Dairymen praised for records
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f»«vc really been
problem," he sold
"We've never really had
f?real stride in obtaining
metabolic efficiency." the
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predicted that cows fed on
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"Hun for your life toward
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news,” Ace told the
producers that feedpnces
would be declining just a
little during the coming
year. “There should be about
an 8-10 percent increase in
feed which is a bttle lower,”
he stated.
“Feed prices won’t be
weakening much but a lit
tle,” he noted. Ace told the
dairymen that the com crop
had reached record levels of
six million bushels and that
both soybean and wheat
productions had seen a great
increase.
“These feeds which are the
basis of grain feeding, are at
record high.” he related.
Stating that the most
dairymen did not want their
milk priced out of the
market, Ace cautioned the
producers on flooding the
markets.
“Most producers,” he
noted “would like to keep
milk at a modest price
although costs are really
critical.”
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“While food has gone up by
10 percent recently, milk has
gone up only 5 percent,” Ace
said. “Milk is still a good
buy.”
Forage is Basis
of Good Nutrition
Ace encouraged the
dairymen to continue good
production levels. “Nutrition
and forage intake is very
important the specialist
noted.
“Forage is the basis of
sensible feeding programs
and even if it is a good or bad
year, forage is important.”
Ace told die producers that
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grain should be fed when the
milk flow Is the highest
"especially In the early
lactation period," he stated
The specialist also
reminded the farmers that
corncobs could be used as a
form of roughage, so “don’t
shell the com crop." be
noted.
Cautioning against
overfeeding trace minerals,
Ace stated, "only two dif
ferent sources of trade
minerals should be fed "
“Sometimes we overfeed
the components by using
different channels such as
liquid supplements and
mineral mixtures."
“Overfeeding can boost
the mineral level too high.”
Expressing his concern
over controlling mastitis,
Ace told the group that good
management was quite
necessary.
“Mastitis treatments cost
money but what you often
can’t see is the money also
being lost by decreased milk
production.”
Ace suggested using saw
clean sawdust in free stall
situations to cut down on
mastitis.
Detecting the disease by
way of tests was suggested
by the specialist, in order to
cut down the expense of
treating mastitis once
contracted.
Speaking on promotion,
Ace noted that producers
should “let consumers know
what goes on in producing
milk.”
“I think consumers would
really appreciate knowing
what is involved in the
process that gets milk to
them,” he noted.
Ace concluded his remarks
by encouraging the
dairymen to keep working
for good records and high
production.
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is the letter Y like a young
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