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Tom Hastings presents a new fishing pole to Maury Cox (right) for his retirement.

Maury Cox Retires From KDDC Reprinted with permission from Farmers Pride

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hen Maury Cox stepped down from the podium on February 26, at the Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual meeting, he had a fishing pole in his hand and eleven years at the helm of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council and would begin his retirement on March 1.

Cox began his role as the director of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council in 2008 with considerable experience in many areas of the dairy industry which enabled him to see

the real needs of dairy farms and set the agenda for the newly formed KDDC.

Cox grew up on a dairy farm in Shelby County and did all the things that dairy farm kids were doing including showing cows and dairy judging in 4-H and FFA.

After attending Eastern Kentucky University, Cox came back to the farm for a while and then worked for a feed and nutrition company. He worked for Kentucky Artificial Insemination Select Sires for 14 and a half years, teaching AI schools and with AI routes and sold genetics improvement - semen. He then went to work for Dean’s Food as a quality person at the farm level - a Continued on page 5

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2018 KDDC Board of Directors & Staff

President’s Corner

Executive Committee

he KDDC Board of Directors met March 22, and interviewed four final candidates for the Executive Director position. At the end of the day, the board selected H.H. Barlow as the new Executive Director. H. Barlow will begin his new duties on May1. I want to thank the KDDC Personnel Committee for their efforts. We interviewed nine candidates on three different occasions before narrowing the list to four finalists for the board interview.

President: Richard Sparrow Vice President: Charles Townsend, DVM Sec./Treasurer: Tom Hastings EC Member: Tony Cowherd EC Member: Freeman Brundige EC Past President: Bob Klingenfus

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District 1: Freeman Brundige 731.446.6248 District 2: Josh Duvall 270.535.6533 District 3: Keith Long 270.670.1388 District 4: Bill Crist Jr. 270.590.3185 District 5: Tony Compton 270.378.0525 District 6: Mark Williams 270.427.0796 District 7: Greg Goode 606.303.2150 District 8: Steve Weaver 270.475.3154 District 9: Jerry Gentry 606.875.2526 District 10: Richard Sparrow 502.370.6730 District 11: Stewart Jones 270.402.4805 District 12: John Kuegel 270.316.0351 Equipment: Tony Cowherd 270.469.0398 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: Justin Olson 765.499.4817 Veterinary: Dr. Charles Townsend 270.726.4041 Finance: Michael Smith 859.619.4995 Former Pres.: Bob Klingenfus 502.817.3165

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I know you will join me in wishing H. H. Barlow much success in leading KDDC to continued impact on the Kentucky Dairy Industry.

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Barlow Selected to Lead KDDC

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. H. Barlow III, a life-long dairy farmer from Barren County, has been selected to lead the Kentucky Dairy Development Council (KDDC) as the new Executive Director as of May 1, 2019. He follows Maury Cox, who retired at the end of February after holding the position for the past 10 years.

H. and his wife Kathy, own and operate Barlu Dairy in Cave City. They are currently milking 120 Jerseys. They have four adult children - Gini Lin, Brad, JP and Josh. They also have 14 grandchildren. They are members of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Glasgow.

Mr. Barlow graduated from the University of Kentucky and has worked for 34 years in feed sales in addition to his dairy farm. He is a past board member for the KY Agricultural

Development Board; he served on the KY Agricultural Council; he was chosen to serve on the U.S. Board for International Food & Agricultural Development; he was the chair of the founding committee for the KDDC and served on the KDDC board six years; he served on the Lone Star Milk Cooperative board of directors for 11 years; and he served on the ADA of KY/SUDIA board for 11 years.

When asked why he wanted to become the KDDC Executive Director, H. stated that he is very passionate about the dairy industry, always has been. He plans to work with the four KDDC dairy consultants to help improve the profitability and sustainability of Kentucky’s dairy farm families. He fully understands the challenges that dairy farmers are facing, but he is very hopeful for future improved conditions within the industry. He plans to work closely with Kentucky’s dairy farmers, Governor’s Office of Ag Policy, KY Dept of Agriculture and all allied industry relating to dairy. He feels that teamwork and networking will be a key part of the job as he moves forward in this new position and is looking forward to working with all of Kentucky’s dairy industry.

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It was in 2003 while working for Dean’s that Cox saw the need for an organization that would represent the state’s dairy producers. He wrote a “white paper” that outlined seven recommendations that he felt were essential for the dairy industry in Kentucky to grow.

Over the next two years with the help of many dairyman and with funding from the Governor’s Ag Development Council and using much of Cox’s white paper as the guide KDDC became a legal entity in 2005. Cox became the second executive director in May of 2008, after serving as the director of the three dairy consultants hired in 2007.

Cox feels that the most critical aspect of his role was adhering to the mission of the KDDC “For me, our primary goal, our mission - everything we did had to be to educate and promote dairy farmers, everything we did had to flow from that.” Specifically, Cox said the KDDC had to help dairy farmers have more profit, be sustainable, have a better quality of life and encourage an environment for the future.

Profitability was a measurable objective. Kentucky was recognized as the top state for increased production by USDA for the five years of 2012-2017. Kentucky dairy farmers averaged

“We started doing some calculations and saw what a better financial situation that gave farmers.”, Cox noted

Another accomplishment Cox sighted was an increase in milk quality with somatic cell numbers going from down from 400,000 to 251,000 according to DHIA figures.

