Field Service System Part Of Infinity
The Field Services System
Module of the Infinity System pro
vides subscribers with the choice
of technician services to collect
samples and information through a
paper-based system, or through a
personal computer (PC) based
electronic data system.
This service module provides
technician service by a protable
electronic notebook capability for
ease of use. Compatibility of these
notebooks with IBM PCs and
poupular on-farm system like
Westfalia, deLaval, Boumatic, and
Dairy Comp 305.
A full range of test day manage
ment reports through Dairy Comp
303 include the reproduction, herd
health, young stock, culling histo
ries, lactation histories, group
analysis, and nutrition. Also bill
ing capability is available on test
day.
The system also has the capabil
ity to upload data from the field to
the Pennsylvania Infinity Data
Record Processing Center.
Some of the other assets arc
improved turnaround time,
reduced reporting errors and pap
erless barnshcets (electronic
bamshecls). All of these aspects
streamline and simplify the opera
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The capability of the system
includes the capability to provide
graphics of individual cow lacta
tions, herd and group performance
and also a stastical analysis.
The Field Service System Mod
ule has the feature of being able to
transfer data electronically or by
diskette.
Further, the module also pro
vides management reports for
DHIA field service managers in
many different ways. And can also
provide a weekly technician per
formance report, and a summary of
performance on a monthly or
annual basis.
Also included are a variety of
monthly listings of cow and herd
data to keep within the guidelines
set by national or state boards. One
listing monitors herds over 45 days
since last test.
Another listing of bulk tank val
ues compares the test day produc
tion with monthly production.
There’s also a monthly cow and
herd list which can be used to
monitor for verification purposes.
And, there’s even a report which
consists of permanent and visible
identification exception reports.
Among the other listings are
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biweekly billing summaries by
technician and/or county area; a
meter cost summary by technician;
and a sample to lab time report by
technician.
The power of Infinity come
from the unique integration of
individual service modules which
permit information in one module
to be shared with other modules.
While some modules rely on
input of data from other modules,
the overall design allows a DHIA
or dairy producer to select only
those modules needed.
An overview of the other mod
ules and the meaning of the
acronyms for each is as follows:
DMS Dairy Management Sys
tem: package reports for herd and
cow management
OFS On-Farm System: Dairy
Comp 305 and Dairy Plan.
OFS+ On-Farm System Plus;
provides the OFS and also gives
genetic evaluations and young sire
programs.
FSS Field Services System
DES Data Entry System.
LCS Laboratory Control
System.
EES Extension and Education
Service.
Systems, Inc.
Chore-Time H 2 ALL-PLASTIC
FEEDER floods feeder pan with
plenty of feed to attract and
start poults from the first day.
Chore-Time SUPER 6™ curtain
elded ventilation made easy
Chore-Time SUPER 6™ Environmental Con
trol System takes the work out of operating
curtain ventilation and does it without
requiring anyone to be a computer expert)
SUPER 6 accurately and automatically
"supervises’ your building's ventilation dur
ing hot, cold, and even during natural ventila
tion periods doing automatically what
most hog producers are attempting to do by
hand.
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Syslem. umn about the modules. I will be
FPS —Finance and Personnel outlining the power of these mod-
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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 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 4/24/93 and 5/01/93
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)
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
♦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 953 SCC Herds
•Member generated figures
PA DHIA CALENDAR ™
MAY |
17-19 Field Service Training Seminar. Slate College i-v;'
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JULY m
7-8 Slate Hoard Meeting, Enc Co |||
23,24 Technician Summer Conference, Danville
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SEPTEMBER 1
29,30 Stale Hoard Meeting, Stale College
NOVEMBER g
1 SE District Mlg, Uerks Ag Ccntei ;,;"i
2 SW District Mtg, Ramada Inn, Somerset f e-'j
3 C Dislnct Mtg, Eamtl> Mouse Rcslauianl, ;
Mifllmtown
4 NE District Mlg, Emk Apple Restaurant, >
I'unkhannock
5 NW District Mlg, Honan/a Restaurant, J
Eranklm
8 Stale Hoard Meeting, State College
9,10 NE Caucus, Ithaca, NY
FEBRUARY
18,19 PA DHIA Annual Mtg.. Slalc College
1,088
68,032
62.5
18,389
3.72
684
3.20
589
318
13.02
7.67
4.29
1.52
.29
2,396
7,527
2,259
14,768
66
577
97
225
19
920
1,475
1:2.4
5.01
342,525
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