BlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,1980 Demand, seen as dairy challenges NASHVILLE, Tenn - Despite success m meeting the demand for higher producing, more efficient cows and milk lower m butterfat and higher in milk solids, serious challenges face the dairy industry, Anson R. Bertrand, director of science and education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, said at the annual meeting of the Holstem-Fnesian Associat ion of America. “The most immediate pressure on dairy managers is inflation,” Bertrand said. “Inflation puts a very high premium on increased productivity - to keep far mer purchasing power ahead of the dollar’s erosion.” In addition, Bertrand said energy costs are pressing the dairy industry. He said it is likely that in the future dairy producers will make greater use of solar energy for drying grains, heating water, cooling milk, and many other energy uses. “The energy shortage could have a much larger impact on the dany industry if alcohol technology proves to be cost-effective in comparison with other alternative fuel sources,” Bertrand said. “There is no expectation that alcohol will replace all our petroleum needs - but even supplying 10 percent of our current demand for gasoline with alcohol would make a substantial impact on the availability and price of many products, including dairy feed and tran sportation.” He said although meeting 10 percent of our gasoline requirements through alcohol will present a demand for a substantial number of acres, alcohol would not be totally a competitor of the dairy in dustry. UStFermentation produces amounts of wet stillage -•tvhich contain substantial fasd value. We may be able to fmd ways to use fer mentation residue ef fectively m dairy feeds by partial drying with solar energy.” The strongest pressures for change, in the long term, At Holstein Convention inflation, energy probably will come from a growing world demand for food, Bertrand said “This pressure arises from the fast-growing world population and from rising world demand for animal products. The demand for meat, milk and eggs has already fueled a major ex pansion in the world’s feed gram trade; in particular, it has increased the level of U.S. feed gram exports from 19 million tons 10 years to 71 minion tons m the current fiscal year,” he said. The dairy industry and the USDA together already have registered some major suc cesses m solvmg problems facing dairy farmers, Ber trand said. The national cooperative dairy herd improvement program, elimination of bovine tuberculosis, and reduction of brucellosis in cattle are just a few ex amples of progress made, he said. 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Bertrand said the exten sion program has worked with farmers and regulatory agencies to virtually eliminate antibotic residues in milk m 24 states “Extension conducted in tensive education efforts to help dairy managers better understand the proper use and withdrawal times for an tibotics. This is an important issue for the dairy industry, and residue monitoring will now be conducted m 48 states,” he said. Bertrand said reseach needed to meet the challenges facmg the dairy industry already is under way. “Increasing the role of forage in dairy cattle nutri- tion, taking advantage of the genetic potential of animals, increasing reproductive effi ciency, reducmg losses due to disease, and improving dairy products are a few of the areas the USDA’s Science and Education Ad- silver medal, Tim Reich and Ken Klmgler took 16th place and honorable mention in the Small Gas Engine Contest and Allen Will played in the State FFA Band Contests weren’t the only thing to do during the three day Convention Members participated in a softball tournament. They also had the opportunity to use the tennis courts, and the swimming pool. 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