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Sweet 16 times two
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CHILTON, Wis. – The farm of Larry and Jennifer Meyer is home to not only one but two cows that have reached the ripe old age of 16. Born in 2005, Malorie, a Holstein, and Treat, a Brown Swiss, celebrated their 16th birthdays this year while still hard at work in the herd. Malorie recently surpassed the 400,000-pound mark for lifetime milk production. Treat is following close behind. “They’re pretty special cows,” Jennifer said. “They’ve done a lot for us and are the oldest cows we’ve ever had.” The Meyers own and operate Jenlar Holsteins and Brown Swiss near Chilton where they
milk about 130 cows with their children, Brianna, 17, Austin, 15, and Abby, 12. Larry and Jennifer also work full-time jobs off the farm. Jennifer is an independent dairy nutritionist and co-owner of Badgerland Nutrition, and Larry is an outside sales representative at MWI Animal Health. Larry’s parents, Andy and Joan, are also active on the farm. “We couldn’t have outside jobs without my parents’ help,” Larry said. “My mom feeds calves, and my dad feeds cows. They help us out a lot.” Cows are milked by two Lely robots installed in 2017, and the Meyers believe the robots are helping cows live longer. A number of cows over 10 years old can be found in the
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The Meyer family – (from leŌ) Jennifer, AusƟn, Abby, Brianna and Larry – are pictured with their two 16-year-old cows, Treat (leŌ) and Malorie. The Meyers milk 130 cows with two robots near Chilton, Wisconsin. Meyers’ barn. “We’re seeing more longevity since switching to robots,” Larry said. “Cows can live life individually. It’s not the level of competition they saw when getting milked in groups. With robots, each cow is on an individual schedule; they can go to the robot whenever they want. For example, Malorie is a night owl who likes to milk at 2 or 3 a.m.” A&J-Meyer Spy Malorie VG-89 turned 16 June 29 and is in her 13th lactation after calving in March. “She’s been a rst-service breeding cow nearly all her life,” Larry said. “Her calving interval was amazing the rst seven lactations at either less than 12 months or exactly 12 months.”
Malorie’s lifetime production to date is 400,411 pounds of milk, 15,646 pounds of butterfat and 12,187 pounds of protein. Her best record was
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“These two cows have been on a long journey with us. Malorie and Treat went from tiestall life to freestall life to robotic life. It’s a cool path they’ve been on.” LARRY MEYER, DAIRY FARMER
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Malorie, a 16-year-old Holstein, is the oldest cow at Jenlar Holsteins & Brown Swiss near Chilton, Wisconsin. She is in her thirteenth lactaƟon and has produced over 400,000 pounds of milk in her lifeƟme. happy face.” Jenlar Dynasty Treat 5E-91 turned 16 Dec. 3 and is in her eighth lactation. In her lifetime, she has produced 342,136 pounds of milk, 15,758 pounds of butterfat and 11,959 pounds of protein. As of Dec. 31, 2020, Treat was the third-highest living Brown Swiss cow for lifetime milk production in the U.S. with 407,304 pounds of energy-corrected milk. Treat’s daughter, Trillium, a 3E-94 cow, also appeared on that list, ranking sixth with 338,650 pounds of energycorrected milk. Unfortunately, Trillium passed away last spring at the age of 12. “Treat and her daughter being on the top cow list at the same time was pretty unique,” Larry said. “Not a lot of cows can say that.” Treat’s best 365-day record was made at 8 years and 2 months when she produced 37,580 pounds of milk, 4.9% butterfat, 1,845 pounds of butterfat, 3.4% protein and 1,271 pounds of protein. Treat has 22 living descendants, including Trix, Twix, Trufe, Twilight and Turtle Sundae. “Treat is always with the herd, and she likes it that way,” Larry said. “She loves doing her thing. Treat and Malorie are lunch bucket cows. They don’t want to be messed with.” Malorie’s living descendants are fewer in number, totaling 12. “She’s outlived most of her descendants,” Larry said. “Malorie’s family is not ashy. They’re just really nice, functional milk cows.” Both Malorie and Treat have daughters that reached over 250,000 pounds of lifetime milk. Treat also has offspring that have done well in the showring.
