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TOMS SMITH
Region 4 Manager
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) -Recently, a large herd
started on the Sample Analysis
Program. The herd manager
was concerned about his
Somatic Cell Count and wanted
to identify the high SCC cows.
From the results, he found
several cows over three million
cell count. These cows did not
show any clinical signs of masti
tis so he used the California
Mastitis Test to confirm the
cows in question. He removed
these cows from the bulk tank
and in a short period of time
decreased his bulk tank SCC
from over 250,000 to 110,000.
This qualified him to receive the
best quality bonuses from the
dairy.
With a SCC from the dairy of
250,000, many dairy producers
would look at this herd and
determine there is not a SCC
problem. However, this producer
wanted to know which cows
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were causing him to not obtain
the bonuses available from the
dairy.
Let’s look at this herd and
say the herd is producing sixty
five pounds of milk per cow per
day. He is shipping 22750
pounds per day at $12.00 cwt.
He earns $2730.00 per day or
$81900.00 per month. If the
three cows removed from the
tank were milking 100 pounds
per day, he was removing $36.00
worth of milk. By doing this he
increased the value of his milk
by $.40 cwt.
Now his milk is worth $12.40
cwt. and he is shipping 22450
pounds. He is now receiving
$2783.80 per day ($83514.00 per
month). This is $1614.00 more
profit per month or an addition
al $19368.00 per year!
This producer's testing bill
was $339.00 or $.97 per cow. By
spending $.97 per cow to test for
SCC he was able to obtain infor
mation to increase his profitabil
ity. Would you spend $339.00 to
earn $1614.00? Do you believe
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he made a good decision to test
his herd with PA DHIA?
I have spoken with many
dairy producers that know they
can obtain quality bonuses from
the dairy to which they ship
milk, but feel a SCC of 250,000
to 300,000 is acceptable. These
people need to understand the
ease of testing their herd and
the importance of producing a
top quality product. Many times
it is only a few cows causing the
problem
Somatic Cell Count quality
standards are going to become
stricter and we are in position to
provide service to producers who
need our service.
Pa.DHIA
Shows Wares
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) - The 1997 Ace Expo was
held at Lancaster on December
17, 1997. the show was a great
opportunity for people in agri
culture to see the computer
related tools available for on
farm and Agri-industry use.
Many PA DHIA clients and sup
porters attended to learn more
about how they can use comput
ers on their farms.
One of the breakout sessions
highlighted a discussion panel
with Jim Boyer and representa
tives from two competing DHIA
affiliates. The main discussion
focused on DHIA's role in the
future. Jim commented that
"dairy farmer's needs are con
stantly changing and DHIA's
role will change with those
needs".
One change will be more inte
grated software packages, and
Jim took the opportunity to pre
view and promote the Heifer
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Computers will become more
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Dairy Conference
Discussion Shows PA
DHIA's Leadership Role
In The Future
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) - The 1997 Pennsylvania
Dairy Futures Conference was
held at State College in
December. This program was
developed as an informational
meeting for dairy producers and
allied industry. The topics dis
cussed showed PA DHIA is
poised to help farmers with
future trends in the dairy indus
try.
There was a wide range of
speakers like Bill Eby from the
Kiplinger Agriculture Letter to
Dr. John Lord, Professor and
Chairman of Food Marketing
Department at Saint Joseph's
University. The speakers pre
sented information regarding
dairy industry tends to general
consumer trends.
Speaker, Monte Hemenover,
Director of Industry Affairs, at
Protiva spoke about the diary
industry on a national basis and
future consumer demands. He
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ment of our client's farms and
PA DHIA is set to offer the pro
grams needed. These programs
will easily integrate data collect
ed and processed by PH DHIA
and will take the Pennsylvania
dairy industry into the next cen
tury.
indicated the industry is set for
good times based on Ms analysis
of population growth, consumer
demand and new dairy product
marketing techniques. It is the
diary industry's responsibility to
develop ways to satisfy these
needs.
Of major importance to the
DHIA industry was his sugges
tion that milk will be purchased
by processors demanding low
Somatic Cell Counts. He has
seen instances where the dairy
producer was shipping milk
under 200,000 SCC not because
of quality bonuses but because
that gives him the right to sell
the milk to that processor.
With dairy industry trends
like this, Pennsylvania DHIA is
set for helping dairy producers
meet their needs. We need to
promote the PA DHIA programs
in place as tools to help farmers
to produce the high quality prod
uct demanded in the future.
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