A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15, 1990
Windyfield Jerseys Protein Production Is Erie Experience
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
EDINBORO (Erie Co.) The
Jersey herd of Windyfield Jerseys
has been recognized by the state
Dairy Herd Improvement Assocai
ation (DHIA) for having the great
est increase in average protein pro
duction for 1990.
That fact comes as a double
bonus for the owners.
The Erie County farm family
who own Windyfield said that not
only were they surprised at the
honors for the production, but the
information shows that their
breeding efforts are paying off.
Arthur and Robert Caccese, run
an all-registered Jersey milking
herd of about 60 cows on a
150-acre farm in the snowbelt area
better known for its history of oil
production than milk production.
The state record increase for
protein production,- among the
Jerseys: The Caccese herd showed
an average increase of 81 pounds
of protein per cow.
But the good news came as a
surprise.
The father-son partnership
moved from New Jersey two years
ago in order to market the solids
dense milk to a cheese manufactur
er, and they had been breeding for
protein production.
The results of the DHIA record
keeping shows they are not only
doing well in terms of producing
for their company, but their goal of
breeding for protein appears to be
paying off.
The end of the year protein aver-
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age for 1990 was 488 pounds of
protein, which represents about 3.7
percent of the milk.
“I was really surprised,” said
Betsy Caccese wife and mother to
the father-son duo. “We weren’t
trying to do that, it’s something
that happened.
“Always knowing that in time
we would move (to another farm)
and choose a protein market, it (the
record) could indirectly indicate
the selection of the breeding for the
herd,” she said.
Changes in feed may also have
contributed to the rolling herd
increase she said.
“When we lived in New Jersey,
we were interested in our protein
production and breeding in that
direction even though we weren’t
receiving any payments at that
time.”
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for the high-protein milk
produced.
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butterfat at 512 pounds, 3.5
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She said that a change in diet
may have helped with the protein
production.
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our extension agent George Wil
cox. We uppped the total protein in
the ration. We fed whole raw soy
beans,” Betsy said.
Raw soybean are not the norm.
The norm is roasted and ground
soybeans used in combination with
other grains or feed additives as
top dressing or mixed in with a tot
al mixed ration (TMR).
“The reason for the whole raw
soybeans,” Betsy said, “we went
over our total ration and deter
mined that we needed more rumen
degradable protein and determined
we didn’t need roasted soybeans
because we would be getting more
bypass protein.
“George Wilcox, went over our
feed analysis and determined we
needed more rumen degradable
protein because of the quality of
feeds available at the time, because
of poor quality forages.”
The Cacceses buy most of their
feed.
We’re still essentially buying
our own feeds,” Betsy said. “We
are making our own com silage
and haylage and buyin baled hay
and buying feeds.”
The farm is in a rolling hills sec
tion of Erie County. Golf balls
abound.
Their 72-tie-stall bam is no
reflection on the par of the local
courses, but they don’t mind the
urban sport and crowd it draws.
There is more to the story than
making a move from New Jersey.
The Cacceses have made sever
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They are almost as much
changed as the scenery and weath
er they have now in northwestern
Pennsylvania compared to their
New Jersey quarters.
“In New Jersey we had loose
housing and a 12-stall bam and we
milked in the 12-stall bam. We
only had 30 cows in New Jersey,”
she said. The heat and humidity of
summer seemed to stress the cows.
The coolness of their new location
seems better, she said.
The Cacceses are almost as
much changed they are not a
traditional dairy farm family. They
have no backround of dairying.
They started with a family cow.
“My husband and I are in our
early SOs, our son is 30, and we
didn’t milk cows before this.
“Wc just decided to get a family
cow and fell in love with it, bought
a few more, and a few
more ...
“Neither (Arthur nor Robert)
has a dairy backround. Although
our son majored in dairy science at
the University of Delaware, his
interest was already geared in
dairying,” she said.
The move to Erie County is
almost a predictable event.
“We started milking them eight
years ago and we felt then that the
milk market was going to head
toward a protein market. It was
already showing signs of becom
ing a protein market,” she said
adding that in New Jersey they
weren’t compensated for the extra
protein.
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Now selling to a cheese manu
facturer has changed that.
Also, many dairymen, in all
cattle breeds, are working toward
protein production. That makes the
news even sweeter to the
Cacceses to know the efforts
are paying off.
“Naturally everyone hopes to
increase production, of course
we’re breeding for protein, we are
selecting for total milk production
and protein,” she said.
Betsy said that not only are the
Cacceses happy with their relative
ly new vocation, but also with the
location.
“Compared to what we were
used to in New Jersey, I think there
are a lot more dairy farms here and
we’re very happy to be in an area
where a lot of dairying is being
done. We have a lot of support
services.
“We have excellent feed and
nutritioninst and very good veter
inary services.
The Caccese herd was put on
DHIA testing while in New Jersey,
under the owner-sampler program.
“Thanksgiving Day two years ago,
we switched to AM-PM on a tim
er,” Betsy said.
The metamorphic process that
has turned the Caccese family into
a dairy family isn’t about to quick
ly change them back into a non
dairy family. They are apparently
in for the long run.
“It’s just the begining for us,”
Betsy said. “We hope to be in the
business for some time.”
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