While there have been many successes during his tenure, Cox said that overcoming the negativity that constantly plagues any industry was a challenge. He said there are always those folks that want to tear down rather than build up But the biggest obstacle Cox had during this tenure is the current milk marketing system.

Cox adamantly said, “The system in which KY dairy farmers and southeast dairy farmers market is a system that devalues local milk It hurts our dairy farmers. What we have seen happening is a product of this.”

But even with the challenges, Cox sites the people he has worked with through all areas as being the best part of his career.

He laughed when he said “ When I was in AI industry, I never saw a cow that put her head over the fence and say she wanted a unit of a particular bull,, but the farmers did, they were prepared and knew what they wanted to do. We love our cows, but more importantly, we love the people we interact with.”

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Over 300 Attend Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual Meeting

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he Kentucky Dairy Partners annual meeting was held February 26 and 27 at the Sloan Convention Center with 100 dairy families- over 300 people registered for the conference.

The conference is a joint effort between the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, the University of Kentucky Dairy Extension, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Dairy Alliance/ADA of Kentucky to provide an opportunity for the state’s dairy producers to attend educational workshops, visit with trade representatives as well as network with each other.

The two-day conference has two components. The first day is for KDDC Young Producers as well as the ADA of Kentucky Board meeting. The second day brings in the next group of producers. However, both days are chocked full of workshops with practical, profit-making education from producers, Extension specialists, veterinarians, and financial advisors.

Two speakers had spots on the program on both days.

Pam Selz-Praille and Scott Praille, from Humbird, Wisconsin milk 450 registered Holsteins in a new double ten milking parlor.

Selz-Praille Dairy believes that the building block of a successful dairy is healthy calves. The Selz-Praille presented a virtual tour of their dairy operation that highlighted Pam’s moving the calf operation from individual calf care to mob feeding in a barn with positive pressure ventilation. Learn more at: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=wFX5ujYamXc The Selz-Praille Dairy also is recognized for being a leading dairy in the use of activity and rumination technology. They use shredlage processing for brown midrib (BMR) corn silage and incorporate Berga (palm fat) into the ration, Selz-Praille Dairy’s Aftershock 3918 cow is the current world record holder for milk production - producing 78,170 pounds of 4.5% fat milk while living 365 days in a free stall environment.

Another presenter for both days was Dr. Leo Timms an Extension Dairy Specialist at Iowa State University who spoke about the importance of day-to-day milking machine maintenance and also about troubleshooting milk quality. One time-saving procedure Dr. Timms encouraged was a two teat dip cup, rather than one teat, which would be a time-saving measure in managing milk quality. Timms also had a third presentation on deciding what to do with problem cows.

Doug Ackerman, CEO of the Dairy Alliance, gave the keynote speech “Keeping the next Generation on the Farm” at the awards banquet. Ackerman said that the top 5 goals or key strategic initiatives for The Dairy Alliance were to; 1. Improve internal and external communication; 2. Increase focus on region vs. state, 3. Evaluate programs; 4. Develop an optimal organizational structure, and 5. Assess market expansion strategies.

Ackerman also showed a series of short social media videos that The Dairy Alliance had produced to market milk on The Dairy Alliance Facebook page. He also explained how dairy producers are bringing restaurants such as Logan’s Roadhouse to farms to see how well cows are cared for and literally where milk comes from.

Terry Rowlett, Campbellsburg, who started in the dairy business in 1974 and milks 73 Holstein and Jersey cows summed

(L-R) Maury Cox, Ron Fenton, and Ralph Schweitzer Dairy Person of the Year

up why it was important for dairy producers to come to the annual meeting. Rowlett said there were three main reasons to attend the Dairy Partners Annual Meeting. He said producers get there and see friends and other producers and industry people whom they haven’t see all year. Producers listen to presentations to get caught up on the latest technology and the latest happenings in the industry.

However, he also felt a lot of the hallway talk is as beneficial as some of the presentations. Producers find that no matter how bad their operation is, there are others in the same situation they are.

Rowlett felt the program was very well structured and that the farmers could gain a good deal of knowledge and the program was geared to increase production and profitability.

He explained that even though there are very few if any dairies that are expanding, the information that can be gleaned from listening to larger producers such as Selz-Praille is very beneficial.

Rowlett recounted when his father asked him why he wanted to go on tours and see all those big dairies. “My father said why do you want to see all that we will never have anything like that and I said no, but you can listen and look and you can bring away concepts that we can apply here. We don’t have to build on the scale they have, but we can take the ideas they use and build upon that. It’s the same way attending the annual meeting, people talking about what they did and how they did, and the producers can take a concept and bring that into their operation on a smaller scale size then that’s the reason to come Reprinted with permission from Farmers Pride.

Scott Pralle, Selz Pralle Dairy, talks to the group.

