Advanced on-farm dairy computer is available from Bou-
Matic Dealers.
Dairy computer improved
MADISON, Wi. A new, ad
vanced on-farm computer for
dairy herd management has been
announced by Dairy Equipment
Company, a division of DEC In
ternational, Inc.
The Agncomp 2030 can be tied
directly to another business
computer on the farm and is
designed to handle automatic cow
identification. In addition, the
system features enhanced soft
ware to make it easier and faster
to enter data for larger herds, and
it operates some 10 to 15 times
faster than the previous model.
CCC loan rate set at 10%
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modity and farm storage loans
disbursed in February by the U S
Depaitment of Agricultures
Commodity Credit Corporation
will carry a 10 percent interest
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NEW HOLLAND - Round bale
silage can give you the best feed
you’ve ever fed. If something goes
wrong, it can also be a bummer.
The Penn State forage test
report showing over 24% protein
for a late 1983 sample is proof the
system can give your cows ex
cellent feed. Things have to go
right for those results. A very
small leak in the plastic bag can
lead to a moldy bale of lower feed
value, notes Dick Salisbury, who is
product manager for round balers
at New Holland.
Apparently, the problem is that
bags tend to be limp and loose after
the silage is cured. If the bags
aren’t protected, they may flutter
with a bellows effect when the
weather turns windy. Then, a
small hole can pass oxygen
carrying air into the bale. A hole
too small to be considered im
portant in a plastic cover over a pit
silo can be enough to cause a
moldy bale of haylage in a plastic
bag. Round bale silage needs
better management than chopped
forage in a tower silo.
Round bale silage also has ad
vantages over a tower silo,
Salisbury adds. The system is
instantly expandable and you don’t
have to make a 20 or 30-year in
vestment as would be the case with
a tower silo. And since the forage
isn’t under tons of pressure from
the forage above it as is the case in
a tower, you can store round bale
silage at higher moisture content
without runoff losses. In the case of
alfalfa, baling at fairly high (but
wilted) moisture content may even time. The natural green color of
yield a superior forage at feeding the alfalfa is more likely to be
maintained.
Future Harvesting is easy. If you have a
Partners of chain-type baler you usually only
Amiifin B: need to adjust the baler for the size
ro u y o ur loader will handle. If
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Animal Husbandry
The Agncomp 2030 also features a
number of circuitry improvements
to withstand the harsh farm en
vironment.
The system provides 10 dairy
management reports, reducing
manual record keeping and
providing daily herd and in
dividual cow information on which
to base management decisions.
For additional information,
contact any Bou-Matic dealer of
Dairy Equipment Company,
division of DEC International,
Inc., P.O. Box 8050, Madison, WI
53708.
V ice President Everett Rank
fhe 10 percent rate reflects the
interest charged by the U.S
treasury in February and is the
same rate in effect the preceding
month, Rank said
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Sample from this round bale silage tested 24.2 percent
protein and 72 percent TDN.
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bales are bagged within a few
hours of baling, you can expect
very good feed because weather
damage and leaf loss can be
avoided. The critical management
item is to avoid air leaks in the
plastic bags during storage.
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