Stretching To Reach New Production Heights - ■While Stretching The Feed Dollar Using Home Grown Feeds * Dec. 88 37 Cows June 89 53 Dec. 89 52 June 90 52 Sept. 90 52 Dunn’s Farms, Inc. - New Ringgold’s Nestled in a valley in Schuylkill County, Dunn’s Pride Hols teins were established in November of 1987 when Jim and Tammy Dunn purchased a Registered Holstein herd from Cliff Lavan of Milton. Jim’s father and brother operate a crop, fruit and vegetable business on a long established family farm. Cows are fed hay, haylage, com silage, high moisture com, home grown soybeans and a Brown’s concentrate balanced for top production with emphasis on maximum forage intake. Ration Balancing and Ration Cost Air I >rt t Jim revie' ager Rich Graff (center) and herdsman Richard Heyer (right). Jim feels that with Brown’s he has more time to concentrate on the cows. He had tried another feed consultant/mineral com pany before switching to Brown’s, and it was taking much more' time to mix feeds. Ration cost was also a concern. Since switch ing to Brown’s, milk production has increased over 7,000 lbs., herd size has also increased by one third, but feed cost per hundred of milk has stayed the same and Income Over Feed Cost has doubled. Apple (cow in front of feed cart) is one of eight cows in the herd projected at over 30,000 lbs. of milk. JIM DUNN FEELS GOOD ABOUT STRETCHING HIS FEED DOLLAR WITH BROWS FEEDS - AT BROWS WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH FAMILIES LIKE THE DUNN’S PRIDE HOLSTEINS * Started on Brown’s Feeds and Feeding Programs December 1988 DUNN’S DHI Rolling Herd Average 16,900 Milk 17,310 19,125 23,290 24,200 612 Fat 622 695 802 786 lies Man- 543 Protein 551 612 758 796 The Dunn Family Jim, his wife Tammy, and sons Bobby, Joshua, and David enjoy the dairy business, lire calf shown here, a Vanguard daughter out of a 30,000 lb. Bell dam is representative of the future Dunn’s Pride Holstein herd. Calves are all raised on Brown’s Calf Feeding Program featuring Brown’s Calf Starter, Brown’s Calf Grower, and 40 Hef-R-8300 Bovatec heifer supplement. 2 Yr. Old - Top Cow In Herd Penny was purchased as a bred heifer. She freshened at 2-6 and in 305 days made 30,731 milk, 1027 fat, and 1004 protein. She is due in November and in August was still at 74 lbs. of milk. Jim feels his cows freshen easier, start faster, and maintain their peaks longer on the Brown’s Program. From January to June, Penny milked over 100 lbs. Apple (previous picture) peaked at 162 lbs. & milked over 100 lbs. from February through June. During four months this spring he had seven teen cows out of his fifty cow herd milking over 100 lbs. per day. Breeding is excellent with a 13.2 month calving interval, and a 52% success rate on first service. $6.02 Feed Cost/Cwt $5.96 $5.55 $6.05 $6.20 \ i* t. S'A i s;SrtV'’ ,5,;: 1 ll
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