 65 and 70 F with high relative humidity.

“Warm weather hopefully will slow it down,” she said. “It won’t kill it, but the disease won’t really progress when it gets warm and dry.”

To prevent late blight, growers can apply protectant fungicides, and some copper-based products can be used in organic operations. However, Gugino said that if severe late blight symptoms are present in a garden or commercial crop, affected plants should be destroyed so they are no longer a source of the pathogen.

Fungicides that are more specific for late blight also should be used.

She noted that late blight is difficult to manage and emphasized that communication is key in minimizing late blight outbreaks.

“If people suspect they are seeing late blight, it’s really important they communicate that to the appropriate people,”

Gugino said. She suggested that suspected late blight can be reported to the nearest Penn State Extension office, http://extension.psu.ed u/counties; to the Penn State Plant Disease Clinic, http://plantpath.p su.edu/facilities/plant-

disease-clinic; or to her, bkgugino@psu.edu.

“If they don’t report it, this disease will not only affect their crop, it potentially will affect other people’s gardens and commercial crops.” She pointed out that late blight outbreaks in 2009

resulted in considerable losses for both home gardeners and commercial growers across the Northeast.

Gugino said that researchers are interested in obtaining samples of plants that are affected so that they can better

understand and manage the disease.

Growers can find more information and pictures of late blight at http://extension.psu.ed u/vegetable-fruit. The Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations Guide also pro-

vides information on fungicides that are registered for managing late blight.

The website http://usablight.org provides information such as locations of reported outbreaks and strategies for managing late blight.

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TURF EQUIPMENT: (3) Toro Reelmaster 5200D diesel mowers; Ransomes 6150 10ft rotary; JD 3215A reel mower; JD TD sand spreader; Cushman TD2000 spreader; National 8400; Gandy overseeders; (2) Gandy Slit seeders LandPride 11ft batwing finish mower; Ferris H2220; Cub Cadet 1554; Kubota F3060; Kubota T6-1860; New Snapper Zero-Turn; aerators; Ditch witch, KwikTrench trencher; Essick Vibratory Edge Roll; Stump grinder; plus more turf items by auction time!

ANTIQUES: JD630 w/ WF & 3pt-original; JD AN; JD 420C w/ winch; JD 40; MM M5; Rare Farmall 350 LP gas; Sharp Original Case 900 diesel; Case 400; IH F14-restored; MH pony w/ mower; Oliver 99; IH 1020- restored; AC B; several hit and miss engines, parts; + more coming in!

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Farm Equipment Auction Estate of Ed & MaryAnn Ahrens

Friday, July 6TH 2012 • 6pm Location: 134 Turn Hill Rd. Fort Plain, NY Directions: From Canajoharie take Rt10 North approx. 7 Miles to left on New Turnpike (just past blue water tower) 1/2 mile to right on Turn Hill Rd

A well kept line of farm equipment ready to go to work: Ford 9600, 4000, & 3400 tractors; JD 410 loader backhoe; Nice NH 310 baler w/ hyd drive thrower; Deutz-Fahr baler w/ thrower; NH 489 haybine; JD 640 & 660 rakes; NH 4 star tedder; (8) nice wooden kicker wagons; Oliver 4x plows; White 10ft disc; 6ft Bush Hog; 3pt snowblower; JD transport drags; NI manure spreader; 3pt blade; 10ft drags; 2x plow; nice '98 GMC pickup; '04 GMC Envoy; 800 bales 2nd cut hay; quantity of lumber; 2 wagon loads small tools & a few household items. See you there for a great evening auction!

Terms: Cash or good check. All items sold as is.

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Antique Tractor Estate Auction

Saturday, August 4th 2012 • 10AM 100+ Antique Tractors and Much More!!!!

Bruce Schoonmaker Estate 458 Co. Hwy 9 Davenport, NY 13750 (Oneonta Area) Highlights include: 1919 MM Universal Tractor - Restored, Chassis #12131; (3) Massey Harris 4wds; IH 10-20 Titan; Hart-Parr 18-36; NH #12 rock crusher; IH 10-20 on solid rubber; Fordson on solid rubber w/ winch; Cletrac M1 military crawler; Cletrac 35;(2) Cletrac F; (3)Silver Kings; Lots of IH including F12, F14s, F20s, 10-20s, W4, WD6, WD9, H, M, A, Regular; & others; Case RCs, SCs, DCs, L, VACs & others; JD A, B, MC, M, AO, GP, 40; MH 30, 44, Pony; MM R, U ; Ford 9N; AC CA, B; LeRoi; Centaur; Neat Ford Model T conversion; Cletrac General; Fordson roller; IH 3hp Famous on unique home built tractor chassis; 10 power units; steel wheels; starters; generators; cast iron seats; horse drawn sleigh; lawn mowers; blacksmith forge; signs; license plates; bikes; milk cans; oil cans; magnetos; lots of misc parts; Thiokol SnoCat;'77 Mack rolloff; '79 Cadillac; full shop of tools and supplies; 100+ farm toys, Hess trucks, Tonka,etc; 100 Brass torches-all in beautiful condition-see the photos!; 100+ brass oilers; Manzel lubricators; 50+ antique crocks and jugs- many very desirable!; 100 gas lanterns all kinds!;100+ manuals and antique tractor books; 1000 antique bottles; a few household items; plus much more - selling with 2 auctioneers most of the day!

Terms: Cash or good check. All items sold as is. List subject to change. Inspection WedThur-Fri week of auction only!

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Farmers, ranchers and consumers fight USDA animal ID scheme WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of agriculture and consumer organizations from across the nation is challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to push ahead with a complicated and expensive Animal ID program. The organizations sent a joint letter to the Congressional Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently arguing that the rule should be sent back to the USDA because of the impacts it will have on family farmers, ranchers, related businesses, and other citizens who own animals.

The letter cites research from North Dakota State University which estimated the costs for cattle as more than five times greater per animal than the USDA’s estimate, potentially creating costs of over a billion dollars per year.

The letter from the coalition also points out that USDA “arbitrarily assumed that only 30 million cattle” would be subject to the new reg-

ulatory requirements, even though this assumption was “contradicted by the publicly available data on the cattle industry.”

By underestimating both the number of animals affected and the cost per animal, the USDA estimated the fiscal impacts at under $100 million, claiming that the rule is not “economically significant” and placing it on the fast-track to be finalized after review by the OMB, which serves as the fiscal review agency for all regulatory matters.

“The USDA has not done their due diligence investigating the true fiscal impact this will have on the livestock industry,” said Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute.

“Our concern is that the economic burden of this rulemaking, some of which is duplicative of many effective disease control programs currently utilized, will fall unfairly on familyscale farmers and

ranchers.”

The coalition’s critique provides additional information on the disproportionate impact on small farmers due to the on-ranch costs for equipment and labor involved in tagging and long-term recordkeeping.

The coalition also notes that the agency failed to address the increased costs to livestock-related businesses, such as for certified veterinarians and sale barns.

In addition to beef

and dairy cattle, the USDA’s proposed rule imposes new regulatory requirements for poultry producers without any assessment of the costs. The letter states, “with respect to poultry, the agency conducted no analysis of the costs in its Regulatory Impact Analysis.”

This deficiency on the part of the USDA could have significant repercussions not only for farmers, but for a growing number of private citizens, in “both rural

and urban settings, who own a few birds for food, show, or as pets.”

For more than seven years, the USDA and Agribusinesses have been pushing various animal identification proposals.

Farmers, ranchers and consumer organizations have identified many shortcomings and impractical requirements in these proposals that would be harmful for small business and independent livestock operations and allege that

the primary benefits of any such widespread program will accrue to major agribusinesses focusing on expanding exports.

“The coalition urges the OMB,” according to Judith McGeary, Executive Director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, “to return the rule to USDA for a thorough and complete analysis, which must acknowledge that the rule is economically significant.”

‘In My Barn’ game helps young students build math skills WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new online game developed for prekindergarten and kindergarten students is now available on MyAmericanFarm.org, the popular agricultural gaming site. “In My Barn” is the first game for a pre-K–K audience on My American Farm.

Students use math skills to help Farmer Faye, a character in the game, care for her animals. As they play the game, students earn points which help them fill a grain storage silo. Once students fill the silo they earn a new stamp to add to their Passport for Sustainability — the tool that helps youth

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subjects such as science and mathematics lays the groundwork for students to grow in their understanding of where food, fiber and renewable fuels come from.”

The My American Farm educational gaming resource is a special project of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.

The site and resources are made possible through the generous support of title sponsor, Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business. To take advantage of free My American Farm resources, games and activities, visit www.myamericanfarm.org.

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keep track of their journey through the various My American Farm online games.

In My Barn is closely aligned with the PBS Kids Ready to Learn Math Framework, which supports STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning. The game also meets national standards for mathematics instruction.

“We’re excited to launch this new STEM-related game and activities on My American Farm,” said Dan Durheim, executive director of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.

“A solid understanding of core

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Dairy Prices and Policy Keep Our Attention Issued June 8, 2012 All eyes remain on milk prices. California’s May Class 4a butter/powder milk price is $13.45 per hundredweight (cwt.), down $1.27 from April and $6.49 less than May 2011. The 4b cheese milk price is $13.56, up 13 cents from April, $1.18 less than a year ago, and $1.67 below the comparable Federal order Class III price.

The 4b price 2012 average now stands at $13.66, down from $15.05 at this time a year ago and compares to $12.30 in 2010. The 4a price average is now at $15.04, down from $18.56 a year ago and compares to $13.37 in 2010.

