A22-L«ncaster Farming, Saturday, June 17, 2000
DAVID SWARTZ
Perry Co. Dairy Agent
NEW BLOOMFIELD
(Perry Co.) If you have
watched a car race for any
length of time, you know that
no one is more important to
the race than the flagman in
the tower. His job is to moni
tor the track for problems
and if a problem develops, he
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has to fly a different colored
flag to let the drivers know
that a problem exists ahead.
The driver depends on the
flagman to warn him of prob
lems, because he is concen
trating so hard on “the
windshield view” the chal
lenges that are directly in
front of him.
What view do you have in
managing your dairy? Do you
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have the “long view” of the
flagman, or do you operate
week after week with the
short-sighted “windshield
view” of the driver?
The flagman at a race is
looking for situations that are
very apparent accidents,
breakdowns, etc. As the
“flagman” for your dairy,
what you need to look _
for may not be so obvious.
Following are some
items that will help
you to measure
whether the “race” is
running well at your
dairy. These factors
are related directly to
your profitability, and
can signal some
hidden problems with
your nutritional pro
gram.
Your nutritional
consultant should be
monitoring these con
trol points with you
every month. If they
are not doing this, I
encourage you to start
tracking these indica
tors.
Peak Milk-
In first lactation
Holsteins should be
higher than 85
pounds.
In 2nd lactation and
older Holstein
should be higher than
105 pounds.
Remember the old
rule- for each extra
one pound of milk at
peak, you get 250
pounds more milk
during the lactation
(this is without bST).
Persistency-
Ist calf heifers
lactations should be at
95 percent persistency.
From the Ist to the
2nd test, the herd
should average 110
percent persistency.
All cows in the first
100 days should aver
age 100 percent persis
tency.
Udder Health-
70 percent of your
herd should have a
weighted SCC score of
three or less.
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Monitoring these factors
will help to assure that the
green flag continues to fly
over your dairy and that
the race for producing quality
milk in a profitable manner
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continues in your business. If
you would like to discuss
these or other critical profit
indicators of your dairy,
please feel free to call your
county cooperative extension
office to talk to a dairy exten
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