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Raising calves is fun, raising your very own calf is priceless

by Richard Smith, Saratoga County Extension Agent It is not every day that a young man 10 years old gets a haircut and rushes home for a date — unless he is the Saratoga County 4-H Calf Scholarship winner and today was the day he would bring his new calf home. That is exactly what caused so much excitement for Joey Gorsky, of Stillwater. It is not the first calf he has ever seen because he lives on his family farm where his grandfather and father milk around 100 cows and newborn calves are common place. What makes this calf so special is that this calf is Joey’s

very own calf. He earned this calf and he is so proud.

Saratoga County 4-H for years has had a very special program where dairy youth can apply to earn a calf scholarship. The scholarship consists of the winner earning their very own calf and a willingness to give back to the project a calf to another deserving 4-Her in a few years down the road or so.

This is one of the more enjoyable responsibilities that I have as an extension agent — seeing these youngsters work so hard to earn the calf and what they accomplish once they win.

Joey Gorsky, Saratoga County 4-H youth (big smiles) the recipient of the 2012 calf and Molly Pokrzywka, Saratoga County 4-Her, who was the donor fulfilling her commitment to return a calf to the program.

Photos by Richard Smith

Pictured left to right are Molly Pokrzywka; Wayne Gorsky, proud father; David Wood who made the calf available to Molly; and of course the 2012 recipient Joey Gorsky.

Honestly these 4-Hers often will work with these calves for years and even proudly exhibit the offspring of these animals at the Saratoga County Fair.

The agreement is that the winner of the scholarship agrees to care for the calf, shows the calf at the Saratoga County Fair, and becomes a member of the Saratoga County 4-H Dairy Club.

This long established tradition now can boast a father-son set of winners.

Wayne Gorsky the proud father of Joey himself won the calf scholarship in the early 1990s. When Wayne won his calf scholarship I wasn’t in Saratoga County however David Wood owner and operator of Eildon Tweed Farm was. Mr. Wood himself an extension agent emeritus and great supporter of youth in agriculture agreed to help Ms. Molly Pokrzywka with her commitment back to the program. Molly, the winner

some years back, needed to locate a calf to fulfill her task and called upon Mr. Wood. Molly, who lives not far from Eildon Tweed farm, often calls upon Mr. Wood for advice and encouragement. So through the calf hutches the two of them went until Molly found the ideal calf for Joey the 2012 recipient.

Once we arrived at Eildon Tweed farm and up until the time I left the Gorsky farm young Joey was nothing but all smiles and bursting with pride.

It was hard to distinguish between Molly’s smiles, the donor 4-Her, and those smiles of Joey the recipient.

Joey’s smiles were pure excitement and pride and Molly’s was realizing she helped make Joey’s dream come true.

She also had the reflective memories of all she has done with her project and thinking of the opportunities that will be there for Joey.

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.

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: 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

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

Raw milk and raw milk cheese are sold on the farm through the honor system.

These products are also sold at several area retail locations.

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

Farmers are reminded to sign up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture Sign-up period for the census ends July 1 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to mail the 2012 Census of Agriculture to millions of U.S. farmers and ranchers in late December.

Producers are reminded not to miss their opportunity to be counted by signing up for the Census before July 1.

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. A farm is defined as any place that produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural products during the Census year (2012).

“The Census is the leading source of facts about American agriculture,” said Renee Picanso, Census and Survey Division Director at USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “The

wealth of data available from the Census includes statistics on small, family farms to large, corporate farms; information on young, beginning farmers to older, experienced farmers; and insight into traditional, rural farming versus trends in areas such as lifestyle and urban farming.”

The sign-up period for the 2012 Census of Agriculture ends in a few weeks and is especially important for those individuals involved in agriculture who did not realize they qualify as a farm or have not previously participated in a Census. All farmers and ranchers are reminded to sign up and be counted.

“The Census provides the only source of uniform, comprehensive and

impartial agricultural data for every county in the nation,” said Picanso.

“Through the Census, producers can show the nation the value and importance of agriculture, and they can help influence the decisions that will shape the future of American agriculture for years to come. By signing up and then responding to the Census, producers are helping themselves, their communities and all of U.S. agriculture.”

To learn more and sign up for the Census of Agriculture, visit www.agcensus.usda.gov. All individual information will be kept confidential guaranteed by law (Title 7, U.S. Code, and CIPSEA, Public Law 107-347). The 2012 Census of Agriculture is your voice, your future, your responsibility.

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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

Cover photo by Richard C. Smith Wayne Gorsky, a calf scholarship recipient in 1990’s now watches his son follow in his footsteps. Pictured left to right are Wayne Gorsky, Joey Gorsky and Molly Pokrzywka.

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the animal from causing 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.

Butler’s work to release USDA farm assistance funds pays off Assemblyman Marc W. Butler (R, C, INewport), after working closely with his legislative colleagues and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office, recently hailed the recent USDA decision to officially declare 32 New York State counties as disaster areas due to frost damage early this year. It is estimated that three million acres of farmland have been damaged, with at least 30 percent losses, while many others experienced more.

“New York farmers were hit hard with devastating crop-damaging temperatures, which makes the USDA’s recent announcement tremendously important in helping our family farms get back on their feet,” said Butler. “I’m pleased to have been able to speak up on behalf of the hardworking farmers in my district, and I know that they’ll come back stronger than ever before.”

Butler and his legislative colleagues recently petitioned the governor to lobby for the designation from the USDA. The

designation grants New York’s agricultural community access to federal funding for recovery and renewal.

Assemblyman Butler’s district was hit especially hard by the low spring temperatures. Fulton County has been recognized as a major area effected by the March 1 freeze and frost episodes.

Herkimer and Otsego counties were also named as areas in need of assistance.

Surrounding areas like Hamilton and St. Lawrence counties were also affected and now qualify for help. Farm operations in these areas may apply for federal agricultural disaster recovery assistance, which includes funding, low interest loans and help rebuilding farm businesses.

Farmers in need of assistance may call the following local Farm Service Agencies: Fulton County 518-853-4031 Herkimer County 315-866-2520 Otsego County 607-547-8131

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

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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Reducing risk of death on farms due to rollovers

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Crop Comments

by Paris Reidhead Field Crops Consultant 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 evalua-

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tion 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 appeared 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 nonpregnant women were studied.

Serum glyphosate and gluphosi-

nate 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 sam-

ples 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. Glyphosate is efficiently removed from the air; it is estimated that an average of 97 percent of the glyphosate in the air is removed by a weekly rainfall at least 1.2 inches.

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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 Bttoxin, 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 manufacturer and the EPA swore that the GE corn

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would only harm insects; that the Bttoxin 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

“super-pests,” researchers have also found that the Bt-toxins 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 non-pregnant 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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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, 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 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 en-

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation courages 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.

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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 action-

packed 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 pasture-based system, a free-stall system, a bedded pack system, or a tie-stall 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, 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 real-

izes 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

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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 freestall systems and nontrainer 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

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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-year-old 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. She likes to help educate the

fair goers at her county fair about the dairy industry.

Her interests are basketball; 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.

The New York Ayrshire Club members would like to wish her the very best with her calf.

We would like to thank the other applicants and encourage them to

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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

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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 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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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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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.

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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 Depart-

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• 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 607753-5078 or shv7@cornell.edu.

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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 use Risk Management” Pasture Rangeland and Forage Policy” to protect their feed supply from drought.

RSVP requested to help plan lunch.

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On behalf of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.’s (DFA) nearly 15,000 dairy farmer members, DFA’s Board of Directors and management team commend the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its 150 years of service to the nation’s agriculture industries.

In recent years, support from USDA has been critical to the dairy sector. As dairy producers have faced extreme

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the work of coming together, connecting one-on-one, and engaging the public in traditional and innovative ways.”

WIF’s Facebook page was cited at the national conference by the University of Wisconsin as a model for communicating with group members and as a tool for public education.

“As farm women, we have a unique perspective because most of us have on-farm as well as off-farm experience to draw from,” says dairywoman Joanie Smith. “One of the biggest things I have learned is how differently people can see the same thing, and the need to communicate agriculture in different ways to promote understanding.”

WIF has presented information on the farming industry to diverse audiences, including the Oneida County legislature and college students.

The group organizes risk manage-

ment and estate planning workshops, public forums and on-farm demonstrations.

WIF is currently developing a barn quilt trail map “to encourage the public to drive through Oneida County and appreciate how farms maintain the rural landscape,” says Smith, whose farm has a quilt pattern on its cow barn.

When members expressed interest in improving on-farm safety practices, Smith, a registered nurse, taught them CPR. The group recently sponsored a two-day farm emergency preparedness workshop with, and for, local law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical personnel.

“After a local man died in a granary accident and, a young firefighter died in Jefferson County trying to put out a silo fire, we saw a need to educate our community about dealing with farm emergencies,” Smith says. “I joined

this group to make a difference in my community, and that is exactly what we are doing.”

Collins credits WIF’s success to the individual women’s motivation to participate, the group dynamics, and tips from the Farmer-to-Farmer Discussion Groups Facilitator’s Guide developed with NYFVI funding by Cornell University PRO-DAIRY Educator Kathy Barrett.

NYFVI has funded discussion groups across 31 counties based on management practices, agricultural sector, farm size, farm role and age, e.g., calf managers and young farmers.

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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 Harrisburg at 12 noon.

The annual salute to dairy farmers is sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Pro-

motion Program on behalf of commonwealth dairy farmers, who work together to promote milk and dairy products. Dairy is the largest segment of Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry, generating more than $7 billion in economic activity annually. Each year, Pennsylvania’s 538,000 dairy cows produce 10.7 billion pounds, or 5.6 percent, of

PA Secretary of Agriculture, George Greig, PA State Dairy Princess, Gabrielle Murphy and Berks county dairy farmer, Lolly Lesher, celebrate June Dairy Month by topping the 2012 ice cream sundae with a giant cherry.

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the nation’s total supply of milk annually.(Information provided by USDA-NASS, Pennsylvania Field Office) “Is there anything better than simple, wholesome milk? It’s a food that I feel good giving to my children, and I’m proud to provide it for your family, too,” said Lolly Lesher, a Berks County dairy farmer who spoke on behalf of the state’s dairy farmers. “The milk at your local grocery store is simply produced and de-

livered to you fresh, packed with nutrients vital to good health.”

Joining Lesher with opening remarks, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture George Greig read Governor Corbett’s proclamation declaring June is Dairy Month in the Commonwealth.

Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Gabrielle Murphy and other dairy princesses from across the state helped with the day’s festivities.

Following the opening

remarks, volunteers created the giant sundae using 90 gallons of Turkey Hill vanilla ice cream. The mountain of ice cream was covered with 10 gallons of chocolate fudge, 10 gallons of cherries and 30 pounds of chopped pecans. The sundae was topped off with real whipped cream and a giant, 12-inch ball of cherries.

“June’s 30 days are a wonderful opportunity to 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 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!”

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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 nutrient-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 Depart-

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“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.”

Got Dairy A19 Right — 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.

Submitted by Reese Allen, Susquehanna County Dairy Maid Hi! My name is Reese Allen. I am eight years old and live near New Milford, PA. Recently I participated in my first event as a Susquehanna

County Dairy Maid.

Dairy Maids Alexis Parks, Samantha Warner, and Dairy Princess Callie Curley and I served root beer floats and ice cream sundaes at the Old Mill Village Ice Cream Social. The event

took place during the Midtown Festival in New Milford. We also handed out dairy farming coloring books to kids.

My favorite part was sampling the ice cream and seeing all the people!

As a Dairy Maid it’s my

job to encourage everyone to include three servings of dairy in their daily diet; milk, cheese, yogurt and even a little ice cream now and then.

I can’t wait to do more promotions. Remember June is Dairy Month!

State Representative Sandra Major joined members of the dairy promotion court for a snapshot. Front: Dairy Maids Reese Allen, Samantha Warner and Alexis Parks.

Back: Susquehanna County Dairy Princess Callie Curley and Representative Sandra Major.

Photo courtesy of Susquehanna County Dairy Princess Program

Snowe, Gillibrand offer amendment to stabilize price of milk WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) 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.”

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According to Cornell Cooperative Extension the dairy industry is New York State’s largest contributor to the agricultural economy generating $1.7 billion 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

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

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.

“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 Blankenbush.

“Making sure that New York policies are beneficial to New York State’s dairy industry and fami-

ly 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 fouryear 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 thirdlargest milk producer and fourth-largest 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

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“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 hardestworking 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.

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Wednesday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.

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Friday, Oct. 5, 11 a.m.

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“The Effect of Risk on Dairy Farm Management” 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

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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

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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

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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

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920 871 888 829 655

3.7 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.5

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3.1 3.0 3X 3.1 3.0 3.2

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H H H H H H H H H H H

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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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RHA MILK

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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

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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

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730 711 677 647 593 585 574 571 524 521

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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

HERD OWNER

TYPE TEST

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

STORY, MATTHEW C. JR. VALLEY VIEW FARM

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

HERD OWNER 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

Top 40 Herds For May 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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HERD OWNER KARASEK,RUDY & SON WILDB DAIRY SILVER SPRINGS FARM

B R COW E E YEARS D

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

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

SCHOHARIE

26325 1007 22597 843 19373 778

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

OSWEGO

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER HUNVAL FARM

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

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

WARREN

MAKARVICH FARMS GREEN VALLEY FARM DRAKES ACRES

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

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Top 40 Herds For May For Records Processed through AgSource, Verona, WI

800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

ERIE

GILLIGAN JAMES &DEANNE HILL MICHAEL EASTMAN FARMS PORTERDALE FARMS INC

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 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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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

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

GANDER &GIRLS FAMILY FARM DHI-AP CANON DAIRY DHI-AP CLAN CAMPBELL DHI-AP PAUL J CRITCHLOW DHI-AP DALE L KEPNER DHI-AP DEWAYNE & BILL COULTER DHIR-AP HILLVIEW ACRES DHI-AP J. D. PHILSON DHI-AP J. D. PHILSON DHI-AP IRISHTOWN ACRES DHIRAPCS LENGEL BROTHERS DHI

H H H H H H H H J J H

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

3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 3X 3.0 3.3 3.1 3X 3.1 3.6 3.8 3.3

DHI-AP H 52.4

21900

791 3.6 668 3.1

MCKEAN

DETRICKS FARM SYN TANN JAMES&JUDITH LARSON THREE MILES DAIRY NEAL D GORDON JAMES&JUDITH LARSON

MERCER

MONTOUR

SAMUEL + ADA BYLER

NORTHAMPTON VALKIES REG HOLSTEINS KLEIN FARMS BREWER FARMS EXCELSIOR FARMFLECK REDMAPL SPRING FARM EXCELSIOR FARMFLECK RALPH HAHN BREWERS JERSEYS JOAN A WILLIAMS JOHN BOCKO MACK FARMS KOEHLER FARM KLEINTOP FARMS

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

H H H H H B H J H H H H H

100.0 62.3 96.3 90.5 100.4 10.1 82.8 18.4 119.1 56.7 21.5 36.5 118.4

28796 1115 3.9 856 3.0 24418 931 3.8 756 3.1 25069 917 3.7 745 3.0 23839 861 3.6 738 3.1 22434 869 3.9 703 3.1 20307 822 4.0 696 3.4 22062 824 3.7 691 3.1 18432 919 5.0 688 3.7 18671 755 4.0 572 3.1 18007 699 3.9 549 3.0 17258 581 3.4 544 3.2 18058 660 3.7 529 2.9 17359 680 3.9 528 3.0

JOHNCAROL FOWLER # DHI-AP ROGER+RHODA LENT DHI-APCS RON+CANDY COONEY DHIRAPCS CADY FARMS DHI-AP J J FARMS # DHI-APCS THOMPSON, DONALD & CATHY DHIR-AP RISSER, DAVID & NELSA DHI-AP GARY & TINA HAMILTON DHI-AP ROWN FARMS DHI-AP KURT KOSA DHIR-AP LEON AND CATHY TICE DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H J H

64.5 58.2 60.4 87.4 58.6 61.2 106.9 83.5 67.8 85.6 58.1

22887 23010 21438 22057 20138 19976 19996 18030 16677 15310 17050

H H H H H H H H H H H H H J H M

61.6 87.4 107.0 106.6 118.4 66.2 68.3 86.7 57.1 40.2 35.4 49.6 34.2 14.8 61.0 15.6

27381 1038 3.8 870 3.2 24156 955 4.0 781 3.2 23804 906 3.8 760 3.2 24380 803 3.3 755 3.1 24191 747 3.1 752 3.1 23843 889 3.7 733 3.1 24674 918 3.7 732 3.0 23196 867 3.7 719 3.1 22300 794 3.6 688 3.1 23216 833 3.6 673 2.9 21222 777 3.7 666 3.1 21164 819 3.9 659 3.1 18883 698 3.7 624 3.3 17710 823 4.6 619 3.5 18885 727 3.8 582 3.1 17405 673 3.9 579 3.3

POTTER

SUSQUEHANNA LLOYD & DENISE PEASE KEITH BRANT RANSOMED RANSOMDAIRY HARVATINE FARMS JOHN CASTROGIOVANNI COTTRELL BROTHERS WALKER FARMS EMPET FARMS R M SHIPSKY & SONS JOE VALENTINE REUBEN EVERITT KENNETH S. GESFORD JON ANN FARMS EMPET FARMS ROBERT JOHNSON JON ANN FARMS

