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February 21, 1997

Dairy Association honors producers

According to Robert E. Jones, service coordinator of the ISDA, the 1996 Meritorious Herd Awards bring the number given since 1917 -- the first year they were given -- to 13,890. The ISDA determined these awards in cooperation with the dairy Extension division of Purdue University's Department of Animal Sciences.

Twenty-seven gold and 88 silver merit awards were given for herds of 15 or more animals. Gold awards start at 125 percent of breed average for either milk, fat or protein, and silver awards start at 112.5 percent of breed average. The awards are for herd production from October 1995 through September 1996. Recipients, listed by the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) are:

ADAMS Gold Hillcrest Dairy Farm, Berne Silver Raymond Becher Jr., Decatur Silver Dennis Rowell, Berne ALLEN Gold Ralph Linnemeier, Fort Wayne Silver Allen & Sandy Franz, Monroeville Silver Ron Fick, Fort Wayne Silver Darwin Harmeyer & Family, Fort Wayne Silver Elmer Linnemeier, Fort Wayne Silver Miller's Dairy Farm, Fort Wayne Silver Kuehnert Dairy Farms, Fort Wayne Silver Blessing's Farm, Fort Wayne BOONE Silver Purdue Dairy Research Center, West Lafayette Silver Lisa Sieber, West Point CASS Silver Chapel View Farms, Logansport Silver Reiff Farms Inc., Burnettsville SOUTH CENTRAL Silver Larry Schad & Family, Greenville Silver Billy McCollum, Corydon DEKALB Gold James & George Brand, Waterloo Gold K.D. Carnahan Farms, Butler Silver Haynes Dairy Farm-Farm 1, Auburn Silver David Haynes Dairy Farm, Garrett DUBOIS Silver Rauscher Farms Inc., Huntingburg Silver Mark & Debra Martin, Cynthiana Silver Lost River Farm, Orleans Silver Michel Holsteins, Fort Branch Silver Sudona Dairy Farm, Haubstadt ELKHART Gold Dan Armbruster, Syracuse Gold Chupp & Early, Middlebury Gold Steve & Bev Landis, Goshen Gold Myron & Michael Oesch, Middlebury Gold Prairie Dairy Farms, Goshen Gold Ramer Farms, New Paris Gold Martin Yoder, Middlebury Gold Glen Zimmerman, Nappanee Gold Joe Hibschman, Syracuse Gold Ronald Wenger, Goshen Silver Melvin Coning, Goshen Silver Sunrose Corporation-Farm 1, Millersburg Silver Dave Kulp, New Paris Silver Creek Side Dairy, Goshen Silver Dennis Paulus, Elkhart Silver Darrell & Bonita Richard, Goshen Silver Roger Shuder, Syracuse Silver Delvin & Stephanie Mast, Middlebury Silver Maplebranch Farm, Middlebury Silver Richard Thomas, Middlebury Silver Ina Weaver & Sons, Goshen Silver David & Ernest Whetestone, Nappanee Silver Wenger Farms, Wakarusa Silver J. Olen & R. Yoder, Middlebury Silver Larry & Lou Zimmerman, Millersburg Silver Dennis Martin, Goshen Silver Kenneth & John Zimmerman, Goshen Silver Scott & Troy Snider, New Paris Silver Jim & Tina Harter, Wakarusa Silver Verl Weaver, Goshen FULTON Gold Mark Early & Family, Rochester Gold Robert Powlen & Family, Kewanna Silver Sidney Leman & Sons, Francesville

GRANT Silver Joseph Miller, Kokomo Silver Homer Miller & Miller-Meeker, Amboy Silver Clarence Bontrager, Amboy HAMILTON Silver Horney Jerseys, Sheridan HENRY Silver Finishline Farm, Springport JACKSON Silver Benter Holstein, Brownstown Silver Elliott Brothers-String 2, Brownstown Silver Paul Lambrecht, Bedford KOSCIUSKO Gold Fred & Pat Beer, Milford Silver James Moneyheffer, Leesburg Silver Jesse Beer, Milford Silver L&G Holsteins, Milford LAGRANGE Silver Country Hills Farm, Hudson Silver Stutzman Brothers, Middlebury Silver Robert Yoder, Shipshewana NORTHWEST Gold Edward Hein, Crown Point LAPORTE Gold Horvath's Overlookin Dairy, New Carlisle Silver Yoned Farm, Union Mills Silver Jim & Jim Minich, LaPorte MARSHALL Gold Gary & Diana Lipply, Plymouth Silver Nor-Bert Farms, Bremen Silver William & Thomas Monhaut, Bremen Silver Roger Norris, Plymouth Silver Newman Holstein Farm, Culver NOBLE Gold Jack Hosford & Family, Wawaka Silver Berkes Farms Inc., Albion Silver Phil Bontrager, Cromwell Silver Duane Stohlman & Family, Albion Silver Thomas Franks & Family, Wawaka Silver Forrest & Janet Keefer, Wawaka PUTNAM Gold Thomas Cole & Family, Greencastle Silver Mike Riggs, Danville RANDOLPH Silver John & Mick Whitesel, Union City Silver Kevin Riegel & Family, Economy SOUTHEASTERN Silver Wolter Dairy Farm, Greensburgv Silver Krieger Farms Inc., Batesville RUSH Gold Wilbur Hoeing & Sons, Rushville ST. JOSEPH Gold Jim Grabowski & Family, Bremen Gold Leon Monhaut, Bremen STEUBEN Gold Randy & Oscar Deetz, Waterloo FRANKLIN-FAYETTE-UNION Silver Burger Farms, Okeana Silver Alan & Charles Overbeck, Liberty Silver Everett & Keith Hubbell, Brownsville WABASH Silver Gregg Terrill, Claypool Silver Randal Schipper, Roann Silver John Lynn, Wabash Silver R & D Penrod Dairy, North Manchester WASHINGTON Silver Don Green, Salem WAYNE Gold Myers & Coleman, Cambridge City Silver Mitchell Farms, New Castle Silver Mayhill Farms, Fountain City Silver Markress Farm, Fountain City WELLS Silver Blue-Moo Dairy, Montpelier Silver Neuenschwander Agri-Ent Inc., Bluffton Silver Mr. & Mrs. Max Springer, Bluffton WHITLEY Silver South View Farms Inc.-String 1, South Whitley

Certificate of Production Awards are made to herds with fewer than 15 animals that meet production standards for their breed. The five recipients are:
BOONE
Bob & Mary Ingels, Pittsboro

GREENE-OWEN-MONROE-MARTIN
Glen Conder & Sons, Stanford

JACKSON
Elliott Brothers-String 1, Brownstown

WAYNE
Bob & Jane Hill, Williamsburg

WHITLEY
South View Farms Inc.-String 1, South Whitley

The Milk Production Improvement Award recognizes improvement in a herd's average milk production. The rolling herd average milk production of the winning dairy herds in September 1996 was 2,000 or more pounds of Energy Corrected Milk higher than the previous year, according to the ISDA. Only eight of 704 herds on DHIA tests were able to show improvement. Those Indiana dairy families, listed by DHIA, receiving this award are:

ADAMS
Dean Beer, Berne

ELKHART
Arnold & Carmen Wegener, Goshen
Andrew Martin, Nappanee
Stephen Gongwer, Elkhart

FULTON
Sidney Leman & Sons, Francesville

MARSHALL
Gary & Diana Lipply, Plymouth

NOBLE
April Foster, Ligonier

PUTNAM
Thomas Cole & Family, Greencastle

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Compiled by Chris Sigurdson, (765) 494-8415; E-mail, sig@ecn.purdue.edu

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