Looking “back to the futures;” after factoring in the announced Federal order Class III milk prices and the remaining futures, the average Class III milk price for the first six months of 2012 stood at $15.65 on March 2, $15.70 on May 10, and $15.94 on May 25. The last half of 2012 was averaging $15.61 on April 27, $15.08 on May 4, $15.44 on May 11, $15.69 on May 18, $16.13 on May 25, $15.96 on June 1, and was trading around $16.33 late morning June 8.

The old saying goes; “What goes up must come down,” then go back up and then come down again.

Cash block cheese, after hitting a 2012 high of $1.65 per pound on June 1, reversed gears and plunged, then rallied, then slipped again and closed the following Friday at $1.6150, down 3 1/2-cents on the week and 49 1/2-cents below a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.5225, down a penny, 54 1/2cents below a year ago, and 9 1/4 below the blocks.

Seven cars of block traded hands on the week and five of barrel. The AMS-surveyed U.S. block price slipped a half-cent to $1.5163. The barrels averaged $1.4995, up 0.6 cent.

Increased milk production is mainly gong to the churn and the dryer. April butter production totaled 170 million pounds, according to USDA’s latest Dairy Products report, down 3.3 percent from March but 7.2 percent above April 2011. Nonfat dry milk output hit 192 million pounds, up 2 percent from March and a whopping 31.1 percent from a year ago.

American type cheese, at 372 million pounds, was down 2.7 percent from March but 3.5 percent above a year ago. Total cheese output hit 903 million pounds, down 4.7 percent from March but 2.1 percent above a year ago.

Cheese plants were busy over the Memorial Day weekend as surplus milk was available, according to USDA’s Dairy Market News. Production of cheese is increased over last year and supplies are described as manageable. The Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program continues to assist with export sales, USDA reported, and another earthquake in Northern Italy may further affect supplies of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese which ages for two years.

CWT accepted eight requests for export assistance this week to sell a total of 1.938 million pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. The product will be delivered through November and raised CWT’s 2012 cheese exports to 56.6 million pounds plus 44.3 million pounds of butter and anhydrous milkfat to 27 countries.

Cash butter continued to creep higher for the fifth week in a row, closing Friday at $1.4175, up 1 3/4cents from the previous week but still 71 1/4-cents below a year ago. Only two cars were sold. AMS butter averaged $1.3652, up 3.6 cents.

Churning activity the last week of May increased as surplus cream volumes, especially over the holiday weekend, were heavier, USDA said. Many butter

producers did indicate that weekend cream offerings were not as heavy as anticipated. Some ice cream manufacturers maintained steady production during the holiday period, which is often not the case during a holiday weekend.

Surplus cream offers further declined early in the week as Class II operations, which reduced production schedules during the holiday period, resumed production. In most instances, current churning schedules are keeping pace with demand although butter continues to clear to inventory. Butter demand is seasonally fair to good. Retail buyers continue to report features which are clearing good volumes of print butter.

Nationally, advertised butter prices from the National Dairy Retail Report showed a weighted average price of $2.49 per pound compared to $2.57 two weeks prior. Featured prices ranged from $1.49 in the Midwest to $3.49 in the Northeast. Food service orders are increasing as resort and vacation areas across the country prepare for the summer vacation season, USDA said.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at $1.21, up 2 1/2-cents on the week. Four cars were sold.

Extra Grade closed at $1.12, up 3 cents on the week on a bid. AMS-surveyed powder averaged $1.0957, down 3.6 cents, and dry whey averaged 51.66 cents, down 0.7 cent.

Advertising or not, fluid milk sales continue to slide. The June 1 California Milk Producers Council (MPC) newsletter pointed out that bottling plants used “less than their share of the milk supply simply because, once again, fluid milk sales fell by far more than had been the normal case for oh so many years.”

Preliminary figures from federal order areas show class 1 usage in April was down 4.4 percent from April 2011, according to the MPC, and California class 1 sales were down 2.9 percent. MPC adds that “Only two out of the last 30 months have U.S. class 1 sales been higher than the year before, and one of those was February, helped by an extra day of sales.”

Checking the international dairy scene; the June 5 Global Dairy Trade-weighted index for all dairy products soared 13.5 percent from the index on the May 15 auction, according to FC Stone’s eDairy Insider Closing Bell (ICB).

Anhydrous milkfat led the GDT price increase, with August up 43.6 percent and the average across all contracts from August through December up 24.4

percent from May 15 prices. The average anhydrous milkfat price on the May 15 event had plunged 11.6 percent from May 1.

Most other products on the GDT gained. The increases across all contract periods were 21.3 percent for skim milk powder, 19.6 percent for rennet casein, 10.9 percent for milk protein concentrate, 9.4 percent for cheddar cheese, and 8.5 percent for whole milk powder. The only decline was for lactose, down 1.3 percent, according to the ICB. Meanwhile; the “Policy Wars” continue as 90 Senators voted in favor of bringing the Farm Bill to the Floor for further consideration while the House Ag Committee has yet to begin its markup. A press release this week from the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) pointed out that, “Dairy farmers across the country struggle both financially and emotionally,” and charged that “the dairy pricing system is clearly broken.”

They report that the first five months of 2012 resulted in declining farm milk prices, putting thousands of dairy farmers out of business and many more on the brink of economic collapse, adding that the losses hurt not just dairy farmers and their families but thousands of farm-related businesses.

“Flawed trading practices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange further diminish the value of struggling dairy farmers’ product,” according to the NFFC. “Ultimately, we rely more and more on dairy imports, leaving consumers with fewer safe and local choices, undermining our nation’s food security.”

The NFFC continues to support S. 1640, the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2011, introduced by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and NFFC leaders met with President Obama in August 2011 as part of the White House Rural Council meetings.

“We continue to call for restructuring the nation’s dairy policy to save the family dairy farm,” the NFFC concluded.

On the other side of the battle, lawmakers were told by a Virginia dairy producer that “Dairy farmers need Congress to pass a new Farm Bill now to help provide certainty for making future business decisions.” Those were the words of Sarah Leonard, a fourth-generation dairy producer from Midland, Virginia, who spoke on behalf of National Milk at a Senate news conference this week about the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (the 2012 Farm Bill).

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NCBA opposes federal mandate on animal agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tom Talbot, chairman of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), www.beefusa.org, Cattle Health and Well-Being Committee, said despite challenges cattlemen and women face, raising healthy cattle is and always has been a top priority. Talbot, who is a veterinarian and California cattle rancher, is appalled that animal care could

be taken out of the hands of experts and placed in the control of the federal government.

Specifically, Talbot is referring to amendment 2252 to the 2012 Farm Bill offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (DCA). The amendment, which would mandate on-farm production practices, was also introduced as legislation, Egg Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 (S. 3239 and H.R.

3298), by Senator Feinstein and Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR).

“The U.S. beef community has changed through the years, but the one thing that remains the same is our commitment to raising healthy cattle and providing our animals the best care possible,” Talbot said. “NCBA’s Cattle Health and Wellbeing Committee relies on the latest information from government officials,

veterinarians and cattle health experts to ensure our policies reflect the latest science and ensure effective cattle care practices on cattle operations throughout the country.”

Talbot said while cattlemen make it their top priority to care for their animals, there are organizations that attempt to paint a different picture of animal agriculture. Talbot said the amendment to the

farm bill would codify an agreement entered into by the Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers to seek federal legislation to mandate egg production practices. Talbot said the agreement creates a slippery slope to allow the federal government to mandate on-farm production practices for all sectors of the agricultural industry.

“This legislation opens up Pandora’s Box on Capitol Hill. While this bill currently only applies to the egg industry, it’s not a far stretch to see it applied to all ani-

mal agriculture,” Talbot said. “Cattlemen proactively worked with veterinarians and cattle health experts to develop production guidelines. We worked together to improve our industry. Unfortunately, a one-size fits all federal mandate telling farmers and ranchers how to do their jobs is not acceptable.”

Talbot said he is disappointed in Senator Feinstein and urges all U.S. senators to side with family farmers and ranchers by rejecting amendment 2252 to the farm bill and the legislation altogether.

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“On our farm, we don’t focus on the latest polls, or whose campaign is raising the most money,” Leonard explained. “We focus instead on how much rain we received last night, how much milk the cows are generating today, and what the market price of corn and soybeans are. That’s our daily reality. But, part of that reality is, we need a new farm bill.”

Processors, represented by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), remain opposed to any kind of supply management feature for dairy.

Speaking in Wednesday’s DairyLine radio program, IDFA’s Jerry Slominski began; “It’s a standard joke for a politician when asked to take a position to say I’ve got friends who are against it and friends who are for it and I’m with my friends.” He said he didn’t blame farmers if they are starting to feel the same way about economic studies of the proposed Dairy Security Act (DSA).

He criticized a recent study of the DSA conducted

by Dr. Scott Brown, charging that Brown “used stochastic modeling to predict that the new milk supply management program would seldom be in effect and that exports and milk prices would be nearly unchanged.” “Stochastic” literally means “involving guesswork or conjecture,” Slominski explained.

“Instead of conjecture about what will happen, Drs. Andy Novakavic and Mark Stephenson looked at data from the past five years to see what actually would have happened,” Slominski said. “They found the supply management program would have been in effect nearly 20 percent of the time.”

“They also found that farmers of nearly every size would have had more money withheld under the stabilization program than payments received under the margin protection plan. Only if cows are culled and feed savings accounted for did farmers end up in the black under the program,” he said.