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

844 830 795 804 765 780 747 679 685 700 622

3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.6 3.6

721 694 677 667 624 622 620 557 540 533 508

3.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.0

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

48.0 53.6 61.4 23.1

17983 18854 15929 14838

649 675 673 630

3.6 3.6 4.2 4.2

569 566 518 508

3.2 3.0 3.3 3.4

H H H H

846.4 109.7 70.2 42.0

24250 21619 22814 17149

866 790 819 632

3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7

722 670 668 541

3.0 3X 3.1 2.9 3.2

H H H H H H H H

63.7 55.6 54.3 94.8 66.3 72.4 32.5 65.2

HERD OWNER

TYPE TEST

DONALD C ROBBINS JO AM SAN DAIRY HAROLD & NANCY SHAY JON ANN FARMS

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

H H X X

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

TIOGA

BISHCROFT FARM SHERMAN HENRY&KELLY KEN MARTIN CARL K ZIMMERMAN

UNION

HERD OWNER COW COMFORT INN DAIRY GEORGE & JOHN HAUCK VERNON MARTIN IVAN NOLT COW COMFORT INN DAIRY SPRUCE RUN FARM DALE L.METZLER HILL CRAFT FARM

VENANGO DICKMAR FARMS

FLOYD MARTIN COW COMFORT INN DAIRY BUFF RUN GARY B. HOFFMASTER ARRON HOOVER AMOS M STOLTZFUS BREEZYVUE FARM LOCUSTRIDGE FARM

28308 1049 3.7 864 3.1 3X 28247 1042 3.7 863 3.1 3X 26082 998 3.8 810 3.1 24611 899 3.7 780 3.2 25370 906 3.6 770 3.0 24396 862 3.5 715 2.9 22314 844 3.8 688 3.1 22067 858 3.9 668 3.0

WARREN

SUNSET DAIRY KURTIS MESSENGER JARED LINDELL PINE TON FARMS MARTHA BEARDSLEY LINDELL FARMS LLC KEVIN LONG

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

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

95.7 123.7 39.7 53.0 205.9 57.4 106.8 60.1

19545 21642 20778 20769 18790 20985 19766 20335

869 784 762 739 859 813 753 789

4.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.9

DHI-AP H 158.2

24720

796 3.2 775 3.1

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

25556 23268 23564 22917 22521 23340 19323

908 933 849 838 837 817 734

TYPE TEST

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

X H H H X H H H

H X H H H H H

459.7 22.5 148.1 289.9 45.9 338.6 54.8

3.6 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.8

664 661 646 641 640 639 630 619

762 748 726 717 711 695 600

3.4 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 3X 3.0 3.2 3.0

3.0 3X 3.2 3.1 3X 3.1 3.2 3.0 3X 3.1

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER FOGGY MEADOWS FARM CONNEATTEE WEST CURTIS JERSEY

B R COW E E YEARS D

DHI-AP H 94.2 DHI-AP H 88.9 DHI-AP J 74.6

WAYNE

ROWE BROS JACK AND ELLA CHYLE HIGHLAND FARMS KEV & GERARDA BURLEIGH N GARY KRAVETSKY DAVID&SHEILA BANICKY CHYLE LAND DAIRY ROCK RIDGE FARM TRI NON FARMS ELWIN SMITH DON STILES D ELLIS DIX CARL A ROBINSON#

WYOMING

HIRKEY BROTHERS

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

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

77.0 24.3 94.5 47.8 54.0 55.5 100.8 81.5 77.0 37.2 46.4 50.4 56.7

DHI-AP H 43.9

RHA MILK

FAT

16783 15388 14005

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

613 3.7 520 3.1 570 3.7 508 3.3 647 4.6 502 3.6

26643 920 3.5 791 3.0 25024 925 3.7 766 3.1 24066 1011 4.2 752 3.1 22645 876 3.9 695 3.1 21877 770 3.5 666 3.0 21027 826 3.9 632 3.0 17494 806 4.6 617 3.5 19568 712 3.6 612 3.1 20198 696 3.4 605 3.0 17860 751 4.2 575 3.2 17162 663 3.9 544 3.2 17019 615 3.6 512 3.0 15921 628 3.9 507 3.2 17389

666 3.8 559 3.2

Boosting dairy cattle fertility: new technologies, outreach go hand in hand COLUMBUS, Ohio — Increasing the reproductive efficiency of dairy cattle — getting the highest possible number of cows pregnant in the same period of time —

has always been a challenge for this industry.

Ohio State University specialists are working to reverse this trend through the development of new reproduction

techniques and training that emphasizes proper management.

Currently, the national pregnancy rate for dairy cows is only 16 percent, while the benchmark rate

set by industry experts is 10 points higher, said Gustavo Schuenemann, Ohio State University Extension’s state dairy veterinarian. Ohio’s rate is about the national average, he

pointed out, so there’s room for improvement.

Lower pregnancy rates are an issue for the dairy industry because they translate into reduced herd growth and potential loss of profits, said Mike Day, an animal scientist with the university’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). “Dairy cows work hard every day,” he said. “That makes it more difficult for farmers to increase reproduction rates.”

One way dairy farms can boost their reproduction efforts is the use of artificial insemination (A.I.) and estrus (heat) synchronization techniques. Working with industry partners, Day and

his research team have pioneered a new fixedtime A.I. protocol — known as “5-day COSynch + CIDR” — that better synchronizes a cow’s estrus cycle so that A.I. can be administered when cows are more fertile.

A recommended practice within the beef cattle industry nationwide, this protocol has been successfully tested on beef cows, resulting in 60 to 70 percent of animals getting pregnant within one day — a 17.5-percent increase compared to industry standards. Day and colleagues calculated that if 5-day COSynch + CIDR were im-

Boosting A29 TOP HERDS FOR MAY

NAME

Brd Cows

Milk

NEW YORK

FAT %

PRO %

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

MONTGOMERY

COCHECTON MILLS, INC. Cochecton, NY 12726 914-932-8282

MUD LAKES STALLS LLC 3517 County Route 10 Depeyster, NY 13633 315-344-2251

SKYVIEW FENCING & POLE BUILDINGS Chatham, NY 12037 518-392-7364

EAGLE DAIRY DIRECT Syracuse, NY 13221 866-591-2925

P&D EQUIPMENT SALES Alexander, NY 585-343-2394

FARMER BOY AG SUPPLY, INC. 1133 Rt. 318 Waterloo, NY 13165 866-453-4001

SENECA IRON WORKS Seneca Falls, NY 13148 315-712-0118

DAIRYLAND SALES & SERVICE Troy, PA 16947 570-297-4128

LAYDEN FENCING & LIVESTOCK Lockwood, NY 14859 607-589-7033

SHARON SPRINGS GARAGE INC. Sharon Springs, NY 13459 518-284-2811

WILLIAMS FENCE OF CNY 2033 Brothertown Rd. Deansboro, NY 13328 315-841-4910 DON’S DAIRY SUPPLY 349 Roses Brook Road South Kartright, NY 13842 607-538-9464

SKIFF- DEBLOCK HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD PETERSHEIM SAMUEL & SADIE JOHN G. KELLETT JR. PHILLIPS & SUSAN FERRY DELLAVALE FARM DELLAVALE FARM M. CHARLES EVANS

H H J H H J H J

100 31 17 87 62 62 29 26

24193 21387 16613 21324 18918 15104 11135 7406

950 827 902 785 761 735 441 350

3.9 3.9 5.4 3.7 4 4.9 4 4.7

783 684 640 630 591 560 361 272

3.2 3.2 3.9 3 3.1 3.7 3.2 3.7

H

52

24056

892

3.7

732

3

20566 21141 19801 14793 14460 14565

791 802 758 691 622 569

3.8 3.8 3.8 4.7 4.3 3.9

675 650 604 536 460 460

3.3 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.2

28333 24106 23023 22368 22137 20314 16780 17647 15212

1080 851 914 861 911 854 791 650 615

3.8 3.5 4 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.7 3.7 4

882 731 702 685 665 617 565 544 524

3.1 * 3 3 3.1 3 3 3.4 3.1 3.4

18918

761

4

OTSEGO

SCHOHARIE SEVEN VIEW FARM SLATEHILL FARM MIKE SWART GEORGE B. WILSON GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT

H H H J G X

113 144 81 113 37 27

WASHINGTON IDEAL DAIRY FARMS LUNCREST FARMS HOLLISTER BROTHERS TAYLOR & ALAN HENDERSON GARY & DEBBIE MOORE DON DURKEE GARY & DEBBIE MOORE SKIFF FARMS INC. SKIFF FARMS INC.

H H H H H H J H B

961 152 96 140 15 76 16 80 18

ORGANIC

MONTGOMERY JOHN G. KELLETT JR.

H

62

591 3.1

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The Dairy One Improver

Where Information Creates Opportunity

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 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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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

plemented with just 10 percent of Ohio’s roughly 500,000 beef and dairy cows, the total economic benefit would easily surpass $5 million in savings and increased production.

This protocol is now being studied in dairy heifers and cows by researchers at various locations across the country,

Day said. The hope is that this approach will increase fertility in dairy cattle compared to current protocols, giving farmers another tool to inch closer to their reproductive goals.

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“There’s no magic bullet,” said Schuenemann, who develops and coordinates research-based, practical training workshops for dairy producers, personnel and veterinarians throughout Ohio. “There are many tools out there — from synchronization protocols to heat detection to measuring cow activity — but regardless of the tool a farmer may use, proactive management practices at the farm level matter when it comes to reproduction.”

One of the things Schuenemann emphasizes in his training programs is proper management during the transition period, which is three to four weeks prior to calving and approximately one month post-calving. This, he said, is “key to reproductive success.” Some of the issues that dairy farmers need to address during this crucial period include avoiding overstocking of animals and commingling (mixing together) of mature cows with heifers; making sure cows get balanced food rations; and having a reliable and well-trained group of workers who can properly handle calving and identify and assist cows that experience difficult births as well as sick cows after calving.

Proactive nmanagement also involves choosing the right tool or set of tools to maximize reproductive success.

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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

jectives and the skill of its workers,” Schuenemann explained. “All dairy farmers are unique, even if they are only a mile apart from each other. So it’s very important to assess human resources on the farm. Some may adopt techniques that are more time-sensitive and cost more in synchronization hormones, but which have the potential for higher pregnancy rates. Others may do better with heat detection and trying to take advantage of normal estrus.

“You don’t want a farmer to fail because he picked a technique that doesn’t work for his conditions. Every farm is an integrated system; decisions made on one area of the farm will have an impact on other areas of the farm.”

Ohio State resources for dairy farmers are available at http://dairy.osu.edu and http://vet.osu.edu/extension/dairy-resources.

OARDC and OSU Extension are the research and outreach arms, respectively, of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

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

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You June is Dairy Month

Hello! My name is Callie Curley, and I am the 2012-2013 Susquehanna County Dairy Princess here to remind you that June is Dairy Month; the perfect time to enjoy low fat dairy snacks such as milk, cheese, and yogurt.

The month of June was first dedicated as “National Milk Month” in Callie Curley, 2012-2013 the United States by Susquehanna County chain grocery stores in Dairy Princess 1937 as a way to increase milk sales as dairy cows went out to pasture in the early summer. Now, 75 years later, the tradition continues to thrive under a new name: June is Dairy Month. Although it has evolved over the years, the June is Dairy Month campaign continues to serve communities both rural and urban as a celebration between farmers and the public. And Pennsylvania certainly has things to be celebrating for.

The home to 560,000 dairy cows and 9,000 dairy farms, Pennsylvania is the 4th highest dairy producing state in the US, following closely behind California, Wisconsin, and New York. The dairy industry accounts for 40 percent of Pennsylvania revenue, and produces an average of 10.3 billion pounds of milk annually. The dairy industry supports 40,000 jobs, including, but not limited to dairy farmers, nutritionists, veterinarians, milk truck drivers, and employees at dairy packaging plants.

Just as the facts above illustrate the dairy industry’s vital role in the economic success of our state; dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt are also an irreplaceable part of a balanced daily diet in people of all ages. By including these nutritious, delicious products in your diet every day, you can strengthen your bones and teeth, and increase muscle mass; all the while decreasing your risk of developing osteoporosis and other calcium deficiencies later in life.

Although June is Dairy Month is only just beginning, the school year is coming to a close. Summer vacation brings graduation parties, end of the year celebrations, and holiday picnics. What better time to support your local dairy farmers than by including a dish made with one or more low fat dairy products at your summertime get-togethers?

Low fat dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt are not only a treat for your taste buds; they give your body a boost too! By incorporating these products into the dishes you serve at your summer

events, you are giving your guests much more than a full belly. Not only do these nutrient-rich products aid in the strengthening of bones, muscles, and teeth, they also help people of all ages to improve their overall diet.

So, remember: whether you’re hosting a graduation party or a family reunion this month, there is always a way to get delicious, nutritious dairy recipes on table.

Here’s one example of a simple and yummy dairy recipe that is great for all of your summer occasions:

Summer Day Raspberry Smoothie Ingredients: 3/4 cup (175 ml) raspberry yogurt 3/4 cup (175 ml) cold milk 2 cups (500 ml) raspberry sherbet Instructions: Place yogurt, milk and sherbet in blender container. Cover and blend at high speed until smooth. Eat immediately or refrigerate.

Prep time: 5 minutes. Replace raspberry yogurt and sherbet with any flavor of your choice to make this recipe your own!

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Graduation loose meat sandwiches Whether your graduate is receiving a diploma from high school or college, you’ll probably want to share the special occasion with family and friends. Here’s a recipe guaranteed to head the “honor roll” of party celebration foods. By the way, if you don’t have a graduate in your family, how about hosting a party anyway and celebrate the coming of summer. You may just receive a diploma from everyone as the “hostess with the mostest.”

2 pounds extra-lean ground sirloin beef or turkey breast 1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion 2 cups diet cola

2 teaspoons parsley flakes 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 12 small hamburger buns 1. In a large skilled sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown meat and onion. Add diet cola, parsley flakes and black pepper. Mix well to combine.

Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until most of the moisture evaporates, stirring occasionally.

2. For each sandwich, spoon about 1/3 cup meat mixture between a hamburger bun. Serves 12.

• Each serving equals: 199 calories, 7g fat, 18g protein, 16g carb., 232mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 Starch.

Special baked beans It’s funny how appliances come and go out of fashion. Take slow cookers — in the ‘70s we all used them, then in the ‘80s we denied we owned one!

Come the 21st century and slow cookers are back in style. Try this bean recipe and you’ll see why!

3 (16-ounce) cans great northern beans, rinsed and drained 1 cup chopped onion 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce 3 tablespoons real bacon bits 1/4 cup sugar-free maple syrup In a slow cooker, combine great northern beans, onion and tomato sauce. Stir in bacon bits and maple syrup. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours. Mix well before serving. Makes 6 (3/4 cup) servings.

• Each serving equals: 218 calories, 2g fat, 14g protein, 36g carb., 1,691mg sodium, 9g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Meat, 1 1/2 Starch, 1 1/2 Vegetable. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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This spring, 10 Washington County 4-Hers traveled to Ballston Spa and competed at the Capital District 4-H Dairy Bowl event.

The Junior Team placed 1st overall and included the following members: Kaylah Gulley - Captain, (3rd Individual), Brandon Wilbur (1st place individual), Liam McMurray, Jordan Gulley, Chrissy Putman, and Bryce Wilbur. As a result, Kaylah Gulley and Brandon Wilbur were part of the Capital District Dairy

Washington County’s Novice 4-H Dairy Bowl Team Jake Niles, Sophie Phillips, Lilly Phillips and Jenna Wilbur.

Bowl Team that traveled to Cornell University for State 4-H Dairy Bowl.

They placed 10th and 20th respectively overall and the team placed 4th at this event.

The Novice Team placed 2nd overall. Team members are: Jake Niles - Captain, Lilly Phillips (9th place individual), Sophie Phillips (3rd place individual) and Jenna Wilbur. There is not a novice level competition at the state event.

A special note of thanks to Chad & Kate

Washington County’s Junior 4-H Dairy Bowl Team - Liam McMurray, Kaylah Gulley, Jordan Gulley, Chrissy Putnam, Bryce Wilbur, Brandon Wilbur.

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Gulley, MaryAnn & Margaret Brownell and Jill Gillis either assisting or coaching the teams! Spe-

cial thanks to Janelle Moore and Ashley Abbott for assisting the day of the competition.

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Section B

Callie Curley crowned Susquehanna County Dairy Princess Submitted by Evie Goff Callie Curley daughter of Ben and Amy Curley is the new Susquehanna County Dairy Princess. Callie from Montrose, PA, served the previous three years as a Dairy Ambassador.

Callie was crowned on May 25 during a pageant that was presented by former Dairy Princesses, Eileen Walker, Abbey Puzo, Ashley Franklin, Daisy Matulevich and Olivia Mitchell. Also joining the Princesses was Betty Reibson, Northeast District Dairy Princess and Promotion Coordinator.

Callie was crowned by outgoing Princess Allison Kiefer. Delaney Curley cousin of Callie presented flowers to the new Princess and Holly Harvatine acted as crown bearer.

Callie’s grandfather was a dairy farmer until retiring several years ago.

