How Does Your Herd ’Compare? ~ M-DJt&W Cattle
Association
To Meet
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 2/27/95 and 3/06/95
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
Ycar(s)
♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Ycar(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
Year (%)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
•Grain » Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 978 SCC Herds
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ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) The Mason-Dixon Red
& White Cattle Association is to
meet 1 p.m., Sunday. March 26, at
Spangler’s Restaurant, near
Gettysburg.
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect directors, make plans for a
summer picnic, and to consider the
possibility of an organized tour to
Madison, Wisconsin in October to
attend the World Dairy Expo.'"'
All are welcomed to attend the
meeting or to join the organization.
Membership dues at $lO per
year and should be mailed to:
Mason-Dixon RWDCA, c/o Ken
neth Myer, Secretary-Treasurer,
393 Ridgeview Road North, Eli
zabethtown, Pa., 17022.
For those going to the meeting,
the restaurant is located near the
intersection of routes IS and 394,
approximately four miles noth of
Gettysburg.
For more information, call Jack
King, association president, at
(717) 294-3345, or Myer at (717)
367-3344.
Jersey Breed Breaks Production Records
REYNOLDSBURG. Ohio
Once again, the average milk pro
duction for Jerseys has leaped
over 15,000 pounds nationally,
setting another record year for the
breed! With the increased empha
sis on protein in the past few
years. Jersey producers are also
excelling in keeping up in the mar
ket place by increasing protein
production.
MEADVILLE (Craw
ford) Due a lack of sufficient
consignments, the 1995 Northwest
Pennsylvania All-Breed Calf Sale
has been canceled.
The sale had been scheduled to
beheld April IS as a way for youth
to purchase quality purebred dairy
calves to use in their 4-H projects.
However, the extension service
in Crawford County has provided a
list of names and phone numbers
of representatives for each of the
six recognized dairy breeds so that
those interested in buying 4-H pro
ject animals can locate breeders
with stock available.
According to a news release
from Larry Labowski, Crawford
County extension agent, the sale
was canceled because, “Unfortu
nately, prospective consignments
were down and additional insur
ance costs would raise the needed
commission charge to over 10
percent.
“In prior years, the insurance
was provided at no cost to the
county. However, as the4-H Uabil-
During 1994. 691 Jersey herds
were enrolled in Dairy Herd Im
provement Registry and averaged
15,567 pounds milk, 719 pounds
fat, and 573 pounds protein.
These mature equivalent (m.e.)
averages are based on a total of
46,122 records. This production
shows an increase of 2 percent for
milk, 2 percent fat, and 2 percent
protein over the 1993 breed aver-
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Northwest Calf
Sale Canceled
ity insurance guidelines currently
read, all 4-H sales will be charged
an insurance fee based on the gross
amount of each of the sales,”
Labowski wrote in the news
release.
Further, he wrote, “The insur
ance fee would have added $350,
or $lO per head for a sale of 35
calves, to the expense of the sale.
With fewer numbers, the cost
would increase on a per head
basis.”
Labowski provided the names
of breed representatives who can
help prospective buyers link up
with sellers, without forcing youth
to pay the insurance fees asso
ciated with the sale.
For the Ayrshire breed, contact
Jennifer Campbell at (814)
382-0644; for Brown Swiss. Jeff
Raney, at (412) 932-3310; Guern
sey, Lee Livingston, (412)
927-2243; Holstein, Beth Duncan,
(814) 425-2302; Jersey, Francis
Weiderspahn, (814) 425-1183;
and Milking Shorthorn, Rusty
Mook, (814) 763-4541.
age.
In addition to a record high
average for the Jersey breed, the
1994 DHIR m.e. averages brought
good news for individual herds.
In the number one position for
milk, fat, and protein is Sunny
Day Farm. Chester. S.C., owned
by Herbert, Betty, and Herby D.
Lutz. Their 56 Jerseys avenged
24,051 pounds milk, 1,071 pounds
fat, and 829 pounds protein.