He added that “Farmers can cull cows, dry cows off earlier or reduce feed in order to reduce production and save costs. Yet, every one of those options have long term implications for a farm’s milk production, and it’s very possible that many farmers won’t reduce production at all. In those cases, the Dairy Security Act directly results in lower net income to a farm, not more.”

“Producers would be better off if Congress dropped the supply management plan and offered a stand-alone margin protection plan, Slominski concluded. “Premiums would be slightly higher, but producers would not have money withheld from their milk checks due to the stabilization program, nor would producers have to decide whether or not to adjust milk production in the short run and how.

This can easily be done by Congress without busting the budget.”

WSSA says online databases and smartphone apps make it easier than ever to track invasive weeds Online databases and new smartphone applications are making it easier than ever to track and map infestations of invasive weeds according to the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA).

“These new resources are moving pockets of information out of universities and laboratories and into the public domain where they are readily accessible,” said Lee Van Wychen, Ph.D., WSSA science policy director.

“Now scientists, policy makers and even the general public can use the data to track the location and movement of weeds and monitor the effectiveness of management strategies.”

Online weed databases are currently maintained by a variety of public agencies, organizations and educational institutions. Examples include: • Global Invasive Species Information Network (www.gisin.org), administered by the National Institute for Invasive Species Science of the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.

• iMapInvasives (www.imapinvasives.org), managed by The Nature Conservancy.

• Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (www.gri.msstate.edu/ipams), managed by the Mississippi State Uni-

versity Geosystems Research Institute.

• National Institute for Invasive Species Science Database (www.niiss.org), hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.

• Plants of the United States (plants.usda.gov), managed by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

New apps used to report weed sightings New technologies are also making it easier than ever to capture and report information on the location of weeds so that online databases are more complete. One example: iPhone and Android applications have been developed by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia in support of EDDMapS — an online Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System for invasive species.

Previously, weed sightings were submitted to EDDMapS using detailed online forms. But the new applications are game changers. Now home gardeners, backpackers and other laypeople likely to encounter invasive weeds can participate as well.

“The apps are really fun and easy to use,” said Karan Rawlins, invasive species coordinator at the Center.

“You simply use your phone to take a picture of the weed, and the application grabs the GPS coordinates automatically. Estimate the size of the infestation, press send and your sighting goes out for validation by state and local experts. It’s so easy that I’ve actually rolled down my window while stuck in traffic to snap a photo and report weeds spotted along the side of the road.”

EDDMapS apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices can be downloaded for free at apps.bugwood.org.

Specially tailored versions were created for Florida, the Southeastern U.S., the Mid-Atlantic region and the Missouri River watershed.

The data reported to EDDMapS is available at no cost to researchers, educators, land managers and others

interested in tracking and managing invasive species. It can be searched, queried and downloaded in a variety of formats to evaluate weed distribution for a given locale.

“If you want to collect information on weeds growing in a local park or schoolyard, you simply create an account and download data for that location,” Rawlins said. “You can view the results on an interactive map, download them into an Excel file, sort by species and track infestations over time.”

The EDDMapS project is supported by the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

For more information, visit www.wssa.net.

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Broome County 4-H Program seeks adult mentors

by Kelly Adams, 4-H Program Educator BINGHAMTON, NY — Do you like working with young people, helping them to gain life skills for the future?

Do you have a passion that you would like to share with the young people of your community? How about teaching youth how to create Public Service Announcements based on current local issues? Do you like Geocaching and want to take youth on a treasure hunt? We have many opportunities with 4-H that can allow you to do any of these things and more.

If you are looking for a one day commitment we have exhibit judging at the County Fair. This entails meeting with 4-H members face-toface to see their projects, ask them questions, and evaluate the project and what they learned. The process is meant to be a positive youth development experience for the youth.

Their projects are not judged against other projects, but they are judged

against an “ideal” project. It is one of the most fun experiences a volunteer can do.

There is the 4-H Public Presentations program where volunteers help train the youth to give presentations and volunteers judge presentations for youth at the county and regional levels. The youth’s presentation skills are judged against a standard and training is provided to teach volunteers how to evaluate. This is a one day commitment as well.

If you are looking for something more long-term we have options there as well. We are looking for community members to serve on our Family, Youth and Community Development committee for Cornell Cooperative Extension. That committee looks at all the family and youth programs CCE provides and gives feedback and ideas about the programs.

The committee also helps decide on what applicants can receive Edith Zeh grant funds and what youth can receive Edith Zeh Scholarships for

College. This group meets once a month for 1.5 hours and usually doesn’t meet during the summer.

We are also in need of volunteers to run 4-H clubs based on what the volunteer would like to teach the youth.

We provide training to get a club going and help recruit youth. Clubs can be as small as five members and meet according to what works best for the group. Most of our clubs meet one or two times a month and may participate in County Fair at the end of July.

We are looking for adults to be trained through the New York State 4-H Shooting Sports program as well to get our youth shooting sports program going again. We have all the equipment, but currently do not have a certified leader. We have an NRA certified instructor who would like to help, but need to have someone who is certified through the New York State 4-H Shooting Sports program as well. Trainings are held locally and throughout the state. Most

trainings are three days and we cover the participant costs for the training.

Lastly, we coordinate the National 4-H Tech Wizards program here in Broome County and are looking for mentors to work with youth in the Endicott area. This program is very similar to 4-H clubs, but might not be as formal, like they may not vote club officers or do fundraising. The idea behind this program is that the youth need strong, caring, positive role models to create a caring relationship with. Someone who will encourage them, sets and sticks to parameters, has fun and helps the group complete a civic engagement project. These groups also have technology built into their programs, like photography, videography, GPS, Robotics, astronomy, plant sciences, wildlife biology, etc.

If any of these sounds like something you would be interested in contact the 4-H Office at Cornell Cooperative Extension at 607-772-8953.

USDA poultry plan violates federal law, union contends 80,000 chickens per workday when the carcasses are whizzing past the inspector at a rate of 3 chickens per second,” AFGE Assistant General Counsel Matthew Milledge wrote in the union’s official comments.

Contrary to the agency’s assertion that these changes would improve food safety, Milledge wrote that the proposal “will ensure that increased numbers of adulterated poultry enter the marketplace thereby endangering the health and safety of the American consumer.”

The proposal violates the 1957 federal law that established the current poultry inspections process, which requires federal inspec-

tors to perform a “careful examination” of the carcass of every bird processed to determine its fitness for purchase, Milledge wrote.

Not only will federal inspectors be physically incapable of examining every carcass, the proposal eliminates the current requirement that federal inspectors examine the internal organs, or viscera, of each bird. Many of these parts are sold for human consumption, including chicken livers and giblets.

“Under this new system, poultry parts will be sold to the public that have never been inspected by a federal inspector in violation of federal law,” Milledge wrote.

AFGE and other con-

cerned consumer groups have denounced the proposed regulations and organized petition drives and other protests. More than

16,000 people have signed a petition on the White House website urging the Obama administration to withdraw the proposed rule.

AFGE’s complete comments, along with a link to the White House petition, are available at www.letthemeatchicken.com.

CONSIGNMENT T& E AUCTION AUTOMOBILE SAT., JUNE 23RD 10:30AM

8TH ANNUAL

HELD AT MASON FACILITY, RT 19, FILLMORE, NY 14735 We will be hosting our 8th Annual Summer Consignment auction at Mason Facility, located on Rt. 19 between Hume and Fillmore. Watch for R. G. MASON AUCTION arrows. Having consignments of farm tractors, equip, small items, a well-rounded auction. For info and consignments call 585-567-8844, 585-261-8844, 585-721-8844.

Call now to consign. Accepting consignments Monday thru Thurs. 9 to 5 pm, and Friday 9 to 2pm.

ESTATE FROM ALMOND, NY Ford 8N (runs great); 3 pt 5 ft Box blade; 3 pt 6 ft Back blade; 3 pt 5 ft Ford bush hog; 3 pt 1Btm plow. LOCAL AGRI. BUSINESS DOWN SIZING Ford 6000 diesel restored will sell w/parts tractor Nice; Case IH 475 12 ft disk plus fold sown ends; 10 ft Cultimulcher; Kicker wagon; HD Tandem axle trailer; NH 3 pt 254 rake tedder; TRACTORS JD 4030 2WD w/canopy; Hesston 45-66 4WD; Ford 4600 Nice; Fordson Super Major; IH 300 Utility loader & backhoe Farmall M. COMPACT TRACTOR MF GC2300 4 WD Loader/backhoe. SKIDSTEER & ATTACH Case 1845c Loader; Rocky Mountain Bale spear; New bale spear; EQUIP. JD 348 Square baler w/wire tie; Vicon 23T tedder; Vermeer 5400 Round baler; JD 347 Round baler w/thrower; Kuhn FC302 Mower conditioner; Niemeyer 4 star tedder; 40 ft Transport hay elevator; NH 316 square baler; Pallet forks w/frame; Woods 0121 10 ft offset bush hog; Brillion 10 ft Sod buster; Pequea 710PTO tedder (Local estate); JD 510 Round baler w/hyd. Ties; Deutz Fahr KH300 2 star off set tedder; 80 ft Hay mow elevator; 3 pt Superior 394 side bar mower; NH 3 pt 254 rake tedder; MF 124 Square baler; Kuhn rotary rake; Mesolpa 3 pt wheel rake; Case IH 8312 swing disbine; Pequea HR10 rake; CAMPER 94 Jayco Eagle 5th wheel clean nice. VEHICLES 07 Chevy 2500 4x4 reg cab w/utility box; 07chevy Uplander van; 01 Chrysler PT Cruiser very clean; 01 Audi Quattro wagon. ATV'S & LAWN MOWERS 06 Club car elec golf cart nice; Toro LX420; Ariens Hydro; Yardman; Ransom green mower. COLLECTOR SNOWMOBILES Arctic Cat Cheetah; Arctic Cat 3000 F/C Jag. BUILDING MATERIAL 2 New kitchen cabinet sets; 3 New 36" ext door w/leaded glass; 2 New 36" 2 lite leaded glass ext doors; New laminate flooring; New lights; LUMBER Metal roofing; Rolled roofing; Comp. decking. SUPPORT ITEMS Tomahawk chipper gas; Cement mixer gas; McCulloch generator; Elec.