Although Callie does not live on a work-

ing dairy farm she still has a great deal of respect for dairy farmers and wishes to spend the year ahead promoting the dairy industry here in Susquehanna County. Callie has been in 4-H taking the dairy project for eight years and is a member 4-H of the Quiz Bowl and Dairy Judging Teams. Callie’s a member of the Susquehanna County Junior Holstein Club and serves on the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Association Executive Committee.

Joining Princess Callie this year is Emory Bewley from Jackson, Samantha Warner, Montrose, Reese Allen, New Milford and Alexis Parks, Susquehanna, all as Dairy Maids. Mariah Tompkins, Mercedes Spickerman and Madeline Mitchell all from Montrose will serve as Dairy Ambassadors.

2010-2011 Dairy Princess Olivia Mitchell welcomed everyone to

Members of the Dairy Court and former Princess gather for a picture before Pageant.

Front row: Samantha Warner, Emery Bewley, Reese Allen, Alexis Parks, Holly Harvatine and Delaney Curley. Back row: Olivia Mitchell, Abbey Puzo, Julie Harvatine, Callie Curley, Mariah Tompkins, Allison Kiefer, Mercedes Spickerman, Daisy Matulevich, Eileen Walker and Ashley Franklin. Missing from the picture is Madeline Mitchell.

Photo courtesy of Susquehanna County Penn State Extension

Pageant. 2009-2010 Dairy Princess Daisy Matulevich introduced each of the dairy court members as a family member ushered them to take their place on stage. Betty Reibson, North-

east District Dairy Princess and Promotion Coordinator followed making comments on the success of the dairy

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Curley from B1 congratulate Susquehanna County’s new Dairy Princess and members of her Court and time for guest to browse the scrapbooks on display.

On the right outgoing Princess Allison Kiefer crowns the new 2012-2013 Dairy Princess Callie Curley.

promotion program both statewide and here in Susquehanna County.

Our Dairy Maids and Dairy Ambassadors each stepped up to the podium making comments about their relationship to dairy and spoke a bit about how they will promote the dairy industry in the year ahead.

Abbey Puzo 2007-2008 Dairy Princess gave a report on the promotions the 2011-2012 Court completed. The Court exceeded the State requirements for the second level in every required area including schools, delivery to farm and nonfarm audiences, writing news articles and all other areas. Abbey also presented gift cards to Mariah Tompkins, Allison Kiefer and Callie Curley for reporting their promotions on time every month.

Eileen Walker 2008-2009 Princess announced the top three scrapbook awards. Emory Bewley, Allison Kiefer and Mariah Tompkins received ribbons for their scrapbooking efforts. Ashley Franklin 2006-2007 Princess presented outgoing Princess Allison Kiefer a scholarship award provided by the County Dairy Promotion Committee. Allison will be attending The Fortis Institute in Scranton enrolled in the Phlebotomy and Lab Assistant Program.

Princess Allison gave a farewell speech complementing the members of her court Mariah Tomp-

kins, Callie Curley, Mercedes Spickerman and Emory Bewley for supporting her promotions at schools, the Harford Fair, parades, 4-H and Extension events and many others. Allison mentioned special memories she will carry with her about each of the girls in her court. Allison work hard, accomplished so much, especially doing school promotion here in Susquehanna County. Allison thanked committee members Evie Goff, Mary Puzo, and Peggy Empet for the support and encouragement she received the past year from each of them.

Special thanks to our pianist, Cathy Rezykowski, and photographer, Jessie Blaney.

The new Dairy Princess Callie Curley and her court are already busy scheduling dairy promotion at the Choconut and Lathrop Street Elementary Schools, visiting three classes at Angel Beginnings preschool and taking part in the New Milford Old Home Days event. Any school or organization wishing to have a presence of our Dairy Princess and/or her Court at an event please contact Evie Goff at ecg4@psu.edu or Princess Callie Curley at curleycallie@yahoo.com.

The evening concluded with refreshments at a reception to meet and

Right — The 2012-2013 Dairy Princess Callie Curley is surrounding by members of her court.

Front row left to right: Samantha Warner, Emory Bewley, Reese Allen and Alexis Parks. Back row left to right: Mariah Tompkins, Callie Curley and Mercedes Spickerman. Missing from the picture is Madeline Mitchell.

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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 4H 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 us-

ing 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

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

state dairy at the 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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A View from Hickory Heights

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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A Few Words

by Phoebe Hall

Good year for weeds, tough for crops Have you ever had weeds grow bigger than your flowers? Well this year we’ve had an unusually difficult problem since the weeds began sprouting, carpet weed specifically. It wraps itself around any thing it can cling to, then just grows and grows. I’m amazed at what it will do. You can’t pull it out if you want flowers, because it’s so intertwined with all the plants, everything comes out. So you grab a hand full of carpetweed and pull carefully, trying to reset the plants as best you can. When you’re done, it looks like you rearranged your flowerbed.

A week later, it has covered your flowerbed again and you wonder if it will ever stop. I guess

this will be a battle until the killer frost hits.

One thing that hasn’t overgrown its environment are the twin baby fawns that a doe delivered in the hay field west of the barns. My husband found them while mowing hay. Newly born, they lay still in the tall hay, only jumping up and bleating after my husband had gotten too close for comfort. Their mother was off watching from a distance all the danger around her babies. My husband was relieved to say the least, that he had not hurt them as he watched them following their mother to another field.

After conversing with the fruit farmers, I think it will be a tough year, compared to the last few years. All reports spell disaster as

they consider their crops. I know the apple crop around here is way down. Farmers are reporting none to sparse fruit, except right along the lake’s shore, where they report a much better crop. I guess that includes the cherry crop too, I know our lone tree has little to be picked by

anyone. Some say the peaches are gone, and my pear trees have zilch on them. I’ll miss all the fresh fruit!

Grain farmers are neither pessimistic nor optimistic... but very cautious. They know that the one who controls the weather is the ultimate deciding factor when it

comes to surviving. We’ll have to wait and see.

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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

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• A tweeter is an account holder on Twitter who posts and reads Tweets.

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• 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 # symbol) 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 publications, 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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Tweets aren’t just for the birds: Using Twitter as a source of information

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The Greenwich FFA Chapter held its annual banquet on June 6 at Greenwich Central High School. Many guests were in attendance including Assemblyman Tony Jordan, Greenwich Board of Education members, Ag Advisory Board members, local politicians, and business people.

Fifteen graduating seniors were recognized

for their accomplishments throughout the years.

Nineteen Greenhand Degrees and 15 Chapter Degrees were awarded to first and second year members.

Greenwich had eight members receive their Empire Degree at the FFA State Convention this past May. Recognized members included Alicia

Anuszewski, Dylan Powell, Breana Scribner, Hannah Wilber, and Joanna Wilbur. Anissa Anuszewski received a district star in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Aleatha Dennis received a district star in Ag Business, and Emily Quinn received a district star in Ag Placement.

The highlight of the evening honored seven 2012 Officers are from (L-R): Hanna Wilber, Breana Scribner, Scott Thomas, Easton Murray, Gabby Jordan, and Margaret Brownell.

Scott Thomas, Outstanding Sophomore.

Quinn Saunders: Outstanding FFA Member.

members for their hard work and dedication to our FFA chapter. Kaylah Gulley was awarded the Star Junior High member award. Margaret Brownell was the Star Freshman. Scott Thomas received the Star Sophomore award.

Michelle Pellington was chosen as the Star Junior. Travis Owens and Dylan Powell were both selected for the Star Senior award recipients.

Also recognized as the Greenwich FFA AllAround Star Member was Quinn Saunders.

Retiring chapter officers included President Suzanne Foote, Vice

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The 2012-2013 officer team was inducted at the banquet.

The team includes President Easton Murray, Vice President Scott Thomas, Secretary Gabby Jordan, Treasurer Breana Scribner, Reporter Hannah Wilber, and Sentinel Margaret Brownell.

The chapter is looking forward to another great year!

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Fifth graders participate in 4-H Environmental Field Days In order to increase youth awareness and knowledge of environmental issues and natural resources, Cornell Cooperative Extension in Fulton and Montgomery Counties implemented environmental field day programs for fifth grade students during May and June 2012. The United Way of Fulton County and the United Way of Montgomery County provide some funding to help implement these programs which aim to get youth to increase their knowledge about the impact of human activities on the environment and learn about environmental protection and conservation.

Among the topics students learned about this spring were rabies and Lyme disease; reptiles and amphibians; recycling solid waste; alternative energy; water quality and trout; stream ecology; water chemistry; PCBs, bioaccumulation, and fish and wildlife resources; weeds in the backyard, worms and composting and water pollution in the community.

Annually, for 48 years, local 5th grade students and their teachers have participated in 4-H Environmental Field Days formerly known as 4-H Conservation Field Days.

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Fifth graders from Glebe Street, Warren Street and Pleasant Avenue Schools in Johnstown and those from Oppenheim-Ephratah kicked off the spring field day sessions with a program hosted at Pleasant Avenue School on May 11. On May 15, fifth grade students from Boulevard School in Gloversville hosted and participated in their environmental field day.

Environmental learning stations were implemented for fifth graders at Fonda-Fultonville Central School on May 18. On May 21, fifth grade students from McNulty Academy and Tecler Arts in Education in the city of Amsterdam visited environmental learning stations at Shuttleworth Park. On May 24, fifth graders from Barkley MicroSociety and Curie Institute also visited Shuttleworth Park to learn about environmental topics. On May 30, fifth graders from Kingsborough Elementary, McNab Elementary and Park Terrace in Gloversville participated in the environmental field day hosted by Hale Creek Field Station in Gloversville which is operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Fifth graders from Canajoharie participated in an environmental field day at East Hill Elementary School on June 1.

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Photo courtesy of Instructors for the Spring 2012 learning stations included Tony Gudlewski, Sean Madden, Mike Calaban, Colleen Kimble and Dr. David Mayack from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Suzanne Wells from Montgomery County Public Health, Christina Akey from Fulton County Public Health, Diane Woske from the Fulton County Solid Waste Department, Patrick Clear from the

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“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.”

After a winter of record high temper-

atures, many crops on New York farms blossomed earlier 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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The United States signed a similar partnership with Canada in July 2009, and additional equivalency arrangement conversations have begun with South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

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Under President Obama, USDA has continued to expand markets for American goods abroad, worked aggressively to break down barriers to trade, and assisted U.S. businesses with the resources needed to reach consumers around the world. U.S. agriculture is currently experiencing one of its best periods in history thanks to the productivity and resourcefulness of our producers.

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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 web-based business management tool that allows producers and their advisers to track operating perform-

ance 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 aver-

ages 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 corrected 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.

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New foot-and-mouth disease vaccine gets licensed for use on cattle 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 foot-and-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-andmouth 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 seven-year 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 footand-mouth 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 animals 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 foot-andmouth disease outbreak.”

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.

With the licensing of this vaccine, it may be added to the North American Vaccine Bank at PIADC. While this vaccine protects against one strain of FMD, there are seven major

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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 scientists taking it through the licensing process,” said Barrett.

“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.

Harford Fair Books and Entries Hello 4-H and Extension families, We’ve been asked by our friends at the Harford Fair to help spread the word that the fair books will be mailed late this year. They usually arrive in mailboxes in early June, but this year they will not be mailed until late June.

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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 ef-

forts 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 nutrition 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 Administration 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.

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Franklin County Dairy Princess Coronation The 49th Franklin County Dairy Princess Coronation was held at Saint Regis Mohawk School on Tuesday, May 22. The program was blessed to have Sandy Cook be the Master of Ceremony again this year. Amy Gokey and Patrick Bosley were the crown bearers for the night.

The 2012 Dairy Princess Court welcomed the return of Ambassadors Fallon Benedict, Katrina Oakes, Alison Gokey, April Gokey, Joshua Godbout, and Kathryn Bosley. While there are many returning ambassadors the program also got to welcome five new girls to the court, Allison Harvey, Alexis Bushey, Abbey Flint, Kayla Hastings, and Kelsey Hastings.

After the ambassadors made their way to the stage, we got to welcome the 2012 New York State Dairy Princess, Emma Andrews, to the

stage, where she gave a wonderful speech about what the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; check off dollars are doing to help promote milk in schools. She ended with a big thank you to the farmers for everything they do.

Next both the 2012 Dairy Princess Candidate Amanda Gokey was introduced and Former 2011 Dairy Princess Sylvie Choiniere gave her farewell speech, thanking everyone who played a part in helping her through the year.

The night wrapped up by the Dairy of Distinction Awards given by Joyce Godbout, and special recognitions. Finally it was time for the crowning of the 2012 Franklin County Dairy Princess.

Amanda Gokey was crowned 2012 Franklin County Dairy Princess by 2011 Franklin County Dairy Princess

Sylvie Choiniere and 2012 New York State Dairy Princess Emma Andrew.

Amanda is the 18 year old daughter of Steve and Marsha Gokey of Burke, NY. She will be a sophomore at Houghton College this coming fall currently majoring in Mathematics and Adolescent Education. She is excited

to help promote dairy throughout the year. The Franklin County Dairy Princess program is made possible through the support of the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the local planning and management organization funded by the dairy farmer checkoff dollars.

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Country Folks has partnered with the New York State Corn and Soybean Growers Association to publish the summer edition of the Association's newsletter, The NY Crop Grower. This will be a special insert to the JULY 9th edition of Country Folks East and West, with details about the 2012 Summer Crop Tour.

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Action represents another significant food safety measure WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will begin instituting a zerotolerance policy for six additional strains of E. coli that are responsible

for human illness. FSIS will routinely test raw beef manufacturing trim, which is a major component of ground beef, for the six additional strains of E. coli. Trim found to be contaminated with these pathogens will not

be allowed into commerce and will be subject to recall.

Illnesses due to E. coli serogroups other than O157:H7, which caused a high-profile illness outbreak in 1993, outnumber those attributed to

O157:H7. FSIS declared O157:H7 an adulterant in 1994.

“These strains of E. coli are an emerging threat to human health and the steps we are taking today are entirely focused on preventing Americans

from suffering foodborne illnesses,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “We cannot ignore the evidence that these pathogens are a threat in our nation’s food supply.”

The additional strains that will be treated as

adulterants beginning today are Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145. Like E. coli O157:H7, these serogroups can cause severe illness and even death, and young children and the elderly are at highest risk.

This action is in addition to other significant public health measures FSIS has put in place during President Barack Obama’s Administration to date to safeguard the food supply, prevent foodborne illness, and improve consumers’ knowledge about the food they eat. These initiatives support the three core principles developed by the President’s Food Safety Working Group: prioritizing prevention; strengthening surveillance and enforcement; and improving response and recovery. Some of these actions include: • Test-and-hold policy that will significantly reduce consumer exposure to unsafe meat products, should the policy become final, because products cannot be released into commerce until Agency test results for dangerous contaminants are known.

• Labeling requirements that provide better information to consumers about their food by requiring nutrition information for single-ingredient raw meat and poultry products and ground or chopped products.

• Public Health Information System, a modernized, comprehensive database with information on public health trends and food safety violations at the nearly 6,100 plants FSIS regulates.

• Performance standards for poultry establishments for continued reductions in the occurrence of pathogens. After two years of enforcing the new standards, FSIS estimates that approximately 5,000 illnesses will be prevented each year under the new Campylobacter standards, and approximately 20,000 illnesses will be prevented under the revised Salmonella standards each year.

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40th Anniversary Parade celebrated dairy industry in Jefferson County

by Kara Lynn Dunn Despite rainy weather, the Jefferson County Dairy Parade rolled through the city streets of Watertown, NY. “Country Kurt” Gehrke emceed the event, wel-

parade. The machinery included large and compact tractors; round, square, and ‘marshmallow’ balers; a bale wrapper; windrower; ATVs; and skid steer.

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“Milk on the Moove” was the theme of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau float for the county’s Dairy Parade.

Erik Shelmidine provided the two-year-old Holstein he purchased at the Cobleskill Dairy Fashion fundraiser.

“Tilly” rode with a 4-month-old red and white Holstein from Roger Eastman Dairy Farm, LLC. Farm Bureau members distributed small bricks of Sharp Cheddar Cabot Cheese to viewers along the parade route. Riding on the float were Indian River agriculture teacher, FFA Advisor, and Jefferson County Farm Bureau Ag Promotion and Education Committee member Nichole Hirt, and members of the Eastman farm family.

coming everyone to “the life of the farmer — sometimes it’s sunny, sometimes it rains.”

Gehrke told the crowd near the judge’s stand that Jefferson County has 230 dairy farms and two dairy manufacturing plants with hundreds of other businesses that work in tandem with the local dairy industry to create $1 billion in local economic impact.

The Parade Grand Marshal was Rena Fields, who was recognized for a lifetime in agriculture. Honorary Marshals were Bruce and Marilyn Hazen, long-time supports of the Jefferson County Dairy Princess program and agriculture in general.

Sarah Corby and Marilyn Hutchings from Mustard Seed Stables in Chaumount provided the equine color guard with quarterhorses Max and Sam. Kirsten and Jocelyn Widrick and their parents helped lead the parade as colorfully costumed cows. Music was provided by the marching bands from Belleville-Henderson, Copenhagen and Lyme Central Schools.

Parade organizer Jefferson County Agricultural Coordinator Jay Matteson said more than $10 million in agricultural equipment was on

islator Carolyn Fitzpatrick said, “This parade is a wonderful opportunity for people who live in the city to get a better understanding of what agriculture is. It brings the farm to us with all the equipment, animals, and floats.”

