Minnesota DHIA News
A PUBLICATION OF MINNESOTA DHIA	Volume 13  Issue  3	March 2013

 

The 2012 Minnesota DHIA herd average for all cows on all types of test at any of the Dairy Records Processing Centers is listed below.  If all cows were in one herd, this would be the herd average:

Milk 23,367

Fat  3.78%

Fat pounds 884

Protein  3.11%

Protein pounds 726

SCC 254,324

Dollar Value $3,534

 

Delegates to Annual Meeting selected

316 people attended the 2013 district meetings, a new record.  Thanks for attending and sharing your ideas and enthusiasm.  The following were selected as delegates to the meeting on March 21 at the American Legion in Buffalo:

 

Dale Middendorf    Sauk Centre                    Eugene Roller        Hewitt

Eric Merdan           Avon                               David Huwe           New York Mills

Jeff Schwinghammer       Albany                   Pete Kasper           Owatonna

Charles Nienaber   Freeport                          Mark Dose             Lake City

Chuck Klaphake    Sauk Centre                    Kari Hellevik          Faribault

Charles Krause      Buffalo                            Lyle Dicke             Goodhue

Matt Thomas                   Lakeville                          Karen Von Ruden  Claremont

Tim Eiden              Chaska                            Jeff Pagel              Eyota

James Johnson      Chetek                            John Larsen           Mantorville

Kirsten Huth                   Cameron                         Dale Hinckley        Chatfield

Troy Schreindl       Rice                                 Steve Hoffman      New Ulm

Peter Ripka            Ogilvie                            Steve Sjostrom      Lafayette

Ben Holtz              Little Falls                        James Hinkeldey   Windom

Tim Klemek           Henning                          Brian Young          Benson

                                                                             Howard Johnson    Willmar

Cows for Sale

75 Holstein parlor cows and springing heifers for sale with DHIA records, AI breeding and select mating.  For more information, please contact Larry Hackler in Wadena at 218.631.4290 (home) or 218.402-0576 (cell).

 

 

Celebrating 25 Years of Service

Please help us to congratulate Keith Jorgenson of Garfield as he celebrates 25 years of service to DHIA customers.  Keith provides service to 21 herds with 1330 cows in Douglas and East Ottertail counties.  Please extend your congratulations and appreciation to Keith at his upcoming visit to your farm.

