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At Zim-Lea Holstein Farm located west of
Schaefferstown in Lebanon County, John and
Laurene Zimmerman like to farm and they like
high-producing cows This is evident in the well
kept farmstead you see as you drive in the lane.
The Zimmermans have 80 Holstein cows that
have a rolling herd average of more than 25,000
pounds of milk Individual cows milk up to 150
pound per day with 15 or more cows producing
more than 100 pounds of milk at any given time.
Individual records go up to 33,000 m. They milk 2x
in a conventional tiestall barn with no BST. In
their feeding program they top-dress with Punna’s
24 Super EXT and use a 40 percent concentrate
to custom-balance their TMR mix of haylage,
silage, beans, and high moisture corn
The Zimmermans like how the cows are
producing under Purma's feeding program.
“Before we switched to Purina feeds, I knew there
was more milk to get out of our herd, but we didn’t
seem to be able to get it,” John said. “I like
dealing with a close-by mill and we have been
buying small things from K&K Feeds in Richland
So it was natural to give them all our feed
business ”
The Zimmermans have been feeding Purina
feeds for eight years
“After we began feeding Purina we saw a
1,000-pound increase in the bulk tank within
Duane Nolt, K&K Feed, Inc., Richland, provides
the feed formulas for the Zim-Lea Holstein herd.
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610-347-2377
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PO Box 146
Loysvllle, PA 17047
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several weeks,” John said. “They recommended a
high use of home-grown roughage so we buy only
the short feed we need. The Purina
representatives like Duane Nolt and Ken Reeder
are such nice people to work with too. We depend
on them to formulate our feeding rations and help
us with herd health.”
A large number of cows in the herd are 2-year
olds. Many of these young heifers freshen at 1-
10y to 1-11 y. One of these heifers just finished
The Zim-Lea Holstein farm is owned by John and Laurene Zimmerman, Schaefferstown
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McVeytown, PA17051
717-899-6772
K&K FEED, INC.
23 N. Park Street
Richland, PA 17087
717-866-2324
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50 East Grant Street
Woodstown, NJ 08098
609-769-0069
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P.O. Box 212
Strausstown, PA 19559
610-488-6211
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30 East Walters Avenue
Greencaslle, PA 17225
717-597-3191
Here’s why they like Purina feeds at Zim-Lea Holstein farm. From left, Mae: 1-1 Oy
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Wyalusing, PA 18853
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Jefferson, MD
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Lititz, PA
717-626-0331
800-432-3040
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Lebanon, PA 17042
717-867-5161
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Knoxville, PA 16928
814-326-4178
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her first record of 1-10 y 328 d 25,687 m 1,106 f
860 p. Herd health is good. The calving interval
average is 12.6 and they have minimal calving
problems.
“Purina feeds and feeding programs help keep
costs down because they stress a high forage
diet,” John said. ’’Now we buy Purina feeds for all
our dairy animals from calves to dry cows in the
milking herd - even down to our dog’s chow
That’s why we can recommend Purina to other
dairy farmers.”
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FARM SUPPLY, INC.
17130 Bake Oven Rd.
Germansville, PA 18053
610-767-9650
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297 Chesapeake Avenue
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
540-434-4601
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Englar Rd.
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-3733
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RD2 - Box 271 A Oley, PA
610-987-3568
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Rt. 1, Box 50
Williamsport, MD 21795
301-582-2818
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Coburn, PA 16832
814-349-8787
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Berrysburg, PA 17005
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