Minnesota DHIA News

A PUBLICATION OF MINNESOTA DHIA   Volume 4,  Issue 8  August  2004 

Dan Ellering - 25 Years of Outstanding Service

Our sincere congratulations go out to our hard working and dedicated Minnesota DHIA Field Representative, Dan Ellering from Sauk Centre. Dan is celebrating his 25th anniversary with DHIA this month. Please join us in extending our thanks to him for all the good work he does. Dan has been awarded the Outstanding Field Rep Award four times.

 For DHIA Scholarship Applications , please call 800-827-3442 or visit www.dhia.org,
 and pick the "about us" icon. Last year there were 15 Scholarships of $500 each awarded to MnDHIA
 members, their children, or children of DHIA employees. Applications are due by October 1.

Ron Klindworth---Another Outstanding Year!!
Minnesota DHIA recently recognized Field Representative, Ron Klindworth for his exceptional performance by being named "New Herd Leader" for 2003 by signing up 8 new members to the DHIA system.

Ron, from Northfield, has been a Field Representative for Minnesota DHIA since March, 2000 in Rice, LeSueur, Dodge, Goodhue and Steele Counties. Currently Ron makes visits to 65 herds each month.

In addition to his DHIA work, Ron does relief milking for area dairy producers, raises rabbits and guinea pigs, shows cattle at the LeSueur County Fair, lends help to the LeSueur County ADA and enjoys travel.

Thank you Ron for providing excellent service to our customers!

 Minnesota DHIA policy for the 2004 testing year requires herds have 11 tests during calendar 2004 in
 order for herd data to be published in the Minnesota DHIA Annual Summary information

 

Milk Quality Tops for July 2004 sample days (SCC in 1,000s)

Cows

SCC

 

 