Judges Paul Mason, Peggy Murray and Martha Aschmann selected the following parade winners: • 4-H Youth Entries:

2012 Jefferson Country Dairy Princess Kristia Otey was prepared for the rainy weather on parade night.

This was her first appearance with her entire court.

The float was sponsored

by Perry’s Ice Cream, which also provided product for the giant sundae served by the court after the parade.

Photos by Brian P.Whattam

1st: Freedom Riders, 2nd: Moore Than Hooves, 3rd: 4-H Warriors • FFA Youth Entries: 1st: Carthage Central School, 2nd: South Jefferson Central School • Organization/Business Floats: 1st: Jefferson County Farm Bureau; 2nd: Lewis County Family Farm Day Committee • Farm Entry Floats: 1st: North Branch Farms • Non-Agricultural Entries: 1st: Weist’s Taekwondo Training Center LLC, 2nd: Miss Italia, 3rd: Oswego County Fair

Association • Marching Units : 1st: Cub Scout and Boy Scout Troop 37, 2nd: Feat of the North Country • Farm Machinery Entries: 1st: Walldroff Farm Equipment, 2nd: Cazenovia Equipment • Milk Tankers: 1st: North Harbor Dairy, 2nd: Hillcrest Dairy Farms.

The Jefferson County Agricultural Development Corporation, Jefferson County Ag Promotion Board, and Froggy 97 Radio sponsored the parade.

Members of the 2011 and 2012 Jefferson County Dairy Princess court and the 2012 Lewis County Dairy Princess court helped serve a taste of the giant ice cream sundae made possible by Perry’s Ice Cream.

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24 ga, 26 ga, 28 ga, 29 ga, Plus Aluminum

• Polebarn Packages - Any Size up to 80x600 ~ Quick Turn-Around, We Ship Anywhere ~ Located in the Heart of the Fingerlakes

607-869-9483 29 Gauge 26 Gauge

22+ Colors

Mohawk Metal Manufacturing and Sales #1 and #2 Steel Roofing & Siding Painted - Galvanized - Galvalume Overhead Doors - Sliding Door Track & Parts Laminated Posts - Roof Trusses - Insulation Complete Post Frame and All Steel Building Packages 315-853-ROOF (7663) 4901 St. Rt. 233, Westmoreland, NY 13490

Business Opportunities

Dick Meyer Co. Inc.

Business Opportunities

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1/2”, 3/4” or 1 1/2” Wide Grooves Protect Your Cows From Injuries and Slippery Concrete • Free Stalls • Holding Areas SAFE A T LA ST • Feed Lots • Pens • Stalls • Walkways

• Gluelam Poles, Lumber, Trusses (Direct Shipments - Wholesale, Retail)

Cars, Trucks, Trailers

CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-228-5471

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Collectibles

Custom Services

WANTED TO BUY: Old Grit newspapers (not the Grit magazine). 518-568-5115

CUSTOM PLOWING & DISKING. Reasonable rates. Call 315-985-5415

Cow Mats

Cow Mats

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Custom Butchering

Custom Butchering

Custom m Processingg Forr Alll Organic & Conventionall Animals USDA Certified for Beef, Pigs, Lambs, Goats, Chickens and Turkeys 56 Railroad Ave, Stamford, NY Cell 607-435-9375

Office 607-652-6321

www.eklundprocessing.intuitwebsites.com

New York Custom Processing, LLC Rt. 8, Bridgewater, NY

Now Open & Booking Animals

Custom Services

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Spr ing Lak e Far ms

CERTIFIED Organic Heifers, large, well-grown, Jersey, Holstein and cross bred, due to freshen next 30 days, $1,800/OBO. 315-677-5366

USED COWS WANTED

WANTED

Quality Services You Can Count On Custom Farming “Since 1995” 50 Mile Radius

BIG SQUARE BALING w/3 Bale Accumulator

(ALL SIZES)

DEAD - DOWN - DISABLED CATTLE

Herd Expansions

WANTED All Size Heifers

Savannah, NY

Also Complete Herds Prompt Pay & Removal

315-729-1066

315-269-6600

Custom Services

Custom Services

Clinton Zimmerman

HEIFERS

300 Lbs. to Springing Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds

Call 607-722-5728 Anytime

1-800-777-2088

BASKIN LIVESTOCK 585-344-4452 508-965-3370 Call 888-596-5329 for Your Subscription

- WANTED -

AMERICAN RENDERING CO. BINGHAMTON, NY

Heifers & Herds Jack Gordon (518) 279-3101

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

ALWAYSS AVAILABLE:

No Lines ~ No Waiting

Whether you’re looking for a few heifers or a large herd, we have a quality selection of healthy, freestall trained cattle.

Herds ranging in size from 30-200+ tie or freestall.

All Cuts Vacuum Packed and Bar-Coded for Tracking and a Complete Printed Inventory of Your Product

Strong demand for youngstock, heifers and herds.

Visit Our New Troy, NY Location!

Call For Appointment

315-204-4089 or 315-204-4084

DISTELBURGER R LIVESTOCK K SALES,, INC. Middletown, NY (845)) 344-71700 buycows@warwick.net

ATTENTION FARMERS

WA N T E D

USDA FACILITY RETAIL STORE OPEN!

Down - Disabled & Fresh Dead Cows

Hickory Smoking on Premises

ON SPECIAL

For Rendering - Courteous Service

Hickory Smoked Bacon $5.99 Lb. Also 10 Varieties of Link Sausage

Custom Services

Custom Services

B.K. Transfer 5324 County Rd 14 Odessa, NY 14869

“A Farmer Friendly Direct Marketing Service” Barb Kelley Owner/Operator Licensed & Bonded

Toll Free 1.877.208.0123

• Accepting All Types of Livestock

Local 607.703.0052

• Competitive Pricing • Trucking Available

Cell 607.227.5282 Working With You, The Farmer

Monday 9am - 4pm Thursday 9am - 3pm

WANT TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD? CALL: 800-836-2888

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

315-793-0043

10 CERTIFIED Organic bred heifers for sale. $1,700/ea.

Jersey, Ayrshire and crosses.

607-263-5774.

OPEN HEIFERS NEEDED

ATTENTION FARMERS

100 WELL-GROWN freestall trained Holstein heifers due July & August. Had all shots.

315-269-6600 16 NICE BRED JERSEY cows from our herd, most due soon. 607-435-8684 25 REGISTERED Jerseys tiestall & freestall trained $1,100 each. 203-263-3955 50 WELL GROWN Freestall Heifers due within 60 days.

Joe Distelburger 845-3447170.

BOSS LIVESTOCK: WANTED Holstein Jersey or Mixed Dairy Herds, immediate payment and removal. Also Dairy Cows For Sale: One or 100your choice, quality replacements. Call Chris Boss 315219-0590(cell), 315-8581651(home).

Call Us with your information or email jeffking@kingsransomfarm.com

518-791-2876

www.cattlesourcellc.com

SCC Over 100,000? Call Us. Only 13 cents/cow. 39 years easy use. Effective, no withholding, results. PH: 800-876-2500, 920-650-1631 www.alphageneticsinc.com

SEMEN COLLECTED ON YOUR BULL At Your Farm or At Our Stud in Verona, NY All Semen Processed at Our Lab Under Strict Regulations Electronic Seal of Straws (no powder plug)

40 Years Experience

Dependa-Bull Services

315-829-2250

Operating 6 Days~Monday thru Saturday

WANTED Down, Disabled & Fresh Dead Cows for Rendering

PINE TREE RENDERING Route 37, Brier Hill, NY

315-375-8459

CLIP & SAVE

FREE REMOVAL

Down - Disabled - Dead Cattle Servicing: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Chenango and Montgomery CALL ANYTIME Call by 8am for Guaranteed Same Day Removal

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1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Dairy Equipment 2” SS PIPELINE. 360’, receiver group, $2,000. Patz heavy Duty unit with 360’ 12”CCW Hi-Flites, $2,000. 2-Boumatic FR4 Vacuum pumps with 5 hp motors on tanks, $1,000 ea.

10’ hairpin precooler, $1,000. 7Calftel indoor calf pens $1,400.

6-Complete DeLaval milking machines with hangers, noses, silicone inflations, pulsators, $125 ea. 3-36” barn fans, $125 ea. Bale spears, back blades, polywire, posts, reels. mur phytc@frontier net.net Tom, 315-691-6723

USED DAIRY EQUIPMENT Bulk Milk Coolers, Stainless Steel Storage Tanks, Pipeline Milkers, Milking Parlors, Vacuum Pumps, Used Milking Machine Plus Agitator Motors, Stainless Steel Shells, Weigh Jars, Etc.

CJM Farm Equipment 802-895-4159 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 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

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

JD CORN HEADS . . . . . . . . . .CALL KILLBROS 350 GRAVITY BOX NICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$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

Alternative Parts Source Inc. Chittenango, NY •

Farm Equipment 2011 JOHN DEERE Gator XUV 4x4, best model, most complete. Call Richard at 607687-1924

315-687-0074

Farm Equipment

BUILDING & REBUILDING OF Self-Unloading FLAT BED and

HAY WAGONS FEEDER WAGONS Also SILAGE CONVEYORS For Estimates Call

Dairy Equipment

Dairy Equipment

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.

HEAT EXCHANGERS S • TUBE E COOLER 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

518-673-8536 518-461-8933 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 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

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

Farm Machinery For Sale 1-BOUMATIC plate cooler w/79 plates, $1,500; 2-16’ Dion self-unloading wagons w/roof 3 beaters & tandem running gears $1,500 each or $2,500 both. 1-16’ Dion selfunloading wagon w/2 beaters, $800. 518-441-0289 1256 IH turbo w/cab, 18.4x38 radials, $8,500; IH 720 5 bottom plows, $2,800; Hesston 7155 chopper, $3,000; 1981 Chevy C60 w/silage dump body, $3,500; old JD rake, $500; Int. 400 gas tractor, $1,800; Harsh 303 mixer, $5,500; Harsh 290 mixer wagon, for parts, $1,000. 607286-9362

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

1989 6 ft custom Kelly Ryan bagger w/150’ cables. $5,900 For the small farmer and high moisture corn. LSS 315-7831856

8312 CASE DISCBINE w/2pt. swivel hitch, used on small farm w/100 acres of hay. Asking $15,000. Call 607-7537678 evenings or 607-2276529 evenings

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 2 VANDALE surface drive unloaders, one new & one used. 315-404-6721, 315495-6506.

(2) CASE IH 2366 4x4 combines, one with HILLCO, both very nice. Zeisloft Eq. 800919-3322

1950’s D4 Bulldozer, rebuilt motor/pony motor, tracks good, working winch, needs main clutch adjustment, $3,500; John Deere 260 Loader, fits 50 & 55 series, 90-140hp tractors, $2,800; Farmhand loader, fits Ford 3 and 4 cylinder tractors, 5085hp, $1,200; 3pt hitch V-ripper/subsoiler, excellent condition, $1,300. 518-728-7767

2009 CASE SBX540 Baler, 14x18 bales, like new, $11,000. 315-256-6253

1987 LN8000 10 wheel dump truck, 17’ body, $9,200. 978544-6105

790 NH CHOPPER with both heads, good working condition, $4,000. 315-837-4480

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

4 ROW 3 POINT hitch cultivator. New Holland 8 ton running gear. 315-834-9527 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 AUTO BALE WAGON, New Holland 1034, 105 bale capacity, very good condition, $6,000. 315-783-0595 B&E MANUFACTURING: Kicker racks, slant bar feeders, headlock feeders, round bale carriers, low profile bale carriers. 315-536-9513 CASE 1835B skid steer, stone & utility buckets, good condition, $6,500; New Holland hay rake, dolly wheels, $450. 845895-3160

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

CASE IH 2096, 4WD; NH 790 chopper, hay and corn heads; 2 H&S forage wagons. 315688-2608

K & J SURPLUS

CASE PUMA 195 CVT transmission, 210 hours, Michelin tires, loaded, owner downsizing, $130,000. 518872-1386

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

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

CASE IH 600 blower; New Idea 320 bushel spreader; Case Int. 250 loader. 315-6912927

CENTURY 200 gallon front mount poly tank & saddle, regulator, Ace centrifugal pump, hoses, $300.00. 315398-2131 CIH 7120, MFWD, w/duals, good condition, $29,500; White 618 on-land plow, $4,000. 607-592-1878 E-Z TRAIL WAGONS, all in excellent condition, 1 on JD gear, $2,500 each; 2 on Kory gear, $3,000 each. 315-7830595 EXCELLENT CONDITION John Deere 3955 forage harvester, 2 row corn head & grass head, $17,000; Knight 3030 Reel Auggie mixer wagon, $2,900. 978-544-6105 FARMALL H: Pick from 4 $2,000. Some rebuilt motors, some new tires. Super H redone, nice, $3,200; Farmall C, $1,200. 518-753-6207

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LARGEST INVENTORY OF HAY EQUIPMENT IN THE NORTHEAST ROUND BALERS

CASE-IH RB454. . . . . . . . $25,000 CASE-IH 8435 . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 JD 457. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,900 KRONE KR160B. .S. O. .L.D. . $18,900 NH BR740. . . STARTING AT $17,900 NH BR740ANC. . . . . . . . . $24,000

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VanDusen Machinery 607-529-3294 570-888-5370

CASE-IH 8312 . STARTING AT $5,500 CASE-IH DCX131 .STARTING AT $13,900 CASE-IH DC515. STARTING AT $8,900 GEHL DC2365 . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 GEHL DC2412 . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 GEHL DC2512 . . . . . . . . . $14,500 NH BR7060 STARTING AT $23,900 JD 945. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 JD 1360. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 KUHN FC283 STARTING AT $12,600 KUHN FC313TG . . . . . . . . $12,500 KUHN FC4000 STARTING AT . $9,000 NH 1411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 NH 1412. . . . STARTING AT $10,900 NH BR740A $20,900 NH 1431. . . . . STARTING AT $7,500 NH 1432. . . . STARTING AT $12,900 NH 1441 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 NH 1442 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 NH 411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 NI 5212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 NI 5512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 JD 582 $25,900

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

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

Rotary Cutter, 3Pt., Like New

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

Case RBX441 $8,900

Farm Machinery For Sale

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 HERCULES, CONTINENTAL WAUKESHA: Farm and Industrial Engine Parts, M&M Surplus Sales, P.O. Box 381, Chester, NY 10918. 845-4693597, Fax 845-469-0990.

JD 4320 rollbar canopy, 18.438 Firestone radials, dual remotes, 5800 hrs., very nice, $13,500; 1993 NH big square baler, 3x4 D-2000 model, $13,500; 4-Star Kuhn tedder, manual fold, $2,500; 1968 4020 power shift, dual remotes dash console, runs good, $11,500. Little Falls,NY 845-629-8084 JD 4400 combines, one gas, one diesel, 13’ flex head, pickup head. 607-592-1878 JD 4755 MFWD, used on our farm, nice one! $55,000. also JD 4850, JD 4650. We used all three! Zeisloft Eq. 800-9193322

585-356-2634

JAMESWAY Power Ring silo unloader, 20’, 2½ years old, $7,500. 315-899-5853

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

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91 JOHN DEERE 4455 MFD Power Shift, 2100 Original Hours 20x38 Tires, Front & Rear Weights, 3 Remotes, Lift Assist on 3 Point Hitch w/a JD Cast Quick Hitch

Tractor is Showroom Condition $80,000

315-525-4154 “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

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

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

JD 450B Bulldozer, $5,000; JD offset harrow, $1,000; 23pt. hitch, 2 row cultivators; JD 6310, 4x4, 640 loader, $26,000; JD 6405, 2WD w/loader, low hours, $26,000; IH 986, 2WD, $8,500; NH 492 haybine; NH 575 baler w/thrower, $11,000; NH 311 baler; NH 256-258 rakes; JD 660 rake; New Pequea 11’ rotary rake; New 17’ Morra hydraulic fold tedder; JD & IH front and rear wheel weights; NH 315 w/thrower. Augur Farms, 203-530-4953

JOHN DEERE 2555, 4WD w/loader, new rear tires, works & runs good, $17,500; (2) Kilbros 350 gravity boxes, good condition, $2,100 each; (1) Kilbros 350 gravity box w/14’ fertilizer auger, $2,600.

315-339-3897

McCALE SW3500 Bale Wrapper with lift arm, field ready. $11,500. Call 315-653-7819

MAINE TO NORTH CAROLINA

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 BALER PARTS: Used, New Aftermarket and rebuilt. JD canopy new aftermarket, $750. Call for pictures. Nelson Horning 585-526-6705

Lower your feed cost!