Her granddaughter, Jenlar Carter Trix EX-92, won the spring yearling class at World Dairy Expo in 2016 and was named All-American. “Treat’s family has been fun to work with,” Jennifer said. Treat and Malorie have lived long enough to see three types of milking facilities rotate through the farm. “These two cows have been on a long journey with us,” Larry said. “They were yearling heifers when we had a barn re in 2006. We were milking 60 cows in a tiestall barn at the time. We rebuilt the barn, and cows lived in tie stalls until 2008 when we built a freestall barn. In 2017, we added on to the barn and installed robots. Malorie and Treat went from tiestall life to freestall life to robotic life. It’s a cool path they’ve been on.” Even at their age, this pair of 16-yearolds still show regular heats. “When Treat is in heat, she acts like a 3- or 4-year-old cow,” Larry said. “It’s crazy – she’s got a lot of spunk to her. Treat and Malorie are both spunky, old girls.” Legends in their own right, Malorie and Treat have more than earned their keep at Jenlar Holsteins and Brown Swiss. “They’re both really good-producing, low-maintenance cows,” Jennifer said. “Treat and Malorie are also small cows, and the cows that last the longest for us are usually the smallest ones.” Larry said they need cows like Treat and Malorie to pay the bills, which is exactly what these milk wagons have done during their long lifespan. “They’re cows that have always been there,” Larry said. “We love having them around.”
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By Lee Mielke
Strong cheese exports overcome weaker domestic market The Agriculture Department gave us the latest on U.S. dairy product demand. Starting with cheese, October disappearance totaled 1.18 billion pounds, up just 0.7% from October 2020, with strong exports overcoming weaker domestic disappearance, according to HighGround Dairy’s Lucas Fuess in the Dec. 20 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast. It was the weakest October domestic disappearance since 2017, according to HGD. American-style cheese disappearance, at 458.8 million pounds, was down 4.1% from a year ago and down for the second consecutive month. Fuess warned that, if the domestic disappearance decline persists, we could see prices drop after holiday demand subsides. Butter disappearance totaled 209.8 million pounds, down 1.3% in total and down 3.6% domestically, rst year over year decline since June following impressive gains in third quarter. Exports were up 91.4% but only totaled 9.8 million pounds. Fuess speculated that holiday butter demand may have been front loaded in August and September as buying appeared earlier than normal. He’s says that’s not overly concerning because butter output is weaker and inventories are declining at a pretty quick pace. Interestingly, the Dec. 15 Daily Dairy Report pointed out that Canada is the top market for U.S. butter and milkfat, accounting for more than 30% of U.S. exports in the past ve years and 28% so far in 2021. Canada is also the primary market for U.S. cream. In the rst 10 months of 2021, three out of every four loads was sent to Canada, according to the DDR, and through October, Canada imported a record-breaking 43 million pounds of butter, 30% more than in 2020. Recent heavy rains and ooding in the lower mainland of British Columbia may have resulted in larger imports in November and December. The DDR says “The BC Dairy Association reported that the province was able to ll uid milk orders but industrial processing dropped 20% in the weeks after the ooding. Nonfat dry milk-skim milk powder disappearance hit 227.6 million pounds in October, up 9.3%, though exports were down 12.3%. The increase follows two consecutive months of weakness, says HGD, and the strength was driven by domestic demand. Exports year to date however are up 10.6% from a year ago and Fuess said we’re probably looking at another record year for powder exports. Total dry whey disappearance amounted to 83.4 million pounds, down 3.0% from a year ago. Domestic
demand was down for the sixth consecutive month, driven by lower exports which were down 21.5%, as China has imported less. HGD says whey’s domestic weakness is “likely driven by weaker supply and tight product availability. While demand is rm and the price recently hit a record high at the CME, disappearance has struggled with limited product to sell.” Meanwhile, the big topic of the recent American Dairy Products Institute’s Dairy Ingredients Seminar in Santa Barbara, California was ination, according to the Dec. 3 Dairy and Food Market Analyst. Editor and analyst Matt Gould wrote that attendance was high and so were spirits, as most attendees were bullish. However, “Virtually everyone is experiencing signicant cost pressure and, looking into 2022, will raise prices and overages on their customers,” wrote Gould. “The million-dollar question: How much of a cost increase can we pass on? Answers that we heard ranged from 5% to 15%.” Dairy product prices are soaring in Europe, according to the DFMA. European 82%-fat butter traded above $3.00 per pound, the week of Dec. 6, and Cheddar cheese traded between $2.20 and $2.30 per pound. European milk production is crashing, the DFMA reported, and the latest period saw output down 3.7% in the big-three milk producing regions of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. Things aren’t much better “down-under.” DMN reports that Australian milk output through October, the fourth month of the season, continued to be disappointingly low. “October is the usual high point of seasonal milk production. While there are more seasonal months to follow than have occurred so far, production will be trending lower, so making up for the past will be a challenge in the future.” Season to date, the DDR says Australian milk production is down 2.9%, compared to July through October 2020. “New Zealand milk production through October is also termed disappointing,” says DMN. “While hopes are for a recovery, the typical trend of lower production month after month through the rest of the season will require a decent rebound to overcome the decit so far. Early observations of the November results are said to suggest that when ofcial results are released, November will offer little help.” The New Zealand dairy herd declined for the third consecutive year during the 2020/21 season, according to the DFMA, after nishing last season at 4.9 million
