A&Lancastsr Farming, Saturday, August 19, 1995 HUGHESVILLE (Lycoming Co.) The Lycoming County Colored Breeds Dairy Show was held last month at the fairground with Tom Aerosmith, Peach Bot tom serving as judge. In the Ayrshire breed, Roberta Fogleman, Mdncy had the grand champion and Mun-Ayr Farm, Muncy had the reserve grand champion. In the Brown Swiss show, Alici a Wolfe, Riverside had both the grand champion, and the reserve grand champion. VanKuren Farm, Montrose had the grand champion Guernsey, and Rebecca Dugan, Watsontown, had the reserve grand champion. Both the grand champion and the reserve grand champion in the Jersey breed was shown by J. Craig and Susan Wicker. Center Hall. And Melissa Wolfe, Riverside, had both champions in the Milking Shorthorn breed. The list of winners and photo graphs were supplied by William Messersmith, Lycoming County extension director. Champion Guernseys. From left,Mellssa Daly, Lycoming County dairy maid; Steve and Mandy VanKuran; Rebecca Dugan; and Stephanie Ulmer, Lycoming County dairy maid. Milking Shorthorn champions. From left, Yvonne Peter man, Lycoming dairy princess; Melissa and Art Wolfe; and Stepnanle Ulmer, county dairy maid. MUC.IT DOES A BODY GOOD. Lycoming County Colored Breeds Dairy Show Held Champion Jerseys. From left, Stephanie Ulmer, county dairy maid; Craig Wicker; Mandy VanKuran; and Melissa Daly. Craig Wicker, Four Springs Farm, won both the premier breeder and premier exhibitor awards for the colored breeds show. Judge Tom Arrowsmith makes the presentation V IYeCMIHG cmiHTY Sk \ \ 1 '"***** fW" - y:<- '-‘4. yAi’ksmMZi , <JD3r,f»i BJ 2p s f ? W '*<*, V/..V ‘s.fiV - Jjjpp ' sd: •*' **<£• s y The Business £ipe of u (Continued from Pag* A 1) adapted to any dairy farmer’s management style or circumstan- The topics covered in these arti cles will include cow management (reproduction, feeding, herd health, cow comfort, available “tools”), financial planning, and crop management. The informa tion on these topics will be related to what is happening on the farm at the time the articles appear so that farmers can put this informa tion to use right away. Forage Planning August already. Time to think about the forage needs for the coming year to decide how much com to pick and how much to put in for silage. Let’s look at the numbers—how many animals we will have, how much we will need to feed them, and what the costs will be to buy different types of feed instead of using what we raised. First, we’ll figure out how much hay and com silage we will need until the next harvest We add at least S percent extra feed to the totals because it works better to have forage left over than not to have enough. Our experi ence has been that if you don’t plan ahead well enough, we run out of feed just before harvest (hay in May and silage in August) when the prices are high and sup ply is short Then we end up pay ing more for the forage and don’t Champion Brown Swiss. From left, Yvonne Peterman, Lycoming County dairy princess; Alicia and Art Wolfe; and Melissa Daly, Lycoming County dairy maid. ipt yr. ty dairy princess; Roberta and Ellen Fogleman; and Melissa Daly, county dairy maid. 4 have much quality to choose from, Another mistake we have made is to feed green com silage, which throws the cows off feed by upset ting their rumen and, therefore, they give less milk. The next step in forage plan ning is to figure out the least expensive way to provide the feed needed for the coming year. Our feed man tells us that with the price of hay it usually is in the spring ($llO/ton), and the price of soybean meal where it is lately ($220/ton), it would be cheaper to feed more com silage than to buy hay. Also, we need to keep in mind our average yield for com silage 45 Milking Cows Lbs. per day 11.5 Total for 365 days 95 tons 30 Heifers Lbs. per day 8 Total for 180 days 22 tons 6 Horses Lbs. per day 25 Total for 250 days!9 tons Total Forage Needed, including an extra 5% for overfeeding, etc.: Hay=l43 tons Average Yields: Hay=3.B tons per acre Acres Need to Harvest: Hay=3B acres are about 20 tons per acre, 4 tons ' per acre forear com; and 3.8 tons per acre for alfalfa. From these figures, it looks like we should have enough acres planted for hay and com silage and still have three acres of com left to pick. Now let the cost of buying ear com to buying com silage. We could buy ear com at $BO/ton and silage at $24/ton delivered to our farm. We will need to buy about six more acres of either ear com or com silage to have enough feed for the year with the ration we are using. •Option #l—Pick com and buy silage 6 acres X 4 tons per acre = 24 tons @ $BO per ton = $1,920 •Option #2—Put com in for silage 6 acres X 20 tons per acre = 120 tons @ $24 per ton = $2,880 The difference is about $l,OOO, so we will make the silage instead of picking the com. We’ll need extra storage space, so we will either have to borrow an ag bagger or make a pile, packing it well and HAY (Turn to Pago A3B) CORN SILAGE 45 370 tons 54 tons Com Silage=44s tons Cora Silage=2o tons per acre Cora Silage=22 acres
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