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2018 KDDC District Proficiency Awards Top Herds - 3.5% Fat Corrected RHA Milk by District

District County Producer

RHA Milk Fat Protein 1-1st Place Caldwell TROYER DAIRY 24594 960 745 1-2nd Place TRIGG JACOB ESH 22720 900 684 1-3RD Place TRIGG AARON ESH 22302 780 668 2- 1ST Place BUTLER H&S DAIRY 30718 1086 896 2-2ND Place LOGAN ROBEY FARMS 30513 1071 900 2-3rd Place WARREN BILL AND GAIL BALANCE 27818 984 812 3-1st Place BARREN BRIAN PEDEN/PEDEN DAIRY 31639 1080 1000 3-2ND Place BARREN KEN MATTINGLY 25145 893 768 3-3RD Place BARREN DON AND JEREMY KINSLOW 24845 882 748 4-1ST Place METCALFE BILL CRIST/CRIST DAIRY 27322 953 812 4-2ND Place GREEN KEITH MOSS/MOSS DAIRY 21967 784 672 4-3RD Place GREEN JIM SIDEBOTTOM 19692 578 743 5-1ST Place TAYLOR COWHERD DAIRY 27559 975 846 5-2ND Place TAYLOR CORBIN BROTHER’S DAIRY 27503 984 835 5-3RD Place ADAIR H AND H DAIRY 25281 862 800 6-1ST Place MONROE RIDGE TOP DAIRY/ 25923 936 783 JOSH WILLIAMS 6-2ND Place RUSSELL RUSSELLWAY HOLSTEINS/ 22061 816 690 ROSS RUSSELL 6-3RD Place RUSSELL S HANE ROY 19598 707 572 7-1ST Place LINCOLN KENNETH & MATTHEW HORST/ 31722 1092 941 SCENIC VIEW DAIRY 7-2ND Place LINCOLN DARREL L. HORST 28340 997 852 7-3RD Place LINCOLN LEON HORST 27103 926 821 8-1ST Place CHRISTIAN DAVID WEAVER 29052 1043 824 8-2ND Place CHRISTIAN NOAH WEAVER 27006 970 772 8-3RD Place CHRISTIAN JAMES L NOLT 24790 860 764 9-1ST Place FAYETTE UK COLDSTREAM DAIRY HERDS 27418 1001 825 9-2ND Place PULASKI MERVIN WEBER 25252 900 761 9-3RD Place MADISON STATELAND DAIRY 24960 909 732 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 10-1ST Place OWEN RICHARD SPARROW 31552 1217 973 FAIRDALE FARMS 10-2ND Place MERCER KEIGHTLEY-CORE 22116 904 661 JEFF CORE 10-3RD Place SHELBY GUY GRUBBS & BILLY MCKINNEY 19359 718 563 11-1ST Place MARION BRENT & MICHAEL MASTERSON 29295 1095 821 TRI-MAST DAIRY 11-2ND Place MARION RIVERBEND FARMS 25069 888 750 RUDY AND JOHN BALL 11-3RD Place WASHINGTON RINEY DAIRY LLC 23835 850 689 BILLY RINEY, JR 12-1ST Place GRAYSON LONGVIEW FARMS 26266 938 815 LARRY EMBRY 12-2ND Place HART FOREVER FARMS 23366 850 704 BONNIE AND DAVID SAMMONS 12-3RD Place HARDIN AUBIN & GLENN MATTINGLY 21897 763 670

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Congratulations

2018 KENTUCKY PRODUCTION AWARDS TOP OVERALL HERD – 3.5% FAT CORRECTED RHA Milk Overall Kenneth & Matthew Horst SCENIC VIEW DAIRY Waynesburg, KY

31,722 M

1,092 F

941 P

SECOND PLACE HERD – 3.5% FAT CORRECTED RHA Milk Overall Brian Peden PEDEN DAIRY Glasgow, KY

31,639 M

1,080 F

1,000 P

THIRD PLACE HERD – 3.5% FAT CORRECTED RHA Milk Overall Richard Sparrow FAIRDALE FARMS Owenton, KY

31,552 M

1,217 F

973 P

28,340 M

997 F

852 P

2018 Dairy Proficiency Winner

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Burkmann would like to congratulate Maury Cox on his retirement and thank him for his many contributions to the dairy farm families of Kentucky.

Maury’s passion and unending commitment to the industry was a wonderful gift to us all and we wish our friend the very best in his future endeavors.

We also want to congratulate HH Barlow on his acceptance of the Executive Directors position at KDDC. At Burkmann we have enjoyed a long and happy working relationship with Mr. Barlow and we look forward to continuing that relationship as he moves into this exciting new position. Like Maury he has a strong passion for the dairy industry and is committed to seeing Kentucky move forward.

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The Kentucky 4-H Dairy Program Provides Learning Opportunities George Heersche, University of Kentucky, Dairy Extension

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he 4-H Dairy program provides many positive educational experiences for our youth. I encourage youth to become involved in as many as possible. Some of the opportunities are listed below: Animal ownership: A lot of great things happen when kids and calves and kids and cows get together. I do not know of a better way for youth to develop pride of ownership, learn responsibility, learn husbandry skills, and to have the motivation to learn about nutrition, reproduction, genetics, etc. Kentucky also has a non-ownership dairy program for 4-H members who do not have the opportunity to own their own registered animals.

Showing: Many youth enjoy showing their animals. Multiple opportunities to exhibit project animals are available in Kentucky.

Dairy Jeopardy Contest: Dairy Jeopardy is an academic challenge experience for youth. It is an event which encourages youth to expand their knowledge base about all facets of the dairy industry.

4-H Clubs: Involvement in 4-H clubs develop many skills including leadership and personal interrelationship skills.

Junior Leadership Workshops:

The National 4-H Dairy Conference held in Madison, Wisconsin during the World Dairy Expo provides an excellent opportunity for youth from the United States and Canada to get acquainted, share ideas and learn about the dairy industry.

Kentucky 4-H sends a delegation most years.

The Southeast Dairy Youth Retreat is an annual event rotated by states in the southeast. Youth can attend educational sessions, visit farms and tour the area where the meeting is hosted. We

sent a delegation in 2018 and hope to continue participating.