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 to reduce output, according to DMN. Grade A nonfat dry milk saw daily gains and nished Friday at $1.6775 per pound, up 5.25 cents on the week, highest since July 18, 2014, and 52.75 cents above a year ago. There were 8 carloads that found new homes on the week. In case you’re wondering, the CME record was $2.16 per pound on Dec. 5, 2007. CME dry whey held at its record high 71.25 cents per pound for 5 consecutive sessions, but jumped 1.75 cents Friday on a sale to set a new record 73 cents per pound, 27.50 cents above a year ago. The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued Dec. 15, mirrored milk price and production projections in the Dec. 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The Outlook reported that the number of U.S. milk cows has continued to decline each month since June 2021. Year-over-year growth in milk supply was low in August and September and fell below the previous year in October. The number of dairy cows is expected to continue declining in rst and second quarter 2022, according to the Outlook. Accordingly, the annual 2022 forecast was lowered to 9.385 million head, 10,000 head below the last month’s forecast and 65,000 less than the forecast for 2021. The 2022 forecast for milk per cow is 24,265 pounds, 15 pounds lower than last month’s forecast. The projection for 2022 milk production was lowered to 227.7 billion pounds, 0.4 billion pounds below last month’s forecast but 1.5 billion pounds above 2021. From the week ending June 12, 2021, to the week ending on November 6, federally inspected dairy cow slaughter has been above the corresponding weeks in 2020. For the week ending November 13, it was slightly below the corresponding week of the previous year, and for the following weeks, it was slightly above the corresponding weeks. In most recent weeks, federally inspected milk cow slaughter has been below corresponding weeks in 2019. In the week ending Dec. 4, 63,800 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 15,600 from the previous week, but 2,100 head or 3.2% below a year ago. Cull prices continue to be strong, says StoneX, but slaughter levels are slowing, perhaps “indicating that farmer’s aren’t taking advantage of the opportunity, which could indicate that the dairy herd contraction is beginning to slow.” “Bull or bear, producers should not overlook good price levels especially as it related to insurance,” StoneX warns. “Whether you believe in $25 milk or not, insurance in 2022 has likely never been cheaper.” “Producers should be looking at Dairy Revenue Protection and Livestock Gross Margin dairy insurance.” One more story on demand; U.S. uid milk sales unfortunately offer no holiday cheer to the dairy industry. The USDA’s latest data shows October sales of packaged uid products at 3.8 billion pounds, down 5.2% from Oct. 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 3.5 billion pounds, down 5.2% from a year ago. Organic products, at 224 million pounds, were down 5.4%, and represented 6.0% of total sales for the month.
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Whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billion pounds, down 3.9% from a year ago, with year to date consumption down 6.3%. Whole milk represented 33.1% of total milk sales for the ten month period. Skim milk sales, at 205 million pounds, were down 11.6% from a year ago and down 13.1% year to date. Total packaged uid milk sales for the ten months amounted to 36.6 billion pounds, down 4.5% from 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 34.3 billion pounds, down 4.7%. Organic products, at 2.3 billion, were down 2.6%, and represented 6.4% of total milk sales for the period. The gures represent consumption in Federal milk marketing order areas, which account for approximately 92% of total uid milk sales in the U.S. In politics, The National Milk Producers Federation thanked Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin for her “continued advocacy for accurate labeling and public health” in her questions for Dr. Robert Califf during this week’s hearing on his nomination to be commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Labeling integrity needs to be a top-of-mind issue
for Dr. Califf as he moves toward his second stint as FDA commissioner. The ground has shifted since his previous tenure in the Obama administration, both as dairy imitators proliferate and the abuse of lax labeling enforcement creates nutritional confusion for consumers,” said NMPF president Jim Mulhern. Califf said he would make the issue a priority should he be conrmed. NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council praised a letter from the USDA and the Department of Transportation urging the world’s leading ocean carriers to reform their practices to provide better service to U.S. exporters. The letter specically referenced the need to expand use of available West Coast terminal capacity and “restore reciprocal treatment of imports and exports inherent in trade.” They urged the Administration to “call out proteering by foreign-owned carriers at the expense of dairy exporters and take steps to address the supply chain crisis that’s cost the dairy industry $1.3 billion the rst three quarters of 2021.”
