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 7/16/94 and 7/23/94
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)
♦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) 1,564
♦Grain to Milk Ratio 1:2.5
♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s) 4.92
Avg Level For 987 SCC Herds 425,415
*Memb«r>generaUd figures
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners 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 your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 2.74 bu. 4.90 cwL
Wheat, No. 2 - 2.98 bu. 4.97
cwL
Barley, No. 3-1.72 bu. 3.68
cwL
Oats, No. 2-1.48 bu. 4.60 cwL
Soybeans. No. 1 - 5.89 bu. 9.84
cwL
Ear Com 74.65 ton 3.73 cwt
Alfalfa Hay - 103.25 ton 5.16
cwt
Mixed Hay -100.00 ton 5.0 cwt
Timothy Hay -102.50 ton 5.13
cwt
1,091
68,679
62.9
18,689
3.69
691
3.19
597
319
13.29
7.94
4.25
1.55
.30
2,484
7,303
2,197
14,764
57
579
93
229
17
920
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tors. Nicole Marks was fit* Jo- Calp Senior divmon honors
seph Hushon. second, and kirn- J Dixie DoU
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