December 15, 1991
PA DHIA Board Meeting Summaries
At the two most recent meet
ings of the PA DHIA Board in
July and October, 1990, the fol
lowing decisions of interest to
DHIA members and others in the
dairy industry were made:
1. A joint resolution with
Northeast DHIA was adopted that
sates;
“Whereas, the cost of daa col
lection is increasing and there are
persistent problems associated
with financing the DHIA system,
and
Whereas, there are internal
problems and obsacles to effi
cient systems of data collection
and operations that need solving.
Be it resolved, that Pennsylva
nia DHIA and Northeast DHIA
Boards, as of January 1, 1992,
intend to charge the dairy industry
for production records as part of
the solution to financing the
DHIA system.
And, be it further resolved, that
the DHI system will continue to
seek other solutions to the obsta
cles and inefficiencies.”
2. A joint memorandum of
understanding with Northeast
DHIA was approved that permits
PA DHIA to use the Northeast for
age testing lab for PA DHIA
members with service rates identi
cal to those used for Northeast
DHIA members. The agreement
will return a portion of the testing
Heifer Management Made Easy With New DHIA Program
808 ORMSBY
Training Coordinator
The PA DHIA Board of Direc
tors has approved the new heifer
management option for release
January I, 1991. Several herds
from each of the five regions have
been involved in the initial pilot
program and everything appears
m order at this time. The program,
which has gone through extensive
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costs to PA DHIA and DHIA 4. Merger agreements with
supervisors in Pennsylvania. Cambria, Montgomery, and Ven
3. The Heifer Management ango County associations were
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the milking herd per month.
State DHIA’s Help DHIA Services
The National Dairy Herd , DHLA Services, which was
Improvement Association’s for- f ?“ nded several years ago has
profit subsidiary, DHIA Services, a contract w.th Tru-Test,
r , 1,. r ’ the New Zealand manufacturer of
Sai aU assSfiOTs LS7 to toe * e most widel y used milk meter
stole associations mantes to me . DfflA in u s contrac t
efforts of Pennsylvania DHIA and Seryices a dealer for the
Nort eas . meter in competition with Babson
FIHTA Calendar Brothers (Surge) who was previ-
L,niA ously the sole distributor of TruT-
Of Events esl meters in this country.
The agreement was negotiated
to create competition for Surge
with the hope of improving the
field services available to DHIA’s
that own and/or service TruTest
meters. As a side benefit, there
may be some earnings returned to
state associations from profits
made each year.
Based on that opportunity,
Pennsylvania DHIA and North
east DHIA have each loaned
$37,500 to DHIA Services for
start-up funding. A third loan for
$75,000 was also extended from
Luana Bank in lowa to complete
toe total needed for start-up. These
loans are scheduled to be paid
back over 24 months.
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New Year’s Day, Service Center
closed.
Pa. DHIA board meeting, Holiday
Inn, State College, Pa., noon to
noon.
Supervisor’s Advisory Committee
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Central District Association meet-
ing, Family House Restaurant,
Southeast District Association
meeting, Berks Co. Ag Center,
Leesport, Pa., 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
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planning and research, was deve
loped jointly by PA DHIA and
Penn State Dairy Science Exten
sion personnel. Emphasis is
placed on providing complete and
accurate identification and esti
mates of genetic merit on heifers
grouped by age. The primary
objectives of the new option
include assisting the member in
the management of the heifers in
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his herd, improving the accuracy
of the identification of heifers and
subsequently all animals entering
the milking herd, and increasing
the efficiency of the progeny test
programs conducted by AI units
and other breeders groups.
The introduction of this option
to the dairymen of Pennsylvania is
timely as many dairymen have
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Lancaster Fanning Saturday, December 15,1990-09
Barbara Kowalski, quality control specialist, is doing
weekly calibration on a Milk-0 Scan 605 fat and protein
tester.
Laboratory Services Division
LINDA SCIBILIA
Lab Manager
Welcome to the Laboratory
division of Pennsylvania DHIA!
The lab is a very busy place, and
very concerned with the quality of
service provided to you, the mem
bers. The laboratory division con
sists of 11 full-time Equipment
Operators, one Quality Control
Specialist, one Equipment Techni
cian, and the Laboratory Mana
ger. The laboratory operates Mon-
sivc heifer management system.
DHIA has the parental, genetic
and reproductive data already
stored in their mainframe compu
ter. It is only logical to arrange it
in a manner that makes it accessi
ble as a management tool. By cap
turing and averaging parental pro
duction and genetic information,
each heifer is tracked from birth.
Parental averages can be used as a
guide for estimating potential
transmitting ability of calves and
heifers for merchandising, mating
and culling. Entire life histories
recording every event in an ani
mal’s life from birth to death are
possible with the heifer manage
ment program.
Several reports, considered
standard each month are pictured
here, and in addition, a member
may design up to twenty optional
action list reports to be generated
each month.
HEIFER AND COW REPRODUCTIVE SUMMARY
SEE OCT MOV DEC JAM FEB
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MILKING AT START OF MONTH |« |« I* IT l«
Dnv AT START Of MONTH | , 1 3 4 E
COWS TO CALVE g 0 ) I 4 E
COWS TO OTIY OFF o I E 1 b 0
HEIFERS TO CALVE j | ( 2 6 0
MILKING AT END OF MONTH || |j J 17 li. »l
DRV AT END OF MONTH j i 4 I 0
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day through Thursday double
shifts, and a single shift each on
Friday and Saturday. Two
hundred to 400 herds (12,500 to
14,000 samples) are received and
tested each day.
Quality service means different
things to different people. In the
DHIA laboratory, quality consists
mainly of 2 components...speed
and accuracy. Both are important,
but the importance of accuracy far
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The number of reports and sum
maries a member enrolled on this
program will receive varies with
the options chose. The Inventory
of Individual Heifers lists the sire
and dam, the parent PTA average,
and the reproductive status of each
heifer. The Listing of Removed
Heifers keeps tabs on reasons for
removal. The Heifer Status Sum
mary shows profiles by age, gene
tic evaluation, and reproductive
efficiency and the average PTA of
service sires used. One report lists
heifers and cows by sire and still
another one by service sires repre
sented in the herd. The Heifer and
Cow Reproductive Summary is a
report you can literally “go to the
bank with.” It projects ahead the
number of cows and heifers due to
calve each month for six months
and projects herd totals for those
months as well. While valuable
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