Fenniylranla Dairy Htri Imyrortmenl Auoelatian times 60 cows times $12.00/100 pounds times 1/2 for feed costs divided by S hours or $720. Little things such as 3 Ib/day make star tling large numbers when you multiply by 330 days, 60 cows and $l2 milk. This return of $7200 makes the $lOB monthly DHIA fee a good investment. However, it is only a good investment if the records are used. If the farm does not use the records then a paid consultant such as a veterinarian, feed dealer, DHIA technician, or someone experienced with records sould be hired so that the cost of DHIA records is an invest ment rather than an expense. Another approach is to select the DHIA Herd Performance Evalua tor option and let the DHIA com puter do the comparison work for you. Contact DHIA at 800-DHI TEST for more information. +9O Pounds qf Protein Welcome to the 90's! 3-10 244 d 18,468 m 3.9% 713 f 33% 614 p, Inc. Qair 4c Pat Thrush and Ride Verßeek, Ulster, PA ~MOUNTAIN~+9Sp There are 17 Sire Power sires at or above 60 pounds of protein. Four of those are in the $3OO category, with PTAM's as high as +2931m. Sire Power is Helping You Move Forward with these industry-leading protein sires! MOUNTAIN Dtr Hy-Scen Mountain Norma, VG-86 2-3 89d 6,300 m 3.7% 231 f 2.8% 177 p, Inc. Hy-Seen Farms, Stockton, IA FOCUS (Continued from Pago A 22) Another DHIA money saver involves culling decisions based on DHIA records. A replacement cow can cost $l2OO to raise. A cull cow returns about $6OO in sal vage value. A genetically superior cow can cost $2OOO. Culling the wrong cow is a $2600 mistake. For example, a cow may be able to exceed herd average by several thousand pounds but because of PTAT TPI 9H1293 CURIOUS $3lO +97p 83% +2386m +O.BB +1255 Ned Boy X Valiant 9H1401 MOUNTAIN $338 +9sp 82% +2931m +0.94 +1231- Royalty X Chairman 9H1448 SANDMAN $327 +7Bp 83% +2609m +1.41 +1176 Beautician X Spirit 9H1289 OSCAR $290 +76p 84% +2421m ±L2Z *ll4] Ned PgyXlvan 9H939 FRONTIER $273 +73p 99% +2399m +0.74 +ll3l Chairman X Jet Stream 9H1360 LEADER *RC $249 +7op 99% +2307m ±L& till? CiYallCT X Condi 9H1382 REID *RC $248 +7op 89% ,+2089m +0.97 +lOl6 Enhancer X Bell 9H1396 PERCIVAL $256 +7op 81% +lBoBm +0.61 +1025 Enhancer X Bell 9H1351 JOURNEY $2Bl +67p 85% +2249m +1.32 +ll3B Mark X Bell 9H1294 AMBITION $261 +66p 88% +1789m +0.72 +lll5 Ned Bov X Tradii * 9H1469 MINT $268 +66p 68% +2313m +1.36 +1055 CleitusXPete ♦ 9H1493 DUBLIN $258 +6sp 74% +2oBlm +1.23 +1042 Cleitus X Valiant * 9H1475 JAG *BL $248 +64p 76% +1652m +1.89 +1179 Cleitus X Bell ♦ 9H1488 VANQUISH $3OO +64p 71% +2576m +2.01 +1205 Cleitus X Bell 9H1270 BOMBER $24? +63p 86% +2o?lm +063 +950 Rotate X Pete ♦ 9H1415 TALISMAN *BL $278 +62p 85% +2434m +1.13 +1039 Jesse XUndv 9H12?1 BALANCE 1258 +6sp 853, +l7BBm +HS +552 Ned Boy X Bell * New Release . 7i Sire Power, Inc., RR 2, Box 20, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone: 717-836-3168 FAX: 717-836-1490 illness was a low producer this lactation and seen as a poor risk. First, a $2OOO loss is experienced by culling the low producing high genetic merit cow. The meat value of the cull is $6OO. The replace ment cow costs $l2OO. So $2OOO minus $6OO salvage value plus $l2OO for the replacement equals $2600. This may appear extreme but could happen. The $lOB monthly cost of DHIA would be small in comparison to one mis take that cost twenty times this amount DHIA PTA’s would alert the farm manager that the low pro ducer had the parentage to be in CVRIOUS~+97p CURIOUS leads an impressive list of protein improvers available from Sire Power. We offer you the only two sires over 90 pounds of protein! Take a close look, you'll find a variety of pedigrees, solid type and high reliability. the top half of the herd. Increasing the fat test .02% in this herd would pay $1620. Avoiding an increase in the linear score somatic cell count would pay $2400. One cow per month can take a herd over the break point for quality payment and cost $2160 in lost bonuses. Many other examples of return for dollars invested in DHIA can be cited. You must measure it to manage it is an old saying that is still true for well managed herds. DHIA Brown Swiss Hires Two BELOIT, Wis. representative. June 7 marked the first After a one-week day of employment for orientation to breed two new Field Rep- programs, services and resentatives with the goals at die home office Brown Swiss Cattle in Beloit, Wisconsin, Breeders’ Association. Paul and Rex have Paul B. Krueger has embarked on summer been employed as East- schedules that will take em Area representative them through the major and Rex Hendrickson as ity of the states they are the Central Area assigned to service. >3 USDA&HA Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24, 1993-A23 records are an easy way to get information to manage a herd and is not an expense but an invest ment if used wisely. Time spent using these records can pay high wages in the right hands as demonstrated above. In addition, they are used in various degrees by your veterinarian, feed dealer, county agent, breed association, AI organization, USDA, and Penn State University to make farmers more successful. Money spent on DHIA pays in many ways. Field Reps Paul and Rex will be calling on Brown Swiss breeders and interested dairymen to promote breed programs, answer questions, and assist in locating, breeding and profiting with Brown Swiss cattle. Krueger, a May 1993 graduate of the Univer sity of Wisconsin- Platteville, is a native of Horicon, WI. Paul has a background in regis tered Holstein cattle and a wide-range of experi ence in the dairy indus try. He participated and placed well in three national dairy judging contests while at the U.W.-Platteville. In addition, he served as president of the uni versity’s dairy club and as sale chairman for the Pioneer Dairy Club Classic Sale which boasted a $13,000 top price and a $2,000 aver age. Krueger spent the summer of 1992 as an intern with Select Sires Inc., working in the area of field communications. He is to be based in the Columbus, Ohio area and service the Michigan-Indiana area, all states east and south east. Please contact Paul at the following address if he can be of service to you; 15890 Middleburg-Plain City Rd., Plain City, OH 43064 (614) 873-3888. Hendrickson is a May 1993 graduate of Kansas State Universi ty. Growing up on a Holstein dairy near Pay ola, Kansas, Rex parti cipated in dairy judging through 4-H, FFA and Kansas State. He has had an active career in dairy leader ship through his partici pation in many clubs and organizations throughout his high school and university years. In addition, he worked as a summer intern in 1992 as a field man for Associated Milk Producers Inc., gaining valuable exper ience in milk marketing and customer service. Hendrickson is to use Beloit, Wisconsin as a base for his travel from Minnesota and Wiscon sin, south through Loui siana and Texas and into Colorado and the Dakotas. For more informa tion, contact the Brown Swiss Cattje Breeders’ Association; P.O. Box
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