DHIA Whatcom County
2017 Annual Report
Whatcom County Dairy Herd Improvement Association Published March 2018
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHATCOM COUNTY DHIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Dan Heeringa, Kevin Englesma and Mylon Smith
Whatcom County DHIA Board of Directors Dan Heeringa........................... Holstein Rep. Mylon Smith........................ Color Breed Rep. Kevin Englesma.............. Representative-at-Large
Whatcom County DHIA 2017 Employees Roz Reinke Greg A. Irwin
Kelly Irwin Gina Wright
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Roz Reinke - 16 years
Brittany Ross, Bookkeeping Boice-Raplee-Ross Acct. Page 1
Engelsmas make Lynden their dairying home This family has seen plenty of generational transition, from California to Washington
Kevin and Paige Engelsma were able to enjoy some getaway time in Mexico recently.
great people that showed us the ropes” of how things work in Whatcom dairying and Lynden life. They mention the Schoneveld family, veterinarian Jacob Steiger, dairyman Matt Eldridge and businessman Bernie Mulder. From the start they also had a good relationship with dairy farmer neighbor Roger Bajema, and over the last few years that evolved into taking over and leasing the East Badger Road land and farm buildings of Bajema, who retired and then unexpectedly died at age 75 just last October. They continue to lease now from the Bajema family. The Engelsmas’ oldest son, Jesse, 26, is very much involved in the farming enterprise with Kevin. Jesse and wife Lindy live nearby and are expecting their second child. Jesse’s eagerness to be in dairying is a boost to all and lets mom and dad get away for a break more often. For now, it appears that no other of the five children is especially interested in dairy farming, although Karibeth, in college now, may want to become a large animal vet. Kevin and Paige say they are grateful for the slower and more gracious pace of life in Lynden, Washington, than it was in California, where competition in dairying was also more present. They love being conveniently close and connected to the community. They are involved in First Reformed Church of Lynden. The five kids — Jesse, Ryan, Cody, Karibeth and Megan — have gone or are going through Lynden Christian School. And now Kevin is on the Whatcom County DHIA board. It’s especially the Bajema place that needs the monthly DHIA visit, as the main milking parlor does have its own monitoring apparatus. Theirs is an operation of about 850 cows plus
The Engelsma family had made to be gone,” Kevin says with a laugh. trips to Lynden before, as Paige has In the Lynden area the Engelsmas some relatives here. But she and Kevin very much appreciated the help they really thought that if they transferred got from some transplanted dairy famout of Southern California dairying ilies already here in scouting around. someday, it would be to eastern Wash- There is a bit of a change involved in ington or to Idaho. thinking from tight bring-in-your Kevin Engelsma’s family had al- feed California operations to farms in ready experienced being pushed out Whatcom County with enough land to by development. His grandparents raise your own corn and grass silage operated the Meadow Park Dairy store and apply manure as fertilizer. not far from the Los Angeles beach- One day as they drove around the front, which they continued to do even area, the Bender Road place of the Otafter the farm to support it had moved ter family came to their attention. It 50 miles east to the Chino, CA area. turned out to be available, and in fairly There, from 1968 on, Kevin’s parents short order in the summer of 2004 the ran a bottling plant alongside their Engelsma family was making the move farm to supply retail outlets. to Lynden. The growth kept coming in the Kevin and Paige credit “some really 1980s and 1990s. By the early 2000s it was evident that houses would be closing in on the Chino farm as well. A massive residential plan eventually encircled them on three sides. So Kevin and Paige, with his mother as a partner — his father Jake died in 1984 — were looking seriously to the north. Plenty of other dairy families were doing the same. “I know how these cycles go. Your friends tell you you’re going It’s a Holstein herd at the Engelsmas’ Meadow Park Dairy. Page 2
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Continued from page 2 youngstock (of which some growth time is spent in the Quincy area), and the Engelsmas feel positive about the future of local dairying.