Judging: Dairy cattle evaluation develops many life skills including observation, simultaneous evaluation of multiple inputs, logical thinking, decision making and oral communication. The judging experience also provides an opportunity for youth to travel to new places, see new things and meet many dairy industry people. We have been fortunate to have four national champion 4-H teams. The trip our national championship teams took to Scotland was a life changing experience for our youth. We also had a very competitive team in 2018. They placed first in Brown Swiss, first in Jersey, second in Ayrshire, and second in reasons in the national Contest. The first training event is Dairy Cow Camp. The state contest is in June at the University of Kentucky Dairy Farm. Additional training is conducted during the summer and our teams compete in three national level contests every Fall.

Dairy U - Know Before You Show: This is a workshop to help youth learn all the things involved in preparing for and participating in cattle shows.

Dare to Dairy: This is a hands-on learning experience about dairy science and dairy cattle management held annually at the University of Kentucky Dairy Farm.

This table is the calendar of events for 2019. Larissa Tucker, University of Kentucky Senior Extension Associate, is in charge of the program. Information about the Kentucky 4-H Dairy Program can be obtained by contacting Larissa at larissa. tucker@uky.edu or George Heersche at gheersch@uky.edu. Of course, information is always available at your County Extension Office and our website: https://afs.ca.uky.edu/4h-youth/dairy or our Kentucky 4-H Dairy Facebook page.

Date

Event

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Date

Event

Location

04.20

4-H Dairy Cow Camp

Metcalfe County

07.11

Horse Cave District Dairy Show

Burley Fields Livestock Ctr

05.18

Dairy U: Showmanship Clinic

Burley Fields Livestock Ctr

07.17

Tollesboro District Dairy Show

Tollesboro Fairgrounds

06.01

Deadline for Kentucky 4-H Non-ownership Program

07.26

Kentucky Junior Livestock Expo

Bowling Green

06.01

Dairy Animal Ownership Deadline

AUG

Advanced 4-H Dairy Judging Workshops (These will be held on Saturdays)

06.01

Harrodsburg District Dairy Show

Mercer Co. Fairgrounds

08.14

KY State Fair Dairy Skillathon

KFEC

06.04

State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest

UK Coldstream Dairy

08.15

KY State Fair 4-H/FFA Dairy Shows

KFEC

06.08

Edmonton District Dairy Show

Metcalfe Co. Fairgrounds

08.15

Advanced 4-H Dairy Judging Workshop

KFEC

06.10

Kentucky Jr. Livestock Expo East

Morehead

09.16

PA All-American Invitational 4-H Dairy Judging Contest

Harrisburg, PA

06.21

Western Rivers KY Jr. Livestock Expo

Expo Center, Murray

09.29

06.29

Liberty District Dairy Show

Casey Co. Fairgrounds

09.30

07.02

Shelbyville District Dairy Show

National 4-H Dairy Conference

Registration Deadline: August 1, 2019

Madison, WI

National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest

World Dairy Expo Madison, WI

Shelby Co. Fairgrounds

Dare to Dairy

UK Coldstream Dairy

Virginia

11.08

North American Invitational 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest

KFEC Louisville, KY

11.09

North American Invitational Dairy Judging Contests

KFEC Louisville, KY

07.07

Southeast Dairy Youth Retreat

07.10

Kentucky State Fair Livestock Entry Deadline

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Kentucky Farm Bureau Update

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here are a couple of updates to follow, but first, Kentucky Farm Bureau recently introduced Ms. Emily Buckman as National Affairs Director. In her role, Ms. Buckman will monitor and analyze national legislative and regulatory proposals and coordinate any actions that may affect Kentucky Farm Bureau policy and Kentucky farmers. Born and raised on her family farm in Marion County, she spent the last decade working for the Federal government first as senior legislative aide for agricultural issues for Kentucky’s 2nd District Congressman, Brett Guthrie, then the past couple of years serving as a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Emily will be coordinating farm bill programs affecting the dairy industry.

USDA announced that dairy producers who elected to participate in the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle Program now can retroactively participate in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy for 2018 coverage. Sign-up will take place March 25 through May 10, 2019. The maximum direct program payment is estimated at more than $22,000 per enrolled operation for Tier 1 $8 coverage.

Sign-up opens today and will continue through May 10, 2019.

USDA will send a one-time payment to eligible producers. This retroactive sign-up is only for dairy producers with 2018 LGM coverage who produced and commercially marketed milk in 2018 but did not obtain full year MPP coverage. FSA will notify eligible producers by postcard and provide a one-time payment for all the months in 2018. Eligible producers can enroll during the sign-up period at their local USDA service center. To locate your office, visit www.farmers.gov.

During 2018 the Margin Protection Program for Dairy producers triggered program payments at the $7, $7.50 and $8 coverage levels. Sequestration-reduced program payments exceeded the premium rates for the $7.50 and $8 coverage levels and Tier 1 coverage only. Tier 2 coverage, more than 5 million pounds, has a larger premium rate and does not have a positive net benefit. Any milk covered more than 5 million pounds will reduce the net benefit of coverage.

Recently the USDA Farm Service Agency announced that the January 2019 dairy income over feed cost margin would trigger the first payment for eligible dairy producers who purchase the appropriate level of coverage under the new, but yet-to-be formalized Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. DMC, which replaces the Dairy Margin Protection Program under the past farm bill, is a voluntary risk management program for dairy producers. DMC offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all milk price and the average feed cost (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue announced that sign-up for DMC will likely open by mid-June of this year.

