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2014 KDDC Year in Review Maury Cox
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information to KY dairy producers for their protection and to improve our environment. The Young Dairy Producer Conference and the KY Dairy Partners Meeting had the best attendance ever. Over 130 attended the YDPC and 225 – 250 attended the KDPM. Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Developmental Manager for Vita Plus and financial advisor kept the group on the edge of their seats as he shared a wealth of knowledge and information. Dr. Sam Leadley, P.C., Attica Veterinary Clinic, is recognized internationally as one of the top specialists on raising calves. He was a crowd favorite as he talked about how to get the most from your calf feeding strategies. The KDDC hosted a three day tour to Missouri in the last of June. The trip focused on pasture grazing and utilizing forages you grow for maximum margins. Taking shorter trips to states adjacent to KY
s we reflect on 2014, it will be remembered as one the most profitable times is dairy farming. Milk prices broke all records with the All-Milk Price averaging $23.97, $3.92 higher than 2013. Locally, KY dairy farmers reported milk checks exceeding $30.00 per hundredweight for milk with high components and excellent quality. Feed prices retracted some during the year; however soybean meal prices continued to take a bite out of the margins. With that being said, there were some producers still catching up from 2012 and even 2009. The KDDC focused attention on water quality and environment issues. We teamed with Dr. Stephen Higgins, Director of Above: The Compton Family, Kentucky’s 2014 Animal and EnvironmentalTop Quality Producer of the Year. Compliance with the University of KY and Joe Cain, Right: Governor Steve Beshear signs the 2014 Kentucky Farm Bureau to Dairy Month Proclamation host six regional Agricultural water quality and nutrient management meetings. The meetings aptly named, “Poo Begins with benefits in You” were designed to provide information to producers on the KY Ag producers Water Quality Plan and its Nutrient Management Plan component seeing how and to facilitate compliance requirements. An issue in meeting Division others may of Water requirements is for producers to have a KY No Discharge operate in an environment not so unlike their own. We also hosted the Operational Permit. Dairy producers with liquid lagoon systems and World Dairy Expo trip and farm tour. Tom Lorensen, Alltech’s dairy discharge milk house waste water are required by the DOW to have an specialist, showed 55 plus farmers and students around to see some updated KYNDOP. The KDDC continues to work to bring educational unique and outstanding dairy operations in WI. Cont’d on page 2
KDDC is supported in part by a grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund
2014 KDDC Board of Directors & Staff Executive Committee President: Richard Sparrow Vice President: Charles Townsend, DVM Sec./Treasurer: Tom Hastings EC Member: Tony Cowherd EC Past President: Bob Klingenfus
Board of Directors District 1: Lesa Elliot Clark 270.210.3743 District 2: Josh Duvall 270.535.6533 District 3: Don Kinslow 270.646.0086 District 4: William Crist Sr. 270.590.3185 District 5: Tony Cowherd 270.469.0398 District 6: Todd Burgess 270.427.6403 District 7: Larry Baxter 859.612.2738 District 8: Charlie Edgington 859.229.0442 District 9: Robert List 606.748.2944 District 10: Richard Sparrow 502.370.6730 District 11: Bill Mattingly 270.699.1701 District 12: Larry Embry 270.259.6903 Equipment: Eric Risser 423.368.7753 Milk Haulers: Alan Wilson 606.875.7281 Genetics: Dan Johnson 502.905.8221 Feed: Tom Hastings 270.748.9652 Nutrition: Dr. Ron Wendlandt 502.839.4222 Dairy Co-op: Fabian Bernal 859.351.0610 Veterinary: Dr. Charles Townsend 270.726.4041 Finance: Michael Smith Former Pres.: Bob Klingenfus 502.817.3165
Employee & Consultants Executive Director: Maury Cox 859.516.1129 DC-Central: Beth Cox 859.516.1619 DC-Western: Dave Roberts 859.516.1409 DC-Southern: Meredith Scales 859.516.1966 DC -Northern: Jennifer Hickerson 859.516.2458
