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, ac-
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA TOP 40 HERDS FOR MAY BRD
MILK 3X
RHA FAT RHA PROT RHA MILK PCT FAT PCT PRO
DELAWARE VAL COLLEGE SPRING VALLEY DAIRY LLC BRIAN K MULL CHRISTIAN L PETERSHEIM LAMAR GOCKLEY SCOTT & APRIL COOPER MARTIN PEILA SHALE RIDGE FARMS LLC SKY VIEW DAIRY WILLOW RUN FARM ABNER L STOLTZFUS DEEP RUN CRK HOLSTEINS DEWDROP-MEDO HOLSTIENS KEVIN L OBERHOLTZER JEFF SENSENIG OLD PIKE DAIRY GLENVILLE FARMS DAVID & JOSHUA BISHOP IRA M HEISTAND JR PAUL & MARK MILLER JOHN M. BURKHOLDER WILLOW SPRINGS FARM CLIFF & ANDREA SENSENIG CLAIR N OBERHOLTZER MEADOW VISTA FARM JOHN P LAPP DELAWARE VAL COLLEGE PEILA JOHN III WEAVER HOMSTEAD FARM MATTHEW BENNETCH WALNUT RUN FARM S & A KREIDER- FARM NO 2 IVAN LEE KING SANDY HOLLOW FARM BRENT L. GEHMAN ELVIN & DORCAS REIFF JERE SENSENIG
B 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 B H H H H H H H H H
NO YES YES NO YES NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO
31130 31963 29189 28935 28583 29342 28896 28585 28927 28052 27977 28903 28334 27463 29371 27912 26982 26826 27214 27713 26713 28167 26996 26743 28653 27102 27091 24195 27310 25904 26550 26500 26887 26857 26557 27473 26365
PEILA JOHN III ARLIN BENNER TRI-WILLOW FARMS
H H H
NO 25822 3.4 876 3.2 YES 27635 3.2 898 2.9 NO 27551 3.3 919 3.0
NAME
3.9 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7
TOP HERDS FOR RHI PROTEIN
1217 1067 1022 979 1093 1119 926 1020 1094 926 989 1020 1055 909 1044 979 974 993 927 1018 1028 917 1002 968 941 1048 1018 934 901 987 918 970 879 1004 1013 984 967
cording 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 coun-
try struggle both financially and emotionally,” and charged that “the dairy pricing system is clearly broken.” They report that the first five months of 2012
3.4 1054 3.0 957 3.1 916 3.1 909 3.1 890 3.0 890 3.1 885 3.0 871 3.0 869 3.1 867 3.1 865 3.0 863 3.0 861 3.1 858 2.9 856 3.1 856 3.1 847 3.2 846 3.1 844 3.0 842 3.1 835 3.0 834 3.1 834 3.1 831 2.9 830 3.1 830 3.0 825 3.4 825 3.0 824 3.2 823 3.1 821 3.1 820 3.0 819 3.0 818 3.1 818 3.0 816 3.1 816 816 815 814
Compiled by: DRMS, Raleigh, NC 27603 • (919) 661-3100
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For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com TYPE TEST
HERD OWNER MERRILL MEST
B R COW E E YEARS D
DHI-AP H 36.1
NORTHUMBERLAND
RHA MILK
17836
FAT
% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X
695 3.9 573 3.2
JOHN RISHEL STROUSE DAIRY FARM SPRING LAKE DAIRY SHULTZ HILLSIDE DAIRY DRY RUN DAIRY, LLC WOLFE'S POWER LINE DAIRY J DANIEL FAUS WAYNE KLOCK PAUL SCHMIDT KEVIN BROSIOUS
DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-APCS DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP
H H H H H H H H H H
48.0 67.8 106.1 80.2 97.1 382.8 126.0 40.9 120.7 42.4
31900 28516 29063 26722 24478 23938 22542 21360 16772 17816
1144 1010 1021 1015 1004 842 813 766 682 679