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THOMPSON, Conn. – When driving to Fort Hill Farms, one will come upon a stunning view of a 100acre open eld, beautiful walkways and 73 gardens lled with weeping beech, Alaskan cedar and dwarng conifer trees. “People come here and they feel relaxed because of the wide open spaces,” said Kristin Orr of her family’s farm property. “The wide open spaces promote relaxation.” Orr’s daughter, Kies Orr-LaVack, and her son-inlaw, Jared LaVack, milk 210 cows, manage 250 acres of pasture and run 350 acres of corn on their farm near Thompson. Orr helps milk and is the gardener for the gardens on the farm. “The cows and I help the farm continue to keep its wide open spaces,” Orr said. In addition to the farm, the Orrs also run a creamery, corn maze and the rst anaerobic digester in Connecticut. “My father, Peter, did a lot of planning for the anaerobic digester when he was here,” Orr-LaVack said. “When he passed in 2018, we decided that the anaerobic digester was his dream and so was ours, so we took the position to keep planning for the digester.” Orr agreed. “Now Jared is clerk of the works with managing the digester and feeding the cows,” Orr said. In 2019, the family started construction, prepared the land in 2020 and started running the anaerobic digester in January. Today, the digester produces electricity for two surrounding towns, New Britain and Middletown. “We use our own cow manure, work with a restaurant company that pays us to take in food waste and mix them together in a big mixing bowl,” Orr-LaVack
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The farm also sells dairy products onsite, offers a boundless energy program, has nature walks and meditation, offers a bring-your-own-picnic program and sells dried lavender and gifts. “I help run a social media page called Dairy Girl Promo where another dairy farmer and I post about the dairy industry, how to support it and how we take care of our cows,” Orr-LaVack said. Even the family name is related to dairy. “My grandfather came from Ireland,” Orr said. … “So, my maiden name actually means granddaughter of a calf herder.” The biggest challenge the farm has faced over the years is lack of land base. “People see land and they say, ‘Development,’” Orr-LaVack said. “It’s sad when you see land going up for sale left and right. The next thing you know, they’re building a new house or business on good farm land.” The Orrs look forward to planning the next corn maze, The Tree of Life, which will be a tribute to the architect who helped design the farm’s views in the 1860s, and are making plans to build a new robotic barn in June 2022. “We are all working together, like gears on a well-oiled machine,” Orr said. “It’s beautiful.”
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Who is to blame for climate change? Mitloehner explains agriculture’s contributions, solutions for GHG emissions By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
Yet, the more accurate number representing the United States livestock sector is around 4%; less than 2% for the dairy industry specically, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. “I have a beef with the larger statistic because it’s the global average,” Mitloehner said. “We are by far an outlier because of our efciencies. Yes, 2% of total GHG emissions is not huge, but it is a sizeable number and we need to do our bit to further reduce it.”
The buzz surrounding a net-zero world is swallowing the dairy industry as agriculture has become a target of The gases causing serious consequence blame for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global There are three gases that largely contribute to warmwarming. ing of the Earth’s surface: carbon dioxide, methane and In understanding the source of these gases and the nitrous oxide. role farming plays in their presence, agriculture has the “They act like a blanket, retaining heat from the crucial capability in reducing GHG emissions and creat- sun and keeping it in the atmosphere,” Mitloehner said. ing climate neutrality. “Without GHG, life on Earth would not be possible. “The narrative around livestock and climate is sig- But, human activity is putting too many (gases) in the nicantly wrong,” Dr. Frank Mitloehner said. “We’re atmosphere. We’re trapping too much of the sun’s heat.” working diligently to change the narrative in an accuEach gas carries its own potency and lifespan but is rate and fact-based way. Only then will you be able to Turn to NET-ZERO | Page 18 make smart decisions for your business.” Mitloehner is a professor and air quality specialist at the University of California-Davis. He spoke on the global net-zero initiative for GHG emissions and dairy’s role in it at the American Dairy Coalition’s virtual annual meeting Dec. 9. The United States livestock sector often receives pushback surrounding this topic because of global statistics that are widely shared and misleading. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock accounts for 14.5% of global GHG emissions based on estimates provided by GRAPHIC SUBMITTED the Intergovernmental Panel An illustration depicts the biogenic carbon cycle with animal agriculture. for Climate Change (IPPC).
