A32-Lanc«st«r Farming, Friday, January 6,1995
Practical Information Stressed At
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
GUTHRIESVILLE (Chester
Co.) Chester County held its
dairy day program Wednesday at
the East Brandywine Fireball with
speakers discussing nuts and bolts
advise for managing dairy herds.
About 80 people attended the
event, with two key speakers from
Penn State University and another
speaker a private dairy consultant
While much of what was said
has been either published or pre
sented previously or through other
forums, each speaker narrowed
down several key points about
each of their topics that they
wanted the daily producers to con
sider in their own operations.
Dr, AJ. “Jud” Heinrichs, asso
ciate professor of dairy and animal
science at Penn State University’s
College of Agricultural Sciences;
Dr. Robert E. Graves, professor of
agricultural and biological engi
neering at Penn State; and Dr.
Brian Perkins, a Vermont-based
independent dairy consultant who
works throughout the New Eng
land states, were the speakers.
The program was sponsored by
Chester County Cooperative
Extension, CoreStates/Hamilton
Bank, and Meridian Bank.
In the morning session Hein
richs discussed the care and feed
ing strategies for raising and
breeding young heifers through
their first calving.
Some of the key points Hein
richs discussed were keeping the
environment clean and healthy,
but also looking realistically at
raising the heifers to maximize
their genetic potential.
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Dr. Jud Heinrichs
PSU Associate Professor
Dairy, Animal Science
He discussed the fact that the
mammary system grows at a pace
that outspeeds development of the
rest of the young heifer by as puch
as 3.5:1, when it is from 3- to
9-months-old.
From birth to 2 months, the
mammary system develops at a
rate of 1.6:1, he said, and at a rate
of 1.5:1 from 10 to 12 months.
This means that the most impact
a producer can have on developing
a strong, healthy mammary system
is during the care and feeding
while the heifer calf is from 3- to
9-months-old.
It is very important to under
stand that overfeeding ai this age
can result in fatty tissue'develop
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development
According to Heinrichs, dairy
cattle raisers should not push their
young heifers before they are eight
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age, producers can ‘‘push” the heif
ers with extra protein, but not extra
energy.
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