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Milk Matters Considering Robots? Eight questions to ask yourself. Find out more on page 6 Spencer County Dairy Judging Team are National Champs More info on page 11 Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual Meeting Dates Set Find out more on page 15
Kentucky Dairy Family Making History excellence, the real priority and motivation for installing a robotic milking system was to spend more family time together for the n November 18 th 2014 Eddie Gibson, his wife Marcy Gibsons. Eddie and Marcy explained, “Maddie will only grow up once and we want to be there to and daughter Maddison enjoy it with her.” made Kentucky Dairy The vision for such an Industry history. It was on advancement of technology for this day that their cows were the Gibson’s dairy began long milked by a robotic milker! Edbefore this day for Eddie and his family. Ten years ago Eddie Mar Dairy owned and operated had the idea to install a robotic by the Gibson Family was the system but he knew it wasn’t first Kentucky dairy to install a the right time. He felt the robotic milking system. infrastructure for service and Ed-Mar Dairy, is a 50 cow support was not sufficient and Holstein farm located in Kenton the financial challenge would County, near Walton in Northern be too great with the other Kentucky. Eddie, a fourth plans they had at the time. generation dairyman, has always In 2006 the Gibsons decided strived to achieve excellence in all to build a new facility to milk areas of his operation. Providing and house their Holstein cows. optimum cow comfort is evident They constructed a free stall by the way his cows perform with barn which would use sand as a Rolling Herd Average of 26,400 bedding and designed a flush pounds. Eddie strives to produce system creating a healthy and and market the highest quality milk, Eddie Gibson, with his wife Marcy and their daughter Maddison at clean environment for the cows. evident by a consistent low Somatic their farm in Kenton County. They installed a filtration system Cell Count under 100,000. The with settling pools to recycle the sand and separate the solids and care of the environment is always a concern and Eddie is involved reuse the liquid to flush. This system allows them to recycle over in several best management practices to maintain water quality and two-thirds of the sand used for bedding. The parlor they built was soil health. They also incorporate several energy saving methods to a double six herringbone where the cows were being milked twice be more efficient and minimize their carbon footprint. Although daily. The unique feature about the new barn’s layout was Eddie everything mentioned above demonstrates Eddie’s commitment to By Jennifer Hickerson and Beth Cox
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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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President’s Corner Richard Sparrow
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he end of the year is always a good time for reflection. In terms of milk prices, 2014 was a record year for dairy farmers. However, in any business, if your only goal is to make money, you will never be truly successful. Our reasons for choosing to milk cows may vary, but with the commitment involved, I suspect, like me, your motives go beyond the financial rewards. I want to take this space to share the top reasons that I am a dairyman: 1) The opportunity to work with my family. At 60 years of age, I did not start a new dairy for myself. My sons have always wanted to milk their own cows on their own farm. I can remember when my boys were ten or twelve years old, they would sit in the pew at church and draw dairy parlors and barns on the back of the offering envelopes. I will grant you that all three should have paid more attention to the sermon. However, that is just one small example of their passion for dairy. I have to say that our farming operation is not a utopia, but sometimes we do agree. 2) I love my cows, at least most of them, and I do have a favorite cow. Now, I have cows that are All-American, Grand Champions, and make over 30,000 pounds of milk in 305 days. However, my favorite is Wynonna. She is the first cow in the parlor every milking and will knock other cows out of the way to get there. But, what I really love is her milking speed. She will put 50 pounds of milk in the weigh jar in 60-70 seconds. The claw and hose jump shake when
she milks, and she never raises her leg. I would like to clone her. 3) I am proud to produce milk. There are so many great food products made from milk that so many people enjoy. When I was a young man, I grew tobacco. It was very profitable, and it paid mortgage and tuition payments. However, I never felt real good about tobacco’s end use. With milk production, I enjoy making a wholesome, nutritious food for consumers. 4) I like to work outside. A perfect day for me is to mow hay riding an open station tractor on a sunny 70 degree day in May with, a slight breeze in my face. My boys say that I would rather cut hay than eat, but that may be an exaggeration. Understand this, I could list some dislikes about dairy farming. However, I will save that for another article. After you read this, I hope it makes you think about the reasons that you have chosen to be a dairy farmer and the blessings this way of life affords you. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Producers Needed for On-Farm Evaluations The Southeast Quality Milk Initiative (SQMI) is a multi-state project aimed at helping dairy producers throughout the Southeastern U.S. control mastitis and lower bulk tank SCC through cost-effective control strategies. A key component of this program is on-farm visits to evaluate current practices and milking equipment, and to glean more information from regional dairy producers. The information collected will help the SQMI team develop Extension programs and support tools to help farmers manage mastitis. Participating producers will also receive a personalized report including a full evaluation of factors affecting milk quality, feedback for improvement, and local and regional comparisons. Almost half of the visits are already done so don’t miss your chance at getting a date reserved for yours! Please contact Amanda Stone (aest226@uky.edu or 412-558-2075) if you would like to volunteer to help producers in the Southeastern U.S. by allowing our team to visit your farm for this regionally and nationally important project.