On the trade front, US trade representatives recently met with counterparts in China concerning the ongoing US-China trade dispute. Recently announced purchases of US agricultural commodities by China has raised hopes that a trade deal will be announced soon.

Farm labor continues to be a concern for many farm employers, including dairymen. Rumor is the US Department of Labor is working on proposed rules to revise wage rates for the H-2A program, and looks to reformat the way the survey method by which the wage rate is set to make it more reflective of the labor market. Also, a number of draft legislative proposals to address immigration and specifically farm labor reform are being floated around Washington. However, it is uncertain when, or if, a solid proposal that could pass both the House and Senate will gain the necessary traction to be considered before the presidential election becomes the focus.

Finally, US EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers are receiving comments through April 15 on the new Waters of the US definitions and proposed regulatory oversight guidelines. Comments may be submitted electronically at www. regulations.gov and by entering the docket number: EPA-HQOW-2018-0149 and following the directions to submit comments. It is critically important for the farming community to submit comments in favor of the proposed rule that would prevent most ponds, creeks, ditches or wet areas from being considered federally regulated.

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Feed Cost Margin Triggers First 2019 Dairy Safety Net Payment USDA Farm Service Agency

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he U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that the January 2019 income over feed cost margin was $7.99 per hundredweight, triggering the first payment for eligible dairy producers who purchase the appropriate level of coverage under the new but yet-to-be established Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

DMC, which replaces the Margin Protection Program for Dairy, is a voluntary risk management program for dairy producers that was authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill. DMC offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all milk price and the average feed cost (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that sign up for DMC will open by mid-June of this year. At the time of sign up, producers who elect a DMC coverage level between $8.00 and $9.50 would be eligible for a payment for January 2019.

For example, a dairy operation with an established production history of 3 million pounds (30,000 cwt.) that elects the $9.50

coverage level for 50 percent of its production could potentially be eligible to receive $1,887.50 for January.

Sample calculation: $9.50 - $7.99 margin = $1.51 difference $1.51 times 50 percent of production times 2,500 cwt. (30,000 cwt./12) = $1,887.50 The calculated annual premium for coverage at $9.50 on 50 percent of a 3-million-pound production history for this example would be $2,250.

Sample calculation: 3,000,000 times 50 percent = 1,500,000/100 = 15,000 cwt. times 0.150 premium fee = $2,250 Operations making a one-time election to participate in DMC through 2023 are eligible to receive a 25 percent discount on their premium for the existing margin coverage rates.

Additional details about DMC and other FSA farm bill program changes can be found at farmers.gov/farmbill.

KDDC Supports National Dairy Judging Winners Again Bland Baird, Coach Spencer County FFA Dairy team

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n October 26, 2018, the Kentucky FFA Dairy team was named the winner of the 2018 National FFA Dairy contest over the state winning teams from 43 other states. For these 5 students from Spencer County, it was the result of four years of dedicated commitment to studying and practice. They set a goal of winning the national contest, when they were freshmen in high school.

Over the years, they had participated in 4-H and FFA competitions and practices, in not only Kentucky, but Ohio, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. In August they won the Kentucky State Fair contest, qualifying for the national contest.

After the state contest, they intensified their training, working daily and weekends on judging, reasons, the team and management activities.

The competition took place on Wednesday and Thursday of

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the national FFA convention. The awards were presented at a luncheon in the Marriott on Friday. After naming the Bronze, Silver, and Gold teams, the announcers then proceeded to the top ten teams in the national contest. I wish you could have seen the tears, the nervousness and the excitement building as the results were announced- 10th Tennessee, 9th Idaho, 8th Minnesota, 7th Indiana, 6th Washington, 5th Oregon, 4th Georgia, 3rd Wisconsin, 2nd California. “The first place winners of the 2018 National FFA Dairy Judging contest is Kentucky.” Sydney, Amelia, Evan, Noah, and Jackson had achieved their goal.

With the help of the dairy farm families of Kentucky, the team has raised money which is enabling them to participate in the International Dairy contest in Edinburgh, Scotland. A special thanks to the Kentucky Dairy Development Council in holding an auction fundraiser as part of the annual meeting.

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Tuesday, June 11 - 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, June 13 - 6:35 p.m.

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4 - free tickets per dairy farm family 2 - free dairy t-shirts per dairy farm family

All other tickets are $5 - payable at the ballgames - please call to reserve To order tickets, contact: Eunice Schlappi at 502-782-4122 (leave message) or email at eunice.schlappi@ky.gov

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Dixie Dairy Report March 2019 Calvin Covington

ccovington5@cs.com (336) 766-7191

Milk production increase slowing. During the first quarter of 2018, milk production was 1.5% higher than the same quarter the previous year. By the fourth quarter of 2018, production growth had slowed and was only up 0.5%. This is the lowest quarter to quarter production increase since the 4th quarter of 2013. Total milk production in 2018 was 217.5 billion lbs. which is 0.9% greater than 2017. Average milk per cow per day in 2018 was 63.5 lbs., up 1% from 2017.

Milk production by region. As shown below, the Northwest, Southwest, Plains, and California regions increased milk production in 2018 while production declined or remained the same in the rest of the country. The Northwest showed the largest increase at 3.6% followed by the Southwest at 3.3%. The Midwest continues to be the largest milk producing region with over 31% of U.S. production.