The operation Jesse Engelsma doesn’t mind being called the workhorse of the Meadow Park Dairy operation, especially if that lets his parents get away for some well-earned breaks. “I do the grunt work. He does the management,” Jesse said of his dad. Don’t minimize the amount of work involved in the hiring, bookkeeping and payroll of it all, with nine farm employees beside Kevin and Jesse. Much of that hired work is the threea-day milking. And dad also gets any night calls, calving and “problems,” Jesse said. On a mid-March Saturday Jesse was up at 3 a.m. to get going on his long list of duties to be done before the ABS breeder made his daily visit at 10:30 a.m. There was the usual scraping of manure, also some calves to be moved
Jesse Engelsma load ingredients from bunkers — silage, corn, hay and more — into the wagon for a feed ration mix.
into a different pen area. The schedule included mixing up and delivering the feed rations for three different groups of animals — milking cows, those dry, and heifers near calving. The feed wagon gets a good workout going from the main farm down the road both directions to the secondary facilities. Every day brings something a little different, he said, but there’s also plenty of good routine, too.
Jesse went to Dordt College in Iowa for a year in agriculture and stayed for two more years working on a calf raising farm. Now he and his young family live just to the north on Bender Road on an additional acquisition of the Engelsmas as they started up here. The Otter farm was pretty well set up with the basics of what was needed, although the bunkers for corn and Continued on page 8
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2017 High Milk Herds Name
% Days x3
No. Cows
% Days Milk
Avg. Milk
Avg. Fat
Avg. Avg. Energy Protein Cor. Milk
Breed
HOLSTEINS Eaglemill Farms, LLC
100
1,112
90
27,915
1,068
848
29,429
H
Lenssen Dairy
100
574
89
27,308
1,056
835
28,976
H
Vreugdenhil Farms
100
885
88.9
26,654
956
843
27,503
H
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc 100
411
90
26,344
1,194
841
30,494
H
Vander Haak Dairy
100
435
88
26,052
1,139
799
29,365
H
Clearbrook Holsteins
100
202
92.9
25,988
1,063
830
28,572
H
Ronelee Farm
100
317
88.7
25,640
1,075
801
28,393
H
Sterk Dairy
100
515
89.2
25,467
1,127
803
29,025
H
Summit Ridge Holsteins
194
86.3
24,878
858
762
25,037
H
Rozelyn Holsteins
83
91.7
24,457
1,017
798
27,232
H
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
100
501
87
23,916
952
761
25,955
H
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
77
89
23,680
962
748
25,908
H
Bosscher Farms
87
85.7
23,064
895
714
24,559
H
Cedar Park Dairy LLC
386
88.9
22,740
955
713
25,222
H
Van Dyk-K
44
88.6
22,536
860
705
23,864
H
Jim Heeringa
723
88.9
22,511
880
731
24,313
H
R B Dairy
77
90.9
22,510
908
706
24,485
H
River View Dairy
138
89
20,710
804
637
22,025
H
Hillview Dairy
440
88.3
20,487
888
667
23,227
H
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Continued from page 3 grass silage did need to be expanded, Jesse said. It also helped that manure transport and irrigation lines were already in the ground between this property and surrounding ones, he said. The ration mixes consist of different amounts of corn, alfalfa, silage, canola, cottonseed and nutrition pellets. The Engelsmas work with an independent consultant to decide on their mixes and feed supply, for cost savings and precision of ration, they believe. Sand is used as bedding in loafing stalls. “It’s actually very favorable in terms of mastitis,” Jesse said. The sand settles out as heavier before the manure is disposed of. Land for dairy farming gets to be competitively sought in Whatcom County, and the Engelsmas do rent from some neighbors. “You can always have more (land), but we have enough for where we are with our manure management,” Jesse said. They use custom people for ma-
nure pumping and also silage harvest. A breeder’s visit can be counted on every day of the year except Christmas — “the only day of the year they take off,” Jesse said. The schedule requires staying on top of where all cows and heifers are at in their cycles, and having them ready in place for service that day if required. The veterinarian’s visit once Jesse Engelsma has fed the heifers and cows close per week for a herd health check to calving their own particular feed ration. also helps with the breeding prothat in 2018 the farmgate milk price cess. Jesse was 13 years old when the rises from its less-than-break-even family made the move from Califor- level under $15 per hundredweight. nia. He has always been involved with His wife Lindy works nearly fullthe chores of a dairy farm and did not time as a nurse in Bellingham “to supmind them at all — different from his port our dairy habit,” he jokes. siblings in that way — so he seems to The family definitely works tobe the designated person to become gether to embrace the dairying lifestyle here in Lynden and is committed his dad’s partner. “I’ve always helped out on the farm to it at 9039 Bender Rd. into the foreand enjoyed it — enjoyed it enough to seeable future, Jesse says — even with stay, I guess,” he says, although there the growth of town to the south across are some days he might wonder, he Badger Road visible to them each day. – Calvin Bratt adds with a laugh. Dairy farmers hope
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2017 Whatcom County Statistical Progress Report 2007 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Herds Completing Year 58 56 50 45 41 38 29 28 Cows Completing Year
15,312 13,058 12,466 10,073 11,902 11,289 10,310 10,235
Average Herd Size — Cows 264 237 255 238 250 297 303 310 Average Production Per Cow Milk
24,241 21,454 21,559 21,238 22,071 21,496 22,931 21,751
Fat
876 846 853 864 904 894 967 935
Protein
693 669 609 685 706 699 739 707
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2017 High Milk Herds Name
% Days x3
No. Cows
% Days Milk
Avg. Milk
Avg. Fat
Avg. Protein
Avg. Energy Cor. Milk
Breed
JERSEYS Lenssen Dairy
100
59
87
22,248 1,015
756
26,188
J
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
100
331
88
21,754 1,068
745
26,629
J
Vander Haak Dairy
100
128
86
18,036 1,091
679
25,207
J
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
115
84
17,279
868
631
21,705
J
Spoelstra Dairy L.L.C.
