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Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
Number of Cows Per Herd
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protein
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
♦Value for CWT Milk(s)
♦Value for CWT Grain(s)
♦Value for CWT Hay(S)
♦Value for CWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(s)
♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Day Pasture
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Manure Spreaders
M«ka Modal T-Bar Plntla
Prleft PHet
Badgar 160 310.67 266.76
Gahl 350 316.26 286.10
HI>S 180 336.36 310.16
IH 530 274.69 256.03
JD 40 266.61 261.76
Kaatan 235 406.12 301.36
Maaaay 205 376.69 353.61
NH 516-516 353.26 335.90
NH 676 468.26 450.15
NH 790-701 503.56 466.64
Nl 214 361.36 351.33
Nl 218-244 417.03 403.47
Pate 161 341.01 328.00
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 4/25/92 and 5/02/92
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Management Information For Bam Uaa
For Every Make &
Feed Wagons
Male* Modal lltaki Conv. X-Conv. " T
Prlca Rrlca Make Modal Main Con*. X-Conv.
Artaway 700,800 1670.00 Brief Prlca
Artaway 750,850 1887.00 Badger 950-14 215.55 98.09
Butter ISO 294.50 Dion 237.89
Butter 320 297.50 Gahl 610-640 240.67 94.52
Qahl 170 132.50 Gobi 700-960 215.75 94.52
Eefil iSS 398180 JH 105,110 236.46
Gahl 7190-7500 IH 130 219.97
197.50 JD HO 317-64 189.25
Henke JD 214 207.50 111.61
Schuler 170 504.00 JD 714 210.16 127.61
Schuler 260 942.00 Kaaten PBl6‘ 238.05
Schwartz 7805 206.00 L»mco Rex 211.99 84.60
Weaverine 430 68.50 NH 6 213.04 83.51
Wte I 45 74.00 (Pepeo 140 211.46
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Genetic Improvement
The Next Century
1,352
80,383
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Here's a summary of
remarks made by Ben McDaniel,
Professor of Animal Breeding at
North Carolina State University, at
the Large Dairy Herd Management
Conference held recently at
Gainesville. FL.
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3.69
676
3.17
580
318
12.72
7.81
4.47
1.54
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Although dairy cattle breeding
will change extensively in the
remainder of the 20th century and
early in the 21st, many of its more
useful current aspects will con
tinue. Multiple lactation yields of
milk, fat and protein wifi remain
the dominant parts of economic
merit
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7,263
2,444
15,058
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Use of newer reproductive tech
nologies such as embryo transfer
will improve gene flow to the cow
population and thus increase rates
of genetic progress.
STANDARD ROLLER CHAIN
RIVETED
»Fccd 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
Ycar(s)
•Grain to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1,148 SCC Herds
♦Member generated figure*
L.W. SPECHT
PSU Dairy Specialist
Model
Forage Boxes
NEW ANSI
COTTERED
Lancaster Finning, Saturday. May 16, 1992-A23
1,403
1:2.5
5.05
326,977
Genetic values for other eco
nomically important but lowly her
itable traits such as reproductive
efficiency, mastitis resistance, and
early involuntary culling will
become widely available. Their
usefulness will depend on AI bulls
having progeny numbers adequate
for accurate evaluations early in
life.
All genetic estimates will be
included in selection indexes for
selecting new breeding stock. Mat
ings wili be to combine traits to
maximize complementarity and
heterozygosity but minimize
inbreeding. Most if not all, mat
ings will be based on selection
indexes.
Carriers of favorable single
genes and chromosomal segments,
and DNA markers closely linked
to favorable ones will be identified
soon after birth from among simi-
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SPECIALIZED FARM EQUIPMENT
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
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To help farmers across the slate
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.
925
In
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.80 BU. 6.35
CWT.
Barley. No. 3 - 2.25 BU. 4.82
CWT.
Oats, No. 2-1.84 BU. 5.74
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.68 BU. 9.49
CWT.
Ear Com - 79,95 BU. 4.00
CWT,
Alfalfa Hay -131.75 TON 6.59
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 112.00 TON 5.60
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 120.00 TON
6.00 CWT.
lar pedigrees, probably those of
full brothers. Similarly, many ani
mals that carry unfavorable ones
will be eliminated and not used for
a significant saving in costs of test
ing young bulls.
Tests for most, if not all, known
deleterious recessive genes will be
developed and used to screen
breeding animals before they are
widely used, further reducing the
frequencies of recessive
phenotypes.
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