Top Herds - Energy Corrected Milk October 2023
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Report Criteria: Data collection rating ≥ 90 • Minimum herd size 25 • Strings included when representing different breeds from same herd • Official tests only.
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Koester Dairy Inc., Dakota, Illinois (3X) Srnka Farm LLC, Algoma, Wisconsin Kellercrest Reg Hol Inc, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (3X) Blaser Farm Inc, Gillett, Wisconsin (3X) Tom Engelken, Earlville, Iowa Shiloh Dairy, Greenleaf, Wisconsin (3X) Horsens Homestead Farm, Cecil, Wisconsin (3X) Lew-Max LLC, Belding, Michigan (3X) Zoromki Family Farm LLC, Custer, Wisconsin (3X) Steve Landis, Goshen, Indiana Tom Kunkel, Cuba City, Wisconsin (3X) Fischer & Clark Dairy, Hatley, Wisconsin (3X) Sand Creek Dairy LLC, Hastings, Michigan (3X) First Farm, Ionia, Michigan (3X) Crandall Farm LLC, Battle Creek, Michigan (3X) Sparks Quaker Acres, Fremont, Michigan Wilnore Holsteins, Milton,Wisconsin (3X) George Kasbergen, Mansfield, Illinois (3X) Harry & Gary Sanborn, Hubbardston, Michigan (3X) Waside Dairy, Greenleaf, Wisconsin (3X) Heimans Holsteins LLC Of Marshfeild, Marshfield, Wisconsin (3X) Rosy-Lane Holsteins LLC, Watertown, Wisconsin (3X) Ambrosius Dairy Farm, Seymour, Wisconsin (3X) Fred & Pat Beer, Milford, Indiana (3X) Dale Brinks, McBain, Michigan Scott & Dawn Seward, Pine River, Wisconsin (3X) Banner Ridge Farm LLC, Platteville, Wisconsin (3X) Lucky 7 Dairy, McBain, Michigan (3X) Car Mer Farm, Galena, Illinois (3X) Minglewood Inc, Deer Park, Wisconsin Devon & Doreen Zimmerman, Clapool, Indiana Norm & Derrick Hammond, Dowling, Michigan (3X) Weishaar Family Farm, Westfield, Wisconsin (3X) River Crest Dairy LLC, Greenwood, Wisconsin Country Dairy, New Era, Michigan (3X) Five Star Dairy, Elk Mound, Wisconsin (3X) Sugar Creek Dairy, Elkhorn, Wisconsin (3X) Nathan & Tajia Retzlaff, Shawano, Wisconsin (3X) Tim Greer, West Branch, Michigan Spring Breeze Dairy, Bryant, Wisconsin (3X) Todd & Bryce Mark, Elmwood, Wisconsin (3X) Neil Christianson, Shiocton, Wisconsin (3X) United Pride Dairy LLC, Phillips, Wisconsin (3X) Granitehill Dairy, Mosinee, Wisconsin (3X) Loehr Dairy LLC, Mount Calvary, Wisconsin Gilde Farm LLC, Lake City, Michigan (3X) Darren Rusch, Pound, Wisconsin Nichols Hill Dairy, Krakow, Wisconsin (3X) Charles Maurer, Chilton, Wisconsin Jim & Matt Wautier, Brussels, Wisconsin Rolling Hills Dairy LLC, Luxemburg, Wisconsin Silvershea Holsteins LLC, Omro, Wisconsin Buning Dairy LLC, Falmouth, Michigan (3X) Hendel Farm, Caledonia, Minnesota Curt Kohls, Gillett, Wisconsin (3X) Neal Burken, Galesville, Wisconsin (3X) Furseth Farm Inc, Stoughton, Wisconsin Rusk-Rose Holsteins, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (3X) Many Blessings Dairy Inc, McBain, Michigan (3X) Cross Farm, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (3X) Dan & Tim Liner, Van Dyne, Wisconsin Ed Walter Farm Inc, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (3X) Brickstead Dairy LLC, Greenleaf, Wisconsin (3X)
Size 374 773
Milk 79.3 97.0
F%
411 488 334 600 246 2,897 1,436 690 476 33 248 1,025 972 575 355 400 87 3,708 713 2,578 546 1,738 130 1,063 207 455 559 2,003 566 1,383 333 507 354 254 69 1,065 638 248 648 4,387 165 189 2,107 397 622 247 404 335 114 56 1,793 183 719 398 493 463 198 522 1,902 1,955 264 326 972
113.1 112.8 106.6 110.9 107.6 104.8 106.0 104.3 106.9 104.6 105.8 104.3 105.1 106.1 103.0 91.8 108.7 108.4 104.3 98.6 102.4 95.7 104.3 100.2 101.3 103.2 105.9 110.0 101.2 96.0 101.5 109.6 103.3 95.8 107.5 97.0 102.8 104.6 88.5 105.0 97.5 99.9 96.9 96.6 97.0 95.6 97.4 100.1 101.5 96.3 97.4 102.8 100.3 91.7 97.2 99.9 99.1 103.5 96.7 100.1 98.0 95.8 101.5