JOHN DEERE 1327, 9’ discbine, $2,500. 607-226-0870

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

JOHN DEERE MoCo Discbine, 9’ cut, very good condition, $9,000 OBO. 607-7832264 leave message

Kennedy Tractor of Williamstown, NY 315-964-1161 Delivery Available

GET A

MABIE BROS., INC. 416/mo*

$

Bellima a F130 0 D Silage e Baler 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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Brillion 10’ Seeder Low Acreage $2,750; Land Pride RCR 2510 10’ Rotary Mower, Demo (New List over $7,400) Our Price $5,500; Bush Hog 2610 Legend 10’ Rotary Mower, 540 PTO w/Batwing $6,400; Int 450 (3) Btm Plow $1,275; (1) & (2) Btm Plows; 3Pt SB Mowers: Int 100 $1,275 & NH 451 $1,875 & (3) Others; Disk: 6 1/2’, 8’, 10’; Case VAC 14 $1,850; MF 85 62 HP Gas, 3pt PS Live PTO $2,950; JD 440 / Ldr $3,950; 4x4 Kioti CK30HST 100 hrs, 30 HP Dsl, Hydro, Like New $9,750; 4x4 Long 50 HP Dsl w/Canopy & 3Pt 6’ Heavy Duty Schulte XC600 Rotary Mower Package $7,950; 4x4 Landini Globus 75-80 HP Dsl, Full Glass Cab w/AC & Heat, Dual Outlets, Clean! $15,900; 4x4 Kubota 85-90 HP Dsl, Full Factory Cab w/AC & Heat all New Tires, Dual Outlets, Lots of Wts $11,900; NH 4835 60-65 HP Dsl, 2000 hrs w/sd mt Sicklebar Mower, Dual Outlets $9,750; 2004 2x4 JD 5520 w/Deluxe Cab w/AC/Heat/Stereo & JD Ldr 7580 HP Dsl, 2500 hrs, 12 Spd, Power Reverser, Dual Outlets, Super Clean Inside & Out $24,500; Ford 540 w/Sd Mt SB Mower approx. 50 HP Dsl, 2000 hrs, Clean! $9,250; Gehl 970 SU Wagon $3,250; Steel Rack Kicker Wagon on Good Running Gear, 18’ $2,500; Used 6’ 3pt Finish Mower $1,150; 3Pt Landscape Rakes Some w/Wheels; 3Pt Rototillers 48”, 44” & 33” w/Slip Clutch, All New; Wooden Utility Cart 4’x8’ Box, Ball Hitch, Off Road vse $300; 30’ Transport Elevator $750; 300 Gal. Water Totes; 30+ Tractors & More Machinery In Stock

JOHN DEERE tractor 2750, 3100 hours. 607-369-5509 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 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 KUHN TEDDER 6-Star hydraulic fold, GF7802, 1 year old, excellent condition, $11,000. 315-794-1969

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 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

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

LARGE SELECTION OF FARM TRACTORS available.

Call for great pricing. BUYING good tractors too! Located just below LJ HANDS Farm Center, 518-922-6301 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

Farm Machinery For Sale

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 PATZ 98B Silo Unloader in 16x50 Harder. Ready to fill.

Must take all. Best offer.

Hoosick, NY 518-701-3795

Farm Machinery For Sale

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 Hay Wagons-SALE! STOLZFUS S HAY Y WAGONS All Steel w/PT Floor-Heaviest & Best Built on the Market Today!

COMPLETE WAGONS RACKS ONLY: EZ TRAIL WAGONS: 18’ w/8 ton gear $3,600 18’ $2,400 18’ w/8 Ton Gear Prices so low I’m not allowed to print!

20’ w/8 ton gear $3,750 20’ $2,550 Buy 2 or More Any Size Complete Wagon or Just Rack, Take $100 Off the Price of Each! Free Delivery On 3 or More!

Feeders, Headlocks, Round Bale Wrappers, and more! Multiple purchase discs!

“Farmer to Farmer” Sales that can’t be beat!

Call Today! 802-875-2031

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

Chopper eating dirt?

Why R U Raking?

Front PTO + Triple Mower + Collector = Dirt Free Windrows

PleasantCreekHay.com 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

USED COMBINE PA R T S K & J SURPLUS LANSING, NY 607-279-6232 Days 607-533-4850 Nights

WANTED

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

814-793-4293

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Farm Machinery For Sale 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

Farm Machinery Wanted

WANTED

John Deere 5460, 5820, or 5830 Choppers

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Fencing

YOUR SOURCE FOR:

• Livestock Feeds • Ration Balancing • SeedWay Seeds • Crystalyx Products Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

CHICKEN WIRE Long Lasting Black PVC Coated 1” Hex 20G, GBW and GAW cage wire for all your agricultural needs. Call KB Mfg 518-9934837 for sizes & pricing.

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn CORN & GRASS SEED, Seedway Conventional, $168; Garst RR, $170; Sudax, $45.

Silage, inoculants & preservatives. 315-855-4353

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

WEILER’S GRAIN ROASTING

LOCUST POSTS, POLES, Split Rails, 6x6’s, 4x4’s. Other hardwood & softwood boards and planks, custom cut. Also lots, land cleared, woodlots wanted. 518-883-8284

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

“Miles of Quality Start Here”

FISH HATCHERY

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

Falconwood Farms

E & A FENCE

Live Fish for Ponds & Restaurants

845-832-6086 Generators

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

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

MOELLER SALES 1-800-346-2348 Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

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

• Steam Flaked Corn • Protein Mixes

• Corn Meal • Minerals

• Energy Mixes • Nutritional Services

Pick-up or Delivery from our Geneva Feed Mill

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

Grain Roasting On Your Far m

Soybeans • Corn Barley • Wheat

Waterville Grain Roasting Oneida Co., NY

315-534-8948

For Sale: 2 Steel 30-ton Grain Bins, cone bottom, $4,000/each. Contact Dave 845-701-2737 Sullivan Co.,NY 2033 Brothertown Road Deansboro, NY 13328 Phone: (315) 841-4910 Fax: (314) 841-4649 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Sat. 8am-Noon Spring/Summer www.williamsfarmfence.com

williamsfence@gmail.com

Now carrying Agri-Dymanic organic minerals

~ Available Now ~ ~ reels ~ poliwire ~ step in posts etc. ~ hi tensile ~ wire mesh ~ gates ~ split rail fencing ~ hay feeders ~ posts of all sizes ~ tools ~ cattle handling equipment ~ water tubs & valves ~ mineral feeders

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

Financial Services

Financial Services

AG LIME HI-MAG

3 0 To n M i n i mu m Spreader & Spreading Available Large Quantity Discount ALSO BEDDING SAND & CHICKEN MANURE

188 Genesee St. - Suite 209 Auburn, NY 13021

(315) 549-7081

1-800-599-71500 315-258-4394

FOR SALE: 1500 tons corn silage, 1500 tons haylage. All in Ag Bags. 607-565-9677

Grieg Dougherty • Richard Damaske Carter Riley • Greg Creeden Jeff Kuney • Dan Campbell (Distiller Sales)

Green Haven Open Pollinated Corn Seed. ***Silage, Grain, Wild life plots ***Available Certified Organic ***Early Varieties ***Free Catalog ***Green Haven Open Pollinated Seed Group 607-566-9253 www.openpollinated.com

Empire Farm Fence & Supply

Romulus, NY 14541

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

Farm Supplies

Fish

Fencing

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

(315)) 549-82266

814-793-4293

WANTED TO BUY: John Deere tractors running, parts, or need of repair. Cash paid.

Also 2 row corn planter in working condition. 518-6956180

ELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLER REPAIRS. Factory authorized warranty center for Zereba, ParMak, many others.

No charge for estimates. Quick turn-around time. Send or bring to our shop, any make, any model. 518-284-2180

Fencing

All New Contraction Options - Call For Details

GRAIN AND INGREDIENT MERCHANDISERS ORIGINATING CORN & MARKETING DISTILLERS FOR SUNOCO ETHANOL PLANT , F ULTON , NY

Call T J Allen 315-845-6777 315-868-2438

HI-MAG LIME

Delivered by the Truckload Also BEDDING

SAND

for Horse Arenas or Cattle FOB McConnellsville, NY Delivery Available

888-339-2900 ext. 10 SCHAFER LIQUID FISH FERTILIZER, 100% Organic OMRI listed. For pricing call WIGFIELD FARMS, Clyde, NY 14433, 315-727-3910

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1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118

Clyde, NY

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

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

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

Heating

Help Wanted

H AY

FARMERS

CENTRAL BOILER EClassic OUTDOOR FURNACES. Cleaner and Greener. 97% Efficient. EPA Qualified. Call North Creek Heat 315-8663698

WANTED:

Farmer to Farmer Wet and Dry

Round & Square Bales

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

STRAW CALL STEVE

519-482-5365 LARGE SQUARE BALES, processed first & second cut.

Call 802-864-5382 or 802578-7352

We are Looking for Farms Who are Using and Buying Dry Hay We are producing a large quantity of dry round bales.

Delivery Available by the Semi Trailer Load

CF FARM LLC

315-497-0095 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

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

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

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Greenhouse Equipment

Hay - Straw For Sale

STANTON BROTHERS 10 Ton Minimum Limited Availability

518-768-2344

GOOD QUALITY HAY & STRAW. Large Square Bales.

Will load or ship direct. 802849-6266

Call for Competitive Prices

TOO MUCH HAY? Try Selling It In The

CLASSIFIEDS 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

Hay - Straw For Sale

Call Peg At

800-836-2888

FOR SALE: Horse quality first & second cut grassy hay, big & small square bales. Delivered.-315-264-3900

FOR SALE All Grades Hay & Straw Horse & Dairy Quality Bagged Shavings & Sawdust

WILL DELIVER

ROBERT ROLLE (518) 234-4052

Cell 717-222-2304 Growers, Buyers & Sellers Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

HAY CORN STOVER STRAW All bale sizes and types, including ROUND BALES, accepted.

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

2012 Contracts Now Available

classified@leepub.com

Contacts: Allen Hollenbach 610-929-5753 ahollenbach@giorgimush.com

Hay - Straw For Sale

Kevin Eickhoff 610-926-8811 ext. 5216 keickhoff@giorgimush.com

or email

The Best Method For Covering Hay Stacks

40 ACRES on Kast Bridge, 100 acres on Boelky Rd. Ask for Fran. 315-866-6748 BALEAGE, 250 Bales; Dry Hay, 50 round bales.

Albany,NY area.

James Frueh, 518-436-1050

For Sale All Types Delivered

NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

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

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

EPA QUALIFIED. Central Boiler E-Classic OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE. The next generation of cleaner wood furnaces has arrived. www.borderdriveheating.com Call Today! Border Drive Heating 570-537-2447

HAY & STRAW

Trailer Load Lots Janowski Bros.

315-829-3794 315-829-3771

WANTED

Pre Cut Rye Straw 50 to 75 Lb. Bales

302-737-5117 302-545-1000 WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

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

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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

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

HAY & STRAW

CENTRAL BOILER E-Classic OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACES. Cleaner and Greener. 97% Efficient. EPA Qualified. Call today Halloran Farm 845-482-5208.

800-836-2888

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

Ag Service Tech

Cazenovia Equipment Company, a premier John Deere Dealer is looking for experienced service technicians to join our team in any of our eleven locations in New York.

The right candidate has strong mechanical skills, understands the performance of farm equipment and implements applications.

The job requires computer knowledge and good communication skills. John Deere equipment repair knowledge and experience is a plus.

Technicians have access to state-of-the-art computer diagnostic information, John Deere education programs, as well as performance incentive programs.

Cazenovia Equipment offers competitive compensation package, 401K retirement program, employee discount, personal leave days many group employee benefits.

Apply now...

Fax Resume to (315) 655-8433 Email Resume: jobs@cazequip.com

www.cazenoviaequipment.com

Just Ask For Peggy or send her an e-mail at:

classified@leepub.com

Help Wanted

Dairy Feeding Position Available at HARDIE FARMS, INC. Near Ithaca, NY Competitive wages and benefits with opportunity for growth within our company.

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

Help Wanted

SEED COMPANY DEALERSHIPS DOEBLER’S is searching for professional seed sales men and women in all of its Eastern regions from New York State into Ohio and as far south as North Carolina. Ideal candidates must demonstrate an ability to quickly learn new seed product information, a desire to not only grow Doebler’s business but also the businesses of his or her customers, and a thorough understanding of and ability to communicate Doebler’s reputation in agribusiness as “Your Regional Advantage”.

If you would like to be considered for a dealership position with a company nearly eight decades in the industry, please call 1-800-853-2676. Thank you.

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Help Wanted

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/ TRUCK DRIVER

Large Dairy Farm Located in Cayuga County, NY

With Mechanical Skills Needed on CNY Dairy Farm

315-379-3220 FEEDING POSITION 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.

For more information call

315-252-0652 315-730-9046 (Bill) or oakwood@cnyemail.com

Call

315-729-0438

Hoof Trimming DAN & JEN WILLIAMS HOOF TRIMMING • 28 Years Experience • VET RECOMMENDED • 607-591-0885 DON’S HOOF TRIMMING: Maintain herd health. Sore feet a specialty. Vet recommended. Quality, experience, will travel. 518-6732577 leave message.

Horse Equipment

Help Wanted

Livestock Equipment

RUN-IN SHED, 10x16, w/kickboard, brand new, never used, free local delivery, $2,500.

518-568-3560

Horses 11 YR. OLD 17.3H Belgian gelding, broke, $1,100; 2 yr. & 8 yr. old Molly Mules, 13H, $300 each. Daniel Zook, 315823-1618 TEAM of 10 year old light sorrel Belgian Geldings, 17-1 hands, well broke. Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051

Help Wanted

AGRICULTURAL SALES/ SERVICE OPPORTUNITY Genex Cooperative, Inc. seeks team members with dairy or business experience for Breeding Program Specialist positions in New York's Finger Lakes region.

Working knowledge of dairy genetic & reproductive programs required. Fast-paced, physically demanding on-farm work environment. Flexible work schedule, full benefits.

Apply online at: crinet.com or call Dan Cerretani at 607-423-5341, email dcerretani@crinet.com

EXPERIENCED D AGRICULTURE E TECHNICIAN N AND/OR R CONSTRUCTION N TECHNICIAN wanted to fill immediate opening at our St. Johnsville or Richfield Springs locations.

Full time position with excellent pay and benefits.

Please send resume to: sspringersinc@roadrunner.com Or apply within at either: Springer’s Inc, 55 West Main St. Richfield Springs or 7403 State Hwy 5, St. Johnsville

Maintenance & Repair

Maintenance & Repair

Attention

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.

J&S LEONARD HOOF TRIMMING. 20 Years of Experience. Sore Feet - My Specialty. 607-264-8004

Herdsman Wanted:Jasper Hill Farm seeks a candidate to help grow our farmstead cheese business. Responsibilities include managing the herd health and breeding programs for our herd of 45 registered Ayrshire cows, milking and raw product quality oversight, management of farm operations including wheyfed pork production, field work and staff supervision.

Dairy experience required.

Competitive pay. Contact: Emily 802-533-2566 x106 or work@cellarsatjasperhill.com

Livestock Equipment

Building Owners Penta Feed Mixers Sales • Parts • Service

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

Don’t tear down Your failing structures.

We can repair them.

Daryl Hoover, Newark, NY

Logging Equipment FOR SALE: Valby CH260 3pt. hitch wood chipper, will handle 10” diameter log, over $20,000 new, sell for $9,800 OBO. 607-746-7708

Before

Performing structural renovations and general construction since 1965. With having been involved in over 30,000 projects we feel confident we can solve your problems

Lumber & Wood Products BAILLIE LUMBER CO. buys all species of hardwood veneer logs, sawlogs and standing timber year round.

IMMEDIATE LOCAL PAYMENT AND TRUCKING AVAILABLE. Please call for an updated price and spec sheet today! Smyrna Sawmill 607-627-6547. Mark Mowrey 315-796-6644; Phil Day 315436-2766; Jonathan DeSantis 315-882-8174; Sean Karn 315-436-3588. Boonville Sawmill 315-942-5284. Dave Prezyna 315-436-5329; Paul Snider 315-827-4062 (home) or 315-436-0949 (cell); Tom King 315-436-0936; Lukas Myers 315-263-6909.

