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efficient; maybe it is our greed,
our failure to manage our total
milk output, and our failure to
market our products and distribute
them to the people who want them
or need them.
Can we afford to rest on our
accomplishments of the past or to
become complacent about
production efficiency? The con
sumer demands a good quality
product at the best possible price,
and they are our market - our
future. If we can’t satisfy them, or
if we refuse to satisfy them, they
will search elsewhere, just as they
did for automobiles, motorcycles,
radios and many other items. And
once that market is lost, it is very
hard to get back.
Each producer. will have to
decide for himself, how much
production, how much efficiency,
and how much new technology he
really needs and is willing to adopt.
Some producers need more milk so
they can pay their bills; for them,
it is a matter of survival. Other
producers may have no problem
with bills, and don’t have the need
for extra milk. ,
Both groups of producers,
however, may be interested in
improving their efficiency,
perhaps with the help of new
technology. This could result in
more milk per cow and more milk
output per farm.
If producers increase total milk
per cow, do they also have the
responsibility, individually and
collectively, of voluntarily placing
a constraint on their own total milk
output, perhaps by reducing herd
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size? Farmers who desperately
need more available cash will find
this difficult to do. However,
farmers who are better off
financially might want to cull
harder to reduce work loads to
improve herd averages, to im
prove margin of profit per cow,
and to reduce operating costs.
Another option for improving
available cash is to reduce
operating and overhead costs.
Look to see where current costs
can be reduced without seriously
jeopardizing herd performance.
Are you making maximum use of
good quality, home-grown
forages? Are you wasting good
feed on poor cows?
Before spending your hard
earned dollars on new devices or
on new technology ask yourself if it
is really needed. Are there other
areas of management that can be
improved without the need for big
expenditures? Don’t fall prey to
magical cure-alls; there is no
substitute for good management.
If expenditures are necessary,
spend dollars first on those things
that promise a quick return and a
good return. Deal with people you
can trust, people who you can rely
upon for service, and people who
honestly have your welfare at
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Famers are being challenged,
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A Registered Holstein cow owned by Randy J Stoltzfus.
R#3, Mt Joy, completed the highest 305 day lactation 58
produced 24,663 lbs of milk, 1,087 lbs of butterfat with a
44% test Second high lactation was completed by a
Registered Holstein cow owned by Joseph C Wivell, Rffl,
Columbia Lolly produced 24,456 lbs of milk, 1,056 lbs of
butterfat with a 4 3% test in 305 days
FIRST 305 DAYS OF LACTATION WITH
750 OR MORE LBS. OF BUTTERFAT
Owner
Name or No.
Days In Lbs.
Brd. Age Milk Milk
Randy J Stoltzfus
58
153
152
59
169
78
Joseph CWivell
Lolly
Judyann
Eve
Graywood Farms
171
26
136
264
321
RH 7 9 305 24,663
RH 7 2 305 21,696
RH 5 5 291 19,433
RH 411 305 20.684
RH 6 8 288 20 389
RH 4 1 305 19 472
RH 7 3 305 24 456
RH 4 3 305 20,305
RH 11 3 305 19 875
GrH 7 0 305 23 933
GrH 7 2 305 24,519
RH 5 4 305 20,877
GrH 4 6 305 22,040
GrH 411 303 18,494
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