Feed And Forage:
The Feed and Forage Marketing Network, orig
inally developed and run by Cornell Cooperative
Extension, is now available through the Northeast
DHIA Forage Lab.
This service provides listings of people looking
to buy and/or sell hay, silage, grain crops, straw,
etc.
The listing is updated and mailed monthly.
Anyone from anywhere can list items for sale or
desired (The current list includes a buyer from
Puerto Rico).
Buyers and sellers are listed separately in
Name
Address
City/State/Zip
County
Payment Options (Check one)
I. I have enclosed my $15.00 annual fee for 1991.
2. Please bill my Northeast DHIA account #
3. I have previously paid, and this is my updated listing.
Please check: Looking to Sell Buy
Hay Silage
Description:
(Alfalfa hay, com silage, etc.)
Harvest Date: _________
Quantity Available
PRICE: $.
(tons, bale, etc.)
Analysis: % DM % CP NEI RFV % ADF %NDF
If more than one listing, please provide the information in the table below:
Harvest
Dais
‘Nothing to buy or sell, but would like to receive mom
NUTRI-S
To Buy Or Sell?
alphabetical order. The primary benefit of this ser
vice is to bring potential buyers and sellers
together. The $l5 annual fee entitles you to place
as many ads as you wish throughout the year. If
you have nothing to sell or buy, you may still sign
up for the monthly newsletter by completing the
form and returning it with the $l5 fee.
Copies of the monthly listing will be made
available to Cooperative Extension agents upon
request. Clip out the accompanying form to use.
Or for more information, contact the Northeast
DHIA Forage Lab at (607) 257-1272.
Telephone
Price
($/Unitl
ly listing.
A probiotic culture providing the bacteria required to
cut hay and silage losses and improve quality.
Easy to apply
Reduces nutritional loss
Helps control heating
Improves palatability (
HARRY M. BARNER
Box 265, Lamar. PA 16848
(717) 726-3275
ZIMMERMAN UME
A FERTILIZER
325 W Burholdar R 6.
Lititz, PA 175*3
(717) 733-7174
JOHN RABER
RD #3, Conneautville. PA 16406
CHRIST B. MILLER
Box 164, Bird-In-Hand. PA 17505
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Use The Best
Forage Inoculant.
It pays...!
Box 265. Bainbridge. PA 17502 (717) 367-1566
Contact the representative nearest you.
TRI OUR GANIC
Rt #2, Box 113
McAlliSMfVill*. PA 17049
<717) 463-2551
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2039 Dark Shade Or
Windbar. PA 15963
(•14) 467-5909
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(£»pTini4 (412, 667-2466
(•14, 425-7401
FARM BASICS
PAUL REISINGER 2409 Marsh Pike
RO «1 Box 321 Loysvkle, PA 17047 Hagerstown, MO 21740
(717) 769-3662 (301) 733-0796
Fertrell.
EL WOOD WINTER WILLIAM BARR
RD #4 Box 86, Muncy. PA 17756 PO Box 309 Saegartown. PA 16433
(717) 546-6361 (914) 333-4119
MAX REAPSOME FRED CLARK
RO #l, Loysville PA 17047 po Box 43, McEwensville, PA 17749
(717) 769-3223 (717) 536-9109
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
How Does Your Herd Compare?
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 4/15/91 and 4/22/91
Number of Herds Processed 1,445
Number of Cows Processed 83,241
Number of Cows Per Herd 57.5
Milk Per Cow (Lbs) 17,588
%-Fat 3.65
Fat Per Cow (Lbs) 642
%-Protein 3.1 g
Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 559
Average Days in Milk Per Cow 315
•Value for CWT Milk(s) 13.42
•Value for CWT Grain(s) 7.99
•Value for CWT Hay(S) 4.25
•Value for CWT Silage(s) 1.54
•Value for Pasture Per Day(s) .30
•Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Ycar(S)
•Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D; Day Pasture
•Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s)
A; Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Pasture
•Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per
Year(s)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
•Grain to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1,190 SCC Herds
• Improves digestability
• Helps eliminate spoilage
• Non-corrosive, nontoxic
• Non-chemical, safe to use
808 ELUS
RO 3, Box 470
lewtsburg, PA 17837
RANDY BOTTEICHER
RO #1 Box 6. BaJlaville PA 17004
FOCUS
Call 1-800 DHI-TEST for service or information
Com, No. 2y - 2.70 BU. 4.83
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 2.63 BU. 4.39
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 2.01 BU. 4.30
CWT.
Oats, No. 2-1.46 BU. 4.55
CWT.
Soybeans. No. 1-5.71 BU. 9.53
CWT.
New Ear Com - 66.79 BU. 3.34
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay - 108.75 BU. 5.44
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 89.75 BU. 4.49
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 75.50 BU. 3.78
CWT.
(717) 568-OS3O
(717) 935-5406
2,361
6,986
2,447
14,794
65
558
104
227
19
910
1,450
1:2.5
5.18
319,522
Lamb Sale
LOWELLVILLE
(Lawrence Co.) Buy
ers from three states bid
enthusiastically for club
lambs at Yeo Farms
fourth annual club lamb
sale here last week.
The highest selling
lamb went to Marlene J.
Laughner of Darlington,
Pa. for $195. Many sup
ported the sale with
multiple purchases.
Buyers came from
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
New York.
In all, 34 club lambs
were sold at an average
price of $93.75. Club
lambs are used by mem
bers of 4-H or FFA
clubs to compete in
shows at county and
state fairs. Lambs pur
chased at Yeo Farms
sales in earlier years
have been frequent win
ners at fairs throughout
eastern Ohio and west
ern Pennsylvania.
Three registered ewe
lambs were also sold to
buyers from New York
and Pennsylvania.
Larry Gamer, of Car
rollton, Ohio, was auc
tioneer. Countrymark,
of Canfield Ohio, con-