After

Woodford Bros., Inc. Box 108, Apulia Station, NY 13020 1-800-OLD-BARN WWW.1-800-OLD-BARN.COM Parts

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LOCUST 4x4’s, fence posts, split rails, lumber. Natural, chemical free non poisonous alternative to pressure treated that has strength and lasts a lifetime. 518-883-8284

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Maintenance & Repair

Maintenance & Repair

KICKER RACKS 8’x16’ Up To 9’x18’

We Rebuild Forage Boxes FEEDER RACKS FLAT RACKS

16’ & 20’

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Little Falls, NY 13365 Phone (315) 823-0288

www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com #720 - VERY NICE 250 ACRE DAIRY FARM - 4 miles south of Sangerfield borders Rte. 12. 170 acres tillable, 50 pasture, 90 woods - 60 tie stall 2 story cow barn with wide fronts, large milk house, 2 bulk tanks - 72 stall 2 story heifer/dry cow barn with wide fronts, two barns hooked together, concrete barn yard - 3 concrete silos with black top for unloading wagons. Big 20 room house built by a doctor 150 years ago - new wood/oil furnace - great water supply. Some of the best soils in NEW YORK STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $698,000 REDUCED TO $650,000 BIG HOUSE HAS BEEN PAINTED, NEW ROOF, COMPLETELY REMODELED. #16 - CERTIFIED ORGANIC - 175 ACRES NEAR LITTLE FALLS WITH ACREAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE 5S - 90 acres tillable the rest woods and a pond - has great views of the MOHAWK VALLEY. It is located one mile from the AMISH SALE BARN THAT HAS AN AUCTION AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Price $350,000 #36 - Nice Hunting & recreation property on very quiet road - 141 acres near Adirondack Park on South side - 5 rm. A-Frame home w/attached 10x18 ft. breeze-way & 20x24 ft. workshop - lots of water- 125 ft. well - 3 ponds, 2 stocked w/bass & 3 creeks - INCLUDES TRACTOR & LAWNMOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Priced at $268,000 C-79 - Two-Story Colonial type home situated on 26.9 acres in the Town of Oppenheim, 13 acres wooded area, remainder open fields. Living area of 2,036 sq. ft., 4BR, 1 1/2 baths, forced air heat, small woodstove, new windows, enclosed porch, vinyl siding, dug well. Also 32x42 two-story barn for storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $130,000 C-80-2011 - Newly Remodeled Certified Organic Dairy Operation located along the Hudson River with NYS dock access. 50 acres total, 40 acres grazing, 36x122 two-story gabled roof barn, 50 lg. tie stalls milk house, 1000 gallon bulk tank, 2” pipeline, 3” vacuum line, 8 units, two steel grain bins; 40x100 coverall barn with curtains, cement floor with pens for heifers and calving areas, concrete barnyard; residence is in poor condition, 200 acres of neighboring land is rented and lease could be continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $289,000 B-105 - This is a very nice 6 acre building lot with views in three different directions. It is located on NYS Route 169 in a predominately agriculture area. The land is all open and is presently harvested for hay each year. This will make a nice setting for a new home and still leave room to have some small livestock. It is located in the West Canada Valley School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $42,500

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22911 - Awesomee Settingg - Otsego County 93 acre Gentleman's Farm - New Home and Buildings. Spectacular views. Mins to Cooperstown, NY. Quiet road w/30 tillable acres all in hay. 15 acres of pasture, balance woods. Lots of deer & turkey. Nice modern 2 story 4 bdrm home. 52x60 pole barn w/partial concrete floor would work well for horses, livestock, machinery storage. 20x40 horse barn. Home & buildings sit well off of quiet road . . . . . . . . . . . . . m $440,0000 too $375,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reducedd from Owners are looking for a fair offer. This is a great buy on new buildings.

22566 - Madisonn Countyy Freee stalll Operaation. 210 acres 150 acres of very productive tillable land. 2 barns with 280 free stalls.

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Manheim - 83 Acres - $440,000 Vintage brick farmhouse fully restored with beautiful floors and trim, keeping the original look, yet with a modern kitchen and baths.The main house has 3200 sq ft including 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. There is a 1 bedroom, 1800 sq ft apartment with a huge great room, amazing fireplace and wonderful views. Could be used as a 2 family or in law apartment. Set on 83 magnificent acres of useable farmland this property is ideal for horses or a small sustainable farming operation. There is an old barn and two modern steel barns. The Morton pole barn, 40X80 has water and electricity. Part of a larger parcel, taxes to be determined.

Little Falls - 58 Acres - $165,000 Classic Eyebrow Colonial on 58 Acres, Gracious rooms include a kitchen with lots of cabinets, a family room with heatilator fireplace and a center hall foyer. Put up a barn and have a small farm.

Extensive road frontage for possible extra lots.

Separated from the property are two trailers way down the road that have rights to water from the property.

Manheim - 42 Acres - $135,000 Barn on about 42 acres with apartment built into barn. Includes the business of Zook’s storage shed, lawn furniture and food goods, but does not include the inventory.

Excellent main roadbusiness site.

Oppenheim - 37.1 Acres - $110,000 Beautiful old multi-level barn would make an excellent home. A drilled well, 2 septics and electricity already on the property. 37.1 acres of nice farmland, great hayfields, beautiful and magnificent distant views all makes a perfect spot for a retreat.

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Minden - 81.6 Acres - $299,900 Superb Horse Farm - 36x96 Morton Building with 8 gorgeous stalls. Plus old dairy barn, turn out sheds, equipment shed, pond, all fenced.

Remarkable post and beam passive solar design on home with very open floor plan.

Spectacular private setting at end of road. Any offer is subject to court and bank approval.

tors in the area for harvesting and planting feed. This farm is turnkey, ready to milk. Good farming area, agricultural and machinery businesses all close by. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $550,000 Owners would like to sell this spring yet, they are entertaining all reasonable offers.

22233 - Madisonn Countyy Freee Stalll Operation - 500 acres, 330 tillable well drained high lime very productive soils w/additional 200 acres rented with more land available. 2 Modern Barns w/305 free stalls 2 other barns for 100 head of young stock or dry cows. 36x80 machinery building with heated shop. Large pad for corn silage and haylage. Separate heifer facility for 200 head of heifers available for rent close by. Good remodeled 2 story 3 bdrm home. This is a great area of Central NY to farm in. Everything is close by. Long growing season, good milk markets . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $1.355 million 23377 - 1377 acree parcell off baree land. Located mins south of Utica, NY. 30 acres in fields rented to local farmer. 20 acres of pasture balance woods. 2 man-made stocked fish ponds. Lots of deer and turkey. Property would make an excellent place to build or have for the weekend. Property is mins from the Brookfield Equine Trail System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pricedd rightt Askingg $195,000.

Note* Owner would consider holding a large mortgage with a qualified buyer.

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Calendar of Events EAST NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office by the Tuesday prior to our publication date for them to be included in the calendar of events. Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com

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

Jun 19 & 28 CCE Offers Landowner Property Issues Workshops Education Center, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown, NY. 6:308:30 pm. First workshop will cover estate planning and

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Call 607-547-2536 ext. 226 or e-mail ajc378@cornell.edu Jun 20 & 27 Caring for Your Woods Program Susquehanna County Office Building, Montrose, PA. 68:30 pm. Learn about sustainable forestry through our Caring For Your Woods I: Essential Principles course.

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2006 Kenworth W900 Daycab - HEAVY SPECS! Cat C15 550hp, 18 speed, 29k front axle, 46k full locking rears, 245” wheelbase, polished aluminum wheels, 24.5 rubber at 95% $57,900

2005 Mack CL733 Daycab HEAVY SPECS! Cummins 500hp, 18 speed, 20k front, 46k full locking rears, double frame, 210” wheelbase, 338k miles $49,500

1994 Volvo Custom Toy Hauler, Registered as an RV, 400hp Cat, 10 speed, 28’ box with ramp, 11’ living quarters, too many options to list.

540k miles $42,500

2002 Kenworth T800 Daycab Cat C12 445hp, 10 speed, 179” wheelbase, 13,200# front axle, 46k rears, air ride, 456k miles $34,500

2004 IH 4400 Cab & Chassis UT 530, 10 speed, tandem axle, 29’ of frame behind the cab, 240” C-T, Rubber 95%, 277k miles. Very Clean $26,900

2009 Hyundai HL740-7A ONLY 729 HOURS! 2.7 CY GP Bucket, 20.5-25 Michelins at 75%, Cab with heat and AC $89,900

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2006 Sterling LT9522 Tri-axle Dump Truck, Detroit 515hp, 8LL, 20k front, 46k full locking rears, 16’ aluminum body, 273k miles $58,900 Also matching 2005 with 236k miles

1998 Deere 744H Wheel Loader, very good condition, GP bucket, EROPS with AC, good rubber, 18K hours $58,500

be pre-registered. Contact Penn State Cooperative Extension Office, 814-3554897 or e-mail CentreExt@psu.edu.

Jun 20 Century of Dairy Farming Snofarm Dairy, 644 Buffalo Road, Brooktondale, NY. Aaron and Calib Snow will present Staying Small Through a Century of Dairy Farming. Registration requested. Contact Monika Roth, 607-272-2292, mr55@cornell.edu.

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

Speakers: attorney Elizabeth H. Sillin of Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP. On Internet at http:// www2.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/ forestconnect/web.htm Jun 21-22 Clean Energy Conference Conference Center at Lake Placid, 2608 Main St., Lake Placid, NY. 5-9 pm on June 21 & 9 am - 5 pm on June 22. Registration can be made by May 15 by contacting the Adirondack North Country Association at ener-

2008 Mac 34’ Aluminum Dump Trailer Good condition, 66” sides x 96 wide, air ride, aluminum wheels $31,900

HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS Many units in stock 1998 TO 2008, All with Shur-Lok tarp systems PRICES STARTING AT $19,500

gy@adirondack.org or 518891-6200.

Jun 23 16th Annual Herb & Flower Fest Farm & Home Center, Oriskany, NY (just off Judd Rd.). The theme of the event is ‘Sustainable Landscaping.’

A free class taught on this subject will be offered plus 7 other free classes relating to ‘potpourri’ of gardening topics. Contact Extension office, 315-736-3394.

Jun 27 Grazing Mixed Species Stony Creek Farm, 1738 Freer Hollow Road, Walton, NY. 2-5 pm. Free for NOFANY members, $15 for all others.

On Internet at www.NOFANY.org.

Jun 30 Achieving Low Somatic Cell Count on Small Herds Tollgate Holsteins, Fox Hill Rd., Ancramdale, NY (Hudson Valley). 11 am - 2 pm.

Contact Stephen Hadcock, 518-380-1497 or e-mail seh11@cornell.edu.

National Lineback ShowCentre Hall Fairgrounds, Centre Hall, PA. 10 am. Any boy or girl age 8-21 and a jr.

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(Qty. 5) Osh Kosh 6x6 Cab and Chassis, Average 65K Miles, Cummins ISM 330HP, 10 Spd, 18’ 8” of Frame, 132” C-T, 20K Front Axle, 46K Full Locking Rears $39,000 Each

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.

Jun 30 & Jul 1 Farm Disaster Preparedness National Training Workshop Extension office, 121 Second Street, Oriskany, NY. • June 30 from 8 am - 5 pm • July 1 from 10 am - 4 pm The program will be limited to 30 participants; the fee for the 2 day workshop is $90 and includes lunch, information materials and a uniform patch. Preregistration for the workshop is required

by June 25. Contact Bonnie Collins, 315-736-3394 ext.

104 or email bsc33@ cornell.edu.

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.

Access is free of charge. No preregistration is required.

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 7 Sullivan County CCE Golf Classic Swan Lake Golf and Country Club, Swan Lake, NY. 11 am.

Rain date of July 8. All funds raised will benefit Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County. If you would like to become a sponsor, donate a raffle prize or play in our event please contact us at 845-292-6180 ext. 128, or go to our website at www.sullivan.cce.org for more information.

Jul 9 Retirement Celebration!

The Ag Resource Center in the Upstairs Meeting Room, 9219 Route 487, Dushore, PA. Two long time Sullivan County Extension co-workers are retiring. Come celebrate the retirement of Rick Smith, County Extension Director and Peggy Molyneux, 4-H Secretary.

They have a combined 63 years of service. Open house to honor them and to welcome the public to our new office space. Retirement Donations will be accepted for 4H Camp Scholarships (Checks made payable to S.C. Ext. Program Acct.) and for the 4-H/ Extension Memorial Scholarship (Checks Payable to the award) No gifts please. All are welcome. Call 570-9288941.

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 15 Ice Cream Social Millers Mills Grange. Visit their website for more information. On Internet at www.millersmillsny.com 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.

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AUCTION SECTION and MARKET REPORTS Farm m Dispersall off Alll Cattle,, Barn m Equipment Equipmentt & somee Farm Poulin/Royer Farm, Inc. 238 Poulin Farm Rd. Newport, VT 05855 Production like you seldom see No BST!

Directions: I-91: to Exit 27, right at first set of lights, straight thru at 2nd set of lights to Sias Avenue and then turn right onto Darling Hill Road, left at Poulin farm. Watch for signs

Completee Holstein n Herdd Dispersal For: Brian & Cynthia Dane 1646 Dane Hill Road West Charleston, VT 05872

Wed. June 27, 2012 10:00 am Tues. June 26, 2012 10:00 am 230 Head of Top Holsteins 122 cows, R.H.A. 24,437# 3.8% 909 fat 3.1 protein 3X 92# per cow per day right now. 50 1st calf, 30 2nd calf, 45 bred heifers, 63 open heifers-yearlings-calves. All sire I’d.

SCC 90,000, 26 Fresh 8 Due shortly, 10 Due September Heifers and Dry Cows are free stall housed, Cows are milked in a Tie stall, Cows sired by L Heroes, Integrety, Touchdown, Magna & Diehard. Young stock sired by Lou, Buckeye, Marty and Alan. All heifers bred to sexed semen.

Cattle to be preg checked and inoculated by vet.

Equipment

New Holland 5610 2WD tractor, Kuhn 3130 mixer wagon with scales, Houle 3150 liquid spreader, Houle 42’ Manure pump (like new), NH 570 baler with kicker, 2 steel kicker wagons, Niemeyer tedder, Int 5 bottom reset plows, Massey 24’ vibra shank plows, NH tandem box spreader, Ford 10’ harrows, 100’ hay elevator, Bradco bunk defacer for skid steer, Calco 4’ by 10’ Silo Panels, Winco 50 kw generator, Valmetal 542 feed cart, Agri Metal 22’ conveyor, Agri Metal stationary hay chopper, Brock 12 ton grain bin with 8” auger, Brock 5 ton grain bin with 6” auger, Houle gutter cleaner unit, Meuller 1000 gal bulk tank with washer and free heater, Sotobuilt 7.5 hp variable speed vacuum pump, Surge pipeline milker with 500’ of pipe-8 De La Val Super claws - dual pulse, Universal plate cooler, 80 gal oil fired water heater, Power America pressure cleaner, several large fans plus many more items.

156 Head Holsteins

84 Cows 29 Bred Heifers 24 RTB Heifers 27 Calves to yearlings Herd Ave 65# per Cow SCC 100,000 Ave. Last year herd shipped 19,000#’s per cow 54 First & Second Calf 18 Fresh 8 Due shortly Balance all stages All A.I. Sired & bred for years Sires include: Throne, Morty, Mr. Sam, Calypso, Wildman, Pagewire and Airraid.

Bred to Select Sires Bulls: Braxston, Alexander, Shot, Jackson, and Durable Herd not pushed, will do well for new owners Some really nice cows here, for thirty years one of the Northeast Kingdom’s best kept secrets!

They have sent two bulls to A.I. All will be vaccinated and preg checked Cows are housed in free stalls - milked in a step-up parlor

www.lussierauction.com for pictures. Click onto auction zip.

Directions to Farm: From I-91 take Exit 28 in Derby to Rt. 105 East 6.4 miles to Dane Hill Rd. Turn Right onto Dane Hill Rd. 1 1/2 miles to farm.

Terms: Nothing released without a Good check!

Terms: Nothing released without a Good check!

Catalogs Ringside Information call: Jacque Royer 802-309-4452

Owners Brian & Cynthia Dane Cell: 802-323-3286 Home: 895-4006

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National Dairy Producers offer a unique proposal to supply management in the DISSA When producers recently met in Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania 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 values 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.

As classes I and II will always be higher under this pricing structure, 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 produc-

tion 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 pro-

ducer’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.

To review a copy of the DISSA, visit www.nationaldairyproducers.org .

DATE: Friday, June 22, 2012 TIME: 10A.M. ADDRESS: 6858 Rte 125, Bridport, VT 05734. LOCATED: (.6 miles from Basin Harbor Road.)

DIRECTIONS: From Rt. 7 take Rt. 22A South, to Rte 125 West, 3.5 miles to Destination on Right.

From Crown Point Bridge, take Rt. 125 East, 2 miles to auction site. Watch for auction signs.

Due to leasing the farm we have been commissioned to sell the farm & barn equipment belonging to Paul & Marian Connor.

FARM EQUIPMENT 130-90 turbo Hesston tractor w/power shift & cab (4100 hours), TW20 Ford tractor w/cab (5215 hours), 6610 Ford 4wd tractor w/cab & 77 bucket (4235 hours), 7700 Ford tractor (5599 hours), 7700 Case Agri-King tractor, Ford 8700 tractor (6116 hours), LS 150 NH skid steer (1100 hours), 17’ Krone KW 5.52/4 x 7T tedder w/ hydraulic wings (1yr old), 450 NH 3pth sickle bar mower, RB-680 Anderson round bale wrapper completely automatic (less than 100 bales wrapped), 8312 Case disc bine, 2yr old Krone KR 160 Classic Line net wrap round baler, NH 316 Hay liner square baler w/ model 70 bale thrower, 2yr old Anderson TRB 1400 Nutri wrap system self loading round bale carrier, tandem wheel round bale wagon, model 222 H&S manure spreader, 14’ Valley horse trailer, 256 NH rake, 15’ pin wheel rake, 138 Ford 7-shank chisel plow, Kverneland 3-bottom plow, 4-bottom Kverneland plow (needs some work), running gear, field cultivator, 11’ Brillion culti-packer, 20’ Texas Pride gooseneck 10 ton dump trailer w/dual wheels & 6’ sides and more.

BARN EQUIPMENT 800gal Dari-Kool bulk tank w/washer, DeLaval 88 cow 400’ +- 2’’ pipe line (all taken down & ready to go), 22F 5 hp milk compressor, 7 1/2’ Masport vacuum pump, Weaverline feed cart (needs battery), 24 ton Brock grain bin w/ 6 legs, hay elevator, plate-cooler and more.

MISCELLANEOUS 275gal fuel tank w/electric pump, assortment of gates, (2) water tubs, aluminum pickup hauling box, heavy duty 3/4’’ socket set, 220 standup air compressor, Winco Maxi-20,000 watt generator, sledge hammer, combination wrenches, shovels, cum-a-longs, parts cleaner, bench grinder, vise, assortment of pipe wrenches and more.

