Dairy Day 2002 At N.Y. State Fair
SYRACUSE, N.Y. The 24th
annual “Dairy Day” will be
Monday, Aug. 26 at the New
York State Fair in Syracuse.
New York State dairy industry
leaders and friends will once
again meet at the New York
State Fair to participate in this
event. The fair dates for this year
are Aug. 22-Sept. 2.
On Dairy Day, Aug. 26 at ap
proximately 11 a.m., four-40
pound blocks of Gold Medal
cheese produced in New York
New York State Fair
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Call or write for additional information
and the name of your nearest dealer.
State and donated by the NYS
Cheese Manufacturers Associa
tion will be auctioned to the high
est bidder as part of efforts to
promote the state’s dairy indus
try.
Bidders are invited from retail
and commercial establishments
throughout New York to bid on
the cheese. Past bids were ap
proximately $5OO-sl,ooo. Suc
cessful bidders have included res
taurants, hotels, utilities, Ag
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The New York State Cheese
Manufacturers Association is also
donating a number of “party bas
kets.” These baskets will include
a variety of cheese and other
products from throughout New
York State. These attractive bas
kets will be auctioned to the high
est bidder. Past bids were approx
imately $75-$3OO.
A number of 2'/2-pound and
S-pound packages of aged Ched
dar cheese will be auctioned to
the highest bidder prior to the
sale of the Gold Medal cheese.
Arrangements have been made to
store the small packages in the
cooler at the cheese booth in the
Dairy Products Building, to be
picked up later by successful bid
ders.
For more information, call
Bruce W. Krupke, (315)
452-6455.
Soybeans Can Reduce Ration Cost
GREEN BAY, Wis. The use
of soybeans as a protein source
for dairy cattle can result in great
cost savings. Doing so in certain
rations may not decrease milk
production, and may significant
ly increase profitability.
Different nutrition consultants
seem to have differing points of
view on this subject. Dwayne
Splan, a nutrition consultant
with Bay Lakes Cooperative,
says, “There are differing schools
of thought on protein. Most peo
ple try to limit the amount of
vegetable fat to one pound per
day. However, raising the
amount of vegetable fats fed can
be quite economical, if doing so
significantly lowers the ration
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I Red Angus “Bulletin Board”
A Proven Market For Breeders
DENTON, Texas Commercial and purebred producers have
found a new market for their quality Red Angus replacement females,
through the use of the Red Angus marketing program’s “Bulletin
Board.”
The Bulletin Board, which can be accessed at www.redangus.org, is
designed to provide information on Red Angus-based replacement fe
males that are for sale.
Established in February, the Bulletin Board has listed over 1,800
head of Red Angus females. The board provides an opportunity to
purchase source-verified, high quality, replacement females.
Entirely Internet-based, the Bulletin Board is up-dated frequently
to provide the most current information available. Producers list
groups of females regardless of size free of charge by simply con
tacting the Red Angus Association of America.
Prospective buyers can view the board at their leisure for informa
tion on genetic background, health, and management of groups for
sale. Ultimately, the it assists producers in receiving the full value of
Red Angus females whether they are to be marketed through a sale
bam, video auction, or private treaty.
To view females currently listed, go to the RAAA home page
www.redangus.org and click on the “Bulletin Board” link.
If you would like to list females on the “Red Angus Bulletin
Board”, contact Sara Moyer or Ann Holsinger at 940-387-3502
cost without large dips in milk
volume.”
Another nutrition consultant
with Bay Lakes Cooperative,
Carolyn Long, is a bit more cau
tious when recommending pro
tein for the dairy ration. She says,
“We must customize each ration
for the needs of each farm. Varia
bles that must be considered are
forage quality, forage combina
tions, the total amino acid mix, as
well as several others. Going to a
cheaper mix may appear to save
money, but if production falls too
much it certainly wouldn’t be
worth the savings. If the total
balanced ration isn’t quite right,
it may leave cows under their
peak production. That effect
would not be noticed for some
time and it may take a long time
to get production back up once
the effect is noticed.”
Dennis Zirbel, co-owner of a
250-cow dairy near Greenleaf,
has seen great financial results.
He says, “Two years ago, we built
a 30-by-128-foot tower silo. Be
cause we experienced so much
less spoilage in the tower than the
packed piles, we were able to
plant (soy)beans and wheat on
the saved acreage. We have now
begun to use the beans to replace
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our protein supplements. This
has reduced our ration cost to
save us about $7,000 every
month. We have yet to see our
production fall off because of it.
“When I first suggested using
the saved acreage to plant beans,
the nutritionist advised us
against using the beans in the ra
tion. But, we have been feeding
soybeans to cover the protein
needs for over a year, and have
not seen any adverse effects on
the herd average.”
Splan of Bay Lakes Coopera
tive explains, “At Bay Lakes we
have been using a ration balanc
ing program called AAMPS for
about a year. It helps to give us
insight into the protein aspect of
the ration. We would likely use
this system to identify the possi
ble results of adding soybean to
the ration. This program has
aided us in helping farms of all
sizes become more profitable.
It is clear that adding soybeans
to a dairy ration may result in in
creased profits. However, in
doing so each producer must
check their individual ration to
be certain that the decreased
milk production would not offset
the savings gained by using soy
beans in the ration.
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