A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 7, 1991 Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association For more information about these news items or the services of DHIA call 1-800-DHI-TEST. The Dairying In Japan Two Japanese journalists recently visited the dairy extension group at Cornell. Some of their comments about the dairy industry in Japan were interesting. Milk prices received by dairymen are also depressed in Japan and the dairymen are quite upset The current price is about 1.3 percent lower than last year. They were quite surprised to hear the magnitude of the price cuts that U.S. dairymen are facing. The SCC count standard for shipping milk in Japan is 300,000. If the count is higher than this, the price received for such milk drops by 40-SO percent. They indicated that an incentive of this magnitude is quite effec tive in getting the dairy producer’s attention relative to milk quality. They also shared some information from the 1990 DHI summary from Hokkaido. Hokkaido is the northern island of Japan. This DHI data repre sented 7,773 herds. The data provided included: Milk. Ibs/cow Milk fat, percent Milk protein, percent Milk SNF, percent Calving interval, months Ist service, days in milk Days open Services/conception Avg age, Ist calving (mos) There are some high producing herds in Hokkaido. Production data for the 10 top herds included: QUALITY I jagasaJL, (yrTfflnffi Poultry Dlv. of GSI Broiler & Turkey Facilities Offer An Opportunity For Part-Time Income On Your Farm. Production Contracts And Financing Are Available To Those Qualified. V> QUALITY INSTALLATION FOCUS Ftmuybrnni* DHIA am ti fnitmudin FOCUS meh mi in cMpwatfm with Dixit L Iwrii, mmnufer of mtmbtnUf dtrtUpmmL DR. L.E. CHASE Cornell University Ph: 717 - 274 - 3488 % 16,383 3.73 3.15 8.67 13.2 84 121 1.8 27 INSTRUCTION CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS INC. 608 E. Evergreen Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042 LAWRENCE SPECHT PSU Dairy Specialist Age in months at calving and production in first lactation were summarized for Holstein heifers from the 1989-90 DHIA test year information. dh APIS QUESTIONS ANSWERS ARIS mow* dairymen and thulr (utherlnd Marlnarlana and nutritional conaullanta to aceaaa Individual DHIA hard tacoida front a personal computer to tho main eomputar In Slata College. Can tho 91 ala DMA office num bar Mad In tho FOCUS column hood ta ham mora about how you can uaa thla uniqua DMA aarvlea to Inctaaaa tha profitability of your hard and tha DMA racorda you produoa. Q: If I subscribe to the ARTS program, can I enter data such as breeding dates every day, or do I have to wait until the supervisor comes to the farm to have that kind of information updated? A: The ARIS program is designed to give you important management reports using the data that is stored in our main frame. It is not possible for any ARIS user to add to or to change any of the data on the mainframe. All her data is updated when the herd processes each month. A per sonal computer program which would allow users to make daily changes to breeding dates, etc. will be available in the future. Cows/hcid Milk, Ibs/cow Milk fat, percent Milk protein percent Milk SNF, percent & ELECTRONIC CONTROLS FEATURING: ■ Fancam uters Engineered Computer System Features: Timing & Staging Of Fans Heater Control Sidewall Curtain Control Fogging System Control Temperature Control To Automatically Adjust The System According To The Age Of The Birds - CALL FOR DETAILS ■ Heifer Stats Revealing There were 84,250 heifers calv- ing for the first time between 18 and 3S months of age. Most fre quent ages at calving woe 24 months (13,445) and 25 months (12,071). Average age at first calv ing was 26.7 months. This com pares favorably to 26.8 and 27.0 months for the 1988-89 and 1987-88 DHIA years. Actual 305 day production ranged from 12,405 pounds of milk at 19 months up to 15,065 pounds at 27 months. As the table below indicates, it declined slowly to 14,391 pounds at 35 months of age. With produc tion at 14,822 pounds for animals calving at 24 months, it is clear that there is no advantage to holding heifers to calve at older ages. 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, hoe’s this week’s average costs of various ingredients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember these are averages so Top Herd Average of Top 10 Herds 55 25,323 3.70 3.16 8.72 94 26,699 3.83 3.13 8.66 AGE AT FIRST CALVING FOR HOLSTEIN HEIFERS Months i 305 Day Production Milk Hit Pit 13552 491 424 12405 447 388 13128 471 408 13779 498 427 14411 522 448 14761 536 459 14822 538 461 14997 543 466 15000 545 467 15065 547 469 15012 545 468 14936 545 467 14774 539 460 14782 539 462 14819 542 463 14614 534 457 14577 535 458 14391 527 452 <l9 19 20 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 - 2.80 BU. 4.68 CWT. Barley, No. 3 - 1.73 BU. 3.70 CWT. Oats. No. 2 - 1.38 BU. 4.31 CWT. Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.60 BU. 9.352 CWT. New Ear Com - 73.20 BU. 3.66 CWT. Alfalfa Hay -110.50 BU. 5.525 CWT. Mixed Hay - 98.75 BU. 4.938 CWT. Timothy Hay - 5.313 CWT. 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