A2B*Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, January 30, 1993 Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association Dixie L. Burris, membership development, Cnll 1-800-DHI-TEST for Information. How Does Your Herd Compare? DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 01/09/93 and 01/16/93 Number of Herds Processed 1,123 Number of Cows Processed 68,429 Number of Cows Per Herd 60,9 Milk Per Cow (Lbs) 18,398 %-Fat 3.73 Fat Per Cow (Lbs) 687 %-Protein 3.19 Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 587 Average Days in Milk Per Cow 318 •Value for CWT Milk(s) 13.31 •Value for CWT Grain(s) 7.92 •Value for CWT Hay(s) 4.35 •Value for CWT Silage(s) 1.54 •Value for Pasture Per Day(s) .28 •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) •Income Over Feed Costs Per Year(s) •Grain to Milk Ratio •Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s) Avg Level For 969 SCC Herds generated figures 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 state. Let Us Do Your Repairs And Get 10% OCT On Your Parts % « On Call 24 Hours A Day If you are to ousy to fix it let a Northeast Agn Systems service person help you out And, during December and January you get 10% off on the parts used For service or a free estimate call our toll free custom er service number 1-800-673-2580 mmfi ■ Get Genuine Original Menufacturer Parts For Beat Reeults And Warranties. htafed Northeast Agri Systems, Inc: ■ FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK HHBiB 139 A Wen Apon Rd Linn, PA 17343 ■UHH (717) 5(9-2702 1-800-673-2580 FOCUS 2,449 7,214 2,330 14,952 68 571 101 231 19 923 1,525 1:2.5 5.02 329,408 m .•* | ! Factory Trained Personnel BOD—i STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association’s fifth annual meeting of the corporation is set for March 19 and 20 at the Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh, located in Monroeville. The Radisson is only 20 minutes from the heart of Pittsburgh, located directly adjacent to the Monroeville Mall and Greater Pittsburgh Expo Mart invited to attend the informational meeting. Last year was the first time Pa.DHIA traveled outside of State College for the corporate meeting. Again this year, we plan to travel to meet the members. Last March, we had a favorable turnout of 250 people including members, Pa.DHIA leadership, and representatives of the dairy industry. An increase in atten dance is expected this year. Fayette, Washington and West moreland counties have agreed to act as host for this year’s meeting. With the counties’ assistance, plans SEBSI. BINS AND AUGERS Take ’em Down! ***~*senen We Will Assemble & Deliver Bins To Your Farm (Northeast DHIA Convention Set For March All Pa.DHIA members are We Stock Truckloads Of Chore-Time Bins & Miles Of Chore-Time FLEX-AUGER Northeast Agri FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK 139 A West Airport Rd. Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 569-2702 1-800-673-2580 which is to parallel the meeting, a spouse’s program offering craft ideas (chaired by Mrs. Adam Derr), an awards banquet focusing on this year’s success, a Hawaiian dinner theatre for your entertain ment. and a meeting that will focus on sharing ideas and building com mitment as an association. The program allows for oppor tunities to learn more about the association, a chance for the asso- 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 ' of • tut crop. Bins... Large Or Small Authorized Master Distributor Systems, Inc. BSB* nwremwl ■■■ Mon.-FrL |J2aU 7:30-4:30 B*. 7:30-11:30 SB ciation to understand member needs and concerns, and a chance to recognize the past year’s accom plishments and the coming year’s goals, as well as time to socialize with other members and represen tatives of the dairy industry. Within the next month, mem bers should be receiving invita tions to the meeting. Plan now to attend to present your ideas for association. Com. No. 2y - 2.35 BU. 4.20 CWT. Wheat, No. 2 - 3.48 BU. 5.80 CWT. Barley. No. 3 - 1.74 BU. 3.71 CWT. Oats, No. 2-1.55 BU. 4.82 CWT. Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.49 BU. 9.17 CWT. Ear Com - 55.71 TON 2.79 CWT. Alfalfa Hay - 105.50 TON 5.26 CWT. Mixed Hay - 98.00 TON 4.90 CWT. Hay - 106.75 TON Timoth' * k , Put ’em Up! m _ Custom Applications FOR FREE ESTIMATES CAU OUR TOLL-FREE CUSTOMER < SERVICE NUMBER:
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