AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE
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AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE FIRSTS IN THE
DAIRY AND A.I. INDUSTRY
American Breeders Service Is The Only A.I. Organization With
Its Own Research Department.
1950- The first successful embryo transplant in the US was performed by Dr.
Elvin Willet of the ABS veteranarian staff.
1953 - May 29 The first calf born from frozen semen was ABS sired.
1958 - First and only Al organization in the US to have its own national
distribution system.
1963 -Estimated daughter superiority (EDS), first herdmate comparison for milk
production, used by ABS for sire evaluation.
1965 - USDA adopted predicted difference (PD), a version of EDS. In the late
50's J. Rockefeller Prentice generously funded the development of this
summary.
1968- ABS has first sire to exceed +2OOO PD milk - 29H1879 Westside AB
Seaman.
1977 - May USDA Sire Summary - first Al organization to have four Holstein sires
emerge with their first proof over +lOOO PD milk.
1983 - Americana - ABS sponsored sale sets a record of $12,478.00 average per
head.
1983 - ABS samples first identical twin bulls that were obtained by a split embryo.
1984 - Will you make history with ABS? Why Not?
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PERSPECTIVE
ON DAIRYING
It’s always good to stand back
and take a lode at your work from
a new and different angle. That is,
as long as you are not standing on
the edge of an abyss where taking
another step would be disasterous!
The magnitude and size of our
own day-today problems blots out
much of the big picture, so we
overlook much of what can be truly
important to the future of our
business. It isn’t easy to observe
and react properly to the many
pressures and tensions of a world
that seems to be outside our in
fluence. After all, my reasoning
goes, I’m only one of about 3
million who have the same
problems, so I’d better cope with
my own and let someone else deal
with the big picture. True, but it
goes much deeper than that.
THE BUCK STARTS
WITH YOU
Wherever the buck stops, and
whoever has to deal with the
grossest problems of the dairy
industry, justremembenhat it had
to start somewhere too. Blame the
“Government”, Consumers, Co
ops or the weather if you will, but
eventually it is you the dairyman
who holds the key. Congress may
eventually “stop the buck” by
spending, stashing or squandering,
but it is one of your creations and
since it starts with you, only you
can control it.
Now, if you have managed to
read through that philosophical
gobbeldygook, you have realized
that I’m trying to tell you that
maybe, just maybe, YOU can
brighten the entire future of
dairying. Where does your weight,
as a member of a small minority,
start to be felt?
HOW YOU CAN RULE
THE INDUSTRY
Resolve that from now on, since
you are a part of the problem of
Too Much, you also must be part of
the solution. It is a fine line that
separates an over-supply of milk
from a deficit, but the impact on
price and profit increases
dramatically as you move farther
away from that thin line. To keep
and maintain the supply of milk as
close as possible to toe sales of
milk products requires the
diligence of every individual who
produces it. If you don’t watch it,
someone in Washington will have
to, whether we like it or not.
Right now dairymen have their
greatest opportunity in history to
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Lancaster farming, Saturday, June 2,1954-Dl5
observe the trends and decide how
to hold the line on surplusses. The
Dairy Opportunity program has
shown those who are trying to
reduce production that there are
numerous ways to swing the
pendulum in your favor. Look at
some of the more profitable ones.
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN
FROM THE D 0 PROGRAM
Culling every cow with a
production potential below the
median herd average is the first
step. This immediately provides
several opportunities for increased
efficiency and higher profit.
Savings in labor, expensive feed
and borrowed capital are the first
to be felt. And, these savings are
much greater as the production of
a mature cow falls below 15000 lbs.
of milk, with the exception of the
higher test breeds. For Guernseys
and Jerseys we should probably
cull anything with a potential
below 13000 pounds. Within another
year or two we can revise that
upward by another 1000 lbs. per
year.
Many dairymen on the D 0
program have reduced their
feeding of the more expensive
grain and protein products, and
substituted for this by feeding
more high quality forages. It has
been shown and proven many
times that consistently high
production at lowest cost can be
maintained by feeding only high
quality alfalfa-grass silage, com
silage, pasture and hay. There are
many arguments and exceptions to
this that are raised by good
dairymen, but the lesson to be
learned is that the basis of efficient
production is found in good forage
and not in high priced grains. I am
not discounting or playing down
the importance of good nutritional
balance for cows. Balance is
essential, but even more important
for the long pull is efficient and low
cost production. Feed grain in a
concentrate to balance nutrition,
with good forage as the primary
ration.
And don’t overlook the benefits
everyone will gain by increased
efforts in promotion of sales. Yes,
it is your responsibility and you
will be the one to profit from the
investment. Don’t begrudge the
few cents invested in advertising
and development of new markets
for your products. The key that you
hold in all of this is cooperation
with your fellow dairymen, not
competition to see who will
bankrupt his neighbor.
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