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Cont’d from page 1 The KDDC Dairy Consultants have worked hard in visiting KY dairy farmers throughout the year. Nearly 700 dairy farms were visited at least once and over 50 percent of all farms were visited two or more times by the regional consultants. Many promotional and educational meetings were also attended during the year. This fulfills the mission to education, represent and promote KY dairy farmers. We also saw the departure of two very good KDDC staff members; Willy Campbell in Northern KY and Teri Atkins in Central KY as they left to pursue other positions. Both did an excellent job working for dairy farmers while with the KDDC. We wished them the best and were thankful that we had a very talented group of applicants apply to fill the positions. Jennifer Hickerson, NKY was hired in February and Beth Cox, CKY was hired in November. We have been blessed to have such capable people apply and work for the KDDC. KY dairy farmers are becoming more and more efficient in producing high levels of quality milk per cow. We have found farmers respect and learn from other farmers more than any other source. So the KDDC teamed up with Alltech to host six meetings on farms with herds averaging 80 plus pounds of milk per cow and Somatic Cell Counts consistently lower than 250K. The meetings were held in October and were well attended. We plan to have more meetings in 2015 like these. The KDDC MILK Program once again was on track to break production and premium distribution records. In three quarters $945,154.02 on 134,726,474 lbs. of milk were distributed to MILK Program KY Producers. We saw more producers receiving premiums than ever in 2014 with 77 percent of the 213 producers in the program receiving premiums in the first three quarters of the year. We cannot go forward without thanking all the supporters and sponsors of the KDDC. So many allied industry organizations have contributed tremendous amounts of time and money to make sure this dairy farmer organization succeeds. There have been countless hours spent by dairy farmer directors and industry board members. They have taken time from their operations and businesses to attend meetings and strategy sessions in order to protect and move KY’s dairy industry forward. We applaud you. And of course we cannot go without recognizing the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund for the confidence they displayed in approving the KDDC grant for 2015 and 2016. We can’t say it enough how fortunate and blessed Kentucky Agriculture is for The KADF. The Kentucky dairy industry thanks you once again!
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KY Dairy Partners Annual Meeting University Plaza Conference Center Holiday Inn Hotel - Bowling Green, KY It’s not too late to register for the meeting or trade show. Contact Eunice at 502-545-0809
Tuesday, February 24 - Young Dairy Producer Initiative 9:00 CST 9:45-10:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 1:45 2:45 3:15 6:00-8:00
Registration Welcome Dairy Outlook, Utilizing MPP & LGM-Dairy, Dr. Kenny Burdine TMR-Trouble Mixing, Dr. Jeff Weyers, Sponsored by Arm & Hammer Lunch and Trade Show Opens Mastitis Diagnostic Options, Dr. Michelle Arnold Your 2015 Dairy Feeding Checklist, Dr. Michael Hutjens, Sponsored by Multimin USA Ice Cream Break Optimum Calf Management, Dr. Victor Cortese, Sponsored by Zoetis Dairy Awards Banquet, Telling Your Ag Story, Warren Beeler Banquet Sponsors: SUDIA/ADA of Kentucky, KDA, DPAK and KDDC
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Tuesday, February 24 - KY Cheese Guild 12:00-4:00
Kentucky Cheese Guild Meeting
Wednesday, February 25 - KY Dairy Partners Meeting 8:00 8:45 9:00 9:35 10:40 11:45-1:30 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:15
Registration Opens & View Exhibits Welcome Jeff Deener, Pres. ADA of KY/SUDIA Updates, Shaping Dairy’s Future:Building Consumer Trust, Cheryl Hayn Calf Immunology, Dr. Victor Cortese, Sponsored by Zoetis Using Genomics and other Genetic Updates, Dr. Chad Dechow Lunch and KDDC Annual Business Meeting The Future of Dairy Food Research, Dr. Christopher Cifelli Management Systems and Animal Well-Being, Dr. Chad Dechow 2015 Dairy Outlook and Strategies, Calvin Covington, Sponosored by KDDC Wrap up and Door Prizes
Registration $30/person at the door. No registration fee for Kentucky dairy producers - limit 2 per dairy permit (more than 2 per permit may attend but must pay $30 for each additional person)
KDDC is supported in part by a grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund
The Top Quality Milk Producers in Kentucky Producers are ranked by four categories, each carrying the same weight of 25 percent of the total. The counts are based on the lab results reported to the KY Milk Safety Branch and are the official counts for Somatic Cell Counts and Standard Plate Count or (Bacteria Count). The Preliminary Incubation ot an official test, but is used by marketing Count is not
organizations and processors of milk to evaluate milk quality. The Farm Inspections are carried out by an Inspector from the Kentucky Milk Safety Branch. All categories are totaled, then averaged and given a ranking for each category. The lowest number determines the winner. Congratulations to these KY Dairy Farmers!
