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A Low Cost DHIA Program
To Better Manage Your Herd
STATE COtLEGp (Centre
Co.) —lf you're not using Pen
nsylvania Dairy Herd Association
(Pa.DHIA) to keep track of your
cows, this program is for you.
Unlike the official DHIA prog
ram, where the supervisor stays on
the farm and collects all the data
and samples, with this “Onwer-
Sampler” program, the client can
do the work and eliminate the labor
cost fo the technician.
For accurate production records
and complete processing, it is
necessary to report fresh dates, dry
dates, purchased and removed
dates.
Optional data for reporting
includes sick cows, breeding
records and feeding information.
The computer-generated reports
produced from this data are identi
cal to those produced for the “offi
cial” type programs, but Owner-
Sampler records are considered
“unofficial” by USDA, NAAB and
the different dairy cattle breed
associations.
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However, the reports are every
bit as valuable to the dairy mana
ger as an official report, as long as
the data is accurate.
The Owner-Sampler user has
the priviledge of making on the
spot adjustments to milk weight
for sick cows, odd milking hours,
and for the rare occasion of a meter
malfunction.
Also, under this program, the
user can set up his/her own “test
day” in advance and is then spared
the need to comply with policies
and procedures governing “offi
cial” programs.
Pa.DHIA offers the following
different management Owner-
Sampler record programs:
40 DHI-OS: Owner-Sampler
with all milking in a 24-hour per
iod being weighed and sampled.
41 DHIA-OS-AP: Owner-
Sampler AM/PM, where only one
milking is weighed and sampled
monthly on an alternating basis for
herds milked twice a day. For
herds milking three times per day.
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two milking are weighed and one
is sampled on an alternating basis.
42 DHI-OS-APCS: The
Owner-Sampler AM/PM Compo
nent Sample option requires that
all milkings within a 24-hour per
iod are weighed and one milking is
sampled monthly on an alternating
basis.
43 DHI-OS-MO: This is an
Owner-Sampler, Milk Only plan,
where all milkings within a
24-hour period ate weighed, but
not sampled.
44 DHI-OS-MO-AP: This
stands for Owner-Sampler. Milk-
Only. AM/PM. In this program,
only one milking is weighed on an
alternating basis each month, but
not sampled.
45 DHI-OS-ACs Meaning
Owner-Sampler Average Compo
nents, this program uses recog
nized cattle breed averages, or
milk plant averages, for milk com
ponents. All milkings in a 24-hour
period are weighed each month
and the average test is used for
each cow.
46 DHI-OS-AP-AC: This
stands for Owner-Sampler. AM/
PM Average Components, using
breed or plant averages for milk
components and requires only one
milking to be weighed on an alter
nating basis each month. The aver
age component test values are used
for each cow.
47 DHI-OS-TC: Owner-
Sampler with a tri-monthly com
ponent test, this program requires
all milkings to be weighed month
ly, but component sampling is con
ducted every third month.
48 DHI-OS-MO-TMW: This
program name stands for Owner-
Sampler, Milk-Only, Tri-Monthly
Weights. It requires taking milk
weights every third month.
DHIA has changed to meet the
needs of its members, and the
availability of programs such as
these needs to be made known.
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Because the records are owner
sampled management reoerds, the
interval between “test days” can be
determined by a member’s specific
needs, placing at least a minimal
type of program within reach of an
milk producer.
To go on test, or to find out more
information, call
1-800-DHI-TEST, or
1-800-344-8378.
How Does Your Herd Compare?
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —These data are calculated using
information pulled from Pennsylvania DHIA’s mainframe computer
each week. It is a one-week summary 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 about
1,400 herds across the state.
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 9/25/93 and 10/2/93
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
Ycar(s)
♦lncome Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s) 1,479
♦Grain to Milk Ratio 1:2.4
♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(S) 4.86
Avg Level For 950 SCC Hcids 353,556
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