A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14, 1992
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ImpruuimiU AswujiwnN M«n»n«m#nt Information For Bam Uia
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 2/22/92 and 2/29/92
Number of Herds Processed 1,451
Number of Cows Processed 86,304
Number of Cows Per Herd 59.4
Milk Per Cow (Lbs) 18,230
%-Fat 3.68
Fat Per Cow (Lbs) 672
%-Protein 3.17
Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 578
Average Days in Milk Per Cow 318
*Value for CWT Milk(s) 12.51
*Value for CWT Grain(s) 7.77
♦Value for CWT Hay(s) 4.33
♦Value for CWT Silage(s) 1.54
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s) .26
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(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)
*lncome Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
*Grain to Milk Ratio
*Fccd Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1237 SCC Herds
*Member generated figures
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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 - 2.91 BU. 5.21
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.86 BU. 6.45
CWT.
Barley. No. 3-2.12 BU. 4.54
CWT.
Oats. No. 2 - 1.82 BU. 5.68
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.64 BU. 9.42
CWT.
Ear Com - 77.91 BU. 3.90
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay -117.50 TON 5.88
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 107.25 TON 5.36
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 107.75 TON
5.39 CWT.
2,281
7,316
2,420
15,127
56
568
105
233
15
922
1,358
1:2.4
5.06
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48% Soyoean Oilmcal Per Toni $21480 I MILL price
as of; Feb 25.1992
CroplFaedstufl
Tsblt I Grams
1 EAR CORN
2 EAR CORN, high moisture....
3 CORN, shelled. high-moisture .
4 OATS, swing
5 BARLEY, winter
6 WHEAT, winter
7 SORGHUM, gram
8 SOYBEANS, whole
Table 2. Supplamants I Extandtrs
9 CANOLA MEAI
I 0 COTTONSEED MEAI
II Whole COTTONSEED, with lint.
1 2 BREWER'S GRAIN, weL
13 BREWERS GRAIN, dried
14 OIST. CORN GRAIN, dried
1 5 CORN GLUTEN FEED
16 WHEAT BRAN
1 7 WHEAT MIDS
18 BEET PULP, deed
Table 3. Hay
1 9 LEGUME
2 0 MIXED, mainly legume.
21 MIXED, mainly grass....
22 GRASS
Tat>lt 4. Sllagas
23 CORN
24 LEGUME, hiycrop.
2 5 MIXED, manly legume
26 MIXED, mainly grass
2 7 GRASS, haycrop
28 SMALL GRAIN
29 SORGHUM-SUDAN
Prices listed ara tha value of those feeds relative to ma amount of corn ana soyoean maai
it would taka to supply (ha sama amounts of PROTEIN and TON Tha prices ara oasaa on wnat mills are
paying for your corn and what you would hava to pay lor thair soyoaan maai Call tha Extansion
offica if vou want to chaek raiauva pncas at diftarant taad analyses or corn and soy maai oncas
Lat us know if thara ara other faaos tor which you want to know tha relative taao value
Program by W K Watars. Dapt ot Ag £c on 4 Rural So c Pann Stata
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Relative
Feed Value
95.70 Per Ton
89.64 Per Ton
85.44 Per Ton
1.70 Per Bu.
2.77 Per Bu
3.30 Per Bu
2.88 Per Bu
5.93 Per Bu
179.85 Per Ton
9.65 Per Cwl
150.63 Per Ton
35.80 Per Ton
136.25 Per Ton
156.00 Per Ton
7.19 Per Cwt
5.50 Per Cwt
6.18 Per Cwt
5.00 Per Cwt
101.44 Per Ton
97.09 Per Ton
82.47 Per Ton
79.66 Per Ton
33.56 Per Ton
53.70 Per Ton
50.01 Per Ton
40.46 Per Ton
35.74 Per Ton
40.28 Per Ton
34.32 Per Ton
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