Motors; Hand & barn tools; Sm. Work bench; Cattle head shoot gate; much more by auction day.

Everything will be subject to consignor delivery and Mason auction rules.

TERMS CASH OR GOOD CHECK W/PROPER ID 13% BUYER PREMIUM $1,000.00 and down.

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The Agriculture Department’s proposal to largely outsource poultry inspections functions and drastically speed up the visual inspection process violates federal law and must not be allowed to proceed, the nation’s largest federal employee union said in official comments on the proposal.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents thousands of federal meat and poultry inspectors, submitted comments to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Friday, May 25. More than 2,000 comments were submitted before the comment period ended May 29.

The USDA’s budgetcutting proposal would allow poultry companies to inspect their own chickens and turkeys, leaving a single federal inspector responsible for examining up to 175 birds per second as they speed down the line.

“It exceeds the bounds of logic and common sense to reasonably contend that one person can carefully examine more than

Not your father’s farm bill

by Tracy Taylor Grondine Farm bill legislation (S.3240) that’s working its way through the Senate is not your father’s typical farm bill. It’s about the future. The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act recognizes that U.S. farmers are aging and something needs to be done to ensure that the future of agriculture is viable.

S. 3240 includes significant measures to address this demographic predicament.

According to the Agriculture Department’s most recent census, the average age of the American farmer is 57 years old. Further, a quarter of American farmers are 65 or older. The future of American agriculture depends on the next generation of farmers and ranchers. More than any previous farm bill, this one takes direct aim at providing retiring farmers extra benefits for passing their farms on to beginning farmers.

Probably most importantly, the bill provides nearly $200 million in new funding for expanded access for crop insurance for beginning farmers. These improvements will lower the cost of crop insurance for beginning farmers, allow the Risk Management Agency to consider a beginning farmer’s previous experience in calculating their production history,

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE

and it will provide additional assistance when beginning farmers face natural disasters.

Farmers like Michigan fruit producer and Farm Bureau member Ben LaCross understand the importance of this provision first hand. In a normal year, his farm produces 4 million pounds of cherries. Due to extremely bad weather conditions, this year he’ll be lucky to harvest 40,000 pounds — only 1 percent of his normal production. This level of losses is tough on any producer, but especially catastrophic for a beginning farmer who is still trying to build up equity. If S. 3240 were in existence today, Ben and others like him would have the opportunity to cover more of their crops under crop insurance, using new programs that would provide better coverage at a lower cost.

In other areas, the bill continues the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, which offers education, training, outreach and mentoring programs to ensure the success of the next generation of farmers. It also increases access to capital and prioritizes the needs of beginning farmers to ensure they have access to programs like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, a program that is critical to farmers and ranchers striving to

American Farm Bureau Federation be good stewards of the land and trying to meet tough environmental mandates.

The bill makes significant strides in increasing lending to beginning farmers by expanding eligibility, removing term limits on guaranteed lending and providing opportunities for beginning farmers to earn direct loan access. For the first time, USDA will have the ability to create pilot programs in the Farm Loan Programs exclusively targeted to beginning farmers.

Finally, the farm bill legislation encourages older farmers to help beginning farmers get started by providing two extra years of Conservation Reserve Program participation to retiring farmers who transition their expiring CRP land to beginning farmers.

Unlike past farm bills, this one is about the future. It’s about farmers like Ben LaCross and the many other young and beginning farmers and ranchers who want to one day pass their farms to their own children.

Tracy Taylor Grondine is director of media relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Senate Committee Farm Bill good for young farmers Ben LaCross, a young fruit grower and Farm Bureau member from Michigan, recently urged Congress to pass the Senate Agriculture Committee-passed farm bill this year. Speaking at a press event on Capitol Hill on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation, LaCross said without the bill, crop losses could be catastrophic, especially for beginning and young farmers.

LaCross said that due to various weather conditions impacting farms this year, his state has lost an estimated 90 percent of its apple crop, 85 percent of its grapes, 95 percent of its peaches and 85 percent of its cherries.

“If the committee’s farm bill were in existence today, I would have the opportunity to cover more of my crops under crop insurance, using new programs that would provide better coverage at a lower cost,” said LaCross. “It would also provide the ability to use more realistic production numbers by increasing the ‘yield plug’ in years like this one, when my production is going to be almost zero. Importantly, the bill also increases crop insurance assistance to beginning farmers.

“In a normal year, my farm would produce 4 million pounds of cherries.

This year, we will be lucky to harvest 40,000 pounds — only 1 percent of my

2 - Large Public Auctions #1 Wed., June 20th @ 5:00pm

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To be held at Colemans sales & service on RT 17C in Barton, NY. (Nichols exit off I-86, right at ramp, left at "T" auction site is approx. 4 miles on right.)

Tractors & Industrial: JD 6400 cab, LH Rev., pwr. quad, 4wd, 640 loader very nice!, Kubota L3400 4wd w/ loader 190 hours as new!, Kubota L3010 4wd w/ loader 950 hours, Oliver 1750, Farmall 560 Gas row crop restored. Farmall H; Case 580B Backhoe, Bobcat 873 Skid steer w/ high flow, Case 1838 Skid Steer 2500 hrs.

Machinery: NH 306, New Idea tandam axle, JD 450 hydra push manure spreaders; NH 354 Grinder mixer; NH 451 Sickle bar mower nice!; (2) Gehl silage blowers; NH 254 3pt, IH, 3pt 4 wheel hay rakes; Ferguson & Ford 2x, MF 3x plows; Woods C-80 mower; Lime sower; MF & Ford 2 row planters; pitt. 2 row cultivator; New 4' & 4 1/2' Howse gear drive rototillers; 2pt IHC post pounder; 3pt finish mower; JD & IH 800 4 row corn planters; IH silage wagon nice original! Flexi-bale self loading round bale carrier; New farm gates 8'- 14', round bale feeders, corral panels, bunk feeders.

There will be more than listed. Questions call Jeff @ 565-7331.

#2 Fri., June 29th @ 9:30pm To be held in our yard at the corner of RT 38 & 38B in Newark Valley, NY. (19 miles west of Binghamton, 8 miles north of Owego exit 64 off I-86)

Tractors, Industrial, Nice Farm Line, All Types of Farm Machinery & More Terms of both auctions: Cash or good check day of sale, nothing removed until paid in full. All items sold as is, where is, and subject to change due to daily business. Call for a particular item. This is a very early listing made weeks in advance, website updated daily!! No Buyers Premium! - Loading dock & loaders available - Lunch onsite

Goodrich Auction Service, Inc. Newark Valley, NY • (607) 642-3293

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normal production,” continued LaCross. “Crop insurance helps keep families like mine in business.”

The Senate farm bill also continues the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, which offers education, training, outreach and mentoring programs to ensure the success of the next generation of farmers.

Further, it increases access to capital and prioritizes the needs of beginning farmers to ensure they have access to programs like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program — a program that is critical to farmers and ranchers striving to be good stewards

of the land and trying to meet tough environmental mandates.

Lastly, the bill encourages older farmers to help beginning farmers get started in the business by providing two extra years of Conservation Reserve Program participation to retiring farmers who transition their expiring CRP land to beginning farmers.

“The Senate Agriculture Committee’s 2012 farm bill legislation would be very helpful to me personally and other fruit and vegetable producers in Michigan,” said LaCross. “But, more importantly, it is a good bill for young and beginning farmers and ranchers.”

DAYLE KIRKWOOD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, FARM TRACTORS RETIREMENT AUCTION

Friday, June 22, 2012, 5pm

3120 CR 32 near corner of Rt. 64, Bristol Center, 5 mi. S of Rts 5 & 20, 7 mi SW of Canandaigua, NY Construction Equipment: Ford 555C TLB, 4wd, 4300hrs; Ford 555B TLB, 2wd, ext hoe, 4500 hrs; AC Model D grader, hyd. turn, ps; Layton dragbox paver; 2 stone spreader boxes 10’; 3 pt 6’ rotary broom; Dresser VOS 2-42A roller.

Trucks, Trailer: ’95 IH 4900, DT466, 5 & 2, single axle, air lift axle, 12’ dump, 54600 GVW, 124000 mi.; ’94 White GMC, Cat 3306 mech, RR 9 spd, single axle, ’05 Air Flow 10’ dump, 42” tailgate, 36000 GVW. 638450 mi; ’89 Chev.

3500, 350, 4 spd, 12’ stake dump, 122950 mi.; ’92 Eager Beaver trailer, tandem, pintle hitch, 20’& 5’; ’03 Chev Tahoe LT, 69000 mi, 02’ Chev Cube van, not running; 22’ van body; 20000# air lift tag axle; pickup bumper hitch; 10.00 x 20 tires and rims.