157
87
16,465
914
622
21,948
J
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
516
87
16,223
879
620
21,419
J
100
Lagerwey Jerseys
74
85.3 15,344
698
567
18,366
J
Silver Springs Creamery
32
78.3 11,621
628
441
15,284
J
GUERNSEYS Rozelyn Farm
80
83.5 17,542
849
622
21,458
G
Summit Ridge Guernseys
25
84.3 16,283
699
554
18,587
G
Myshan Dairy
34
85.2 12,561
564
440
14,755
G
22,925 1,078
764
27,286
B
700
611
19,781
B
25,996 1,109
843
29,294
X
BROWN SWISS Vander Haak Dairy
100
Laird Dairy LLC
8
89
45
86.7 18,570
89
X Breed Lenssen Dairy
100
83
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
35
1,039
87.3 20,326
918
695
23,817
X
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
192
85.9 19,955
907
680
23,439
X
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
116
89
19,544 1,096
721
26,085
X
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2017 Annual Herd Summary — Official Herds Name
% Days x3
No. Cows
% Days Milk
Avg. Milk
Avg. Fat
Avg. Protein
Avg. Energy Cor. Milk
Breed
HOLSTEINS TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc 100
411
90
26,344 1,194
841
30,494
H
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
100
1,112
90
27,915 1,068
848
29,429
H
Vander Haak Dairy
100
435
88
26,052 1,139
799
29,365
H
Sterk Dairy
100
515
89.2
25,467 1,127
803
29,025
H
Lenssen Dairy
100
574
89
27,308 1,056
835
28,976
H
Clearbrook Holsteins
100
202
92.9
25,988 1,063
830
28,572
H
Ronelee Farm
100
317
88.7
25,640 1,075
801
28,393
H
Vreugdenhil Farms
100
885
88.9
26,654
956
843
27,503
H
83
91.7
24,457 1,017
798
27,232
H
501
87
23,916
952
761
25,955
H
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
77
89
23,680
962
748
25,908
H
Cedar Park Dairy LLC
386
88.9
22,740
955
713
25,222
H
Summit Ridge Holsteins
194
86.3
24,878
858
762
25,037
H
Bosscher Farms
87
85.7
23,064
895
714
24,559
H
R B Dairy
77
90.9
22,510
908
706
24,485
H
Jim Heeringa
723
88.9
22,511
880
731
24,313
H
Van Dyk-K
44
88.6
22,536
860
705
23,864
H
Hillview Dairy
440
88.3
20,487
888
667
23,227
H
River View Dairy
138
89
20,710
804
637
22,025
H
Rozelyn Holsteins Van Dyk-S Holsteins
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Name
2017 Annual Herd Summary — Official Herds % Days x3
No. Cows
% Days Milk
Avg. Milk
Avg. Fat
Avg. Protein
Avg. Energy Cor. Milk
Breed
JERSEY HERDS Eaglemill Farms, LLC
100
331
88
21,754
1,068
745
26,629
J
Lenssen Dairy
100
59
87
22,248
1,015
756
26,188
J
Vander Haak Dairy
100
128
86
18,036
1,091
679
25,207
J
Spoelstra Dairy L.L.C.