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here has 2014 gone? It seems to have flown by as quickly as it came. Even so, much was accomplished over the year. The KDDC sponsored or participated in many educational meetings and were involved in dairy promotions to tell children and consumers more about the dairy story. Agriculture’s impact on water quality has been in the crosshair and dairy is considered a major component in this area. The KDDC teamed with Dr. Steve Higgins, Director of Animal and Environmental Compliance, University of KY, KY Farm Bureau, KY Division of Conservation Assistance and the Soil Conservation Districts of KY to hold seven regional Ag Water Quality Meetings across the state. The purposes of the meetings were to inform dairy farmers of the regulations and to help them become compliant in completing their KY Ag Water Quality Plan and a Nutrient Management Plan. Being proactive and compliant can protect a producer from potential problems down the road and help them be in a position to utilize EQIP cost-share funds. We plan to have more meetings
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like these in 2015. June was Dairy Month and the KDDC traveled to multiple locations across the Commonwealth to celebrate and promote the dairy goodness of milk and dairy products. Mercer County is always the first out of the gate to show their dairy producers how much they appreciate them. Larry Yeager organizes a huge breakfast at Cloud’s Restaurants on the north edge of Harrodsburg. Larry surprises everyone each year with new entertainment while the KDDC provides KY Kate for the celebrity milking contest. Hart County has Dairy on the Square in Munfordville each year. Dairy farmers, Brenda Lockett and Bonnie Sammons do the organizing and typically over 300 show up during the middle of the day, rain or shine. Adair County loves their dairy farmers and a hamburger dinner with all the fixins is held each year. Nick Roy and Billy Rowe usually have a big crowd come out to the Columbia fairgrounds to show appreciation for the strong dairy heritage in Adair County. Other events to show dairy appreciation include Dairy Night at the Lexington Legends and the Bowling Green Hotrods. Marion County celebrates each year with a big turnout during the dairy show and then everyone sits down to a delicious potluck meal. Mary and Stewart Jones and Kim and Timmy Jones help organize the event with sponsorship by Southeast United Dairy Industry Association and Denise Jones. Many other dairy appreciation activities are also held in all parts of KY. Fun is had by all! Harold Freidly, Market Administrator of the Appalachia Federal Milk Marketing Order requested the KDDC host an education and listening meeting in Bowling Green with Dana Coale, Deputy Administrator of Dairy Programs and dairy farmers from KY and Tennessee. The discussion centered on issues regarding: Diversion Percentages, Transportation Credits, Qualifying Standards and Federal Order rule changes. The event was informative, but no changes were considered from the meeting. It is hoped a follow-up meeting with stakeholders can be planned at the Southern Dairy Conference in Atlanta the last week of January, 2015. The KDDC submitted an application in October to the KADF for 2015 and 2016 funding. This includes two years of the MILK Program and also for a portion of the administration of the KDDC. A presentation on benchmarks and goals accomplished in 2013/2014 was given at the KADF Board meeting in November. The Board will decide and make an announcement on December 19, 2014. We are hoping for a good outcome. And lastly, I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Holiday. Often the importance and significance of the day can be lost in the hustle and bustle of scheduling family time with milking chores along with the regular activities associated with operating a dairy farm. Even so, I think many farm families have a special place in their hearts when they think about a birth in the manger, humble beginnings and divine appointment. May your Christmas be filled with the same awe and splendor the shepherds of long ago experienced and may 2015 be a blessed year for you and your family.
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Considering Robots? Eight questions to ask yourself. Dairy Herd Management - Daily December 3, 2014 http://www.dairyherd.com
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ore than 50% of attendees at a World Dairy Expo robotic milking seminar indicated interest in or plans to install milking robots in the future. Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota Extension dairy scientist, suggests several questions to ask yourself before making that decision. • Do you or your employees like working with cows? Cows milked in robotic milking systems (RMS) still require close attention. Research shows most successful producers enjoy working with cows and don’t have the attitude of putting a robot in the barn and leaving cows to their own. It just makes one chore – milking – easier, giving you more work time flexibility. • Do you have the best ration/feeding management? How and what cows are fed in a RMS herd is one of the most important keys for success. A Pennsylvania dairy producer increased average daily milk production per cow from about 60 lbs. to 80 lbs. by changing ration formulation and feeding management under the advice of an expert RMS nutritionist. It is important to balance the partial mixed ration that goes in the feed bunk to less than the average daily milk production goal per cow, then supplement according to stage of lactation with the robot pellets. The pellets must be palatable to attract cows to the milking station.
