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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here's this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to yourloca
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Ccm,No.2y-3.11 bu.s.S6cwt
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.37 bu. 5.62
CWL
Barley. No. 3 - 2.44 bu. 5.21
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Oats, No. 2 -1.70 bu. 5.30 cwt
Soybeans. No. 1 - 6.45 bu. 10.77
cwt
Ear Com - old 85.00 ton 4.25
cwt
Ear Com - new 89.56 ton 4.48.
Alfalfa Hay - 110.00 ton 5.5
cwt
Mixed Hay - 105.50 ton 5.28
cwt
Timothy Hay -101.75 ton 5.09
cwt
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STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Pennsylvania Dairy Herd
Improvement Association years
ago was more of a selection on
who would provide DHIA field,
laboratory and data process
services.
That has all changed, as
Pa.DHIA matured into an organi
zation striving to meet members’
needs better that it has in the past
Under the current policies of the
national organization, DHIA
members have the freedom to
choose where their DHIA services
come from.
Such freedom is viewed as ben
eficial because it introduces com
petition. Now members can pick
and choose from among nine pro
cessing centers, dozens of labs and
more than 40 state organizations
for official records services.
When the decision was made to
reorganize the DHIA system in
Pennsylvania, the Pa.DHIA Board
of Directors chose a future as a
full-service provider because of
the advantages of this approach to
members.
Increased reliability of service,
reduced liability for members,
improved delivery of new ser
vices, uniform management of
DHIA employees, etc. each
reason for making change to the
Pa.DHIA is very important,
though too numerous to name
here.
All but five counties have
endorsed the board’s decision by
merging their local association
with Pa.DHIA. The local commit-
♦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
ROHRERS Quality SEEDS
Arrow Alfalfa
Apollo Supreme Alfalfa
Agressor Alfalfa
Alfagraze Alfalfa
Redland 111 Red Clover
Ladino Clover
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Toro Timothy
Climax Timothy
Crown Orchard Grass
Pennlate Orchard Grass
Reeds Canary Grass
Cert. Palaton Reeds Canary
Grass
Perennial Ryegrass
Bastion Perennial Ryegrass
Highland Pasture Mix
Horse Pasture Mixture
Triple Purpose Hay & Pasture
Mixture
Waterway Grass Mix
Special Hay Mixture
Hairy Vetch
tees of three of those five counties
have decided to have members
vote upon a merger within the next
couple of months.
Ten years of preparation have
preceded reorganization of the
DHIA system needed to make the
full-service concept work success
fully in Pennsylvania.
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
one-fourth of the herds across the state.
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 03/28/94 and 04/04/94
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 (jWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(s)
7,461
2,084
15,485
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FOR OVER 75 YEARS
7:30 A.M.-5 P.M.
HaVe you explored the benefits
of a full-service organization that
will result from merger and com
pared those benefits to the
alternatives?
The full-service DHIA is a real
benefit to you as a member.
Pa.DHIA continues to change aid
meet the management needs of the
present and future dairymen.
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 811 SCC Herds
♦Member-generated figures
575
89
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Soybeans
• Agri Pro 3220
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• Rohrer Brand 3750
• Rohrer Brand 3775
• Rohrer Brand 3850
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HOLLAND EXTRA
BSLER - BENDER
TWINE
903
57,576
63.7
18,386
3.68
677
3.19
587
318
12.98
7.71
4.29
1.54
.29
2,386
238
14
918
1,467
1:2.4
5.00
366,992