157
87
16,465
914
622
21,948
J
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
115
84
17,279
868
631
21,705
J
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
516
87
16,223
879
620
21,419
J
100
Lagerwey Jerseys
74
85.3
15,344
698
567
18,366
J
Silver Springs Creamery
32
78.3
11,621
628
441
15,284
J
89
22,925
1,078
764
27,286
B
45
86.7
18,570
700
611
19,781
B
Rozelyn Farm
80
83.5
17,542
849
622
21,458
G
Summit Ridge Guernseys
25
84.3
16,283
699
554
18,587
G
Myshan Dairy
34
85.2
12,561
564
440
14,755
G
100
83
89
25,996
1,109
843
29,294
X
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc 100
116
89
19,544
1,096
721
26,085
X
1,039
87.3
20,326
918
695
23,817
X
192
85.9
19,955
907
680
23,439
X
BROWN SWISS Vander Haak Dairy
100
Laird Dairy LLC
8
GUERNSEY
CROSS BREED Lenssen Dairy Van Dyk-S Holsteins
100
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
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2017 Washington State DHI Averages By Breed Energy Breed Herds Milk Fat Protein Cor. Milk
Ayrshire 2 17,295 774 539 19,775 Brown Swiss 3 19,733 784 678 21,751 Guernsey 5 16,784 784 580 20,050 Holstein 60 23,608 928 748 25,425 Jersey 16 14,892 741 551 18,655 Milking Short Horn 1 5,989 258 200 6,820 Cross Breed 14 17,854 747 589 19,992
Energy GOATS Breed Herds Milk Fat Protein Cor. Milk
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C D E La Mancha Nubians S Experimental
4 2,303 85 1 1,614 62
2 2,488 88 18 620 38 2 2,116 95 6 2,015 82 10 1,620 79 3 1,692 59 9 1,798 68
71 2,387 50 1,711
72 2,496 24 895 72 2,459 65 2,209 62 2,023 48 1,689 60 1,931
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Clallam Bi-State Clark-Cowlitz Grant Greys Harbor King Kittitas Lewis Pierce Skagit-Island Snohomish Inland Empire Thurston Walla Walla Whatcom (Official) Yakima
2017 Association Averages Average Herds Herd Size
1 1 10 3 11 2 12 1 26 12 28 4 34 4 38 1 42 11 54 1 58 7 62 9 64 8 66 1 68 1 72 2 74 28 78 4
TOTAL 101
99 188 97 367 1,053 115 167 108 194 13 347 482 95 108 40 1,853 310 1,812 442
Pounds Milk
20,535 17,400 26,002 26,548 24,736 18,168 13,048 18,484 17,649 12,454 17,152 23,823 19,187 22,237 14,178 29,504 21,756 21,376 20,677
Pounds Pounds Energy Fat Protein Corrected Milk
836 805 996 1,015 1,005 760 597 747 692 663 682 923 778 859 668 1,150 935 866 852
958 596 844 818 793 614 455 599 563 480 551 748 640 703 502 935 707 697
24,822 20,649 27,812 28,042 27,129 20,448 15,452 20,270 19,016 16,306 18,631 25,428 21,213 23,738 17,102 31,640 24,596 23,497
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NO. 1 MILK PRODUCING BROWN SWISS HERD: Vander Haak Dairy, 690 Visser Rd., Lynden. From left: Steve and Dean Vander Haak.
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2017 Production Queens Holsteins Energy Corrected Milk
LACTATION #1 CTL Herd
No.