3.6 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.1 3.5 3.6 3.6 4.1 3.8
960 868 867 814 763 707 686 663 542 540
3.0 3X 3.0 3.0 3X 3.0 3.1 3.0 3X 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0
CARL & BRENT MC MILLEN LOY ACRES L.L.C. CINDY & JOE COMP JESSE+BARB SINGLETON M W SMITH FARMS MELVIN S WEAVER NEVIN G RICE LENARD & AMY KRESGE OL MAPLES FARM ROBRT & BONITA RODGERS LYONS BROTHERS SYLVIN M WENGER EDWARD C BROFEE INNERST FARM PHILLIP WENGER ED + WILMA MCMILLEN ROBT & JENNIFER GABEL KRETZH FARMS INC. SAMUEL L. HURST KENDALL BYERS BRIAN FLEISHER LARRY BRAJKOVICH
DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP
H H H H H H H H H X H H H H H H H H H H H X
96.9 90.1 103.3 53.0 504.3 90.7 123.2 157.1 100.1 36.7 68.7 75.2 255.7 192.5 72.6 47.6 33.0 319.7 57.3 66.5 49.3 89.8
27355 26987 27138 24681 25908 25374 24139 23810 22806 21730 22772 22693 22726 21931 21313 21625 20971 20452 19904 20292 19074 15334
974 966 990 896 945 992 859 843 812 880 834 788 866 773 759 783 699 765 790 730 731 652
3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.8 4.3
860 836 822 786 785 765 759 744 721 706 701 694 684 668 661 655 650 648 633 621 596 527
3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.0 3X 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4
DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP
H H H H
90.8 62.0 36.5 96.5
PERRY
SCHUYLKILL CARL A FARMS INC BRIAN RUCH MILLER & REX JAMES D. DUNN
33337 1228 3.7 995 3.0 3X 26738 1026 3.8 844 3.2 24549 838 3.4 723 2.9 23186 834 3.6 723 3.1
HERD OWNER SNYDERLANDFARMS LARRY HEPLER WIND MILL FARM ELBERT FARMS RYAN KAHLER MARK & AMY WOLFE MAR K FARMS DONNON-S DAIRY FARM JERSEY ACRES FMS INC DAWN F RHEIN DONNON-S DAIRY FARM
SNYDER
CHRISS+TRISH NIPPLE DARE E LAND JACOB GRAYBILL KEITH MCCOOL WARREN FAUS JOHN M KURTZ ROBERT + KATHY WAITE BO ANN HOLSTEINS JL & CL SHAFFER DAVID APPLE AND SON LEIRE FRY & SONS RICHARD+BETTY WELLER SEVEN OAKS MABARBIL FARMS WAITE N CE FARM SAUDERDALE FARM JAY HOLLENBACH JUSTAMERE FARM DAN WHITMER NELALE FARM DUANE & KAREN EWING
SOMERSET
DAVID CRISSINGER VERNON D. MARTIN MERVIN AND JENELL YODER
TYPE TEST
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 (DPA), 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
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Top 40 Herds For May B R COW E E YEARS D
RHA MILK
FAT
% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X
863 813 886 831 775 744 760 676 732 693 636
3.8 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.7 4.5 3.6
DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP
H H B H H H H H J J X
51.6 61.0 177.7 90.8 97.2 60.1 91.9 136.0 189.6 226.7 42.0
22946 21969 20575 22095 20752 20093 20749 18692 15469 15374 17597
DHI DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-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
H X H H H H X H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
