MUN Testing Easy
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Do you know if your milk
urea nitrogen values are too high or
too low, or in balance?
Values too high or too low sug
gest a nutritional imbalance. Tak
ing care of, or fixing, a nutritional
imbalance could decrease feed
cost, improve production, improve
body condition and minimize nit
rogen pollution from animal
waste.
The very next time you test your
herd, you can know the answer to
the MUN value question by simply
asking the Pennsylvania Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
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technician who serves your herd to
put you on the MUN option. It’s
easy and costs IS cents per cow.
There is no need for an addition
al sample to be taken to get MUN
values. The milk sample currently
being used to monitor fat, protein
and somatic cell count can be used
to monitor MUN values.
Keep in mind, once the results
are received from the laboratory at
Pa.DHIA, your veterinarian, feed
consultant, nutritionist, extension
agent, or other professional, are
available to help interpret the
results for your situation.
Call (800) 344-8378 if we can
assist in your dairy operation.
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Will Cochenour
Mercer Co. Technician
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Will Cochenour, a
Pa.DHIA technician serving Mer
cer County, recently completed
studies at die Pa.DHIA training
seminar held in State College.
Cochenour is currendy respon
sible for serving 16 herds which
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Cochenour was a customer service
representative for Preston Truck
ing. His experience of dealing with
customers and fellow employees
should be of benefit in his job at a
Pa.DHIA technician.
Cochenour said he enjoys work
ing with the dairymen on his
circuit
“Getting out and meeting peo
ple, being able to set my own sche
dule, helping to solve and answer
farmers’ questions along with
working hand-in-hand with the
fanner to increase his production
and farm income” are some of the
things he said he most enjoys about
his job.
Will was raised on a farm in
Westmoreland County and he is
currently a part-time field assistant
for the U.S. Farm Service Agency
in Mercer County, as well as a crop
adjuster for the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation. This addi
tional on-farm experience is
expected to be a benefit to his ser
vice as a technician.
Outside of work. Will serves as
a deacon for the Unity Presbyte
rian Church.
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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 fig
ures up or down according to your
location and the quality of your
crop.
Com, No.2y 5.21 bu., 9.33
cwL
Wheat, No. 2 4.43 bu.. 7.39
cwt
Barley, No. 3 3.39 bu., 7.26
cwt.
Oats, No. 2 2.23 bu., 6.97
cwt.
Soybeans, No. 1 7.64 bu.,
12.75 cwt
Ear Com 137.50 ton, 6.88
cwt
Alfalfa Hay 115.00 ton, 5.75
cwt
Mixed Hay —111.25 ton, 5.56
cwt
Timothy Hay 122.50 ton,
6.12 cwt
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