PROGRESSIVE PRODUCERS PENCIL OUT Full Time™ FORAGE VALUE MASON DIXON FARMS Progressive dairy producers have found that Full Time™ forage gives them an edge in milk production. The Waybright family of Gettysburg, Pa., has owned Mason Dixon Farms for more than 200 years, and the current generation of seven siblings is on the cutting edge of dairy production technology. Thanks to a computerized data collection system, herd manager Doyle Waybright knows within 24 hours how much each one of 2,100 cows is eating and producing. Waybright fed Full Time forage to half of the best producers in the herd for three to four weeks. Then he put the other half, which he used as a control group, on Full Time forage for two weeks. In both cases, he saw an average increase of nearly 3 pounds per cow per day. “One group even showed an increase of 6 pounds per cow per day,” Waybright says. The Waybrights have ordered 200 bags of Full Time forage for this year. That’s enough to plant 500 acres, or 40 percent, of their corn silage For information, contact your local Cargill Hybrid Seeds dealer call 1-800-4-YIELDS Dale Good ulllime™ forage is a trademark of Cargill Hybrid Seeds, ©Cargill, Incorporated 1998 Newmanstown PA 17073 HYBRID 717-731-9599 PFFIIP 3536 Countryside Lane uCIIIu Camp H,n ’ Pa> 17011 acreage. “We would recommend that The Cows Love It! other dairy producers give Full Time forage a try,” Waybright says Better Than Shelled Corn Dennis and Steve Bowman of Big Spring Farm Inc., Union Bridge, Md., fed Ful Hi me forage to 160 cows - the top half of a 300-cow herd, plus the heifers. Milk production increase was 6 to 7 pounds per cow per day. “I penciled it out and found that 1 pound of milk more per cow per day covered the cost of Full Time forage,” Steve Bowman says. After a six week trial, the cows went off Full Time forage and milk production dropped 6 pounds per cow per day. The Bowmans were able to get production back up by adding more shelled corn to the ration, but the level is still not the same as it was with Full Time forage. They have ordered 38 bags for this year and hope to harvest enough to feed the top cows Full Time forage all year long. R D Bowman & Sons Westminster MD North Glade Feed & Supply Keymar, MD 301-898-3414 do Harry Stugart Sankeys Feed Mill Volant PA Agronomy Center Thompsontown, PA Andgrow East Berlin PA Andgrow Carlisle PA Andgrow Chambersburg, PA Andgrow Seven Valleys PA Dave Batistig Selocta PA Belleville Flour Mill Belleville PA Jim Beyer Upperco MD Gerald Burket Madmsburg PA Ed Byers Enon Valley PA Ken Deitch Boiling Springs PA Anthony s Feed Mill Strausstown PA 19559 Frank Insmga Jr Lacyville PA 18623 Cargill Gram Marietta Marietta PA 17547 Ron Carty Columbus NJ 08022 Fred Frey Quarryville PA 17566 Martin Groff Ephrata PA 17522 Moyer & Son Inc Souderton PA 18964 Ted Miller Alesgrove NJ 08098 Advanced Agronomics Quarryville PA 17566 David Nolt Annville PA 17033 Foraging Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7, 1998—Page Central & Western PA and Western MD Dealers 410-848-3733 412-530-2463 717-535-5151 800-421-5682 800-825-4769 800-243-3856 800 421 5682 412-354-3999 717 935 2242 410 833 8870 814 793 2795 412-336 5377 717 486 7164 Eastern PA & New Jersey Dealers Jay Tucker, owner of Blue Moo Dairy, Montpelier, Ind., shifted the total mixed ration (TMR) for his 375 cows from regular corn silage to Full Time forage over a two-week period. “The cows love it!” Tucker says of Full Time forage. And the ration was more than palatable. The highest-producing group of cows increased production 7 to 8 pounds of milk per cow per day while eating 4 pounds less grain. The entire herd average rose 5.71 pounds of milk per cow per day on a TMR that also included 5 pounds of hay. Tucker planted 100 acres of Full Time forage and stored the silage in a bunker silo. The corn yielded better than 15 tons per acre under greater-than average drought stress, he notes. “We would recommend that dairy producers consider Cargill’s Full Time forage as a tool to increase dry-matter intake and milk production while reducing feed cost,” Tucker says. 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