Farm Tractors, Equipment: IH Farmall 350, TA, FH, PS; IH 350 utility, TA, FH w/ 3 pt adaptor, Wagner loader, recent valve job, new rear tires; IH Super C, nfe, fenders, IH Club LoBoy; IH 464, 3pt, 3346 hrs; Ford 601 Workmaster; Dearborn 3pt 2-14 plow; King Cutter 3 pt 5’& Sun-Master 6’ trailer rotary mowers; 20.8x38 tire chains; tractor tires; wagon running gear; 4’x53’ rolling boatdock; Wright Stander lawn mower.

Shop Tools: Homelite 4400w portable generator, used few hours; IR 5 hp 60 gal air compressor, 3 yrs; 30T shop press; engine hoist; torch set; 3/4 drive socket set; wrenches to 1 3/4”; bench grinder; work benches; heaters; lighted display cabinet; sand blaster; heating & ventilating duct work; wood / propane camp stove.

Info: Dayle Kirkwood 585 259-2250 Preview: By appointment and Wed-Thurs 20-21 2:00 – 6:00 pm, Friday, June 22nd, 12:00 noon. Sale Order: 5pm shop tools, approx. 5:45 equip.

Terms: ID for bidder number, cash, check. Payment with Visa, MasterCard, Discover 3% fee.

D ANN A UCTIONEERS , D ELOS D ANN , 3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, 585-396-1676. www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm UPCOMING AUCTIONS Sun., July 29, 10am: Tri-State Antique Tractor Club, Inc. Antique Wheels and Iron Show, 1st time consignment auction. Washington County Fairgrounds, Rt. 29 & 392 Old Schuylerville Rd., Greenwich, NY. Selling antique and modern farm, construction, gas engine, signs, toys, literature, and related items. Show Sat-Sun, July 28-29. Print advertising deadline is July 14th.

Wed., Aug. 8, 2pm: NY Steam Engine Assn 4th Annual Consignment Auction, 1st day of Pageant of Steam Show Aug 8-11, Gehan Rd, off Rts 5-20, 5 mi E of Canandaigua, NY. Print advertising deadline July 21st.

Thurs., Sept. 6, 1pm: WNY Gas & Steam Engine Assn 2nd Annual Consignment, 1st day of show Sept 6-9, 10400 Gillate Rd., Alexander, NY. Print advertising deadline Aug. 18th.

Shale gas development creates demand for environmental graduates UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The Marcellus Shale natural gas play is having a significant impact on Pennsylvania’s economy, and Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is helping to position students to benefit from associated employment opportunities.

Recently, the college’s Environment and Natural Resources Institute held a Marcellus Shale Info-Fest for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences in environment-related majors to show them what the specialized industry has to offer in the way of jobs.

This year, in particular, there are many opportunities, according to James Ladlee, extension educator and director of special initiatives for the Marcellus Education and Training Center,

which is a collaboration between Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport and Penn State Extension.

“In 2011, roughly 1,900 Marcellus Shale wells were drilled, likely requiring more than 25,000 direct employees and nearly 45,000 indirect employees,” said Ladlee.

“State data show that since 2008, core jobs related to shale gas development have increased by nearly 17,000 just in Pennsylvania.”

Ladlee said College of Agricultural Sciences’ students often represent the strong work ethic, the interest in experiential learning and the creative problem-solving skills needed for the jobs in the shale gas arena.

“They are among those who best understand the importance of using science-based

information to create a better future,” he said. “All these skills are directly transferable to oil and gas exploration companies or businesses and government agencies that support or regulate gas development.”

The Marcellus Shale InfoFest touched on a wide variety of jobs and careers related to environmental implications for shale development.

Those jobs can be in the gas industry, government agencies, private firms and academia.

Shale gas is emerging as a significant economic driver in many places across the country, so students have many chances to get involved, Ladlee noted. It’s a relatively new industry to the East, so here the job opportunities are widely available.

“Although changes appear

to be occurring, over the last several years the scale of shale gas development in the northern tier of Pennsylvania and the southwestern part of the state was unprecedented,” Ladlee said. “Those areas have been hot spots.

Thousands of jobs were created just in Pennsylvania, either directly related to drilling or indirectly related to the shale gas industry.

Penn State College of Ag Sciences students are uniquely positioned to tackle all aspects of oil and gas development, Ladlee pointed out. Students with an education or background in environmental sciences, forestry, engineering, construction, geology, biology, agricultural law, energy business or information sciences are qualified.

“If a student wants to be on the front end of an industry

or regulatory system that is growing and dynamic, there are opportunities,” he said.

“Students can be a part of the foundation for a strong regulatory system or help to transform and create even better oil and gas management practices for industry from the inside.

“Students need to understand that there are opportunities. There are literally tens of thousands of jobs being created as a result of this particular energy development throughout Pennsylvania.”

Job and career information provided at the Marcellus Shale Info-Fest is posted online. To watch a video and see resources for potential jobs related to shale gas development, go to http://agsci.psu.edu/enri/n ews/spotlight/marcellusinfo-fest.

PNTR for Russia legislation introduced WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Farm Bureau Federation applauds the introduction of legislation to establish Permanent Normal

Trade Relations with Russia. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), along with Senators John Thune (R-SD), John Kerry (D-MA) and John Mc-

Cain (R-AZ), unveiled legislation recently that will allow U.S. agriculture to participate in Russia’s upcoming World Trade Organiza-

KEN HOOVER PAVING CONTRACTOR AUCTION

644 Enfield Falls Road (NYS Rte. 327) Ithaca, NY 14850

SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH @ 10:00 AM 644 Enfield Falls Rd. (Rte. 327) Ithaca, NY - from Route 13, just southwest of Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY take St. Rt. 327, 3 miles to the sale site.

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK LUNCH AVAILABLE MR. KEN HOOVER: OWNER 607-272-9110

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607-699-7250

the negotiated rates and to apply international food safety standards in a uniform and transparent manner.”

Long negotiations on Russia joining the WTO resulted in the country being able to enact many trade-related reforms.

Russia is expected to complete the adoption of the measures and formally join the WTO this summer. PNTR for Rus-

sia must be enacted by Congress in order to guarantee U.S. access to the market opening and legal aspects that are part of the Russia WTO agreement.

Russia’s membership in the WTO will provide significant commercial opportunities for U.S. agriculture.

Farm Bureau urges the Senate to support the extension of PNTR to Russia.

High Hill Farm Complete Dispersal Thursday,, Junee 21,, 2012 2 • 11 1 AM M • Sharon n Springs,, NY May RHA: 24,498 3.3 816 3.0 723 • SCC 140,000 • BAA 108.7% 110 Head Will Sell, Including 5 Service Age Bulls!

A tremendous young herd that is trained for both freestalls and tiestalls. Sires include Atwood, Braxton, Damion, Durham, Fever, Jasper, Kite, Talent & others. Cows sell scored up to EX 93 and milking up to 127 pounds a day! Herd is on a very strict vaccination program and these cattle will sell in tip-top condition! Terms are cash or check on sale day and trucking will be available to go anywhere.

Directions: From the NYS Thruway (I-90) exit at Canajoharie, take Rt. 10 South to Sharon Springs. Turn left on Rt. 20 and follow for 2 miles and turn left on Gilberts Corners Road. Follow for two miles and farm is on the right. From I-88 use the Cobleskill exit and follow Rt. 145 North to Rt. 20. At the end of Rt. 145, cross Rt. 20 onto Argusville Road. Follow 2 miles to a sharp curve and go straight on Sharon Hill Road, farm is 2 miles on the left. GPS Address: 555 Gilberts Corners Road, Sharon Springs, NY 13459

See the complete catalog online at www.cattlexchange.com!

Herd Owner

Greg & Tonja Law & Family Charles & Fran Rosner Jerry & Sally Law 555 Gilberts Corners Road Sharon Springs, NY 13459 PH: 518-284-2991 • 518-231-1259 (Greg's Cell)

Sale Managed By/Catalogs

Dave & Merry Rama

4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753 Phone: 607-746-2226 • Fax: 607-746-2911 E-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com Website: www.cattlexchange.com

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EQUIPMENT: Case 450B Dozer 6 way blade, winch, 3800 hrs, excellent btm; JCB 1400B loader backhoe 4x4 extenda hoe 3917 hrs.; Bobcat 863 Turbo skid steer; LeeBoy 8500 Elite paver on tracks, 381 hrs., 4 cyl diesel; LeeBoy 700B paver on rubber, Hatz diesel powered; Bitelli DTV 315 Peperine Vibratory double drum roller, Hatz diesel; attachments for skid steer; Bobcat 24" fast cut milling unit; Bobcat Broom; pallet forks; grapple forks; grapple tines fork; car hauling trailer; Chip spreading box for truck; TRUCKS: 1997 Freightliner tandem w/lift axle, dump, 20 ft aluminum box, 525 Cummins engine, has divisible load overweight permit; 1988 Ford L9000 dump w/16" steel box, 610 Cummins has overweight permit; 1999 Freightliner FL60 Cummins diesel 10ft steel dump box; 1995 international 4900 rollback w/26ft w/wheel wells - DT466 motor; 2000 Ford F350 V-10 crew cab w/Rugby contractors dump 68,250 miles MISC & SHOP: Emglo air compressor w/11 hp Honda; 3 plate tamps; Fox SFP 4000, Dynapac, etc; Makita chop saw w/motor for cutting black top; Giant Blower; 250 gallon fuel tank w/12V electric pimp; tar tank; transit; Laser transit Spectra w/tripod; Power Hoist; Solar 2175 wire feed welder; oxy acet torch set; battery chargers; jack stands; pair Good Year G286 tires 425/65Rx22.5; plus other tires; 5th wheel hitch; large Master heater; Gates hydraulic hose fitting machine; road barricades; safety cones; 3/4" socket set; hydraulic jacks; tool boxes Snap On and Contents; new Honda engine; rakes; lutes; etc. for blacktop business; plus more as we prepare for auction. www.visscherauctions.com for pictures AUCTIONEER NOTE: Due to health reason Ken is discontinuing the paving business and thus prompts auction of all his equipment.

tion membership.

