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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 arc
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 stale.
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 8/22/92 and 8/29/92
Number of Herds Processed 1,350
Number of Cows Processed 81,854
Number of Cows Per Herd 60.6
Milk Per Cow (Lbs) 18,534
%-Fat 373
Fat Per Cow (Lbs) 692
%-Protcin 3 lg
Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 589
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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
Ycar(S)
•Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Ycar(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
Ycar(S)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Ycar(S)
•Gram to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1,159 SCC Herds
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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.
Com, No. 2y - 2.67 BU. 4.78
CWT.
Wheat. No. 2 - 2.93 BU. 4.89
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 1.70 BU. 3.64
CWT.
Oats. No. 2-1.43 BU. 4.46
CWT.
Soybeans. No. 1 - 3.36 BU. 8.95
CWT.
Ear Com - 75.% BU. 3.80
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay -100.00 TON 5.00
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 97,50 TON 4.88
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 103.50 TON
5.18 CWT.