A22-Lincaster Farming, Saturday, March 20 1993
Pennsylvania
Dairy Herd
improvement Association
Dixie L. Burris, membership development,
C»H 1-800-DHI-TEST Tor Information.
How Does Your Herd Compare?
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —This data is palled from Pennsyl
vania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. It is a one-week sum
mary 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 3/02/93 and 3/09/93
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)
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Average Days in Milk Per Cow
♦Value for CWT Milk(s)
♦Value for CWT Gtain(s)
♦Value for CWT Hay(s)
♦Value for CWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(S)
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
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♦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
♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1054 SCC Herds
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
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 - 2.35 BU. 4.21
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.38 BU. 5.65
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 1.86 BU. 3.97
CWT.
Oats. No. 2-1.62 BU. 5.06
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.55 BU. 9.27
CWT.
Ear Com - 62.18 TON 3.11
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay - 109.50 TON 5.48
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 95.00 TON 4.75
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 100.50 TON
5.03 CWT.
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