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moisture protein 15.93 20.02 15.34 9.39 15.12 16.01 10.02 20.02 13.12 16.47 14.55 6.95 14.55 6.95 15.38 10.81 30.17 22.98 30.17 22.98 12.19 7.7 13.69 6.38 11.74 6.23 12.3 14.8 9.12 3.52 11.74 6.23 15.2 12.75 15.38 10.81 13.57 16.17 16.5 27.55 14.71 27.25 14.5 8.84 12.74 15.73 14.92 19.07 14.7 19.93 12.13 17.52 13.01 20.56 14.07 18.49 14.07 18.49 15.12 22.6 15.21 22.22 8.64 21 10.71 20.95 12.51 17.88 10.54 17.29 9.85 20.88 8.64 21 9.14 3.47 11.07 17.78 9.34 16.77 10.7 21.46 9.63 22.06 12.62 20.64 15.56 20.91 10.24 24.35 8.93 23.13 11.3 26.22 13.63 22.35 15.29 28.09 13.18 27.39 9.85 20.88 11.04 21.73
RFV 166.93 68.68 155.66 174.39 158.43 56.12 56.12 97.26 124.8 124.8 69.53 63.54 66.14 174.2 56.15 66.14 130.23 97.26 120.25 167.37 151.86 141.17 117.19 179.85 184.78 127.78 146.17 101.75 101.75 177.94 170.79 220.26 212.6 178.51 118.09 225.75 220.26 73 138.55 176.41 199.15 198.62 139.3 148.44 223.14 206.34 149.8 196.68 177.57 176.85 225.75 184.52
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Ld. size 23.13 9.27 28.38 25.13 15.32 6.75 7 10.66 11.9 11.8 17.62 17.62 9.37 27.33 22.44 9.36 26.15 6.48 27.97 23.87 24.4 23.61 26.62 20.04 19.56 21.63 18.68 10.15 10.5 23.87 21.39 24.82 25.13 27.21 19.97 8.41 8.34 25.82 22.37 26.42 25.09 24.64 25.86 22.56 27.3 26.3 24.49 27.37 27.54 27.26 19.56 25.45
price $175.00 $125.00 $185.00 $200.00 $165.00 $140.00 $125.00 $130.00 $120.00 $155.00 $120.00 $135.00 $120.00 $165.00 $50.00 $95.00 $170.00 $150.00 $190.00 $180.00 $195.00 $180.00 $240.00 $210.00 $185.00 $210.00 $185.00 $135.00 $135.00 $185.00 $185.00 $235.00 $220.00 $200.00 $190.00 $195.00 $200.00 $125.00 $190.00 $200.00 $210.00 $235.00 $185.00 $200.00 $210.00 $210.00 $210.00 $200.00 $185.00 $185.00 $210.00 $210.00
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moisture protein
13.42 11.58 12.16 13.56 7.41 13.93 10.34 11.9 13.44 12.58 10.9 12.11 11.42 12.5 9.23 11.11 13.18 8.25 12.26 11.31 14.47 12.6 12.92 12.26 14.35 17.06 12.61 12.75 15.41 15.5
Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares
RFV
23.01 227.95 12.17 99.78 20.89 180.72 22.75 236.63 19.73 183.99 13.6 137.1 NO TEST1 7.47 81.37 18.18 157.86 27.38 152.18 20.71 198.79 22.23 170.05 21.53 139.98 20.03 195.84 22.22 192.78 22.18 207.37 22.21 229.57 14.89 102.26 16.2 164.96 23.02 169.59 24.45 168.71 21.68 170.57 19.39 187.33 21.11 170.65 20.94 168.63 20.33 168.6 19.8 220.03 22.7 199.66 23.9 210.13 10.7 98.34 13.23 82.18 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW WHEAT STRAW WHEAT STRAW WHEAT STRAW CORN STALKS
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Ld. size
27.16 21.69 24.94 27.56 23.72 7.68 $130.00 21.76 13.85 6.98 22.18 25.59 24.6 24.23 9.98 9.17 23.91 22.59 26.65 26.1 22.31 26.57 17.19 11.71 27.22 23.97 26.65 24.81 24.26 20 29 24.71 23.33 23.08 36 22.44 25.8 25.43 20.29 25.09 23.02 27.75 25.2 25.88 24.63 25.38 76 72 72 60 78 72 72 57 72 22.11 70 70 54
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Consistency from the cow’s perspective Ferraretto shares tips for managing feed systems By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
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ARLINGTON, Wis. – When thinking about feed quality and nutrition, Dr. Luiz Ferraretto, of the University of WisconsinMadison, encouraged dairy farmers to consider the perspective of the cow. Ferraretto spoke at the Professional Dairy Producers Herd Management Workshop Nov. 3 in Arlington. “When I was in school and thought I wanted to become a dairy nutritionist, I always had this thought that a dairy nutritionist formulates the diet,” Ferraretto said. “They do, but that is not the main thing that they do.” Ferraretto explained the importance of integrating feeding system management, forage and feed quality, and Dr. Luiz Ferraretto bunk management in University of Wisconsin order to obtain the best results. “You can do a great job of formulating the diet, but if it is not delivered so that they will consume it, it doesn’t do you any good,” Ferraretto said. “Obviously it takes teamwork with everyone doing the best job they can.” When evaluating the feeding system and management, Ferraretto said to begin with looking at the process used to mix the total mixed ration and to evaluate the consistency of the nal mix presented to the cows. He also said the frequency feed is offered and how often feed is pushed up are important. Ferraretto suggested offering feed twice a day instead of once. Having more feed available throughout the day can increase intakes and provide for a higher milk yield, leading to improved feed efciency and the reduction of slug feeding, he said. Consistency in when and how the feed is mixed and offered can play an important