“Russia PNTR is a critical step towards ensuring the U.S. benefits from Russia’s accession to the WTO and remains competitive in that market,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman. “U.S. farmers will have more certain and predictable market access as a result of Russia’s commitment not to raise tariffs on any products above

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The Pork Checkoff introduces a new level of professionalism The Pork Checkoff is introducing a new Certified Swine Manager program this fall to take pork producers to the next level in professionalism.

The program will promote the industry’s ideal of continuous improvement and further the We CareSM ethical principles.

In conjunction with this, the new program will define a core body of knowledge needed to achieve standards in pork production, establish educational standards, provide resources to acquire knowledge and offer certification to validate knowledge gained and work accomplished.

“This program, developed with the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence (USPCE), is another tool to help develop the knowledgeable, skilled employees who are invaluable to the success of the pork industry,” said Jim Lummus, manager of producer learning and performance for the Checkoff.

To become a Certified Swine Manager, producers will be required to pass assessments, including both a test and an on-the-job evaluation, to confirm the individual’s competence in all pork production phases. The program will not have specific educational requirements but resources and materials will be available to help producers prepare for certification exams.

The assessments will verify employee knowledge, skills and abilities in areas including farm and personnel management, breeding and gestation, farrowing and wean-to-finish.

“We hope producers will realize the program’s importance and incorporate it into their leadership development programs,” added Lummus.

While the Certified Swine Manager program outlined above will not have educational requirements, materials and resources will be offered to help producers prepare for the certification exams. The USPCE, in collaboration with the Pork Checkoff, is leading an effort to develop a community college curriculum for pork produc-

tion workers.

The Professional Swine Manager (PSM) curriculum will include classroom sessions, delivered via Internet by community college instructors experienced in pork production. Handson learning at a farm

site and facilitated by a senior production manager will be part of the program.

The courses will qualify for credit toward an associate degree, with the first courses offered this fall. Courses include Introduction to

Swine Production, Sow Farm Management, Wean/Finish Management, Employee Management, Facility Operations, Production Records, and Internship/Work Experience.

The PSM curriculum provides the means to

Plan to attend the 2012 New York State Maple Tour The 2012 New York State Maple Tour is scheduled for July 22-24. The tour will be hosted by the Central New York Maple Producers Association and centered at the Holiday Inn in Auburn, NY. The tour opens with a reception, registration and tradeshow on Sunday afternoon, July 22.

On Monday and Tuesday, July 23 and 24, the tour will feature visits to a variety of maple operations both large and small.

This tour features the scenic Eastern Finger Lakes area and will include a scenic cruise on Skaneateles Lake and tour of a historic water powered flour mill.

Sites include niche marketing, energy saving technologies, organic production, and will include sugarbush sites.

The eastern Finger Lakes includes a number of area attractions including: wine tours and tastings, boat cruises, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Cayuga Museum & Case Research Lab, Emerson Park, Harriet Tubman Home — Underground Railroad Heritage Trail, William H Seward House — Seward’s Folly, Secretary of State to President Lincoln and much more. Cost is set at $170 per person to include the tour, meals and the annual banquet.

Registration and tour stop information will be available soon at www.cornellmaple.com and www.nysmaple.com. The tour host site is the Auburn Holiday Inn. To register, call 315-253-4531 and mention New York Maple Producers, or block code MAP, for the special room rate of $89.95. Indoor pool open until 10:30 p.m.

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offer economical, reliable training to employees. It also targets community or technical college students interested in becoming involved in pork production after graduation.

“Completing the curriculum will help participants find employment and advancement opportunities in pork pro-

duction, as well as aiding in passing the certification exams to become a Certified Swine Manager,” said Lummus.

“And it’s a win for the pork industry, with more skilled, trained individuals in the workforce pool.”

For more information on the program, call 800-456-7675.

LLAND SALES STABLES, IN W HO E N Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, PA Just Off Rt. 23, New Holland C.

Special Horse Sale “Ice Cream Sale”

2 Days: Friday July 6th • 9 AM Saturday July 7th • 8 AM Expecting approx. 1000 horses

FRIDAYS SALE: Driving Horses Including Standardbreds • Saddle breds • Morgans • Dutch Harness & Crossbreds

SATURDAYS SALE: Ponies • Halflingers • Miniature Horses • Warmbloods • Reg & Grade Pains & Quarter Horses • Hunter Jumper & Show Type Please Call your consignment in July 2nd & 3rd @ 610-273-2801

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Amos Smucker Herd Complete Dispersal. 40 cows, all stages of lactation, all AI sired & AI bred for years. Genex breeding.

Many fancy udder young cows, low SCC around 100,000.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST @ 4:00 PM Port Carbon Borough, Schuylkill County (2)) 1996 6 Freightliner three axle conventional road tractors with integral sleepers, 3406 E Cat power and 9 speed transmissions. Air ride suspension and air ride under the cabs. These trucks have been parked for last few years and do not appear to have a lot of miles on them. They are starting, running and moving on site.

10 ton overhead Philadelphia Tram-Rail Bridge Crane (20 feet wide and 75 foot of travel) with two 5 ton electric hoists. This unit appears to be in very good condition and is electrically powered in all directions. Located indoors over one of the drive through bays of the shop. Would be a great asset in S BRIDGE E CRANE E AND D THE E RAILS S IT T RIDES S ON N WILL L BE any welding or repair shop. THIS D SEPARATELY Y FROM M THE E BUILDINGS S AND D REAL L ESTATE OFFERED A three sided, two story, L shaped industrial grade all steel building with approx 10,000 sq feet on first floor and 5000 SQ feet on second floor and is very heavily built of STEEL I beam construction and has metal siding. This building has a bad roof, which could be repaired, an open side which could be enclosed. Could also be relocated, rebuilt or reconfigured to fit your building requirements, or the building could easily be scrapped for the value in the steel.

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Monday, June 11th sale - cull ave. .71, Top cow .90 wt. 1238 $1108.01 cows up to $1391.11 Bulls/Steers top $1.01 wt. 1264 $1282.96, bull calves top $2.35, heifer calves top $2.10. Dairy Milking age up to $1375.

Monday, June 18th - Special: 6 Bred heifers from heifer raiser.

Monthly Sheep, Lamb & Goat Sale - 50 lambs 50#-70# and 15 cull ewes all from one flock.

Monday, July 2nd - Monthly Fat Cow and Feeder Sale.

Monday, July 9th - Monthly Heifer Sale.

Saturday, Oct. 13th - OHM Holstein Club Sale. Brad Ainslie Sale Chairmen 315-822-6087.

Saturday, Nov. 3rd - Fall Premier All Breed Sale - Call early to consign to make catalog and advertising deadlines.

Café is now open for breakfast and lunch - great food!

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Empire Farm Days FFA tractor driver contestants invited to pre-register SENECA FALLS, NY — FFA students interested in testing their tractor driving skills at Empire Farm Days may pre-register or walk-up for the contest at the Northeast’s largest agricultural trade show. Empire Farm Days runs Aug. 7-9, 2012, at Empire Farm Days at the Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls, NY. The contest for FFA students in good standing will be held Thursday, Aug. 9 with registration at 9 a.m.; competition commencing at 9:30 a.m.

Pre-registration for the contest is appreciated and can be emailed to contest co-coordinator Jon Clayson at JClayson@ pioneercsd.org.

Students may also register by walk-up at the contest area on the showgrounds’ east side.

Entrants must wear their FFA t-shirt.

“This competition helps students test how well they have learned safe tractor operation and driving skills. A strong performance at the Empire Farm Days event is something they can add to their resumes

in pursuit of an agricultural career,” Clayson says.

Preparing for the annual competition teaches students the importance of learning and using safe farm equipment operating skills. Students must complete a written safety exam, a parts identification task, and driving courses with a tractor, 2wheel wagon and 4wheel wagon. The winner will compete at the Eastern Exposition in Springfield, MA, in September.

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CRCS holds annual year-ending banquet The CRCS (Cuba-Rushford Central School) FFA Chapter is on the final rundown of the 2011-2012 school year. On Monday, June 4, the chapter had its annual banquet. With all guests, members, parents, friends and family present there were a total of 105 people at the banquet. Guests included: the Middle School Principal Carlos Gildemister, Haley Dibble, the Allegany County Dairy Princess, Kylie Hint, the Western New York Maple Queen and the 2nd New York State Maple Queen Alternate. Also, present, representing Senator Cathy Young, was Bill Heaney, and New York State’s 2012-2013 Reporter, Marcie Hauri.

Several high school members were recognized for their superior effort in SAE’s. An SAE is a Supervised Agricultural Experience. Kody Pierce received Wildlife Production and Management, Community Development, and Diversified Livestock proficiencies. Ray Tatham recieved a Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Management proficiency.