4.3 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 5.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 4.4 3.6 4.4 3.9 3.8 5.4 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.0 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.7
P%
ECM
86.9 106.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.3
126.8 124.4 123.9 123.1 120.9 119.6 119.6 119.6 118.7 118.6 117.2 117.2 116.7 116.2 115.7 115.2 114.8 114.5 114.2 113.8 113.7 113.7 113.7 113.1 113.0 113.0 112.7 112.5 112.4 112.3 112.2 111.5 111.0 110.8 110.8 110.7 110.7 110.5 110.5 110.3 110.3 110.2 110.1 109.8 109.5 109.4 109.2 109.1 108.8 108.7 108.7 108.6 108.5 108.5 108.4 108.1 108.0 108.0 107.9 107.8 107.8 107.6 107.4
DIM 177 150 155 180 187 177 153 170 170 165 190 175 161 182 168 174 164 177 196 160 152 174 169 166 181 166 156 155 159 161 162 164 190 196 146 158 166 173 166 157 170 165 196 164 167 153 152 155 165 182 174 185 170 169 167 153 177 192 173 171 163 165 170 171 180
Milk 25,138 31,026
F% 4.0 4.4
FAT 1,010 1,254
36,376 33,556 34,031 34,636 33,984 32,718 34,757 34,063 33,972 27,703 33,526 32,528 35,420 33,701 32,226 25,972 33,626 33,817 33,305 31,297 31,705 29,072 33,715 32,726 31,217 32,753 32,475 34,764 31,984 30,477 32,927 31,245 33,212 30,154 33,403 31,028 32,853 33,676 30,060 32,934 32,344 31,336 29,643 30,461 29,776 28,316 30,829 31,126 31,741 31,409 31,018 31,020 32,592 28,359 30,420 31,076 30,216 32,502 31,455 30,488 33,728 31,489 30,683
4.3 3.9 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.3 5.1 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.3 3.5 4.5 4.0 3.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.9
1,578 1,320 1,524 1,421 1,374 1,465 1,482 1,559 1,502 1,239 1,446 1,391 1,427 1,388 1,374 1,331 1,256 1,284 1,352 1,398 1,359 1,291 1,346 1,388 1,287 1,322 1,306 1,298 1,252 1,357 1,344 1,187 1,347 1,306 1,153 1,393 1,308 1,317 1,415 1,261 1,244 1,316 1,241 1,281 1,197 1,336 1,333 1,241 1,232 1,318 1,268 1,200 1,269 1,274 1,304 1,223 1,229 1,220 1,234 1,188 1,321 1,313 1,200
P% 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2
PRO 796 980 1,151 1,015 1,123 1,099 1,112 1,054 1,142 1,070 1,119 842 1,032 1,057 1,147 1,044 1,049 913 1,055 1,021 1,035 993 1,028 951 1,045 1,044 1,011 1,012 1,031 1,073 1,020 1,031 1,086 968 1,020 1,009 1,029 987 1,060 1,057 889 1,033 1,062 992 972 992 928 830 974 1,004 992 996 971 956 1,019 943 980 955 956 982 983 984 1,115 1,001 983
BR
Leader
Herd HOLSTEIN Herds Average 90th percentile for all HOLSTEIN Herds
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Size 949 6,782 65 808 579 276 65 776 179 725 2,483 484 584 3,562 1,011 424 1,130 466 542 377 1,156 726 174 368 935 118 130 808 290 249 510 182 675 1,664 194 289 771
Milk 98.5 86.9 93.8 100.5 96.0 97.7 104.9 98.1 102.5 100.4 89.0 95.2 98.1 95.1 95.2 92.8 96.6 85.9 96.5 102.9 100.3 98.0 95.4 99.5 91.5 96.8 92.1 98.1 93.3 96.6 100.9 93.6 92.7 92.6 90.7 95.2 88.4
F% 4.0 5.0 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.0 5.1 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.8
P% 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.2 2.9
ECM 107.3 107.3 107.1 106.7 106.6 106.5 106.2 106.2 106.2 106.0 105.7 105.7 105.6 105.6 105.5 105.4 105.3 105.2 105.2 104.7 104.6 104.6 104.5 104.3 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.1 104.1 104.0 104.0 103.9 103.9 103.8 103.8 103.7 103.5
DIM 156 182 168 157 159 170 171 156 155 150 170 198 174 161 162 148 181 159 169 164 166 184 182 137 197 162 182 166 175 190 156 141 165 185 186 174 176
High Protein Breed Herds
Size
Milk
F%
P%
ECM
DIM
RHA
F%
Fat
P%
Pro
High Protein Breed Herds Average 90th percentile High Protein Breed Herds
99 211
56.3 71.8
68.6 88.9
173 138
17,199 21,929
4.6 5.2
810 1040
3.4 3.8
614 805
435 28 37 37 67 421 109 89 19 78
