GOOD NEWS - MILK CONSUMPTION UP
PENNFIELD DAIRY PROGRAMS SAVE FEED $ $ $
Pennfield Dairy Feeding Programs are balanced to make maximum use of homegrown
forages which gives the dairyman the most cost effective dairy feeding program.
PENNFIELD TESTING LAB - LANCASTER
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NIR provides fast and accurate
forage results.
NO CHARGE FORAGE
The primary job at Pennfield’s Testing lab
is the accurate testing of the feed
ingredients used to make Pennfield feeds.
You can not consistently make a quality
feed unless you know the analysis of the
ingredients to be used. Pennfield uses the
feed testing equipment to process over
5,000 forage samples annually.
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Wet chemistry is used to in
sure NIR accuracy.
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ADF (acid detergent fiber) and
NDF (neutral detergent fiber)
are used to determine avail
able energy from forages.
FORAGE FEEDING SAVES $37 PER COW
Hay
Corn Silage
Forage Dry Matter
Energy Per
Lactation
Lbs. of Feed Saved
Cost of Extra Silage
Program ■ Cal/ Us Today
Congratulations - Your advertising
efforts are starting to get the job
done. Based on U.S.D.A. statistics,
the trend over the last two years has
been extremely encouraging. Fluid
milk commercial disappearance is
up by 1.5% in the most recent year
and 2.5% over two years ago.
Cheese use is up by 4.1% in the
latest year and up by 12.4% over
the same period two years ago.
When all dairy product consumption
is added up as a total milk figure,
the increases are 3.6% ovr 1984
and 7.1% over 1983. These fii
represent the strongest trend of
increased consumption of dairy
products in recent history.
Forages and water samples are
checked for the presence of
nitrates when requested.
TYPICAL FORAGE FEED SAVER
PROGRAM PROGRAM
12 lbs.
34 lbs.
22 lbs.
4,362 MCal 4,956 MCal
;ures
12 lbs.
43 lbs.
25 lbs.
836 lbs. = $5B
1.4 Ton = $2l