Producer
RHA Milk
Fat
Protein
# Cows
Top Herd - RHA Milk Overall
ROBEY FARMS
29587
975
858
2381
Top Herd RHA Milk - Non Holstein
ROWE FARMS INC Billy & Freddie Rowe
28268
947
861
239
RHA Milk
Fat
Protein
# Cows
Top Herd- RHA Milk - By District District
County
Producer
1 Christian
PENNYRILE DAIRY HOWARD YODER
25024
829
769
67
2 Logan
ROBEY FARMS
29587
975
858
2381
3 Barren
PEDEN DAIRY BRIAN PEDEN
26270
860
790
173
4 Metcalfe
STYLE CREST DAIRY FOWLER BRANSTETTER - STRING 2
25118
835
791
29
5 Adair
ROWE FARMS INC - STRING 1
28458
930
857
159
6 Clinton
DOUBLE YY FARMS STEVE YOUNG
26118
842
783
73
7 Lincoln
NATHAN HORST
26541
872
786
190
8 Pulaski
LITTLE MOO DAIRY MERVIN WEBER
24570
844
748
77
9 Fleming
MISTY LAKE DAIRY LLC DAN OR WAYNE MARTIN
20095
773
627
191
10 Shelby
EDDIE KLINGENFUS
25712
987
777
116
11 Marion
TRI-MAST DAIRY BRENT AND MICHAEL MASTERSON
24970
937
755
234
12 Grayson
LONGVIEW FARMS LARRY EMBRY
25044
866
783
206
H & H DAIRY David Hutchison
27792
958
849
154
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Kentucky Legislative Breakfast, Capital Annex, Frankfort, KY 7:00 A.M. Kentucky Milk Handlers Advisor Board Meeting, U of KY, E.S. Good Barn 9:30 A.M. 4-H Dairy Oral Reasons Workshop, Metcalfe Co. Time TBA KDDC Young Dairy Producer Conference, Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY 9:00 A.M. C.S.T. Dairy Awards Banquet, Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY 6:00 P.M. C.S.T. KY Partners Meeting and Industry Trade Show, Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY 9:00 A.M. C.S.T. SUDIA Board Mtg., Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY KY Artisan/ Farmstead Cheese Guild Meeting, Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY KY Alfalfa Conference, Cave City Convention Center, Cave City, KY
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Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Dairy Business Conference, Madison, Wisconsin KDDC Board Meeting, T.B.A. 4-H Dairy Jeopardy Contest, Barren Co. Ext. Office
April 2015 April 9-11 April 25
Kentucky National Dairy Show and Sale, State Fair Grounds, Louisville, KY 4-H Dairy Cow Camp, Mercer Co., Time TBA
May 2015 May 16
Dairy U: Know Before You Show, Burley Fields Livestock Center