Cows

SCC

PRAHL DAIRY

34

50

BOB AND BARB/PETIT

54

111

KEVIN/ANDERSON

52

56

HOWARD A/JOHNSON

45

112

JIM/KULINSKI

50

62

DONALD + PETER/SETTERGREN

68

112

JOHN/NATHE

218

62

EARL/FELLING

70

112

JOEL & NICOLE/GROSS

45

63

SCOTT/RADTKE

121

114

BOB & TERRI KETCHUM

110

66

KIMM'S DAIRY

89

115

RUIS-ING SUN DAIRY

62

69

JOHN\ZIMMERMAN

128

115

MANUEL/JERGER + SONS

133

70

JERRY + BEV/POHLMANN

65

116

DAVID/SMITH

30

71

QUINCY VALLEY FARM/

75

116

DAN/MULLEN

51

71

LYLE AND WANDA/HONEBRINK

88

116

LARRY AND SHARON/WISTE

23

72

BOB/KUMMET

40

117

MARK/KLEHR

57

72

ANTHONY/LEMMER

49

118

JOHN+MARY/RADEMACHER

77

74

PAUL & MARY/ZIMMERMAN

56

118

VEISETH FARMS

51

75

RANDY + PEG/NORMAN

391

118

BOB & LIZ/KROCAK

134

78

DAVID/JONES

61

120

JASPER DAIRY/

55

80

RANDY/SCHROHT

87

123

DAVID/BUCK

66

80

LONNIE & CINDY/HOIUM

50

124

SCHREIBER BROS/

79

81

CHUCK/LEUTHOLD

68

124

RONALD/HARFF

40

84

JOHN AND STACI/SCHERBER

53

125

CIRCLE DRIVE HOLSTEINS

17

85

GATEWOOD FARM/

64

125

DAN AND JOLENE/SCHLANGEN

66

86

JAMES C/PFEIFER

51

126

ALLEN/FEDIE

61

88

JOPPS CENTURY FARMS

89

126

JOHN/KLEHR

62

90

JOHN + KARYL/DIERSEN

90

126

SELKE FARMS/

101

91

MICHAEL AND DONNA/RUTHER

102

126

LOWELL/BAKKEDAHL

24

92

BREEZY HILL DAIRY

305

127

TIM MARION/RUEGEMER

71

92

DARREL + LISA/MAUS

58

128

MARTI'S HOLSTEINS/

96

92

LESTER AND GARY/RYDEEN

49

129

CHELSEA HOLSTEINS

41

95

PATRICK/BRODEEN

50

129

ART AND JANE/STUMPF

49

95

RICHARD/RISLOW

50

129

DALE AND JULIE/SCHWARTZ

90

95

MEADOW BROOK DAIRY/

98

129

DAVID/MANN

23

97

SON-BOW FARMS INC

672

129

RON+BRAD\AUSMUS

47

97

ROBERT + FAWN/STAUB

31

130

JASON/SMELTER

60

97

WARREN/FAY

59

130

BRIAN/LIBBESMEIER

42

98

MARK/NEWTON

37

131

DAVE/SCHROEDER

31

100

WAYNE & KATHERINE/VOTH

108

131

JASON & JOHN SCHROEDER

50

100

WILLIS-MARY/KRUEGER

36

132

JAMES R./BROWN

56

100

JAMES HAUSCHILDT

82

132

BRED & BUTTER DAIRY/

69

100

RIVERVIEW ENTERPRISES

88

134

SCHEFERS BROS/

73

100

CHARLES/NIENABER

63

135

DEAN + ELIZABETH/JOHNSON

75

103

SC0TT AND DENISE/GATHJE

65

136

NORBERT/BROWN

55

105

GRAZIN ACRES

75

136

DELBERT/KRUEGER

40

106

KELLY+KURTIS/RONNINGEN

82

136

BRUCE AND CHERYL/MOHN

57

108

GERALD+LISA/BURG

43

138

C & C DAIRY

82

108

OAT HILL DAIRY

57

138

EVERCREST DAIRY/

93

108

DEAN/RAUSCH

59

138

RON AMY SHAWN/BEMBOOM

82

109

VIRGIL/ACKERMAN

70

138

RICHARD/SCHNOBRICH

43

110

JOHN AND WILLARD/WOLD

47

140

GLENN AND TRAVIS/LUHMAN

160

110

DONALD + DARLENE/MATROS

66

140

ROSEY FUTURE HOLSTEINS/

35

111

MAAS FARMS/

41

142

LESLIE+TERESA/BIERBAUM

38

111

GARY/BECKMAN

67

142

TERRY/SCHWICHTENBERG

40

111

 

LAUMANNS' HOLSTEIN FARM/

75

142

 

 

On the first day, God created the cow.
God said, "You must go to field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty."

And God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog.
God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give back the other ten."

So God agreed (sigh).

On the third day, God created the monkey.
God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty year life span."

Monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man.
God said, "Eat, sleep, play, enjoy doing nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I'll give you twenty years."

Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way, God. Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the dog gave back, and the ten the monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."

So that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy doing nothing.
For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren
and for the last ten years, we sit around the house and bark at everybody.

 

 NMC: Quality Counts for Consumers
Dr. David Barbano from Cornell University was the leadoff speaker at the recent National Mastitis Council conference that was held in Bloomington, MN. The information he shared should be of interest to all dairymen. Ours is an increasingly global economy and the quality of the milk we produce will have a major impact on its marketability in the future. Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club have about 3,500 stores in the U.S. and are by far the largest food retailers in our country. They have over 1,300 stores in other countries, and this number is rapidly growing. McDonalds and Pizza Hut each have over 30,000 restaurants in other countries. As these markets grow, and demand increases in developing countries, it is becoming increasingly important to have milk products that retain quality and a "fresh" taste for extended periods of time.

Milk quality and shelf life is primarily impacted by microbial, enzymatic, or chemical spoilage. Pasteurization, Ultra High Temperature treatment (UHT), and producing dry products can eliminate bacterial growth, but continued enzymatic and chemical deterioration can negatively impact the flavor or functionality of dairy products. In addition, UHT treated or dry products cannot provide the ingredients for the fresh dairy flavor that we in the U.S. are used to. And high quality and good flavor are necessary to produce increased demand for dairy products in other countries. Newer technology uses ultrafiltration and microfiltration to remove bacteria and even somatic cells from milk. Using these and other new technologies, high quality liquid concentrates can be produced which can be exported to other countries and meet those demands. However, enzymes that cause the breakdown of milk fat and protein, and are found in high SCC milk, are not removed or destroyed in any of those processes. Producing high quality, low SCC milk is vital to meeting the demands—and opportunities—provided by the global market.

 

July 2004 Yearly Summary

 

State

<50 Cows

50-99 Cows

100-249 Cows

250-400 Cows

>400 Cows

# of Herds

2806

977

1234

439

89

67

Cows per Herd

93

36

69

146

313

735

Milk lbs

19,890

18,341

20,268

21,214

22,533

23,335

SCC

376

406

365

352

350

324

% Fat

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

% Protein

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

Avg Days Dry

66

66

66

64

62

59

Minimum Calving Interval

15.2

15.5

15.1

14.8

14.7

14.4

Apparent Waiting Period

64

69

64

57

53

48

Avg Days to 1st Breeding

116

128

115

103

90

78

Avg Peak lbs, 1st Lact

71

66

71

75

80

81

Avg Peak lbs, >1 Lact

91

85

93

96

102

102

% Leaving Herd, 1st Lact

10

10

10

10

10

13

% Leaving Herd, >1 Lact

30

31

29

31

31

36

3x Milking

155

10

16

35

40

54

2x Milking

2651

963

1222

403

50

13

% Herds >110% Milk Sold

1.46%

There will be a listening session on the proposed USDA National Animal Identification System on Tuesday August 31 in St. Cloud. The meeting is hosted by USDA and speakers are limited to 3 minutes each. The meeting is at the St. Cloud Civic Center (downtown) and runs from 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m..   Registration for speakers will begin at 7:30 a.m.