Somatic Cell Count Limit To Drop
SID BARDNARD
Food Science Specialist
Most dairymen have little diffi
cultry meeting the maximum
1,000,000 somatic cell county
(SCC) as now required. Few will
have any problem meeting the new
maximum of 750,000 SCC per
mililiter starting July 1. 1993.
This reduction was approved by
the state regulatory delegates at the
IMS conference in April and is
expected to be approved by the
Food and Drug Administration.
Between 10 percent and IS per
cent of dairymen now produce
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers 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.
Com, No. 2y - 2.74 BU. 4.90
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 2.75 BU. 4.59
CWT.
Barley, No, 3 - 1.62 BU. 3.47
CWT.
Oats, No. 2 - 1.32 BU. 4.12
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.95 BU. 9.94
CWT.
New Ear Com - 69,32 BU. 3.47
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay - 102.50 BU. 5.13
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 98.75 BU. 4.94
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 90.50 BU. 4.53
CWT.
Pennsylvania
Dairy Herd
Improvement Association
For more information about these news items or the
services of PHI A call ISOO-DHI-TEST. The
milk with a SCC of 100,000 per
mililiter or less. They get maxi
mum potential milk production
from their cows; use fewer antibio
tics and dump less drug residue
contaminated milk; and realize
highest prices for their low SCC/
higher protein content milk.
Herds with 1,000,000 or even
750,000 SCC per mililiter are deal
ing with mastitis, animal stress and
reduced milk production of as
much as six to eight pounds of milk
per animal per day.
There is no public health con
cern about this milk following
pasteurization. The primary con
cern is for dairymen who are not
getting maximum production and
thus have lower income from the
How Does Your Herd Compare?
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —This data is pulled from Pennsyl
vania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. It is a one-week summary
representing approximately one-fourth of the herds on test, as they are
tested monthly.
These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and
can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from almost
1,400 herds across the state.
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 7/29/91 and 8/05/91
Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
Number of Cows Per Hod
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protein
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Any dairyman with SCCs above
100,000 per mililiter would realize
greater income by reducing it
Those few with SCCs above
750,000 need to start to reduce
their SCC.
Contact your approved inspec
tor, DHIA supervisor, county
extension agent, veterinarian,
milking machine serviceman and
dairy laboratory.
Learn about the corrective mea
sures that are needed and start to
take action.
You, the dairy farmer will
receive the greatest benefit by
reducing the SCC of your milk.
Three-year-old Jason Troutman found churning Ice
cream tough work during the ice Cream Chum-Off Contest
held at Ag Progress on August 14. But Jason’s hard work
paid off. He and his parents, Connie and Scott from Mohrs
villa in Berks County, captured first prize—$300—for their
fresh peach ice cream. Read more about the Churn-Off in
next week’s issue Of Lancaster Farming.
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80,296
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3.67
650
3.18
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17, 1991-A23
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
•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 1159 SCC Herds
♦Member generated figures
564
316
550
106
229
18
905
1,336
1:2.4
5.11
420,131