Lindsey Finch and Mark Dowd both received Dairy Production awards.

Stacy Lowe earned a Agricultural Sales award. Finally, Conor Athans and Kristen Kelley both got Wildlife Management and Production awards.

Mrs. Nancy Byerly was given the prestigious Honorary Member Degree for being in such an avid helper and supporter of our chapter. Thank you Nancy for all that you did for us this past year!

Parent recognitions from each officer were given. The recognitions were very heartfelt and important to the officers, considering all that the officers have done this year was tolerated and supported by their parents.

Finally, the chapter would like to announce the official Summer Program. Saturdays until fair will be practice days for all students leasing animals from the Ploetz’s for fair.

Tractor Driving School at Belmont will be June 20-22. Alfred State Dairy Judging will be on July 6. The Allegany County Fair begins on July 16 with our

The CRCS Chapter Officers present the Honorary Member Degree to this year’s recipient, Mrs. Nancy Byerly, at our annual banquet that was held on June 4. Officers from L-R: Stacy Lowe, Grace Armison, Molly Emerson, Ivy Reynolds, Mrs. Nancy Byerly, Kody Pierce, Alan Sweet, and Lindsey Finch.

Photo courtesy of CRCS FFA Chapter annual chicken barbeque on that munity, for all your support over the Friday at 4 p.m. Empire Farm Days is past year. We would love to see you at on Aug. 8 with New York State Fair fol- Fair! lowing in from Aug. 24 to Sept. 9.

Respectfully submitted, Molly We would like to thank you, the com- Emerson, CRCS FFA Chapter Reporter

WNY Hog Preview Classic winners announced HAMBURG, NY — The Erie County Agricultural Society would like to congratulate the winners of the 12th Annual Western New York Hog Preview Classic. Grand Champion Hog went to Chris Diamond of Smithfield, PA; Reserve Grand Champion Hog went to Chase Gerhardt, East Aurora, NY; and Honorable Mention Hog went to Hunter Griffis of Bristolville, OH. Grand Champion Showman was awarded to Chris Diamond of Smithfield, PA, with Reserve Champion Showman going to Jacob Diamond of Smithfield, PA.

The Judge was Daryl Real of Dallas, TX. Over $5,000 in cash premiums and prizes were awarded with support from Hamburg Casino and Alltech. The exhibitors came to the Fairgrounds from all over New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio to get a pre-season experience prior to showing at their county and state fairs.

For a complete list of results please visit www.the-fairgrounds.com. Click on year round events; livestock; and then the Western New York Hog Preview Classic Logo.

4-H Spring Rabbit Show County Fair.

After all the breeds have been judge, the Best of Breed winners competed once again to recognize the Best in Show. This year the Best in Show winner was Amanda Dorman with her Netherland Dwarf and Reserve Best in Show went to Gabrielle Koszewski with her Mini Lop. Come see all these rabbits and more at the Chautauqua County Fair.

For more information about the 4-H Rabbit Program or to find out how you can become involved in Chautauqua County 4-H, call the 4-H Office at 716664-9502 Ext. 214.

Our Chautauqua County Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H works hard to provide positive youth development experiences for all the youth of Chautauqua County. You may have experienced the smiles of 4-H youth at the county fair, one of our other programs or at one of our various community service activities.

Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4-H is a not-for -profit 501©3 and all donations are considered a charitable contribution.

The Honorable Mention Hog award went to Hunter Griffis of Bristolville, OH.

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JAMESTOWN, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County 4-H Rabbit Program hosted its annual Spring Rabbit Show.

For many Chautauqua County 4-H members, the Spring Rabbit Show was their first experience. The show was held in the 4-H building located at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds, and was sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County 4-H Rabbit Program. There were 20 4-H participants representing eight 4-H clubs and 48 rabbits representing 12 breeds.

Participation in this event helped youth (and parents) learn more about the judging standards for each breed of rabbit. It also allowed 4-H members a chance to demonstrate their skills, learn new techniques, and observe the importance of having rabbits in top show condition.

Competitions like this also help to build a child’s self-esteem, confidence and character through a researchbased, hand-on approach.

Participants will take what they have learned and use in preparation for their next show at the Chautauqua

Reserve Grand Champion Hog went to Chase Gerhardt, East Aurora, NY. Photos courtesy of Erie County Fair

AFBF outlines priorities, concerns with Farm Bill legislation The American Farm Bureau Federation sent a letter on June 4 to the Senate outlining the organization’s priorities in, along with its concerns about, the Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposed 2012 farm bill, S. 3240. In a letter, AFBF President Bob Stallman said that

with Farm Bureau’s suggested improvements, he believes S. 3240 moves toward the organization’s core principles for rational, acceptable farm policy and his organization would support passage of the bill.

According to Stallman, Farm Bureau

places a priority on several of the committee’s decisions, including using the $23 billion in savings suggested to the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction last fall; protecting and strengthening the federal crop insurance program; developing a commodity title that at-

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Nebraska Sandhills rancher leads CAB board

by Meg Drake A full-time, professional cattleman provides the critical connection between the Certified Angus Beef (CAB) brand, its 30,000 producer-members of the American Angus Association and their thousands of customers.

Arlen Sawyer, chairman of the CAB board of directors, fills that bill this year.

With wife Becky, he owns the seedstock Angus ranch A & B Cattle near Bassett, NE; daughter Jessica in Billings, MT, and son Adam in Roswell, NM, are involved as well.

“I’m lucky enough to make a living in the cattle business and live in an area where cattle is the major industry, where people take so much care and pride in what they raise,” said Sawyer. “I take that appreciation to board members and staff at CAB who may not have that luxury.”

The third-generation Angus producer moved to the Bassett area from South Dakota the year after marrying in 1975. “Growing up in a seedstock operation and then living here in the Sandhills for thirty-some-odd years makes us very aware of the nuts and bolts of the core cattle business,” he said.

Demand for Angus cattle was not as strong in those early days. “Back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s there was a movement in the beef industry that we had only to be concerned about putting edible protein forward, and we had to do that in an efficient manner,” Sawyer recalled.

Aware of CAB since its inception in 1978, Sawyer credits the brand now with stimulating more demand for Angus cattle over the years since then. “I think there’s a definite role for beef: it is a matter of taste, it is a matter of a quality eating experience.

If we can’t provide that, then we have to compete on a price basis with other proteins and that makes it diffi-

cult.” He also credits CAB’s carcass specifications and monitoring system for “making sure that quality eating experience is never at risk.”

Meanwhile, the market rewards high-quality cattle. That fact plus strong competition bodes well for CAB supplies. Sawyer says Angus breeders are the most competitive there are: “That forces you to produce a better product.”

Aside from raising seedstock, Sawyer made it a point to become familiar with all sectors of the production chain. “Several customers have retained ownership, and we have fed out some of our own steers as a means to collect data for feedback.”

He notes that documentation of feedlot and packinghouse performance helps everyone when trying to breed for specific traits.

Sawyer’s solid production background is a great asset to CAB. “Arlen does a nice job of keeping our focus squarely on the mission that has guided us since 1978,” said company president John Stika. “In an industry that constantly throws new things at us, we just make sure everything we do adds value to registered Angus cattle.”

One of the highlights since being appointed chairman in December, Sawyer says, was attending the grand opening of the CAB Education & Culinary center in Wooster, Ohio, in May. “It became evident to me that this is a big step in making sure the chefs and preparers are involved in bringing out the value and the taste of this Angus beef.”

Encompassing all the links that make up today’s production chain, CAB shares a common goal with its chairman, who confronts each day with a positive attitude and a simple solution: “The only option is to get better.”

tempts to encourage producers to follow market signals rather than make planting decisions in anticipation of government payments; and refraining from basing any program on cost of production.

“While the legislation addresses many Farm Bureau policy priorities, it is our sincere hope there will be additional opportunities to make adjustments and refinements to improve this legislation,” Stallman said.

Some of the areas Farm Bureau believes would benefit from additional policy work includes addressing the net effect of the Agriculture Risk Coverage Eligible Acres provisions to ensure a true “planted acres” approach and avoid recreating “base acres” issues that have raised equity and planting distortion concerns;

and re-instituting current payment limitations and the Adjusted Gross Income provisions in current law.

“Fundamentally, Farm Bureau continues to support a single program option for the commodity title that extends to all crops,” wrote Stallman. “We believe the safety net should be comprised of a strong crop insurance program, with continuation of the marketing loan program and a catastrophic revenue loss program based on county level losses for each crop.

According to Farm Bureau, this approach can easily be tailored to provide a safety net that meets regional and commodity differences while also meeting the established savings target. Catastrophic loss events are typically beyond any producer’s

control and endanger the financial survivability of the farm — the type of events that in the past have prompted enactment of ad hoc disaster programs.

Having a catastrophic loss program in place would protect farmers from these situations and extend benefits only when needed, rather than potentially being a supplemental source of annual income.

Stallman said that after recently analyzing numbers from the Congressional Budget Office, Farm Bureau now believes it is possible to provide support at the 80 percent revenue level of coverage for all program crops and five fruits and vegetables, instead of a more limited group of crops at a lower revenue level, as AFBF originally proposed.

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Features: Two story farmhouse with brand new septic system! 1 bedroom down, 2 or 3 bedrooms upstairs. Big open kitchen/dining/living room area! Two drilled wells and one dug well on property.

Two (2) metal sided 40x72 storage sheds plus a 22x50 ft. shop.