Breed
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
ECM Milk Fat Protein
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
6825
H
02-00
305
38,561
1476
1148
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
1048
H
01-11
305
34,498
1354
965
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
812
H
01-11
305
33,937
1253
960
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
892
H
02-02
305
33,268
1249
911
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
799
H
02-00
305
33,039
1313
876
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
6435
H
01-11
305
32,303
1423
701
Lenssen Dairy
3915
H
01-11
305
32,248
1180
900
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
852
H
02-01
305
31,986
1260
869
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
992
H
01-10
305
31,972
1178
926
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
922
H
02-02
305
31,858
1204
930
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
9300
H
02-03
305
31,743
1202
867
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
1036
H
01-10
305
31,538
1293
824
Vander Haak Dairy
5721
H
02-00
305
31,359
1207
814
Sterk Dairy
2865
H
02-04
305
31,334
1214
865
Sterk Dairy
2889
H
02-05
305
31,207
1203
865
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
1000
H
02-00
305
31,159
1206
838
LACTATION #2 Herd
CTL No. Breed
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
ECM Milk Fat Protein
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
507
H
03-01
305
44,401
1868
1078
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
651
H
03-01
305
42,516
1759
1039
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
703
H
03-00
305
40,540
1722
987
Clearbrook Holsteins
115
H
03-11
305
40,005
1530
1073
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
543
H
03-02
305
39,781
1649
1046
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
539
H
03-04
305
39,702
1508
1108
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
663
H
02-11
305
39,248
1345
1157
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
584
H
02-11
305
38,930
1599
968
Clearbrook Holsteins
51
H
04-01
305
38,908
1413
1063
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
537
H
03-06
305
38,757
1500
1036
Sterk Dairy
2626
H
03-00
305
38,538
1634
1007
Ronelee Farm
2274
H
03-02
305
38,370
1543
1087
Vander Haak Dairy
5464
H
02-11
305
38,223
1654
931
Vander Haak Dairy
5427
H
02-11
305
38,201
1539
1004
Clearbrook Holsteins
133
H
03-08
305
38,126
1324
1132
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
497
H
03-05
305
38,042
1460
1039
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
736
H
02-09
305
37,828
1531
984
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NO. 1
NO. 8
MILK PRODUCING GUERNSEY HERD:
MILK PRODUCING HOLSTEIN HERD:
Rozelyn Farm, 9265 Double Ditch Rd., Lynden. From left: Leon and Greg Zweegman.
Sterk Dairy, 6432 Chasteen Rd., Lynden. From left: Kevin and John Sterk.
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LACTATION #3 CTL
Herd
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Clearbrook Holsteins Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Eaglemill Farms, LLC TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Eaglemill Farms, LLC Eaglemill Farms, LLC TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Van Dyk-S Holsteins
No.
240 384 359 408 268 1939 2374 2478 274 2391 7601 307 2408 2246 2451 311 7646 7883 273 5411
Breed H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
Age at Calving 04-09 04-05 04-03 04-01 04-00 05-08 03-10 04-01 03-11 04-04 04-08 04-04 04-03 04-08 04-03 03-11 04-05 04-06 04-04 03-11
Days in Milk 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305
ECM Milk
55,401 47,281 44,454 41,684 40,854 40,011 39,904 39,591 39,412 39,315 39,026 38,978 38,822 38,756 38,520 38,512 38,190 38,081 38,052 39,361
Fat
2176 1901 1850 1625 1618 1700 1731 1853 1625 1652 1558 1404 1639 1601 1716 1550 1301 1437 1526 1558
Protein 1477 1171 1138 1157 1042 1004 959 898 979 952 1013 1076 970 1011 926 975 1035 1079 994 1015
NO. 9
NO. 10
MILK PRODUCING HOLSTEIN HERD:
MILK PRODUCING HOLSTEIN HERD:
Summit Ridge Holsteins, 6343 Church Rozelyn Holsteins, 9265 Double Ditch Rd., Ferndale. From left: Kyle, Ryan, Lisa Rd., Lynden. From left: Leon and Greg and Kent Erickson. Zweegman. Page 22
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LACTATION #4 CTL Herd
No.
Breed
Age at Calving
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Lenssen Dairy TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Clearbrook Holsteins TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Clearbrook Holsteins TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Lenssen Dairy Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy
51 2213 2079 2055 1468 2767 1484 1855 130 1905 58 2257 2766 2321 2199
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
05-04 05-01 05-07 05-07 05-07 04-11 05-08 06-07 05-04 05-09 05-04 04-10 05-04 04-10 05-00
LACTATION #5 & Over CTL Herd
No.
