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offers Kevin, includes (null
moisture corn, soybean meal, a
commercial mineral mix, a buffer,
salt, and haylage. He says they
don't skimp on minerals and do
pa> close attention to the forages,
testing whenever the feed seems to
change Usually, adds Kevin, they
are feeding out of three structures.
The cows arc fed haylage and
corn at the first feeding, and
minerals and shelled corn at the
next. In total, they arc fed five
times a day.
The “structures" he refers to are
nine Harvestores that form a
landmark in the valley. The
Schracks maintain an award
winning cropping program that
includes proper harvesting and
storage for high quality feeds.
Schrack says he believes that
sealed storage reduces feed loss
and give a better feed. They’ve put
up one Harvestore just about every
two years since 1966. "It was hard
to make the decision for the first
one it cost $14,600 with the
unloader. But today you can’t even
buy the unloader by itself for
$14,000," notes Schrack.
In 1979 Schrack was recognized
tor having the top alfalfa yield in
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(he state by the I’a Forage and
(irassland Council That year he
harvested 9 2 tons hay equivalent
while the average contestant’s
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county agent has prevented
Schrack from entering the com
petition in the past few years, but
he's still taking off lop yields.
"With 500 acres of alfalfa, it
takes a lot of labor, but it's critical
to get it in at the right time,” says
Schrack. Until the heavy dews and
morning fog burn off in the valley,
sometimes they mast harvest 50
acres of haylage between 1 p.m.
and 6 p.m.
All the alfalfa harvested is made
into haylage. “We try to go into the
winter with full structures,” says
Schrack. They raise all their own
leed, with the exception of the
soybean meal and minerals.
The rolling herd average for
their herd is 16,154 pounds milk
and 579 pounds butterfat. “That
isn’t too spectacular,” admits
Schrack, i guess we’ve reached
the point where we need to cull off
for production increases.”
"We give the first calf heifers too
much of a chance to show what
they can do,” he adds. Currently,
every heifer is raised and added to
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pulling down the fierd average, the
cows in the “supei high group” ar c
easily holding their own Projected
la<~tations on some of the Sehraeks’
top individuals are well into the
20,(MN1 pound range And good
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success in production
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milk production factor. “We’re
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To make milk they also have an
extensive herd health program
that’s based on preventive
medicine, says the younger
Schrack. (iettmg a professional
hoof trimmer, vaccinating two
times a year, and having the
veterinarian do pregnancy checks
are just a few of the practices that
keep the herd healthy. “And we
don’t try to save money by buying
from the route salesman,” he
adds. “We get 98 percent of our
medicines through the vet.”
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tuned in” to their herd A few
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