GLENN’S
UDDERINGS
(Continued from Pago A 22)
breedings. The pregnant cows
averaged 1.9 services per preg
nancy. These were the easy breed
ers and cows that suc
cessfully. They should have very
low services per conception, pos
sibly around 1.5. The services per
pregnancy for all cows includes
services for the problem breeders
plus other normal cows which
have not yet been confirmed or as
sumed pregnant.
Missed heats can also cause
days open to increase. According
to table 1, only 11 cows had nor
mal intervals of 18-24 days be
tween heats or services. Seven had
longer intervals of 3-4 missed
heats (36-48 days); some of these
could have been embryonic deaths
or early-term abortions. Another
19 cows had intervals of less than
18 days or more then 48 days.
Some or most of these could be
cows that received shots to be
short cycled intentially. It could
also include cows with mis-diag
nosed heats.
The last section of table 1 looks
at services over the past 12 months
by number of services. First ser
vice conception rate was only 48
percent This low figure could be
caused by several factors, some of
which are: cows too thin to con
ceive, infections in the reproduc-
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WASHINGTON. D.C. The
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Service is seeking public comment
on a proposed change in rules for
marketing milk in the Middle
Atlantic Maiketing Area, accord
ing to an announcement made this
week.
Those wishing to comment have
until July 27« and should send two
copies of the comments to USDA/
AMS/Daiiy Division, Order For
mulation Branch, Room 2968,
live tract not yet cleared up, at
tempting to get cows bred too
soon after calving, etc. The goal
should be 60 percent or greater.
As the number of services increas
es conception rates generally de
crease due to problem breeders.
It is a good practice to use the
most expensive semen where the
chances for conception rates gen
erally decrease due to problem
breeders.
It is a good practice to use the
most expensive semen where the
chances for conception are'great
est. Generally, this will be the first
service. In table 1, we can see a
slight tendency to use the best
bulls on the first and second ser
vices. Study your DHIA reports
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valuable information that can help
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Comment On
South Building. P.O. Box 96456,
Washington. D.C. 20090-6456.
The propositi for change has
been made at the request of
cooperatives in the Middle Atlan
tic area who seek to have rules bet
ter reflect actual commercial wint
er milk demand and usage.
According to the notice; a prop
osal is to, from September 1993 to
February 1994, drop the current
requirement that 40 percent of the
milk sold out of pool distributing
plants be sold for Class I, or fluid
milk use.
The proposal instead seeks the
minimum be tower to 30-percent
of the milk sold being mandated
for fluid use.
Obstensibly, the reason for set
ting minimum use is to ensure that
producers get a better price for
their milk. If the bulk of milk is
sold for uses other than fluid con
sumption, the price received by the
producer is tower, than if a certain
percentage is used for fluid use.
which brings a higher price to the
farmer.
The USDA notice stated that,
“The suspension (of the 40 percent
requirement) was requested by
several cooperatives that represent
producers who supply a large por
tion of (he milk for the market
“Proponents contend that the
action is necessary to assure that
producer milk, which has been his
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Milk Marketing Proposal
torically associated with the mark
et, will continue to be pooled under
the order.”
In effect, the notice implied that
the USDA does not consider the
change in rule to have a negative
impact on the program.
Additional information sup
plied by the notice was, “This
proposed rule has been reviewed
by the Department (sic)... and has
been determined to be a ‘non
major’ rule.”
Also, in the notice from L.P.
Massaro, acting administrator of
the USDA Agricultural Marketing
Service, he stated that the agency
“has certified that this action
would not have a significant eco
nomic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
“Such action would lessen the
regulatory impact of the order on
certain milk handlers and would
tend to ensure that dairy farmers
would continue to have their milk
priced under the order and thereby
receive the benefits that accrue
from such pricing.”
If changed, the new regulation
would not be retroactive, nor
would it supercede state or local
laws, unless there is an “irreconcil
able conflict” with the rule change.
The request had been made
because of the fluid market use of
the milk has decreased
significantly in February 1990,
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52 percent was sold for Class I, in
February 1993, 45 percent was
sold for fluid use.
Also, those who requested and
support the proposal have stated
that two former large-volume buy
ers of diverted milk within Order 4
are now handled under the New
York-New Jersey marketing order.
According to Massaro, “The
cooperatives claim that they are
experiencing difficulty associating
all of their diverted producer milk
with the remaining distributing
plants now regulated under the
Middle Atlantic order without
affecting the pool status of the milk
and/or the plants.
‘Thus, it may be appropriate to
suspend the higher Class I utiliza
tion standard which applies to fluid
milk plants under the Middle
Atlantic order in the months of
September 1993 thought February
1994.”
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