Breed
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Van Dyk-S Holsteins Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy Eaglemill Farms, LLC TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Eaglemill Farms, LLC Sterk Dairy Vander Haak Dairy Sterk Dairy TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Lenssen Dairy Sterk Dairy Lenssen Dairy Clearbrook Holsteins TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Sterk Dairy Sterk Dairy
1203 1360 2061 134 1816 1346 6372 1397 5333 1995 4634 1876 1027 2066 1489 2488 1870 1379 1532 1784
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
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Age at Calving 06-06 06-01 05-07 06-03 06-04 09-02 06-06 06-03 08-04 05-10 06-02 06-05 07-05 07-06 08-04 06-01 06-05 06-04 08-06 07-03
Days in Milk
ECM Milk
305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 304
45,123 45,003 44,659 42,202 41,755 40,977 40,750 40,410 40,344 40,299 40,210 39,977 39,273 39,164 39,158
1749 1824 1954 2043 1590 1587 1610 1497 1515 1662 1753 1623 1570 1669 1884
Days in Milk
ECM Milk
Fat
305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305
45,159 44,440 43,677 41,752 38,701 38,406 38,222 37,900 37,865 37,829 37,295 37,210 36,919 36,574 36,545 36,377 36,074 35,966 35,954 35,916
1813 1781 2015 1578 1584 1520 1437 1434 1541 1552 1370 1725 1512 1358 1497 1405 1395 1440 1467 1297
Fat
Protein 1180 1126 984 765 1170 1074 1088 1090 1169 1073 954 1039 1087 944 805
Protein 1185 1123 916 1228 935 982 1030 985 946 969 974 749 926 1005 951 908 1013 972 908 990 Page 23
NO. 2
NO. 3
MILK PRODUCING JERSEY HERD:
MILK PRODUCING JERSEY HERD:
Eaglemill Farms LLC, 1364 Abbott Rd., Lynden. From left: Denny Holz and Felipe Mendez.
Vander Haak Dairy, 690 Visser Rd., Lynden. From left: Steve and Dean Vander Haak.
NO. 4
NO. 5
MILK PRODUCING JERSEY HERD:
MILK PRODUCING JERSEY HERD:
Vander Veen Dairy, 1730 Pangborn Rd., Lynden. Vander Veen family, from left, Tim, Katelyn, Ella and Mindy.
Spoelstra Dairy, 1294 Pangborn Rd., Lynden. From left: Leonard and Jon Spoelstra.
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2017 Production Queens - Jerseys Energy Corrected Milk
LACTATION #1 Herd
CTL No. Breed
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
ECM Milk Fat Protein
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
1465
J
02-00
305
27,441
1061
780
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
1638
J
02-00
305
27,295
1158
722
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
2545
J
01-10
305
27,083
1230
645
Lenssen Dairy
3693
J
01-11
305
26,858
1079
751
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
1501
J
02-00
298
26,579
1037
782
LACTATION #2 Herd
CTL No. Breed
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
ECM Milk Fat Protein
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
9274
J
03-02
305
32,201
1301
932
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
8818
J
03-01
305
31,846
1288
876
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
9309
J
03-01
305
31,797
1298
865
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
9323
J
03-01
305
31,571
1385
866
Vreugdenhil Farms
6460
J
03-01
290
31,410
1092
947
ECM Milk
Fat
Protein
LACTATION #3 Herd
CTL No. Breed
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
5633
J
03-10
305
38,451
1784
949
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
8095
J
04-06
305
35,258
1513
930
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
8173
J
04-05
305
32,834
1408
879
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
8674
J
03-11
305
32,174
1441
834
Lenssen Dairy
3096
J
04-01
305
32,149
1300
886
Age at Calving
Days in Milk
Fat
Protein
LACTATION #4 Herd
CTL No. Breed
ECM Milk
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
7664
J
05-01
305
32,212
1309
860
Vander Haak Dairy
4777
J
05-07
305
31,681
1503
775
Vanderveen Dairy LLC
858
J
05-03
305
31,460
1252
943
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
7488
J
05-02
305
30,970
1286
907
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
7430
J
05-06
305
30,736
1283
859
Days in Milk
ECM Milk
Fat
Protein
LACTATION #5 & Over Herd
CTL No. Breed
Age at Calving
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
5
J
06-06
305
35,380
1465
990
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
483
J
06-09
305
33,322
1448
888
Eaglemill Farms, LLC
6701
J
06-10
305
32,803
1426
809
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
35
J
06-01
305
30,575
1213
843
Van Dyk-S Holsteins
3
J
05-10
305
30,474
1333
877
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Energy Corrected Milk
2017 Production Queens - Guernseys
Herd
CTL
Age at
Days
LACTATION #1
No.