Cash or good check w/ID. ***Purchases will not be released until paid in full.

For buyers unknown to management, they must provide letter of credit issued to Wright’s Auction Service. *** 6% sales tax charged to anyone without a valid tax number.

Sale managed by Wright’s Auction Service, Newport, VT & CC Miller Jr., Morrisville, VT. Lunch catered by Wright’s Catering Service Email: info@wrightsauctions.com Website: www.wrightsauctions.com AUCTIONEER: Ron Wright

“Let Ron Do It The Wright Way” TEL: (O) 802-334-6115 (C) 802-673-9840 CC Miller Jr. TEL: (O) 802-888-3670 (C) 802-793-1583 Owners: Paul & Marian Connor

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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.

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.

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: 100-120 ea; Billies 125-175 ea; Kids 25-75 ea.

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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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 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

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.

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.

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.

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Farmers are reminded to sign up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture Sign-up period for the census ends July 1 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to mail the 2012 Census of Agriculture to millions of U.S. farmers and ranchers in late December. Producers are reminded not to miss their opportunity to be counted by signing up for the Census before July 1. The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. A farm is defined as any place that produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural products during the Census year (2012).

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information on young, beginning farmers to older, experienced farmers; and insight into traditional, rural farming versus trends in areas such as lifestyle and urban farming.”

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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

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".

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.

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.

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK LUNCH AVAILABLE MR. KEN HOOVER: OWNER 607-272-9110

HOWARD W. VISSCHER AND SON SALES MANAGER AND AUCTIONEER NICHOLS, NY

607-699-7250

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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)

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4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753 Phone: 607-746-2226 • Fax: 607-746-2911 E-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com Website: www.cattlexchange.com

2nd Annual Marathon Amish Community School Consignment Auction

Sat., June 23 at 9:30 AM Location: 3770 Deneve Rd., Marathon, NY 13803 - From Rt 41 take Marathon-Mcgraw Rd. approx. 5 1⁄2 mi. to Deneve Rd. Turn Left 1⁄4 mi. to Auction. • Rt 81S take Marathon exit 9 to 11S. Turn Left on 221 at the light approx. 500 ft to Galatia St. Turn Right, 5 mi. to Deneve Rd. on Right, 1⁄4 mi. to auction

TAKING CONSIGNMENTS OF ANY KIND JUNE 20TH, 21ST, AND 22ND. Consignments: Farm Equipment: Ontario 13-hole Grain Drill, Spring Tooth Harrows, New Idea Corn Husker Shredder, 2 JD Corn Planter Tires, Field Sprayer Pump (like new), 6" Silo Pipe, JD Gas Motor w/ Reduction Gear, 5 Valve HYD. Control Panel w/ HYD Pump, HYD Cylinders, 4-Horse Neck Yoke (new), 2 Section Spring Tooth Harrows, 275 Gal. Fuel Tank, Barn Fan, Draw Bar for Drags Furniture: New Hickory Rocker, Lg. selection of New Rustic Furniture, New Oak Clothes Drying Rack, Oak Shelf w/ Drawers, Porta Crib, Queen Size Headboard, High Chair, Antique Standard Sewing Machine, Hammock (like new), Tables, Chairs, File Cabinets Misc Items: New Set of Buggy Wheels, New Leather Goods, Lots of Hand Tools, Air Tools, Air Compressor, Air Hoses, Extension Cords, Metal shelving, Rigid Pipe Threader, Craftsman Wood Shaper, Disc Sander, 3- 30" Toro Reel Lawn Mowers, Rototiller, Truck Cap, Skilsaw, Charcoal Grill, New Chicken Coop w/ Chicks, New Bike, Round Oak Stove, 2 Exercise Machines, 13 Yr. Old Standard Bred Gelding (donated), 10 Bags Cracked Corn (donated by Doty Farms), Construction: New Insulated 8'x7' Garage Door w/ Glass, Windows, Doors, Face Cord of Fire Wood, Treated Fence Posts, New Hardwood Floor Cleaner, Drill Press, Drill Press Chucks, Lumber Quilts: 94"x106" Blue-Pink Double Wedding Ring, 98"x108" Fancy Fan, (2) 34"x45" Amazing Grace Wall Hangers, (2) 34"x45" Lord Is My Shepherd Wall Hangers, White Teddy Bear Wall Hanger, Rugs, Chair Covers, Gift Baskets, (12) Homemade Greeting Cards, More Quilts & Wall Hangings expected...

Raffles: Gun Raffle, Hickory Rocker Raffle, Quilt Raffle

Donations will be accepted until sale time. Many donations by local businesses.

Much more expected by sale date! Please, NO JUNK Not Responsible For Accidents 20% Commission on all items over $100 25% Commission on all items under $100 Commission Proceeds will benefit the (3) Amish Schools in the Marathon Area.

Terms: Cash or Check w/ proper ID Donations are Welcome The Sale is under a tent. Seating Available. Restrooms on Premises Fresh homemade Donuts... Free Coffee with Donut purchase until 9AM Food and Bake Sale by local Amish ladies Auctioneer: Pete Howes Windsor, Ohio (440) 272-5489 or (440) 477-4027 For more info contact: Allen C. Byler, 3770 Deneve Rd, Marathon, NY 13803 Jonas W. Coblentz, 2907 Clarks Corners Rd, Marathon, NY 13803 Andy D. Miller, 4259 Freetown Cross Rd, Cincinnatus, NY 13040

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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 JD 5075 w/553 . . . . . . . . . SOLD . . . . . . . . $32,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville 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

SENECA FALLS, NY — Those who need to use motorized carts to move about the 300-acre outdoor Empire Farm Days event at Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls, NY, can now rent golf carts on-site. Those with their own golf cart must call ahead to qualify their own vehicle for a handicapped permit.

Wheelchairs and handicapped scooters are exempted and do not re-

NH 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 74 rake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller Pro rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller 1416 merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 . . . . Schaghticoke (2) JD 2 Row Corn HD. . . . . $2,850 / $3,250 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3960 forage harv., base unit . . . . . $3,800 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl 860 w/2R 6’ po . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . Fultonville NH 166 inverter 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,850 . . . . . . . Fultonville Pequea fluffer 8 ⁄2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville Fahr KH500 tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 . . . . . . . Fultonville Vicon 4 Star tedder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200 . . . . . . . . Goshen Krone 550 tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650 . . . . . . . Fultonville PLANTING / TILLAGE Frontier RT 1280 Roto Tiller. . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . Schaghticoke JD 750 15’ No-till drill . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville IH 710 4 bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200 . . . . Schaghticoke JD 1450 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2000 6 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2500 5 bottom (nice) . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 8300 23 x7 drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,950 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 8300 23 x7 drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville BALERS Claas 46 RB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville Krone 1500 w/knives . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 . . . . . . . Fultonville NH 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . Schaghticoke JD 335. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000 . . . . . . . Chatham JD 335 RB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 348 w/ 1/4 Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 348 w/40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 446 round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 457 silage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 . . . . . . . Chatham JD 458 silage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 567 RB w/Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,800 . . . . . . . Fultonville NH 316 baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . . Goshen Hesston rounder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 . . . . . . . Fultonville MISCELLANEOUS 300 HUSKER w/243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 390 flail mower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . . . Chatham JD 920 Flex HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 6600 combine w/215 . . . . . . . . . . . $7,800 . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7000 Series 3 pt./PTO, front hitch. $4,950 . . . . . . . Fultonville Kelly Ryan Blower Deck . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . Fultonville Hardi Ranger 2200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,900 . . . . . . . Fultonville 7’ loader blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875 . . . . . . . Fultonville Woods RB72 rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . $425 . . . . . . . Chatham

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quire a special permit.

Those interested in renting can call ahead to the show office at 877697-7837 for information on reserving a rented golf cart.

“Because Empire Farm Days is an outdoor pedestrian show, we must limit the use of motorized personal transport to on-site rental golf carts and qualified personal golf carts by special permit,” says Empire Farm Days Manager Melanie Wickham.

Service dogs are the only dogs allowed at the event that showcases the latest in agricultural equipment, services and research with activities, equipment demonstrations, test driving opportunities, information exhibits, and interaction with more than 600 rep-

resentatives of agricultural interests.

Empire Farm Days includes DairyProfit seminars, live animals, Equine Center round pen demonstrations, farm safety and family life displays; the latest information from Cornell University, eight USDA agencies, New York Farm Bureau, NY Beef Industry Council, and many others.

Show hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7 and Wednesday, Aug. 8, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9; admission is free; parking is $10.

Find more details online at www.empirefarmdays. com or contact Empire Farm Days Manager Melanie Wickham, 877697-7837, mwickham@ empirefarmdays.com.

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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closed at $1.5225, down a penny, 54 1/2-cents 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. 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

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 mil-

lion pounds, up 2 percent from March and a whopping 31.1 percent from a year ago.

American type cheese, at 372 million pounds,

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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

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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 3/4-cents 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.

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.

Hayingg 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.

Barnn 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 w 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'ss 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.

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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

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(100) SEIZED / REPO VEHICLE AUCTION Plus: Local Estate With Tractors, Firearms, Woodworking Equipment & Tools; Group Of Top Quality Contractor Tools - Selling For Local Financial Institution Also: Group Of Commercial Restaurant Equipment Lg. Group Of Tractors, Lawn & Garden, Farm Equipment & Trailers Municipal & School Vehicles

@ Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St., Whitney Point, NY 13862

Saturday

June 23, 2012

9:30 AM

Auction To Be Held @ Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St, Whitney Point, NY 13862. From I-81 Take Exit 8; From Northbound: Take Right Off Exit, Go 100 Yards To Henry St.; From Southbound: Take Left Off Exit, Go 1 Mile To Route 26 South, Go 1/2 Mile To Henry St.; Watch For Auction Arrows.

(100) NYS Seized / Local Finance Co. Repo Vehicles Of All Types (100) - Selling @ 11:30 AM Cars, Pickups, Vans, Convertibles, SUV's, Etc., Full Listing On Website!!; 5th Wheel Camper Trailer: 2006' Keyston / Cougar 314 EFS, 35' 5th Wheel Camping Trlr. w/ Slide, Queen Bed, (4) Bunk Beds In Rear, Super Nice!!!; Municipality Dump Truck, School Buses & Vehicles (Selling @ 1:30 PM) 1993 White / GMC T/A Dump Truck, 300 Cummins, 8 Spd., Exc. Tires, Low Mi., Nice Truck - From A Local Town!; From A Local School: (2) 2001 Bluebird TC 2000 Flatnose Buses, 5.9 Cummins Engines, Auto's, Air Brakes, 72 / 48 pass., 132 & 154 k Mi.; '96 Workmaster / Chevy Alum. Bread / Panel Truck, From A Local School; Tractors, Farm Equipment, Equip. Trailers, Lawn Tractors, ATV's & Van Body - (Selling @ 1:30 PM) Special - Group Of Equipment From Local Estate: Ford NAA - Jubilee Tractor, Super Nice!; Bush Hog 5' Rotary Mower; 5' Backblade; Slip Scoop; 3pth - 1X Plow, Like New!; Farm Tractors: JD 2750, 4wd, Fender; Ford TW-10 w/ Cab, 2wd; JD 2030 w/ Loader; Ford 3000 Utility; Ford 4500 Industrial w/ Loader; Ford 861 w/ Loader; Farmall 300 Utility w/ 2pth; Fast Hitch To 3pth Conversion Selling Separate; Skidsteer: NH 555 Skidsteer, Diesel, Hyd.'s; Backhoe: Case 530, Gas, Runs Good!; Compact Tractors: NH TC 33-D, 4wd w/ Loader, Hydro, 1250 Hrs.; Cub Cadet 5234, 4wd w/ All Hyd. Snowplow, Sharp; Compact Backhoe: NH 758-C Backhoe Attach., Hyd, Subframe Mount, Like New!; Gator/Utility Vehicle - ATV: JD Gator 6x4, Diesel, Hyd. Dump, Curtis Hard Cab, Front Snowplow, Super Nice!!; Yamaha Timberwolf ATV w/ Snowplow; Farm Equipment: Gehl 2365 Disc Mower; Gehl 2412 Disc Mower; New Idea 279 Haybine / Cutditioner; Worksaver Bale Unwrapper; MF 10 Baler; NH 68 Baler; NH 256 Rake; (2)Kuhn 17' & 15' Hay Tedders; NH 847 Round Baler; Knight 2250 Reel Auggie Mixer Wagon; 7' Bush Hog Tow Behind Rotary Mower; JD 2700, 5x Var. Width Plow w/ Coulters; Other Farm Equipment Coming!; (20) Lawn Mowers: JD's: 318; L130 w/ 48" Deck & Blower; GT242 w/ 48" Deck & Tiller; STX 38; L115; Cub Cadets: 3184 Garden Tractor; 2164; GT 2550-50" Deck; LT 1550- 48" Deck; 1730; 1415; Gravely's : 8122; 8123; 430 All w/ Decks & Blowers; Red Hawk Commercial 36" Walk-Behind, Like New!; Many Other Brands!!; Equipment & Enclosed Trailers: 2011 Aluma 16' T/A w/ Ramps & Lg. Toolbox, Like New!!; (2) 10k GVW, T/A Equip. Trailers; (2) New Cross Country Car & Landscape Trailers; 2003 Homestead 16' Enclosed Trailer, T/A; Van Body / Storage Body: 18' Morgan Van Body For Use Or Storage; Group Of Quality Contractors Tools From Local Bank -(Selling @ 9:30 AM) Including: '05 Kristi 10' Enclosed Trailer; Dewalt & Ridgid Wheelbarrow Compressors, Elec. & Gas; (20) Fiberglass Step Ladders, Asst. Sizes; Many Air & Battery Nailers, Many Passlodes; Drills; (2) Ridgid Metal Cutoff Saws; Safety Harnesses; Many Safety Harness Suspension / Safety Units; Dewalt 4300 Watt Generator; Many Other Power Tools & Items; Group Of Quality Tools, Woodworking Tools, Toys & Misc. Items - From An Estate (Selling Approx. 10:45 AM): Lincoln Pro-Cut 60 Plasma Cutter, Super Nice; Lincoln 225 Welder; Manual Tire Mach.; Craftsman Comp; Shopsmith w/ Lots Of Attachments; Craftsman Radial Arm Saw; Many Hand & Power Tools; Gas Water Pump; New Propane Stove / Heater; Group Of Lionel Trains; Old Farm Toys: IH 560 & 340 Tractors; Tru-Scale - Combine, Wagon, Baler, Sickle Mower; Group Of (23) Long Firearms From Estate - (Selling @ 11:00 AM): List On Website, Many Fox, Ithaca's, Browning, etc.

Group Of Commercial Restaurant Equipment (Selling @ Approx. 12 Noon) Including: (2) True Dbl. Sliding Glass Door Beverage Coolers; Deli Cooler, 8'; General Meat Slicer; 12' S.S. Heated Steam Table / Buffet; Manitowac Ice Machine; S.S. 3-Bay Sink w/ 2 Drain Boards; S.S. Under-Bar 3-Bay Sink; S.S. 2-Bay Sink; Bunn Coffee Mach.; (3) S.S. & Plastic Bus Carts; Vending Machines; S.S. 3-Pan Steam Table w/ 2 Top Shelves & Warmer; Booths; Dining Tables; Dining Chairs; Yuengling Pool Table Light; SPECIAL: 6' Bar Sized Pool Table w/ Coin Changer, Nice; ATM Machine; Set Of (4) 305/50/20 Tires On 6 Lug Chrome Rims, Nice!; Tools & Misc. Items Out Of NYS Seized Vehicles, Watch Our Website For More Detailed Listing & Other Info.

Terms & Conditions: Payment In Full Day Of Auction In Cash, Good Check or Major Credit Card w/ Positive ID; 13% Buyers Premium w/ 3% Waived For Cash Or Good Check Payments. Nothing Removed Until Settled For. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS, WHERE-IS. Titles Will Be Mailed Out Approx. 3-4 Business Days Following Auction For Cash / CC Payments & 8-9 Business Days After Auction For Check Payments.

Auction Order: 9:30 AM- Group Of Contractors Tools From Local Bank, Followed By Estate Tools; 11:00 AM- Group Of (23) Firearms From Estate; 11:30 AM- More Estate Tools & Misc, Followed By Commercial Restaurant Equipment; Auction # 2 Starting @ 11:30 AM- Starting With NYS Seized Vehicles, Followed By Repo's & Consigned Vehicles; 1:15 PMKeystone 5th Wheel Camper, Followed By Municipal & School Vehicles; 1:30 PM- Tractors, Farm Equipment, Lawn & Garden, Trailers, ATV's & UTV's, Etc., All Times Are Approx.!!! NOTE: 2 Auctions @ Once After 11: 30 AM, Plan Accordingly!; Visit Our Website For More Info, Pics & More!!

Also Selling Same Day @ 9 AM, Contents Of (10) Non-Paying Storage Units Selling For Affordable Storage Of W.P. LLC @ Their Location Next Door To Manasse Auction Yard Sales Managers & Auctioneers Licensed Real Estate Brokers In NY, NJ & PA Whitney Point, N.Y. 13862 607-692-4540 / 1-800-MANASSE www.manasseauctions.com

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Mielke from C15 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 Tradeweighted 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 fourthgeneration 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).

“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

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.