role in the consumption of the TMR, Ferraretto said. He said variations can easily occur when different people are tasked with mixing and delivering the feed to the cows on different days or at different times. He urged dairy farmers to ensure all employees charged with feeding are welltrained and communicate with each other to help decrease differences in the way two people may mix and deliver the ration. He suggested developing a standard operating procedure for the job as a way to ensure as much consistency as possible between multiple operators. When cows sort their feed, they are often missing certain parts of the ration, Ferraretto said. He said producers should look for evidence of sorting from the ration before refusal feed is removed. When evidence of sorting is found, Ferraretto suggested feeding smaller amounts of the TMR on a more frequent basis. Adding less hay or straw to the mix, or processing the mix ner, can also help reduce the amount sorted out. Adding water or a liquid feed supplement can help make the mix more palatable and decrease sorting. Frequently pushing up the feed can also help increase the amount of the ration consumed. Although not easily corrected, feed bunk space is a factor Ferraretto said plays an important role in the cow receiving the diet she is supposed to be consuming and can also affect how the cow’s rumen works. Ferraretto shared research showing overcrowding can ultimately have more effect on rumen pH than dietary ber. “I realize you cannot just go to a dairy farm and say, ‘Hey, can you just build another dairy barn?’ But maybe, depending on the current situation, we might be able to nd something else you can do,” Ferraretto said. Ferraretto said weighing the refusal feed will help evaluate what portion of the diet cows are actually consuming. “Feeding cows and getting them to consume the feed and get the most efciency and production from that feed is not necessarily an easy task. Everyone involved in your team plays an important role,” Ferraretto said. “The person who is responsible for mixing the feed is just as important as the nutritionist, if not maybe more so. You can have a great, balanced ration, but if it is not prepared and delivered correctly, what good is it?”
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From the kitchen of Jenny Briggs, Stratford, Wisconsin
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1 egg 1 cup buttermilk Filling: 2 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar 5 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt
Have all the ingredients at room temperature. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour the wells of a whoopie pie pan. In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. With a mixer, beat together brown sugar and butter on medium speed until combined. Add the vanilla and egg and beat until fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Reduce speed to low, and add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the 1 cup of buttermilk (beginning and ending with the flour). Beat each addition until well incorporated. Fill one well with batter. Tap the pan on the countertop to distribute batter evenly. This helps release any air bubbles. If the batter appears too thick, you may need to add an additional tablespoon of buttermilk. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, approximately 8-10 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cakes cool, then invert the pan to allow for easy removal of cakes. To prepare filling, beat together the confectioners’ sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and salt on low speed until combined. Increase speed and beat until fluffy. To assemble, spread the filling on the flat side of the cake and top with another cake, domed side up. Recipe makes approximately 12 whoopie pies.
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