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 6/09/94 and 6/16/94
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 CWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(s)
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♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
B; Hay
C: Silage
D: Day Pasture
♦Feed Cost Per Cow Per Ycar(s)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Pasture
"Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per
Year(s)
♦lncome Over Feed Costs Per
Ycar(s)
♦Grain to Milk Ratio
♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
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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
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MMI Seeks
To Purchase
Savoldi
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio—
Milk Marketing Inc. (MMI) has
signed a letter of intent to purchase
Savoldi Cheese Company Inc., of
West Middlesex, according to a
news release from MMI dated June
20.
The region’s largest dairy
producer-owned cooperative,
based in Strongsville, Ohio, MMI
Chief Executive Officer Don
Schriver, and Joseph Savoldi,
pesident of Savoldi Cheese, said
in a joint statement that they have
signed the letter of intent and are
now in the process of studying the
possible sale and working on a
final agreement.
The Pennsylvania Savoldi
Cheese Company Inc. primarily
makes shredded cheese products
for the food service industry and
operates predominantly in the
Northeast.
MMI is a 5,700-member
cooperative reaching into eight
states, including Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mary
land, Michigan, New York and
West Virginia. Last year it mark
eted $6BB million worth of raw
milk, and processed 3.8 billion
pounds. The sales includes $307
million in net sales from Farmers
Dairy Foods Inc. and farm supply,
including dues and service fees.