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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 arc 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 2/19/95 and 2/26/95
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
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Northeast DHIA, Cornell
Direction
ITHACA, N.Y. Northeast
Dairy Herd Improvement Asso
ciation (Northeast DHIA) and
Cornell's College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences (CALS) jointly
announce a new direction North
east DHIA has set for its long
term relationship with CALS. In
response to Northeast DHIA's vi
sion for the future. Northeast
DHIA will focus on providing ser
vices to its members by applying
computer technology to on-farm
herd management service and sup
port to replace those currently pro
vided by Cornell Dairy Records.
Northeast DHIA is evaluating op
tions to enhance record processing
services for greater flexibility, re
sponsiveness, and economies of
operation. Alternative processing
organizations will be interviewed.
It is expected that a recommenda
tion will be given to the Board of
Directors in mid-April. Members
and industry leaders will be in
volved in helping to deGne the
speciGcs of a new record system
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B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Day Pasture
*Fced Cost Per Cow Per Ycar(s)
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B: Hay
C; Silage
D: Pasture
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Year(s)
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When you choose Moyer & Son Plant Nutrients for your
fertilizer, you'll benefit from our large inventory of application
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to help define any changes in re
ports or in the RMS program.
David Chamberlain, President
of Northeast DHIA and a dairy
producer from Wyoming, NY,
noted. “With this new direction
set, we can now work to define the
specifics of the future records sys
tem and set the timetable for a
smooth transition.”
Nelvin Empet, General Man
ager Northeast DHIA, commented
“Northeast DHIA is committed to
meeting the needs of the dairy pro
ducer and the dairy industry in this
information age. We look forward
to continuing and building on the
long-term, cooperative relation
ship with Cornell for Research
and Extension education pro
grams.”
Cornell will continue to focus
on research and extension pro
grams, but discontinue the service
provided by the Cornell Dairy Re
cords. The Animal Breeding
Group and Dairy Management
Group of the Department of Ani-
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Benefit from;
* Field Mapping/Crop Records
■ Equipment Lending Programs
• Honest Agronomic Advice
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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 last 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-2.38 bu. 4.26 cwl
Wheat. No. 2 - 3.52 bu. S.BB
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Barley, No. 3 - 1.86 bu. 3.98
CWL
Oats, No. 2 • 1.55 bu. 4.84 cwl
Soybeans. No. 1 - 5.28 bu. 8.82
cwt
Ear Com 60.55 ton 3.03 cwt.
Alfalfa Hay - 88.75 ton 4.44
cwL
Mixed Hay-91.25 ton4.s6cwt
Timothy Hay - 88.75 ton 4.44
cwt
mal Science have been asked to
develop plans for creation of a re
search center with the objectives
to continue genetics and manage
ment research in dairy and other
species. At the core of sustaining
this emeiging new facility is a
commitment by Northeast DHIA
to continue to provide the univer
sity with the data needed to con
duct these research and extension
functions for the dairy industry.
A goal is to minimize the
changes DHIA members and other
users will see during the transition
to the new records system.'
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