The Rural Voice, 1986-04, Page 41FARM NEWS
Award loses
some prestige
From its beginnings in 1980, the
Dairy Herd Improvement Cor-
poration's (DHIC) awards have
been prestigious to winners. At the
annual milk recording awards ban-
quet held in Sebringville recently,
those awards may have lost some
of their prestige.
As a matter of policy, producers
must nominate themselves for the
award by filling out an application
presented to them by their area
herd supervisor. This year as ROP
(Record of Performance) and
DHIC joined as one organization,
the program is undergoing adjust-
ment. A small number of pro-
ducers under the ROP system were
not aware of the policy that a pro-
ducer must file an application
before he will be considered for an
award. They thought the winner
was automatically chosen from
computer statistics. Their problem
with the system is that if the owner
of the best cow in the county
doesn't fill out an application
sheet, a cow of lesser quality will
be named the top animal in the
county.
Ed Verkley of R.R. I, Atwood
from a farm of 150 Holsteins says
he is concerned about the award
system because the best producer
doesn't necessarily win the award.
Before this annual meeting,
Verkley didn't know how the
award system worked. If he had
known and had applied he may or
may not have won an award.
That's not why he spoke out; he
spoke out as a matter of principle.
On the other hand, Bob Ross,
DHIC director, says the applica-
tion method is done for good
reason. There are some dairy pro-
ducers, on the basis of religious or
personal beliefs who do not want
to be recognized for their achieve-
ment in public. The board respects
their convictions, thus developed
the application system to present
awards. Ross says because of the
questions of producers, the
method of distributing awards will
be reviewed.
In spite of the question of their
integrity, the awards were given
out with respect and accepted by
milk producers who are never-
theless, outstanding farmers in
their own right. PC
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