fed To Feeding tural Experiment Station in Ger many, described an important principle in animal nutrition called the isodynamic action of nutrients. He said that all nutrients are used in the body hs energy except for the nitrogen part in protein. Today, we still consider fore most the energy content of a ration and look for energy density values when we feed high-milk-produc mg animals. We get energy calor ics from carbohydrates, starch, sugar, fiber, even protein and the most from fat. However, in feeding ruminants we now focus much more on feed ing, a two-phase system: the rum en microflora, and post-ruminally, the ruminant animal itself. We try to harvest the rumen mi croflora in a maximum way. For 80 years we have known that the INTRODUCING CUSTOMINt., CUSTOM BULK MINERALS IN PELLETS MP Now Agway makes it possible for any farm to buy custom minerals in bulk. And get them delivered for less cost, less labor, and without the hassles of bags and bag disposal. ■V Because for the first time ever, pelleted custom mineral mixes are available in bulk. Through a process introduced by Agway, we are now able to process minerals with grain products, to produce pellets that can be delivered to more farms, smaller-size farms custom-made and formulated for optimal uniformity. W With CUSTOMIN™ Bulk Mineral Pellets, delivery, handling and storage are a whole lot easier. CUSTOMIN Bulk Minerals are dust-free, and a lot more cost-effective. W They don’t cost any more than what you currently pay for minerals. And if you haven’t been minerals because of quantity requirements, lead time or cost can. VP CUSTOMIN is only available from Agway. Don’t get your local Agway Feed Specialist today. Status According to the ABS promo tional news release. Nittany is a type specialist and ABS’ number one type improver (+2.57 PTAT). The company’s analysis of Nit tany daughters is that they rate high in dairy strength and milk from high, wide rear udders and smoothly attached fore udders. He also has a better than average type pattern, near average milk compo nents, and a TPI ranking of+llls, according to the news release. Two bulls bred by George and Paul Sheypuk of Jermyn, arc 29 H 6171 Shey-Land Mark Slogan- ET and 29 H 6077 Shey-Land Cinderfella. Slogan is a Chief Mark son from a Very Good Bell daughter with an Excellent mammary. Slogan’s dam is backed by an 91 -point cow that produced through 12 years of rumen microflora synthesizes pro tein from nitrogen, which is then harvested by the ruminant post ruminally. We can provide more protein for that “harvest” during digestion in the small intestines in two ways. Either we manipulate the rumen microflora to synthesize more, or we feed the rumen with protein that the microflora can’t touch, so it passes through, mak ing it more available in the small intestine. This has led to the new concept of “by-pass” nutrients and the terms rumen-degradable and rura en-undegradable, not only for pro tein, but for fat and carbohydrates as well. • Instead of the simple approach of counting calorie contents for all nutrients, we now need to add spe age. Based on 109 daughters in 67 herds, Slogan is rated with PTAs of +1942M, +49F, and +49P. With a PTAT of +1.93 and an udder composite index of +2.03, Slogan is a high type and good Tot al Performance Sire (+994 TPI). ABS analysis is that Slogan daughters are similar to Bell daughters in conformation, but have an advantage in improving fool angle, something uncommon with Chief Mark breeding. The other Sheypuk bull. Cinder fella is a Steady Spipper son from a Very Good Bell daughter. Cinder fella’s dam is backed by the 95-point Quietcove Matt Cinderel la cow. •Based on 45 daughters in 35 herds. Cinderfella is rated with PTAs of +1548M, +SIP, and cific identifications. This is where the Kivimae stu dy comes in. His extensive data show signifi cant differences not only in fiber, protein and minerals, but also in soluble carbohydrates; sugar con tents; and plants, depending on stage of maturity, time of day, har vesting method, weather and be tween species of forages. While we always promote alfal fa as extremely important for our milking animals because of pro tein and calcium contents, horse people have usually preferred red clover and timothy. The Kivimae study gives some clues. Soluble carbohydrate con tents in red clover and timothy are much higher than in alfalfa. Although alfalfa has negative trends with advancing maturity, ti PFA Seeks Emergency Aid CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) The Pennsylvania Far mers’ Association (PFA) is seek ing emergency aid for dairymen who were forced to dump their milk during the March 13-14 “Blizzard of 1993” which para lyzed the state with one to three feet of snow, frigid temperatures and high winds. In a letter to Gov. Casey, PFA +7SF. With a PTAT of +0.95 and an udder composite index of +1.47, Cinderfella is a good Total Performance Sire (+963 TPI). ABS analysis of Cinderfella daughters is that they are smaller cattle with strong udder clefts and fore udder attachments. Cinderfel la is a good choice for calving ease (S percent DBH), according to ABS. mothy actually has the highest soluble carbohydrate content after flowering. We now look for these addi tional terms in a ration, not to make it more complicated, but be cause with our new computer capabilities, we can handle addi tional parameters. And it pays back in higher returns over feed costs. It has been shown that in order to maximize milk production, we must increase both the microbial protein yield and the by-pass pro tein supply. The process by which microbes produce protein is a major utilizer of carbohydrates. In other words, we must feed energy to the microbes so that they can synthesize protein for later harvest by the ruminant. able to order customized considerations, now you left holding the bag. Call president Keith Eckel said, ‘The blizzard of ’93 has caused a severe financial hardship for some far mers in our Commonwealth.” Because of the state of emergency declared by the Governor during the storm, milk trucks were not allowed to use roads leading to dairy farms for regular pick-up. As farmers’ bulk milk tanks became filled to capacity while waiting for the milk trucks, they were forced to dump milk they could no longer store. “A survey we have reviewed indicates that more than 1.7 mil lion pounds of milk was dumped,” Eckel said, “This would represent a loss of over $200,000 to approx imately 548 producers.” Addition al reports are expected to reveal further losses due to dumped milk, “It is our understanding that Lancaster Finning, Saturday, April 10, 1993-A2l What kind of carbohydrates? Rumen-degradable carbohy drates were correlated with higher milk yields and milk protein per centage up to an optimum point. Increased starch in the rumen resulted in higher milk yields; however, maximum milk yield re sulted from an optimum combina tion of rumen degradable and un dcgradable carbohydrates. At a milk yield level of 5 per cent of bodyweight, it’s now re commended that an optimum ra tion should contain 25 to 30 per cent Tiber and 33 to 40 percent non-fibrous carbohydrates, starch and sugars. Fifty to 60 percent of the fiber should be rumen-degradable, and 50 to 55 percent of the non-fibrous most fanners worked diligently to open their farm lanes and local roads, only to find that their milk truck was prevented from using majuor highways due to the emergency declared status,” Eckel said. PPA is asking that m addition to compensating local municipalities for snow removal expenses, some emergency relief be provided to dairymen who suffered milk losses. The stale of emergency imposed during the storm and us aftermath also created problems for milk truck operators. PFA is urging the governor to declare milk trucks as emergency vehicles and to dismiss any charges brought against milk truck drivers during the storm. (Turn to Page A3l) © 1993 Agway Inc
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