A24-Lancast>r Farming. Saturday, October 14, 1995
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
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lamb to M.H. Eby for $2.50 per pound. At right Is Menno Eby
and in center Is Lauren Eby.
The grand champion market hog, shown by Gerald Mar*
tin, far left, was purchased by Lapp Family Restaurant.
Here, members of the Lapp Family stand next to the hog,
weighing 266 pounds, which sold for $4 per pound.
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality, of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 3.04 bu. 5.44 cwL
Wheat, No. 2 - 4.05 bu. 6.76
cwL
Barley. No. 3 - 1.77 bu. 3.79
cwL
Oats, No. 2 -1.55 bu. 4.84 cwt
Soybeans, No. 1 - 6.01 bu. 10.04
cwt
Ear Corn 68.03 ton 3.40 cwt
Alfalfa Hay - 99.75 ton 4.99
cwt
Mixed Hay - 93.75 ton 4.69 cwL
Timothy Hay - 94.75 ton 4.74
cwL
Pa.DHIA MUN Testing Available
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
Overfeeding or underfeeding
adequate levels of protein can be a
dairyman’s nightmare. Failure to
observe and respond to such a
situation may be costly in the total
pounds of milk a cow produces as
well as reproductive and health
problems.
Cows need to be fed adequate
levels of protein to maximize milk
production. This statement simply
points out that there is a direct
financial relationship between
pounds of milk shipped versus
pounds of protein fed.
Feeding protein in excess of
what the cow needs does not
increase milk production further.
The outcome can be simply the
opposite with the result in infertil
ity and repeat breeding. When
From
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) The New Holland Fair
recently announced the results of
the championship livestock sale.
The grand champion market
hog, shown by Gerald Martin, was
purchased by Lapp Family
Restaurant. The hog, weighing 266
pounds, was sold for $4 per pound.
The reserve champion hog,
shown by Justin Good, was pur
chased by Babcock Swine. The
hog, weighing 248 pounds, was
sold to Babcock Swine Breeders
for $3 per pound.
At the hog show, without
champions, average was $1.04 per
pound.
Tracy Bollinger sold her grand
champion market lamb to M.H.
Eby for $2.50 per pound. The
reserve, shown by Sarah Boyd,
went to New Holland Sales Stables
for $1.60 per pound.
Ohio Woman Tops Wool Show
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Elaine Clouser, Ashland,
Ohio, swept the 1995 Wool Show
at the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition, held Octob
er 4-9 at the Farm Show Complex
in Harrisburg.
Clouser took first place in the
breeder exhibit of five fleeces, had
the Champion Purebred Farm
Flock Reece, the Reserve Grand Grand Champion Reece was
Champion Reece and both the shown by Carol N. Bliss. Bliss
Champion and Reserve Champion Merino Sheep. Loveland, CO.
Farm Rock Reece. She placed Bliss also showed the Champ
first in Reece Grade 64’s, 70’s, ion Natural Colored Reece and
80’s (fine) combing, and first in was first in the Solid Black,
Fleece Grade 60’2, 62’s, (1/2 Brown/Gray fleece (60’s &
blood) combing. Finer).
She also had the first place Mer- Diane L. Nichols, Freeport, PA,
ino ram fleece. showed the Reserve Champion
~ I T atun.’ Colored Reece, and v/as
first in Solid Black/Gray fleece
(58’s and coarser).
Another Ashland, Ohio, exhibi
tor, K&K Corriedale, won big
with a first and third in the Reece
Grade 50’s, 54’s (1/4 blood) com
bing and a first and second in
Reece Grade 46’s, 48’s (1/4 low
blood) combing and first and sec
ond in Reece Breed Columbia and
Corriedale.
K&K Corriedale was also first
and second in Montadale, Cheviot
and Dorset fleeces and first and
fifth in Hampshire. Suffolk,
Oxford, Shropshire and South
down fleeces. They placed fifth in
Breeder Exhibit of Five Reeces.
Sheepberry Farms, Halifac, PA
was first in Nonsolid Colored
Reece (60’s and Finer), and was
first and second in Nonsolid Col
ored Reece (58’s & Coarser).
Burkes Little Twenty Sheep Farm,
Freeport, PA was first in
Rambouillet.
The Reserve Champion
Purebred Farm Rock was show by
Kendrick and Kathy Smith and
Family, Jeromesville, PA.
The show encourages the pro
duedon of better wool and prom
dOya, otes proper handling to prepare for
went to New Holland Sales Stables, representod by Donny markct
Welk, for $1.60 per pound.
dealing with early lactation cows,
the increased risk of ketosis is
greatly enhanced with excess pro
tein feeding.
Continuous monitoring of milk
urea nitrogen (MUN) can be help
ful in recognizing when forages
may have changed and when pro
tein supplementation needs to be
adjusted.
Normal values of MUN are
between 12-16 milligrams per
deciliter (mg/dl). Some research
suggests reproduction may be
adversely affected when levels
exceed ISAngAU.
On a hod basis, if the values
are outside of the normal range,
the dairyman should consult other
professionals such as veterina
rians, nutritionists and county
agents.
Champions Sold
New Holland Fair
The reserve champion hog, shown by Justin Good, right,
was purchased by Babcock Swine, represented by Kent
Good. The hog, weighing 248 pounds, was sold for $3 per
pound.
Have your Pa. DKIA technician
include MUN testing on your next
testday. You can receive MUN
results at only an additional IS
cents per cow.
Dairymen currently not
enrolled in a testing program at
Pa. DHIA may receive MUN
results through the sample analy
sis program available at a cost of
65 cents per sample, with a
30-cow minimum, plus shipping
and meter rental which includes
fat, protein, SCO and MUN test
results.
Available also is the ability to
just receive MUN and protein at
SO cents per sample, with a
30-cow minimum, plus shipping
and meter rental.
Please feel free to contact Pa.
DMA at 1-800-344-8378 if we
can assist in your dairy operation.