77.5 79.1 83.2 86.9 83.1 68.9 71.9 71.9 81.6 66.7
98.1 96.8 93.0 90.9 90.8 89.8 89.5 89.3 88.9 88.4
156 170 146 179 141 163 149 155 138 143
24,708 23,064 24,151 18,127 24,564 20,814 22,174 20,579 20,980 19,768
5.1 4.6 4.1 3.8 4.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 3.9 5.1
1,256 1,063 980 692 1,042 1,103 1,143 1,100 828 1,006
3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.8
928 810 806 585 840 786 836 747 657 747
64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Herd Egan Bros & Trevor Crain, New London, Wisconsin (3X) Pagels Ponderosa, Kewaunee, Wisconsin (3X) Milk Source Genetics LLC, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Pickart Dairy LLC., Malone, Wisconsin (3X) Grass Ridge Farm LLC, Pittsville, Wisconsin (3X) Jack & Tom Jeppesen, Stanton, Michigan Mulder Nathan & Kristy, Ridott, Illinois Scheider, Douglas, Freeport, Illinois (3X) Ja & Amy Krahn, Brillion, Wisconsin (3X) S & B Dairy Farm, Sigel, Illinois (3X) Dean Meyer, New Albin, Iowa (3X) Newell Farm, Trufant, Michigan (3X) Oesch Swisslane, Alto, Michigan (3X) Quantum Dairy LLC., Weyauwega, Wisconsin (3X) Rahm Dairy L.L.C., Colby, Wisconsin (3X) Stuart Farm, Lowell, Michigan Todd Augustian, Kewaunee, Wisconsin Greg Illig & Sons, West Branch, Michigan Kevin & Diane Skinner, Junction City, Wisconsin (3X) Jeremy Seiler, Carson City, Michigan (3X) Seidls Mtn View Dairy, Luxemburg, Wisconsin (3X) Krzewina Farm, Crivitz, Wisconsin David Dezeeuw, Falmouth, Michigan Bill & Lisa Holland, Apple River, Illinois Mark & Becky Iciek, Gladwin, Michigan (3X) New-Da Dairy Robert Strack, Athens, Wisconsin Production Unlimited LLC, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin Jo-Eng Dairy Farm, German Valley, Illinois (3X) Don & Diane Griffin, Hastings, Michigan (3X) C-Dar Dairy LLC, Elkhart, Indiana Maly Farm, Bryant, Wisconsin (3X) Riemer-Sawall, Clintonville, Wisconsin Kenealy Dairy Farm, Cadott, Wisconsin (3X) Sugar Creek LLC, New London, Wisconsin (3X) Ronnebaum, Mitchell, Earlville, Iowa (3X) Voight Acres, Shiocton, Wisconsin (3X) Tony Rosbrugh, West Branch, Michigan (3X)
Milk 31,625 27,959 21,595 32,097 30,841 29,407 32,486 30,277 31,518 32,783 26,705 33,302 31,321 30,728 31,064 30,603 30,598 27,420 31,413 32,920 32,764 29,504 30,721 29,362 30,666 31,423 28,820 29,873 30,913 30,316 32,547 29,107 28,147 29,018 32,385 29,615 32,684
F% 4.1 5.0 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.6 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.8 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.4 3.8 4.3 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.1
FAT 1,281 1,396 953 1,283 1,276 1,189 1,170 1,246 1,257 1,252 1,229 1,326 1,258 1,380 1,308 1,320 1,205 1,316 1,245 1,225 1,241 1,143 1,253 1,129 1,358 1,185 1,236 1,144 1,305 1,197 1,236 1,222 1,216 1,219 1,385 1,137 1,330
P% 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1
PRO 998 959 680 965 1,022 934 1,004 959 950 1,017 860 1,075 1,014 978 961 1,003 989 838 978 1,026 999 861 946 930 940 980 953 884 988 941 993 975 891 895 1,058 920 1,005
BR H X H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H X
Leader
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Sand Creek Dairy LLC, Hastings, Michigan (3X) Hendel Farm, Caledonia, Minnesota Loehr Dairy LLC, Mount Calvary, Wisconsin Craig Miller & Family, Orangeville, Illinois Auburnvale Swiss, Fremont, Wisconsin United Pride Dairy LLC, Phillips, Wisconsin (3X) Grass Ridge Farm LLC, Pittsville, Wisconsin (3X) Darren Rusch, Pound, Wisconsin Hiview Farm, Orangeville, Illinois Ron & Nicole Wussow, Cecil, Wisconsin (3X)
5.0 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.9 5.3 4.9 5.0 4.0 5.4
3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.9
BR
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