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

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2 - Large Public Auctions #1 Wed., June 20th @ 5:00pm 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 Ed & Evan Goodrich, Auctioneers www.Goodrichauctionservice.com

2 DAIRY SALES Tuesday June 19th @ 6pm HELD AT C.V.L.M BEFORE THE BEEF SALE. THE SALE SO FAR CONSISTS OF 58 HOLSTEIN COWS. 6 TO 8 COWS ARE DUE IN JUNE. 14 COWS-FRESH IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. THE REST ARE ALL DUE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF LACTATION.

Monday June 25th @ 11am HELD AT C.V.L.M THE SALE SO FAR CONSISTS OF 85 COWS TOTAL FROM ONE FARM. 60 HOLSTEINS & 25 HOL/JERSEY X. 25 ARE FRESH COWS IN THE LAST 5 WEEKS. 15 COWS DUE IN JUNE & JULY. 15 SPRINGING HEIFERS DUE IN AUGUST & SEPTEMBER. ALL ANIMALS FROM BOTH SALES WILL BE PREG CHECKED AND VACCINATED BEFORE HAND. CHARTING IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OUT OF STATE BUYERS. TRUCKING WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL. CONSIGNMENTS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR BOTH SALES.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET INC. P.O. BOX 146 2147 STATE RTE. 22, CAMBRIDGE, NY 12816 PHONE: 518-677-8576 OR 3895 FAX 518-665-8069

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

MACFADDEN'S SUMMER AUCTION SAT., JUNE 30TH - 8:00 AM EARLY LISTING - MUCH MORE COMING IN! TRACTORS-FARM-CONSTRUCTION-TURF-ANTIQUES & MORE

TRACTORS: Sharp JD Side Console 4020; Sharp early JD 4020; Ford 7610 Series 2 2wd-1300 orig hrs!!; JD2355 2wd 2000hrs-sharp!; IH 1566; Case IH 585; White 2-75 4wd w/ ldr; Agco 8765 w/ cab-1800hrs; MF 4243-1600hrs; MFAC7040; AC185; AC160; MF165 TLB; Leyland 272 4wd; MF 184-4 4wd; Case 970 w/ Rops; JD830 utility; NEW McCormick X10-25 4wd w/ ldr; Ford 3000; 4000; IH 2444; Ford 1900 4wd w/ ldr; NH TZ22 4wd w/ mwr & blwr; Cub Cadet SC2400 4wd w/ mwr & blwr-122 hrs; Kubota RTV500-50hrs; JD Gator C2; Ford Super Major; & more!

FARM EQUIPMENT: 2008 Agco Hesston big square baler only 8000 bales-like new condition!; NH 1069 SP bale wagon w/ Perkins dsl; Gehl 2580 Silage Special round baler; New Idea 844 4x4 round baler w/ netwrap; Hesston 856A round baler w/ netwrap; JD 5460 SP Forage Harvester w/ 619 engine & 2 heads; Claas 62 round baler; Krone KR180D round baler; Sharp NH320 baler; NH 315 & 316 balers; JD 336 baler; JD338 baler; NH 1431 discbine; NI 5209 discbine; JD 945 & 936 discbines; NH 489 & 474 haybines; (4) Gehl 970 forage wagons; 60ft transport hay elevator-like new; (2) Kuhn rotary rakes; Hay wagons; NH 100ft mow conveyor; Kverneland Found Bale processor; feeder wagons; White 271 21ft rockflex disc; many smaller plows and discs; JD 8350 grain drill; Calumet 2000 gal tank spreader; NI & NH manure spreaders; New 10 ton Kory gear; Dion & Gehl forage wagons; 3pt hitch forklift; NH 256 & 56 rakes; Keenan FP140 mixer-very good; (25) new farm gates; Ag-Bagger; loaders; rotary cutters; parts; Lots more equipment of all kinds coming in!

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!

Call early to consign your items. You are welcome as buyer or seller!

TERMS; Cash or good check. All items sold as is. All purchased must be paid on day of auction. Pickup within 2 weeks please. List is subject to change.

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.

PLAN AHEAD!!

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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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.”

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“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. Onfarm biogas recovery presents a huge under-tapped resource of renewable energy for the commonwealth.

“Methane digesters offer 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 interests 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 production, 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

Broome County Real Property Tax Foreclosure Auction 75 - Properties Of All Types - 75 Held @ The Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY 13901

Saturday June 30, 2012 10:00AM 75 - Properties Of All Types Throughout Broome County And The City Of Binghamton Many Single Family Homes In Good Areas!!! Including Commercial Buildings, Single & MultiFamily Homes, Several Vacant Lots, ACREAGE, Etc, Oil & Gas Rights Convey To Buyers With All The Properties!! For Complete Brochure, Showing Dates & Times & More Visit Our Website.

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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 than 3,000 customers. 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.

The group discussed whether a program like “Cow Power” was feasible in a de-regulated power system like Pennsylvania’s. Dunn explained the most

significant advantage of the program was the ability to connect customers with their neighbors — the farmers — as a way to produce energy to meet local needs. The group agreed to continue discussions around methane energy production 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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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 OFFERED D SEPARATELY Y FROM M THE E BUILDINGS S AND D REAL L ESTATE 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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Saturday, June 23, 2012 • 8:30AM Complete Liquidation Auction for Martin Building Supply & Martin Farm Machinery 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.

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.

For questions call Wilmer Martin at 570-637-2602.

Concessions provided by Fran Martin, proceeds will benefit New Beginnings Ministry.

Auctioneer's Note: After many years of being in business the Martins have decided to retire.

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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 esti-

PUBLIC AUCTION

HOUSEHOLD ESTATE - FOOD - CONSIGNMENTS SMALL ANIMALS

Saturday, June 23RD at 9:00 AM At Little Falls Groceries, 1972 State Route 169, Little Falls, NY 315-868-8207

GROCERIES: Meats - Cheeses - Snacks - Canned Goods - Cereals Misc.

SMALL L ANIMALS: Pony, 3 Pigs (Black Guinea Hogs), More Coming.

LAWN N & GARDEN: Tiller, Garden Tractors, Misc.

HOUSEHOLD D ESTATE: New Kitchenware, Rubbermaid Items, Glassware, Silverware, Picture Frames, Recliners, sofa, table, chairs.

Mapp off Mohawkk Valleyy in n Frame.

BOOKS: Large Collection of World War II Books Lots of Artwork, File Cabinets, Record Player, Records.

mate, 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 regulatory 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 family-scale farmers and ranchers.”

The coalition’s critique provides additional inFre

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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

Food All Day! Bar-B-Q Chicken - Burgers - Baked Goods

Please send all info w/Truckers Tues., June 19th Sire ID’d breeding age Open & Short Bred Heifers bring a Premium!

Terms by Little Falls Groceries 315-868-8207

SALE MANAGED BY:

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New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. David Kolb 61-L

717-354-4341 (Barn) 717-355-0706 (FAX)

Reminder: Special Heifer Sale Wednesday, July 11TH

D.R. CHAMBERS & SONS, INC. 76 Maple Ave. - Unadilla, NY 13849

607-369-8231 • Fax 607-369-2190 DAIRY DAY AT D.R. CHAMBERS AND SONS INC. THE 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Already Consigned for

Wednesdayy Junee 20,, 2012 2 @ 3pm 15 Heifers Bred for Fall.

8 Holsteins and 7 Jersey Cross.

Will be vet checked and nasaled Special Feeder Sale Every Wednesday following the dairy @ 3pm.

We have a Strong and Consistent Calf, Feeder and Beef Market.

If you are planning on selling your Dairy of Cows or having a complete dispersal Call

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Frank Walker Home 607-829-5172 Cell 607-434-0042

Horse Sales Every other Friday Tack @ 1pm -- Horses @ 6pm

Special Trail Horse Sale Friday June 22, 2012 Trailer load of horses coming out of Texas A skid of Trail Horse Tack.

July 6th and 20th Regular Horse Sales SALE DATE CHANGE Our 4th of July Wednesday Cattle Sale will run on Thursday, July 5th.

Please try and have animals here by 3pm Celebrating 74 years in business Check out our Website for market report, sale dates and more. www.drchambersauction.com Join us on Facebook at Chambers Livestock-Auction

WEEKLY SALES EVERY MONDAY HOSKING SALES - FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK Weekly Sales Every Monday 12:30 Produce, Misc. & small animals; 1:00 Dairy; ** We will now sell lambs, goats, pigs, feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves and cull beef approx. 5:00-5:30PM. Help us increase our volume - thus making a better market for everyone. ** We are Independent Marketers- working 24/7 to increase your bottom line. Take advantage of our low commission rates. Competitive marketing is the way to go.

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!

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 our Web site. Call to advertise in any of these sales it makes a difference.

Directions: Former Welch Livestock 6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South of Utica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY. www.hoskingsales.com Call today with your consignments.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

607-699-3637 or 607-847-8800 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

formation 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.”

Full Line of Agricultural Spray Materials Corn, Alfalfa & Grass Seeds Feed, Hay & Straw

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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

Auctioneers - Chupp Bros

SALE MANAGED BY: New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. 101 Fulton St., New Holland PA 17557 David Kolb 61-L

717-354-4341 (Barn) 717-355-0706 (FAX)

Contact Person Chris Z @ 610-273-2801 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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BLUE HEELER PUPS $50ea. 3 Males, 4 females. Ready to go in 2 weeks. Abner King. 2550 W.Wycoff Rd. Ovid, NY. HORSE DRAWN hay loaders, tedders, mowing machines, corn stalk binder. 603464-6067.(NH) ZERO 1000 gallon bulk tank with 5HP compressor, works $1,200. Cato, NY. 315626-3288.

CROWN ROTARY rock picker 2 4x4 aluminum box beams, 24 foot long $125. each. 518-293-6298.(NY) 70 BY 14 SINGLE WIDE trailer, fully gutted, new sheetrock, new wiring with porch $2,500. 315-527-6203.(NY) KRONE KR-130 ROUND BALER, “twine mechanism”, new, $300 - 518-993-5426 ext. 2.(NY) 316 NEW HOLLAND baler with pan thrower, nice condition $6,500. 518-6388724.(NY) SHEEP/ PIG SCALE $400. Fitting stand $350. Goat Gopher $225. Sheep/ Goat chute $600. Will e-mail pictures, maxthecattledog@hotmail.com 315-9459006.(NY) CORN CRIB with 42 20’ poles, fence and metal roof, $2,000 or best offer - 315-7290828.(NY)

WANTED TO BUY: JD tractors running, parts, or need of repair. Cash paid. Also,2 row corn planter in working condition. 518695-6180(NY)

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN bull, 15 months, outcross to most current breeding.

Dam EX Mammary Bolton, also Heifers due June and July. 413-527-6274.(MA)

TO CALLER, Both Papecs Model 35, Not 35A. NOS Galaxy 19L-16.1 12ply RibImplement tire, $150/bro - 603-7872396.(NH)

RESTORED 1941 LA with all equipment, also 1941H 1943A 1946B Terratrac GT25 dozer and New Idea ground driven spreader. 607-369-7656.(NY)

30FT. HAY AND Grain elevator with motor, super hutch calf.tel. New Holland 770 Field Chopper with pickup head, also big. 315398-9211.(NY)

REGISTERED AYRSHIRE BULL 15 months old, sired by Ramius, DAM has 3yr. record 280 days 22,899. Semen also for sale, 802-866-5438.(NY)

WD ALLIS CHALMERS with loader, runs good $1,900. Campbell, NY area. 607-3689629

NEW HOLLAND 477 haybine, excellent condition, $1,275; Case S.C. tractor, runs, $875; John Deere rake, $600 - 716-5927593.(NY)

FOR SALE: 4 Llamas 2 male, 2 female.

Asking $1,000. 845-489-1874.(NY)

IH 915 COMBINE with 15’ 810 grain head, runs good, always inside, $4,500/obo; 1981 homemade livestock trailer, 12’, $500 - 585-554-6628.(NY)

EBY CATTLE trailer 24’x8’ $20,000. Sullivan show box 21”x24”x58” $275. 24” Fan half horsepower $150. 603-446-3324.(NH)

JD B; 30’ hay & grain elevator w/motor; 110 gallon tank w/front brackets for IH 706; 1977 Ford F700 dump truck. 315-7192149(NY)

FARMALL LOADER off M, but will fit many Farmall models. Comes with two buckets, great condition $500. ask for Austin. 607263-5120.(NY)

1034 KUHN BALE accumulator 9,250.

8360 Case IH haybine 2,800. Maxxum 125 4x4 cab power shift only 250hrs. $65,000.

585-526-4785.(NY)

HORSE FENCE, black vinyl, Hot Cote wire, brand new, .60 a foot, 6,000’ total.

WANTED: 8-10’ Bush Hog. 315-8230812.(NY)

NH 271 BALER with steel wheels and 2 cylinder Wisconsin motor, field ready also 2x14 White Horse hydraulic trailer plow.

315-823-2053.(NY) WANTED: JD 350 or 450 Track loader, in good condition, 60% UC plus. Cell 908619-0462 or 908-362-7478.(NJ) MID- 1950’s UNIT shovel on tracks, in working condition. GM 271 diesel engine, cable operated, 1/2 yard bucket $4,000.

845-679-2864.(NY) PEQUEA 710 TEDDER $600; Ford 4400? with loader, backhoe, tractor partial burned, hoe good, $2,500 - 315-5361091.(NY) REGISTERED BLACK Angus bulls. World class genetics, easy going demeanor. Bred for calving ease. Only three left. Don’t miss out! 716-378-7151.(NY)

NEW HOLLAND 166 Inverter merger with extension table, excellent condition $3,500. 607-346-1067.(NY) IH 183 CULTIVATOR, 4 row, S-tine, excellent condition, $850. E. Fox 585-5266634.(NY) MANY JD 1360 discbine, will sell any parts off them. Farmall 340 fast hitch, power steering, new tires $2,600. 315-9424069.(NY) FOR SALE: NH round baler 846, good $2,500. 607-687-3028.(NY)

MASSEY FERGUSON 3 point sickle mower, stored inside, $500. Excellent shape - 585-548-2434.(NY)

500 GAL. pull behind side dresser setup for 6 rows. 315-776-4110.(NY)

FARMALL TRACTOR Super A cultivators, excellent condition $3,600. 704-5165340.(NC)

CASE IH 1660 COMBINE, Century 500gal. sprayer 45’ hydraulic folding booms. 8x60 Transport auger pto. IH 1086 tractor with duals. 315-789-0882.(NY)

ROUND BALER, New Holland 638, twine, 4x4, like new $8,000. Agco 3715 Manure spreader, b.new $6,500. Oliver 351SB mower $1,750. 607-656-4568.(NY)

WOODS BRUSH HOG-B8400 HD 3pt. mower dual tail, wheels VG condition $4,500. Ford-4000, gas, 3pt. hitch, p/s, no pto $2,500. 413-738-5379.(MA)

1986 GMC 7000 STEEL DUMP 14’x7’6”x4”, 17,000 original miles, excellent shape, good firewood or insilage truck, $4,500 - 413-458-8438.(MA)

WANTED: Rear wheel WTS Ford 7710 34” rubber, also stabilizer bars for 3PH arms for International 684. 315-823-2375.(NY)

JD 301A TRACTOR, side mount sickle bar mower, 2400HR $5,500. JD 440 Crawler loader $2,500, JD 46A loader $1,000. 716289-1472.(NY)

18 4X4 ROUND BALES stored outside from 2011 season, could be fed for beef cows, will sell cheap, you haul. 607-7613883.(NY)

JD 8300 GRAIN drill, 24 openers, 6” spacing, no grass seed, single disc openers $1,200. 315-529-9842.(NY)

GELDING ¼ BELGIAN ¾ HAFLINGER, 9, rides, drives; Also, Registered Haflinger mare, 6, rides, drives, $600/each - 585786-2828.(NY)

4 YEAR OLD Standard Morgan cross Green broke, need miles. Call for more information $1,000. OBO. 315-5364506.(NY)

LOG CABIN FARM HOUSE located on edge of farm in Windsor, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, new septic, roof, windows $229,900.

413-684-4665.(MA)

770 OLIVER 77 OLIVER VA Case 3 disks plows New Idea spreader horse drawn equipment running gear 801 Ford scavenger. 607-538-1654.(NY)

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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).

For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

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

60 mi. South of Rochester, NY).

For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

Gray PRES VAC 2011, 110 barrel, vacuum tank comes with a fruitland 500 vacuum pump, in like new condition (Unit located 60 mi.

South of Rochester, NY). For more information call Bryan at 607-368-1986.

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

For Information about Internet Auctions please contact; Milo at 585-739-6435, Richard at 585-721-9554, Cindy at 585-738-3759

Harmon Farms Machinery Auction June 19th • 5:00PM 3660 Oatka Trail, Leroy, NY 14482 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.

Check out www.teitsworth.com for the entire list and pictures Terms: Full payment auction day. Cash, Good Check, Credit card.

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Thursday, August 9, 2012 Next to Empire Farm Days Show 2973 Route 414, Seneca Falls, NY If you are new to the auction process or would like to know what your items might be worth please call for personal consultation or appraisal: Richard @ 585-721-9554 • Milo @ 585-739-6435 • Roy @ 585-217-9177 “WE SPECIALIZE IN LARGE AUCTIONS FOR DEALERS, FARMERS, MUNICIPALITIES AND CONTRACTORS”