\ $lBO per to death 1 • milk, oduction. Holbert tlifornia O) Berlin, nnanan, ifference 00-pound rtiat you . always ssistance ate Ex mastitis sriajiear injuries, :es on &utler9* Standard Buildings Parting January 15, 1982 :n wari EE YOUR 11-BUILDER I DETAILSI SUY OR LEASE jecial Prices Start Jan. 15 JR COUNTIES 3NTRACTOR R.D..80*249 liport, Pa. 1:814-672-575ify A. NEWTON & SON CO. riile, Delaware 19933 h 302-337-4211 Pennfield tells dairy farmers to get back to basics . LANCASTER - “The key to iairy profitability during the next •touple of years will be growing bigger and better first-calf heifers,” Donald J. Mahlandt, Manager of Dairy and Livestock Feed Sales, stressed at~Pennfield Corporation’s Dairy Day at the Farm and Home Center on Thursday. By growing better heifers, dairy farmers can cull closer and reduce their herd size and at the same time improve individual cow productivity and income over feed costs, which will be needed for -profitability, he explained. In a program before a capacity Milking school viruses, chemical burning, calluses and environmental fac tors. The dairymen were told that clean aregs and sanitation will pay off. Or. Welsh urged that mastitis can be prevented by clearing away obstacles, and by getting cows away from sources of bacteria, ch as mud and water, and fly Tontrol. The serious mastitis situation is in many cases linked to the milking equipment and milking process. However it can be prevented and controlled with positive action, he said. Donald Hileman of William - sburg, who grew up on a farm and has operated his own for 18 years, admitted there is always more tp leam. The. Blair County fanner told how his son was planning to attend the milking school, but had urged his father to come instead since Hileman does all the milking. Hileman termed the two days “worthwhile.” L LEASE 1T... ' See Your Agri Builder For Details ★ VARIOUS SIZES HEIGHT AND WIDTH AVAILABLE ★ THESE BUILDINGS ENGINEER ED FOR SELF ERECTION (Sutler will furnish Erection chid - - Foundation Drawings) ' tri-county AG R|CI£rURA L AGRI-SYSTEMS SYSTEMS R.O.fl.BoxSS A P.O. Box 505 Swedesboro. NJOSO6S Ch s?2!r™!liif 2o PH: 609-467-3174 PH. 301*778*9800 TRI-STATE MARINE KELLER BUILDING DIST. INC. SYSTEMS INC. Route2s6 R.D. 1 Box 203 OMie, Md. 20751 Uwisburg. PA 17437 PH: 301-867-1447 PH: 717-5244)568 audience entitled “Getting Back to the Basics,” other speakers in cluded Tim Horn, Pennfield’s Director of Ruminant Nutrition and Research, who spoke on Calf Starting; and Dr. Larry Kennel, DVM, of Gap Veterinary Associates, who outlined the basics of a good health program. Mahlandt said that the goal of dairy farmers should be first-calf heifers freshening at 24 months with an initial lactation of between 15,000 and 17,000 pounds of milk and 3.6 percent butterfat. The Pennfield feed sales manager outlined the feed costs for a heifer up to 24 months when she (Continued trom Page A2O) rne majority of area farms were represented by the younger crowd. A semi-retired dairyman, Dave Smith, R. 2 Martinsburg, obersved that there is a need for" more education. “Anytime you can educate the young people its good. They’re the future.” Smith, run ning his Blair County operation with his son, noted that the classes were very informative. “It will probably help production, but not the consumption problem. ’ ’ Brown and Holbert of the Ex tension offices said they dreamed up the milking-school as an extra project. They are conducting it in other counties in the area, as the demand grows. . Farmers in Huntingdon and Blair Counties are invited to participate in a school, March 10 & 11 in Alexandria, Huntingdon County. Registration is open for those interested in attending in Somerset County March 17 & 18 at the area vo-tech school. I I I I I I I,'. 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He compared feed costs and income per animal of a herd of 55 cows averaging 14,000 lbs. of milk and a 37-cow herd with an 18,000- nmd average. Speakers at the Pennfield Corporation Dairy field; and Donald J. Mahlandt, Manager of Day in Lancaster on Thursday include, from Pennfield’s Dairy and Livestock Feed Sales, the left, Dr. Larry Kennel, DVM, of Gap The main message to dairy farmers was to get Veterinary Associates: Tim Horn. Director of. back to basics and make their operations more Ruminant Nutrition and Research for Penn- efficient and increase profit potential. While feed costs per animal are only $9O higher for the high producers, their individual income over feed costs is $460 higher.. Thus while the larger herd brings in a total income over feed costs of about $55,500, the smaller higher producing herd brings in nearly as much, or about $51,000. And the dairy farmer with the smaller herd still has the value of his crops that he didn’t put through the extra animals. “At the same time, a total of 104,000 pounds of less milk will be shipped, a decrease of 13.5 per cent,’’Mahlandt said. “And dairy farmers are going to have to begin to get some milk off the market.” The Pennfield executive pointed out that reducing production will be as important if not more un it than additional advertise RIGGS ENTERPRISES Box 96 Bocwoil. PA 15531 PH: 814-629-5621 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13,1982—A2;l i SPECIAL PRICED GRAIN BINS 1818 Grain Bin, 4173 Bushel Capacity 2118 Grain Bin, 5776 Bushel Capacity 2418 Grain Bin, 7673 Bushel Capacity 8-13-10 Batch Dryer 8-17-15 Continuous Flow Dryer r nuinca Attn. P.E. Hess Box 337. Oxford, PA 19363 I'm interested in more information on Butter products. □ Buildings □ Bins □ Dryers □ BuNc-O-Matics (Include area code) programs to help get the dairy farmers out of their present dilemma of over-production and reduced consumption. Mahlandt also stressed the need for good breeding to get these bigger and better heifers. Each heifer should be better bred than she was, he explained. “And let's spend the breeding money to get the butterfat into them, - ’he said. “Many dairy farmers breed for the total milk but forget the but terfat.” As Director of Ruminant Nutrition and Research, Horn led the'audience through a step-by step program of feeding and caring for calves. “Calf losses can be reduced by as much as 80 percent by getting back to the basics,” Horn said.— DA .State.
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