February Milk Quality Leaders ranked by SCC, then LOG SCC

	SCC	Cows			SCC	Cows
MIKE MOTL+KIM HARFF	35	90		*EARL & DARLENE FELLING	74	74
RKB DAIRY	35	115		MIKE & LORI BOESL	74	230
FOR HIS GREATER GLORY	40	22		*JIM AND GERI WIEBUSCH	75	32
*MARK KLEHR	42	52		JOHNSON DAIRY	76	97
*JAY HANSON	42	35		*BRANDON SAUER	76	79
*GENE SCHMIDT	45	38		*JERON NATHE	76	318
*REUBEN& JANICE STOMMES	48	71		*BOB & KAYLIE GRUBER	77	97
*JIM HESSE	49	113		*JOHN AND STACI	77	48
*LYLE AND WANDA HONEBRINK	50	105		BENGTSON FAMILY FARM	77	48
*ADAM DANIELS	50	41		*MICHAEL & DONNA RUTHER	77	101
*MIKE & LINDA MATOUSEK	50	46		*TONY,DAVE&KAY BETCHER	77	82
*DAN &JOLENE SCHLANGEN	52	71		*KEITH JOHNSON	77	35
GREGORY DAIRY LLC	53	87		*MICHAEL & KRIS BANSE	78	73
CRONK DAIRY	53	34		CB FARMS LLC	78	49
*TREVOR DICKE	53	88		DEVOINE KRUSE	78	137
CIRCLE DRIVE HOLSTEINS	54	17		MAAS FARMS	79	38
BRUCE RUNDHAUG	54	49		*GREG AND KRISTIN MAHONEY	80	13
HOEFS' DAIRY	55	253		*DENNIS AND WAYNE WOLTERS	81	112
CHUCK KLAPHAKEJARRETTBORG	57	98		*JEFF BLENKER	81	42
HERBER DEWEY	57	130		*DAVID BUCK	82	64
*GARY LIESER	57	51		*JAY + MARIE NOSKA	82	50
DENN-MAR FARM	57	19		*MIKE HERZING	82	30
*JOHN ROBERS	57	20		FORST DAIRY INC	83	68
KOELLER DARYL	58	29		*TOM & MARY GUNNINK	83	74
O'REILLY DAIRY CASEY	60	88		DYNAMITE HOLSTEINS	84	65
*BOB & TERRI KETCHUM	60	107		*KEVIN ANDERSON	84	45
*KEN & CHAD BOHN	60	19		*RICHARD LAMBRECHT	84	104
D & J DAIRY	60	86		*JEREMIAH SMITH	85	44
HIESERICH FARM	61	90		LUHMANN DARRELL W	85	116
LEISEN FARMS INC.	61	64		*JOHN ZIMMERMAN	86	152
*JOSHUA HEINRICHS	61	50		*GREGG & VALORA STANGL	86	66
*STEVE MARTIN	62	60		JC DAIRY	86	109
JOPPS CENTURY FARMS	63	109		BOETTCHER DAIRY	86	169
STADICK FARM INC	63	125		GEMEO FARM	86	23
VOGT DAIRY	64	240		FOLTZ DAIRY FARM INC.	87	85
*JIM KULINSKI	64	44		ROADSIDE DAIRY	87	164
HIGH POINT DAIRY	64	98		KURTHKINE HOLSTEINS	87	37
ALDINGER ROGER	66	69		TWIN SPRUCE	87	71
*BETH AND MIKE DEPPA	68	62		ROSEVEIW DAIRY	87	213
HAPPKE HOLSTEIN FARM	68	100		*JOSH & NICOLE MILLER	88	58
*RUSSELL WOITALLA	68	54		GEHL ACRES FARM	88	145
*MAYNARD & JEREMY SCHUMACHER	70	100		*RICHARD FONDER	88	33
SONDAG DAIRY	70	40		*JIM SCHROEDER	89	66
*ED MOLDENHAUER	72	265		*BRAD ANDERSON	89	74
VON WAHLDE DAIRY INC.	72	144		KUECHLE DAIRY	90	214
SHIR-MAN HOLSTEIN FARM	72	70		ACKERMAN FARMS	90	120
MERDAN DAIRY	73	81		DEER BROOK FARM	91	392
HIDDEN HILL DAIRY LLC	73	374		*RICK & PETER HEUER	91	79
ALLEN DEUTZ DAIRY	73	51		CLOVER GLEN HOLSTEINS	91	44
*JEFFREY & KORINNA ROHDE	74	59		SCHWAB DAIRY	91	71

 the IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test  

 

Complements Traditional Methods of Early Pregnancy Detection

 

The DHIA Labs in Sauk Centre and Zumbrota are now offering this test.  Using the ELISA technology, we are able to accurately determine pregnancy status.  The analysis features High levels of sensitivity (99%) and specificity (97%) from day 35 post breeding and throughout gestation.  Overall accuracy is slightly over 98%, comparable with ultrasound and palpation.

 

We use the same DHIA sample collected for SCC, Butterfat, and Protein.  Primary usage is expected to be rechecking cows during gestation that have already been declared pregnant.

 

The test Detects pregnancy associated glycoproteins (PAGs).  PAGs are detectable early in pregnancy and throughout gestation.

• Variability in PAG levels detected from different cows*
• Very strong signal in late gestation through calving
• Target antigen for the IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test
• Placenta-specific expression
• Expressed in maternal and embryonic regions of the placenta
• Subgroup of aspartic protease family
• 22+ bovine transcribed genes identified
• Temporally expressed

o   Variable gene expression at different stages of pregnancy

 

Improve dairy cattle reproductive performance by identifying open cows using noninvasive milk samples in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner

 

Dairy producer benefits

·         Convenient use of samples already collected for DHIA testing

·         Less animal handling/welfare benefit

·         Shorter calving intervals/increased milk production

 

Veterinarian benefits

·         Additional information to improve reproductive management

·         Timely diagnosis of open cows for veterinary investigation

·         Increased time availability for proactive, preventative veterinary medicine

Cost is $4.60 per cow.

Selection options:

1.   Field Reps can easily setup software to automatically select cows for pregnancy check or confirmation based on your criteria.  You scan the list for any drops or adds.

2.   Select any individual cow (with a milk sample).

Results will be available by email (preferred – please give your email address to your Field Rep on sample day), or by mail.  Work is underway to add the results automatically to cowfiles for herds with on-farm software, and to incorporate data into cowfiles sent back to Field Reps after your herd is processed, so no one has to hand key any data.

 

 

 

•         Total pregnancy loss (day 28 to calving) of 24.4%

•         7.2% of pregnancy loss occurs day 56 to calving

•         Pregnancy confirmation throughout gestation aids timely identification of open cows