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
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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
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Central & Western PA and Western MD Dealers
410-848-3733
412-530-2463
717-535-5151
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814 793 2795
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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.
Pat Dunzik
Mornsdale PA
814 345-5981
Gordon Snyder Feed
Brodbeck PA
717-235-1115
Himsh Feed
Everett, PA
814 652-2315
Chester Horst
Greencastle PA
717 597-3994
Russ Judy
Spring Mills, PA
814-422-8849
Woody Kyper
Huntingdon, PA
814-627-2104
Ferman Landis
Boiling Springs, PA
717-258 6776
Dale Lehman
Chambersburg, PA
717-263 4425
Dave Martin
Bellefonte, PA
814 383-4254
Doug Boop
Millmont PA
717-922-1835
Brian McMullen
Ashville PA
814 674 8121
Sam Musser
Shippensburg PA
717 264 4878
Reilsmdet Vet Supply
Keymar PA
410-756 2732
Ritter Feeds
Paxlonville PA
717 837-3606
Nelson Habecker
Lancaster PA 17603
610 488 6211
Glenn Kinsman
Ulster PA 18850
717 869 1470
Bob Kreider
Lancaster PA 17603
717 426 1095
L&K Mills
Benton PA
609 298 4718
Locust Brook Ag Center
Manheim PA 17545
717 786-2146
Melvin Nolt
Richland PA 17087
717 656 2508
Nolt s Mill
Witmer PA 17585
1 800 345 0419
Chester Soltys Jr
Spring City PA 19475
609-769 2599
Jim Widmann
Kirkwood PA 17536
717 786 4075
John Gulya Jr
Territory Manager
717-867 0314
717-949 2371
Shade Gap Farm Supply
Shade Gap PA 814 259-3258
Steve Shaw
Williamsburg PA 814-832 3512
Somerset Barn Equipment
Somerset PA 814 445 5555
Pntts Feed Mill
Ml Pleasant PA 412 547 2525
Tharpe & Green Mill
Churchville MD
410 734-7772
Martin Tressier
Loganton PA
717 725 3117
Albrights Feed Mill
Mill Hall, PA
717-726-3361
Roy Umbel
Fnendsville MD
301 746 5641
Allen Williams
Greensbutg PA
412 837-2129
Stan Walczak
New Castle PA
412 924 2267
TF Milling
Grantsville MD
800 296 5311
Pntts Feed Mill
Berlin PA
814 267 4124
Amy Hoy
Forage dully Speclist 412 356 7881
Jean Kayser
Territory Manager 717 731 9599
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