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T-wall Bunker Silo slant-back J-style
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*ff nmypn
1 tired 0f... jiger
snipped I thought I maid not be able to justify the additional cost
unlit my builder suggested a design change
which brought the cost down
relatively close to the original design
The biggest benefit to me is the labor
savings Two people can handle all the |
chores tor our herd. I save money not only on '
labor but also on repairs
The cows' hooves are healthier, and they show heat better
because they are not afraid of slipping During the live years
with slats, I have not lost a single heifer from slipping The
cows stay much cleaner, even with my misting system tor
cooling them The water has a place to escape."
Fluid Milk Identity Standards
Study On Website
Dairy farmers are becoming increasingly con
cerned that technological advances in the fractiona
tion of milk could result in a reduction in the
volume of nonfat milk solids sold in fluid milk prod
ucts. Current FDA standards for nonfat solids in
fluid milk products are set at a minimum of 8.25
percent, well below the average content in farm
milk. Fluid milk products are Class I products
under the Federal Milk Marketing Order system
and as such return a higher price to dairy farmers.
In response to dairy farmers’ concerns, Congress in
cluded a provision in the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 directing the Secretary of
Agriculture to study the potential impacts of raising
the nonfat solids standards to the national average
level as it occurs in farm milk and adopting the av
erage true protein level as an additional standard
for fluid milk products.
The study is available at: www.ams.usda.gov/
dairy/index.htm. It is located under the heading of
“Studies Required by the 2002 Farm Bill.”
From Mideast Market Administrator’s Bulletin
"We would use
slats ajjaiu if
tloin<; it all oxer!"
■ Raymond Good
Good's Dairy Farm
f "WAFFLE SLAtA
V^jjjJCojjcorjg^r
.. minute. in a - > tied barn in Somerset
County, we changed our minds. Some people slay
- away from slats because of the initial
cost, but that extra cost is made up for
in the first couple years
The one thing I like the most about
slats i$ that there is no expense. I
don't have any scrapers or drive units
to maintain I don’t have to run scrapers every day or
haul manure like we did in our previous lie stall barn
The cows' foot health has been a tot better, and the
cows stay much cleaner. Our milk production is up and
the somatic cell count has gone down I give at least
some of the credit to the slats because with less mois
ture on the floor, there is less bacteria ’
:mpers. But alter
David Wolfskin