2018 Southeast milk production was 4.7% lower than 2017. As shown, every Southeast state produced less milk in 2018 compared to 2017. However, three states, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina; produced more milk in 2018 compared to 2010. From 2000 to 2010, Southeast states’ annual production declined from 14 to 9 billion lbs. of milk. Production increased to 9.7 billion lbs. in 2015, but has declined each year since to only 8.95 billion lbs. in 2018 which is a record low.

Cow numbers declining. USDA estimates the national dairy herd, as of January 1, 2019, at 9.353 million head.

This is 79,000 head less than a year ago.

(Note: The Southeast states, alone, were responsible for 34,000 head of the decline Cow numbers dropped 8,000 head in both Florida and Virginia.). This is the first time since 2013 cow numbers were lower than the previous year. The number of dairy replacement heifers is estimated 67,000 head lower than a year ago. Higher slaughter numbers support declining cow numbers. 165,000 more dairy cows were slaughtered in 2018 compared to 2017.

Almost 40% of the 165,000 head were slaughtered during the last quarter of 2018. Declining number of cows and dairy replacements are a positive sign toward higher farm milk prices.

U.S. MILK PRODUCTION by REGION – 2018 versus 2017 Region

2017

2018

Change

(million lbs)

% of Total (%)

Midwest

68,371

68,358

0.0

31.4

California

39,798

40,436

1.6

18.6

Northwest

31,221

32,340

3.6

14.9

Northeast

31,417

31,018

-1.3

14.3

Southwest

26,083

26,950

3.3

12.4

Plains

9,143

9,381

2.6

4.3

Southeast

9,391

8,954

-4.7

4.1

Alaska + Hawaii

41.8

37.9

-9.3

0.02

215,466

217,475

0.9

Total

SOUTHEAST STATES MILK PRODUCTION RANKED by STATE 2010-2018 2017

2018

2018 vs 2019

2,127

2,496

2,379

-4.7

26.6

Georgia

1,395

1,840

1,766

-4.0

19.7

Virginia

1,719

1,736

1,634

-5.9

18.2

Kentucky

1,157

1,041

1,009

-3.1

11.3

North Carolina

862

952

937

-1.6

10.5

Tennessee

850

693

634

-8.5

7.1

South Carolina

286

247

241

-2.4

2.7

Louisiana

235

160

152

-5.0

1.7

Mississippi

223

137

129

-5.8

1.4

Alabama

159

89

73

-18.0

0.8

9,013

9,391

8,954

-4.7

State

2010

Florida

(million lbs)

Total

% of Total (%)

Packaged fluid milk sales. USDA estimates fluid milk sales of 47.075 billion lbs. in 2018. This is about 2% lower than sales of 48.060 billion lbs. in 2017. Good news, whole milk sales were up 2.2%. In the three southeastern federal orders, 2018 fluid sales were 10.229 billon lbs. down 1.8% from the previous year, as shown below. Sales increase in the Appalachian order is primarily due to the addition of milk not previously regulated under this order. In 2013, fluid sales in the southeast orders fell below 11 billion lbs. If the current rate of decline continues, sales will fall below 10 billion lbs. in 2020 and below 9 billion lbs. in 2027.

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SOUTHEASTERN FEDERAL ORDERS PACKAGED FLUID MILK SALES 2010-2018 State

2010

2017

2018

(million lbs. average per day)

2018 vs 2017 (%)

Appalachian

3,642

3,213

3,217

0.1

Florida

2,950

2,756

2,702

-2.0

Southeast

5,032

4,443

4,310

-3.0

Total

11,624

10,412

10,229

-1.8

Please note the above sales number includes milk packaged outside of the respective order, but sold within the order. For example, 19.26% of packaged fluid milk sold in the Florida order in 2018, was packaged outside of the Florida order. Back in 2015, the percent of outside milk was about 12%. One of the reasons for the outside increase is growing sales of milks such as organic, lactose free, A2, ultrafiltrated, grass fed, and in different containers, that are not processed by Florida based plants.

Blend prices. We are gradually increasing our blend price forecasts for 2019 due to slower milk production growth, and improving cheese prices. February blend prices are projected slightly higher than January, and about $1.50/cwt. higher than last February. Prices are projected to increase further in March. Then a slight decline is projected in April, before heading back up in May. PROJECTED BLEND PRICES–BASE ZONES – SOUTHEASTERN FEDERAL ORDERS Month

Appalachian

Florida

Southeast

($ /cwt. 3.5% butterfat) January 2019 (actual)

$17.82

$19.78

$18.27

February

$17.96

$20.06

$18.35

March

$18.42

$20.58

$18.63

April

$18.32

$20.43

$18.59

May

$18.56

$20.65

$18.78

Milk Prices FMMO 5 www.malouisville.com March 2019 Class 1 Advanced Price (@3.5%BF) $19.38 April 2019 Class 1 Advanced Price (@3.5%BF) $19.16 FMMO 7 www.fmmmatlanta.com March 2019 Class 1 Advanced Price (@3.5%BF) $19.78 April 2019 Class 1 Advanced Price (3.5%BF) $19.56

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Are you Getting the Most Out of Your Fans?

Jeffrey Bewley Alltech Dairy Housing and Analytics Specialist

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ith the summer heat and humidity, the signs of heat stress on dairy cows are very evident.