Calving
in Milk
Rozelyn Farm Rozelyn Farm
LACTATION #2
Rozelyn Farm Rozelyn Farm
LACTATION #3
Rozelyn Farm Rozelyn Farm
LACTATION #4
Rozelyn Farm Rozelyn Farm
LACTATION #5 & Over
Rozelyn Farm Rozelyn Farm
Breed
ECM Fat
Protein
90 37
G G
02-01 02-02
305 305
25,971 21,770
Milk
985 863
745 619
83 88
G G
03-02 02-11
305 305
32,530 27,637
1140 1034
87 77
G G
04-01 04-06
305 305
29,175 27,870
1135 1067
836 828
4 45
G G
05-03 05-07
305 305
32,154 29,058
1195 1175
961 848
51 43
G G
06-05 08-08
305 305
30,219 27,771
1201 1145
855 775
1013 826
2017 Production Queens - Brown Swiss
Herd LACTATION #1 Vander Haak Dairy Vander Haak Dairy
LACTATION #2
Vander Haak Dairy Laird Dairy LLC
LACTATION #3
Vander Haak Dairy Laird Dairy LLC
LACTATION #4
Vander Haak Dairy Laird Dairy LLC
LACTATION #5 & Over Laird Dairy LLC Laird Dairy LLC
Age at
Days
No. 5756 5617
CTL
Breed B B
Calving 02-00 02-00
in Milk 305 305
Milk 28,871 22,950
ECM
Fat 1185 897
Protein 766 639
5466 1334
B B
03-00 03-03
305 305
28,110 22,125
1145 714
789 714
4953 8779
B B
04-10 05-03
305 303
31,165 24,903
1288 853
851 764
4697 3302
B B
05-11 05-05
305 305
31,601 23,459
1255 811
882 707
645 916
B B
07-05 06-10
305 305
27,412 25,901
1020 912
813 722
2017 Production Queens - Crossbreeds Herd LACTATION #1 TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc
LACTATION #2
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Lenssen Dairy
LACTATION #3
TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc LACTATION #4 TJ Veen Acres Farm Inc Lenssen Dairy
LACTATION #5 & OVER
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Age at
Days
No. 947 902
CTL
Breed X X
Calving 02-00 02-02
in Milk 305 305
Milk 34,294 31,064
ECM
Fat 1452 1328
Protein 892 859
540 3311
X X
03-02 03-00
305 305
37,942 36,037
1428 1356
1119 1059
321 354
X X
04-02 04-05
305 305
40,347 40,180
1699 1605
1049 1074
111 2881
X X
05-02 05-01
305 305
39,367 38,361
1692 1539
1003 1016
6901 7127
X X
06-05 06-00
305 305
43,732 42,835
1734 1632
1239 1287
2017 DHIA Annual Report
Whatcom County DHIA Statement of Income & Expenses 2017 COW RECORDS Lab Processed INCOME: Testing and Meter Fees
Annual 2016 140,025 134,700
Interest and Finance Charges
TOTAL INCOME EXPENSES: Wages LABOR
Payroll Taxes Health Insurance Life Insurance Vacation
SUBTOTAL LABOR OVERHEAD
232,784 624
238,441 54
233,408
238,495
78,922 80,321 7,251 7,502 21,047 22,531 240 300 4,684 5,410
112,144
Accounting/Bookkeeping Annual Meeting B&O Tax Depreciation Director’s Meetings Dues Herd Management Reports Insurance Meter Maintenance Office Supplies Postage Supplies Taxes & Licenses Telephone/Electricity Washington DHIA Fees
116,064
10,100 2,175 2,194 751 527 10 1,971 1,991 2,114 779 24 885 214 2,311 94,426
TOTAL OVERHEAD 120,471 TOTAL EXPENSES 232,615 PROFIT (LOSS*) $ 792
9,730 1,859 2,704 175 334 10 1,289 1,987 2,359 2,403 22 938 209 2,265 97,997
124,281 240,345 $ (1,850)
Whatcom County DHIA Comparative Balance Sheet — 2017 DECEMBER 31, 2016
DECEMBER 31,2017
ASSETS:
$ 26,913 $ 39,134 Cash $ 33,243 22,950 Accounts Receivable 47,957 Equipment 846 47,286 671 Accumulated Depreciation $ 61,002 $ 62,755 Total Assets LIABILIITES $ 4,683 $ 5,410 Vacation Payable 1,756 2,516 Accounts Payable 355 2,471 Accrued Payroll Taxes 6,794 10,397 Total Liabilities NET WORTH 53,416 54,208 Net Worth January 1 792 (1,850) Profit or (Loss) 54,208 52,358 Total Net Worth TOTAL NET WORTH AND LIABILITIES
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