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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack makes statement on newest forecast for U.S. farm exports WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement regarding USDA’s thirdquarter forecast released May 31 showing U.S. farm exports reaching the secondhighest level on record at $134.5 billion in fiscal year 2012: “With the release of today’s most recent export forecast, we can expect American agriculture to remain a bright spot in our nation’s economy in the

months to come, supporting more than 1 million American jobs in communities across our country.

Since 2009, our farmers and ranchers are set to deliver three of the four highest levels of U.S. agricultural exports in our nation’s history. In fiscal year 2012, the latest forecast sees $134.5 billion in U.S. farm exports, the second highest level ever and $3.5 billion greater than the previous forecast. The reason for

this success is the productivity of our farmers and ranchers, as much as President Obama’s leadership on trade.

Since 2009, USDA has aggressively worked to expand export opportunities and reduce barriers to trade, helping to push agricultural exports to historic levels year after year. Last year, the President insisted that we get the agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama done right, forging bet-

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New Building Supplies & Hardware Store, Trucks, Equipment, Etc. Check our website at Wolgemuth-auction.com for details of ad and pictures.

Selling with 2 maybe 3 auctioneers all day, bring a friend, lots of corners to clean up.

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first six months of the fiscal year, up 15 percent over the first 6 months of 2011. While wheat and soybeans are expected to perform well, it is Americangrown high-value products that are performing the best, with the forecast increasing again for horticultural products (particularly tree nuts) and livestock products. Moreover, exports to Canada and Mexico are both forecast up this quarter to new records, respectively, while exports to China are up $1.5 billion due to demand for cotton, pork, dairy, poultry, and tree nuts.

“These figures indicate how demand for

the American brand of agriculture continues to soar worldwide, supporting good jobs for Americans across a variety of industries such as transportation, renewable energy, manufacturing, food services, and on-farm employment.

And as American agriculture continues to achieve a nearly unparalleled level of productivity, this success story will continue, helping to strengthen an American economy that’s built to last.”

The latest export forecast data is available at www.fas.usda.gov under the Quarterly Agricultural Export Forecast link.

Applicants sought for ASA/DuPont Young Leader Program The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business, are seeking applicants for the 2013 Young Leader Program. The Young Leader Program is recognized throughout agriculture for its longstanding tradition of identifying and cultivating the producer-leaders who are shaping the U.S. soybean industry. 2013 marks the 29th year of the program.

“The Young Leader Program is an exceptional leadership training program,” said ASA President Steve Wellman. “The knowledge gained from this program can be put to use immediately — not only in business, but personally as well. Soybean producers who are looking to take on future leadership roles at the state and/or national level should pursue this training as the first step on their journey.”

The 2013 class of Young Leaders and their spouses will participate in a challenging and educational leadership experience Nov. 27-30, 2012 at Pioneer headquarters in Johnston, Iowa, and Feb. 26-March 2, 2013 in

Kissimmee, FL, coinciding with the annual Commodity Classic Convention and Trade Show.

This program offers the opportunity for participants to enhance their leadership skills, as well as meet and learn from other young leaders from around the country.

Applications will be accepted starting June 1. Interested applicants should apply online at www.SoyGrowers.com/dyl. Additionally, all ASA members will receive an application brochure in their June ASA Today member newsletter.

Applications will be accepted until Oct. 1, 2012. ASA, its 26 state affiliates, including the Grain Farmers of Ontario, and Pioneer will work together to identify the top producers to represent their state as part of this program. One couple or individual per state will be chosen to participate.

For questions or to obtain a hard copy application, please contact Michelle Siegel, ASA Leadership & Corporate Program Manager at 314754-1328 or msiegel@soy.org.

Reminder! Estate of Ronald "Ringo" Ring Classic Car, Equipment and Tool Auction

TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012 AT 5 PM ARCADE, NY Located at 5781 Curriers Road, Arcade, NY approximately 5 miles north of Arcade, just south of the village of Curriers.

SELLING: '87 Buick Grand National, 51k; '78 Ford Mustang King Cobra, 60k; '04 Ford F150, 120k; Ford 555 backhoe; JD 4020 tractor; Case IH 274 tractor MFWD; 1992 Ford Pickup w/ Boss snowplow; equipment trailers; generators; IH 510 drill; JD 3btm trailer plow; wood splitter; steel I beams; steel plate; rough cut lumber; Dewalt planer; Dewalt table saw; air nailers: air compressors; Mitre saw; parts washer; drill press; large chain fall; Miller stick welder; acetylene torches; tool cabinets; cordless tools; very large quantity of hand tools & hardware; Craftsman tool chests; 48"culvert; 3 pt seeder, 500 gal fuel tank; truck fuel tank; 20' & 36' rafters; overhead doors; 1000 bu grain bin; and lots more! ALSO: 2 self-contained propane fired hog roasters; hog kettle; stainless pans and hog roasting equipment.

Ringo loved to work and loved to buy tools, something for everyone!!

CONSIGNED: Pequea 710 tedder PTO; IH 183 6 row cultivator.

TERMS: Cash, Check, MasterCard or Visa. 13% buyer's premium, 3% discount for cash or check.

Nothing to be removed until settled for. All items sold "AS IS".

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LOCATION: 10599 Route 514 Monroeton, PA 18832 DIRECTIONS: From Canton - Take 414E, travel 13 miles to West Franklin turn left onto 514, auction on the right. From Towanda - Take 220S. to Monroeton, then 414W., travel 9 miles to West Franklin turn right onto 514, auction on the right. From Troy - Take 14S. to 514, turn left onto 514, travel 12 miles to West Franklin, auction on the left.

ter deals for America’s workers and businesses that led to strong bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. Today, the agreements with South Korea and Colombia are in effect, delivering greater returns for U.S. businesses. In 2010, the President committed to double U.S. exports in five years and, two years later, we are on pace to meet that goal.

In the latest forecast, the overall pace of exports is surging, led by a 5.1-million-tons increase in the volume of bulk exports over the February forecast. Consumer -oriented products in particular are soaring through the

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Special June Internet Auction Starting June 19, 2012 @ 6:00 PM Ending June 26, 2012 @ 6:00 PM Truck Tractors, Tanker Trailers, Excavator, Portable Compressor 1988 PRESVAC Steel 130 BBL W/ Hyd drive Vac Pump (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY).

For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986 2009 TREMCAR 150 BBL Aluminum W/ Hyd drive Vac Pump, Hyd Cooler, In service 1 year 3 months 80% Brakes 50% Tires aluminum outside wheels. (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY). For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

2009 TREMCAR 150 BBL Aluminum W/ Hyd drive Vac Pump, Hyd Cooler, In service 2 years 1 month 80% Brakes 70% Tires. (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY).

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2005 Peterbilt 379, 693,000 miles, American class interior, 18 speed

transmission, 475 Cummins, 355 RA 270 wheelbase, low air leaf suspension, 80% drives brand-new steers and all aluminum wheels (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY). For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

2007 Pete 379, 475 Cummins, 18 speed transmission 46,000 RA, 530,000 miles 48 inch bunk, all aluminum wheels, 358 gear ratio, full locking rear axle, air track suspense.

Rear tires are 60% steer tires are 80% (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY). For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

2000 Mack CX 613 E7 460 with a 13 speed transmission and 370 rear's, all aluminum wheels, 50% rubber on the rear, 70% rubber on the steer axle, wetline (Unit located

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Gray PRES VAC 2011, 110 barrel, vacuum tank comes with a fruitland 500 vacuum pump, in like new condition (Unit located 60 mi.

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Heavy Duty Truck Bumper. (Unit located 60 mi. South of Rochester, NY). For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986 1085B case rubber tire excavator 6000 hrs, Cummins 6BT engine, runs, drives and operates well, reaches 30' high, call 716-510-5831 Ingersoll Rand 175 CFM air compressor, 2 air outlets, 4 cyl gas engine, 1220 hrs, works good, just

off sand blasting job, pintle hitch, call 716-510-5831 FMC 8600 tire changer in working condition, call 716-510-5831 1986 Ford 1000 gallon water truck, front and rear discharge, sprays 8' wide, 370 gas engine, 5 speed standard trans, 81000 miles, runs and operates well, call 716-510-5831 2007 Calico T/A Horse trailer, VIN: 4CANCT242571000217. Tac room, sliding front windows, 4 gates w/extra 6' gate. Used just four times, less than 200 mi. usage. Call Ricky at 607-201-8489

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Harmon Farms Machinery Auction June 19th • 5:00PM 3660 Oatka Trail, Leroy, NY 14482

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From Rt 36 25 miles South West of Rochester or one mile north of Mumford, Take Oatka Trail 3/4 mile to the Farm Notice: For health reasons Mr. Harmon will sell his line of farm tools including: Deutz DX 140 MFWD Tractor w/cab and Duals; Case 2290 Tractor w/cab and front loader; Oliver 770 Tractor; Farmall H Tractor w/loader; JD 95 Combine; JD 336 baler w/ejector; NH 320 baler (needs repair); NH 495 haybine; JD #5 mower; NH 1034 automatic bale wagon;

Tiger flail chopper; 2 star tedder; hayrake; Ford 4R corn planter; JD FBB drill; Tox o wick batch grain dryer; Buttle 5 ring grain bin; 6x40 grain auger; Gravity wagon; SB IH 710 on land plow;15' cultimulcher; Brillion 20' drag; Sprayer ;Older JD skid loader; Pig feeder; Calf feeders; other misc. tools; Several older trucks and vehicles.

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