Cow temperatures, respiration rates, and heart rates increase with heat stress and is a major issue for dairy cows, particularly in hot, humid climates. It’s easy to forget that cows begin experiencing heat stress when the temperature humidity index is 68. Heat stressed cows produce less milk, are less feed efficient, less likely to conceive, more likely to become sick, and more likely to become lame. Helping alleviate some heat stress can lessen its impact. Building open barns that maximize natural ventilation is the first step to managing heat stress. But, generally, we need to supplement natural ventilation with mechanical ventilation and water. Unfortunately, fans are often used without knowing how to maximize their effectiveness. Here are a few common mistakes seen in dairy cattle facilities that reduce fan effectiveness. Many of these situations can be remedied with little to no capital investment..

1. Fans are placed with inlet against a wall or with fan direction against that natural air. For maximum airflow, fan inlets should be set so that natural air flows into the inlet. This improves fan performance and can increase air flow.

2. Fans are placed at the wrong angle or too far apart. Fans should be placed so that air from one fan is aimed at the bottom of the next fan. The angle is between 15-20 degrees. This minimizes opportunities for dead space or lack of air movement.

Distance between fans is generally 10 times the diameter of the

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fan. For example, a 36-inch fan would cover 30 feet and a 48inch fan would cover 40 feet. In the figure below, the fans are pointed toward the ground, leaving large open areas without any supplemental air.

3. Fans aren’t clean. Dirty fans do not put out as much air and energy efficiency is reduced considerably. Fan blades and housing should be cleaned periodically to avoid situations like identified in the picture below. Fan belts should be replaced periodically.

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4. Fans are placed too far apart across a row of fans. In Picture 4, additional fans could be added to eliminate the dead space between fans. These types of fans are generally designed to blow forward, not necessarily to the side. During hotter temperatures, cows may be found lying in rows directly in front of the fans, showing that they prefer the areas with more airflow.

5. Not enough fans over freestalls. A row of fans should be present for each row of freestalls. In the picture below, only

one row of fans is in place. Adding a second row of fans would increase air flow to the cows resting in the freestalls.

6. Fans are not on. It may sound simple, but this is often a major opportunity. Many people don’t turn on fans until they feel hot. However, the cow’s thermal neutral zone is much lower than ours. Thus, they experience heat stress at much lower temperatures than humans do. Fans should be turned on (manually or automatically) somewhere between 65 to 70° F.

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JULY 10, 2019

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Kentucky 4-H Dairy Jeopardy Contest

The Kentucky 4-H Dairy Jeopardy Contest was held March 25, 2019. The junior division top five were: Colton Huffman, Metcalfe County; Ty Jones, Allen County; Caden Taylor, Warren County; Caleb Lipps, Shelby County and Neal Brown, Warren County

The 2019 Kentucky 4-H Dairy Jeopardy Contest senior top five winners were: Jackson Baird, Spencer County; Casey Montgomery, Spencer County; Kelly Baird, Spencer County; Markus Stephens, Shelby County and Chris Shaw, Metcalfe County.

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CHECKOFF MOVES MORE MILK

Smooth & Smart Program The Dairy Alliance teamed up with Grant County High School to increase school breakfast participation and dairy consumption.

Grant County High started a Smooth and Smart program and received an immersion blender and yogurt parfait cart to facilitate the new breakfast options. Students love being able to create their own yogurt parfaits! The new dairy additions to the school breakfast menu have increased participation by 12 percent. During the past school year, Grant County High moved an additional 24,000 pounds of dairy!

MARCH 2019

Kentucky

Farm to School Day

The Dairy Alliance celebrated National Farm to School Day with Crittenden-Mt. Zion Elementary School in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.

The school hosted farm-themed activities including a dairy education corner in October. Over 600 students and teachers visited with Apple Jack, the baby Brown Swiss, and received a Farm to Fridge Activity Book and pencil provided by The Dairy Alliance.

Students also learned about the important nutrients in dairy foods and cow care. Local dairy farmer, Matt Colson from Alpine Hills Dairy, participated in the event by bringing a calf and interacting with students.

Eat Together, Eat Better on midDAY Live The Dairy Alliance’s own Tracey True appeared on WBKO midDAY Live in Bowling Green to discuss the importance of eating together and the health benefits of dairy foods. Tracey encouraged families to drink milk with every meal to provide three of the four most commonly missing nutrients in American diets: potassium, calcium, vitamin D. She also demonstrated how to make The Dairy Alliance’s Sheet Pan Mediterranean Shrimp dish as a quick and healthy meal for families. Viewers were directed to The Dairy Alliance’s website for more tips and recipes to eat together and eat better with real dairy.

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Another successful Kentucky Proud Dairy Breakfast was held February 12th at the Capital Annex cafeteria in Frankfort. Over 450 Kentucky State Representatives, Senators and staffers went through the line to partake in an all Kentucky Proud breakfast. This annual event gives Kentucky dairy producers, KDDC staff and industry folks the opportunity to educate lawmakers and their staff members on the state of the dairy industry. It also gives provides a chance to promote milk and other Kentucky Proud products that made up this amazing breakfast. If you ever get a chance to attend a Kentucky Proud Dairy Breakfast please take the opportunity, it’s a great setting to promote the dairy industry and eat an all Kentucky produced breakfast.

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Anthem of Kentucky has revised their eligibility guidelines for KDDC Association Group Health Plans.

Key Changes: • Employer groups of one may be eligible for small group plans.

• Husband/wife employer groups may be eligible for small group plans.