53.0 95.6 51.6 149.7 50.5 66.8 48.4 44.1 39.4 67.5 144.3 45.5 60.5 98.3 74.4 49.7 48.4 39.2 35.4 53.0 52.1
28760 1160 4.0 933 3.2 23232 972 4.2 748 3.2 23555 887 3.8 716 3.0 23218 812 3.5 710 3.1 22514 865 3.8 689 3.1 21315 810 3.8 659 3.1 20273 787 3.9 646 3.2 20472 758 3.7 628 3.1 20018 774 3.9 623 3.1 20837 743 3.6 608 2.9 19695 746 3.8 607 3.1 18669 768 4.1 601 3.2 19582 753 3.8 601 3.1 19319 814 4.2 591 3.1 19193 730 3.8 582 3.0 18382 680 3.7 582 3.2 17508 728 4.2 559 3.2 17972 769 4.3 546 3.0 17482 648 3.7 524 3.0 16283 639 3.9 518 3.2 16626 679 4.1 517 3.1
DHI-AP H 45.9 DHI-APCS H 202.8 DHI H 81.1
23288 22731 21090
701 698 684 661 641 636 635 577 563 554 545
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.1
820 3.5 702 3.0 829 3.6 691 3.0 789 3.7 678 3.2
HERD OWNER
WASHINGTON HAMILTON BROS HAMILTON BROS JOHN E MARCHEZAK FOLLY HOLLOW FM INC GREEN HAVEN FARM JOHN E MARCHEZAK WINDSON DAIRY FARM WILLIAM A SCOTT MARION PYLE STONE
WESTMORELAND BILL & RICK EBERT SLICKHILL HOLSTEINS ALVIN VANCE JR -HALVIN VANCE JR -HSELEMBO DAIRY FARM YURIS' DAIRY FARM JAMES HOUGH
YORK
TYPE TEST
B R COW E E YEARS D
RHA MILK
FAT
% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X
867 882 899 739 638 789 715 624 661
3.4 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 4.8 3.6 3.7 4.0
DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP
H X H H H J H H W
256.0 55.0 67.6 154.5 111.1 18.9 87.1 70.0 13.4
25309 24548 23860 20356 20205 16483 19708 17015 16509
DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP
H H H H H H X
76.6 78.1 42.3 26.1 164.6 48.0 33.2
23570 901 3.8 735 3.1 23281 1020 4.4 719 3.1 21633 873 4.0 671 3.1 19921 819 4.1 618 3.1 19370 735 3.8 601 3.1 18142 685 3.8 563 3.1 16391 630 3.8 523 3.2
SMYSERS RICHLAWN FMS DHIR-AP H 75.1 TAYACRES FARM DHI-AP H 188.8 WALK LE HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 283.6 ROBT. BAUMGARDNER JR DHI-AP H 165.6 MEADOW VALLEY DAIRY FARM DHI-AP H 177.1 THOMAS BOYER DHI-AP H 44.3 KATEANN FARM DHI-AP H 46.4 JESSE & BARB DRUCK DHI-AP H 106.7 BARRENS VIEW FARM DHI-AP X 73.4 DALE & DARLA DOLL DHI-AP H 103.0 JESSE & BARB DRUCK 2 DHI-AP H 25.0 GUM TREE FARM DHI-APCS H 70.6 JOHN KRONE DHI-APCS H 26.7 #PERRYDELL FARM DHI-AP H 139.1 STUMP ACRES DHI-AP H 121.4 LEROY BUPP DHI-AP H 170.9 GARY THOMAN DHIR-AP H 52.2 LARRY ROBINSON DHI-AP H 24.2 SYDOR BROS. FARM DHI-AP H 66.6
767 767 736 625 620 585 573 550 501
3.0 3X 3.1 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.0
30255 1144 3.8 927 3.1 25965 1049 4.0 807 3.1 25480 909 3.6 781 3.1 3X 24007 898 3.7 736 3.1 23877 1022 4.3 727 3.0 24009 924 3.8 725 3.0 22280 758 3.4 681 3.1 22159 784 3.5 673 3.0 3X 20753 754 3.6 669 3.2 20206 714 3.5 635 3.1 20720 753 3.6 631 3.0 3X 19641 719 3.7 593 3.0 18093 671 3.7 587 3.2 18948 730 3.9 583 3.1 17331 640 3.7 548 3.2 18397 663 3.6 548 3.0 17423 660 3.8 546 3.1 17630 605 3.4 527 3.0 16564 632 3.8 521 3.1
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