• Employer groups of 5 or more can choose 2 plan options.

• Employer groups of 10 or more can choose 3 plan options.

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FSA Loan Process And Environmental Compliance Requirement- Time Saving Tips Tammy Barnes, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Associate

T

he FSA loan application process can be quite time consuming. Most folks know that a well thought out business plan and financial statements such as production history, asset balance sheets, projected income, credit report, tax returns and farming experience are required elements of the application. However, one additional requirement that often gets over looked is environmental compliance. For the dairy industry, proof of environmental compliance can be met by the following three documents: current or updated KY Ag Water Quality Plan (KYAWQP), Ky Nutrient Management Plan (KYNMP) or Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) and a valid KY No Discharge Operational Permit (KNDOP). In addition to these three documents, a brief summary of your farm operation will be needed. This brief statement needs to include a number of all animals, yearly manure production, manure management system, on-farm manure distribution method, crops produced including cover crops, how often soil and manure sample are analyzed, management of animal mortalities, and other information that may be important such as selling or purchasing of manure for soil amendments.

This statement will need to be signed by the person applying for the loan. If you have updated your AWQP, NMP and KNDOP within the last five years then all you must do is bring these documents to your local FSA officer. If these are not current, then help is available for preparation of a KNDOP application, AWQP and KYNMP through Kentucky Dairy Development Council and the UK Cooperative Extension Service.

TIPS • Take soil samples at least every other year and keep copies of the results so they are readily available. If you are unsure about proper soil sampling methods, please refer to UK Cooperative Extension publication AGR-16 which can be obtained online or from your county Cooperative Extension agent.

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• Have a farm map with fields labeled to match ID of soil samples. FSA can provide one to you.

• Take a manure sample every four years unless animal diets drastically change. For example, changing from a corn silage diet to a predominately haylage diet. Keep these results with the soil sample results. Both are needed for an NMP. Refer to Cooperative Extension publication ID-148 which describes how to safely obtain a manure sample.

• Have your NMP updated every five years. If the herd size either increases or decreases by 10% or you are changing to a different type of animal production, such as a beef operation, then a new NMP will need to be developed.

• Update your AWQP every five years, making sure that you list all new conservation best management practices.

• Make sure that your KNDOP is current. All farms with manure lagoons or uncovered manure stack pads will need to reapply in 2021.

• Record the amount and date of when manure was spread on your fields. This will make your NMP more accurate. Make a comment about weather conditions 24-hours pre and post-land application.

• Record all mortalities and how they were disposed (composted or hauled away).

• Make a five-year crop rotation including cover crops. Record all yearly crop yields (including cover crops). Remember, crop rotations are not written in stone but help the nutrient management planner with determination of future manure application rates.

Keeping your AWQP, KYNMP and KNDOP up to date will speed the loan application process. The turn around time for soil and manure sample analysis can take as long as two weeks and it will take another one to two weeks for a nutrient management plan to be developed. If you have any questions or need help please feel free to contact Tammy Barnes at tammy.barnes@ uky.edu or (859)221-1940, your local extension agent or KDDC personnel.

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Calendar of Events APR 20 4-H Dairy Cow Camp, Metcalfe Co. TBA MAY 03

Lincoln Co. 3rd Grade Ag. Day, Lincoln Co. Fairgrounds, 10:00 A.M. ET

MAY 16

Hypoxia taskforce Public Mtg. Hilton Baton Rouge La. 8:30 CDT

MAY 19-21

Alltech Ideas Conference, Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, KY

MAY 24 KDDC Board Meeting 10:00 A.M. TBA

JUN 13

Dairy Night at Bowling Green Hot Rods – After 5:00 P.M. CT

JUN 19

Tri-County Dairy Meeting, Trenton Farm Supply, 8:00am

Western Rivers Kentucky Jr. Livestock Expo, JUN 21-22 William “Bill” Cherry Ag/Expo Center Murray, KY – Time TBA JUN 29

Liberty District Dairy Show, Casey Co. Fairgrounds, 8:00 A.M. ET

JUL 02

Shelbyville District Dairy Show, Shelby Co. Fairgrounds – Time TBA

MAY 25

Mercer Co. Dairy Breakfast, Clouds Restaurant, Harrodsburg, KY

JUN 01

Harrodsburg 4-H District Dairy Show, Mercer Co. Fairgrounds, 9:30 A.M. ET

JUL 07-11 Southeast Dairy Retreat, Virginia

JUN 04

State 4-H Dairy Judging contest, UK Coldstream Dairy 9:00 A.M. ET

JUL 09-10

JUN 04

Organic Valley Spring Meeting, Stutzman’s Dairy Washington county

JUN 08

Edmonton District Dairy Show, Metcalfe Co. Fairgrounds 9:00 A.M. CT

Kentucky Jr. Livestock Expo East. Morehead, KY JUN 10-11 – Time TBA Dairy Night at Lexington Legends – After 5:00 JUN 11 P.M. ET

KDDC/KDA Dairy Value - Added Conference, Warren Co. Extension Office

JUL 10 Kentucky State Fair Livestock Entry Deadline JUL 11

Horse Cave District Dairy Show, Burley Fields Livestock Center

JUL 17

Tollesboro District Dairy Show, Tollesboro Fairgrounds

JUL 19

KDDC Board Meeting, Nelson Co. Extension Office 10:00 AM EDT

JUL 26-27

Kentucky Junior Livestock Expo, L.D. Brown Ag Center, Bowling Green, KY