• How is your barn? Good cow comfort is needed in any dairy system. For RMS, it is even more important that cows are healthy and willing to come to the milking station. A high prevalence of lameness will probably increase the number of fetch cows and reduce robot efficiency. It is necessary to have good cow flow. Think about how to design the barn to accommodate special needs cows. • Are you handy with equipment? These systems are high-tech and expensive. If you can learn how to fix little things, it will help make RMS more affordable in the long run, and reduce the number of failures and problems affecting robot efficiency. A key factor for success in RMS farms is the amount of milk produced per robot per day. Excellent dairies are getting 5,000+ lbs. per day. • Is the service provider nearby? For major repairs and routine maintenance, it is important to have an accessible company. If the RMS breaks down for a long period of time, things can get really out of control and create a ‘train wreck’ very fast. • Do you like technology? There is so much information about every cow that you can use to optimize performance and health. RMS companies are developing even more decision-making tools that will help organize your day and create task lists. • Are you ready to pay for the cost of repairs and maintenance (and your loan)? A sophisticated piece of equipment requires money to maintain and repair. You can’t just go to the local hardware store to get all the parts you need. • Do you have strong management skills? As one of our successful project collaborators, Doug Kastenschmidt, said: “Management makes milk. Robots only harvest it!” Mark your calendars for the 2015 Precision Dairy Conference and Expo, June 24-25, 2015. Visit www. extension.umn.edu/agriculture/dairy/precision-dairy/
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Dixie Dairy Report
December 2014 By Calvin Covington
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ore cows and more milk per cow = more milk. The nation’s dairy herd continues to expand. USDA’s October report places the total number of dairy cows at 9.28 million, almost 80,000 more cows than last October. Average milk production per cow in October was 52 lbs. more than a year ago. All of this resulted in October milk production 3.8% greater than the same month a year ago. October is the 11th consecutive month of milk production increases. For the first time in many years, each of the 23 milk reporting states produced as much if not more milk during October compared to last October. Texas led the list in October with production up 11.6%. In the southeast,
to U.S. prices not being competitive, increased milk production in the European Union and Oceania (major exporting regions), and lower demand, especially in China. For the coming months, look for U.S. dairy exports to continue to weaken. This along with increased domestic milk production is bearish news for farm milk prices. Fluid milk sales down. As shown in the table below, packaged fluid milk sales in the three southeast orders for the first nine months of 2014 compared to 2013, are down almost 2%. The good news is the decline is less than previous years. Butter holding, cheese and powder down. At the CME, butter began the month of November at $1.93/lb. On December 5 it closed at $1.985.lb. Protecting inventory values may be responsible for butter prices holding. However, look for butter to start declining at the beginning of the new year if not before. On the cheese side, block cheddar went from $2.14/lb. at the beginning of November to close at $1.58/lb. on December 5. Hopefully, cheddar is close to reaching its downside. The AMS nonfat dry milk powder price continued its decline averaging $1.39/lb. in November, down $0.10 from October. Since March the powder
U.S. Monthly Milk Production 2013 and 2014 (October)
Florida production was up 4.7% and Virginia up 2.1%. price has dropped $0.60/lb. Look for powder to decline further, Finding enough plant capacity to handle this additional milk especially with nonfat and skim milk powder production up 21% production is a current challenge for many cooperatives. in September, and 17% in October, compared to the same months Much milk is being sold well below class price in order to a year ago. Get ready for lower blend prices. After declining $1.00-$1.25/ find a market. We see nothing in the near future to slow milk cwt. in October from September, look for blend prices to decline production increases. about another $1.25/cwt. in November, and another $0.50/cwt. Export sales down. Compared to previous months, September in December. Due to more milk and declining export sales, we was a poor month for U.S. dairy exports. Southeast Federal Orders Packaged Fluid Milk Sales ( January-September 2013 vs. 2014) Last September exports represented 16.6% of total U.S. milk solids. This September it declined to 13.2%. NFDM/skim powder exports, which had represented over one-half of total U.S. continue to lower our projected 2015 blend prices. Our current powder production, were down 30% in September compared to projections show 2015 blend prices averaging $6.00-$6.25/cwt. last September. September butter and fat exports were only 20% of below 2014. The table below shows our current projections by the volume exported September a year ago. Lower exports are due quarter.
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Milk Prices FMMO 5
www.malouisville.com November 2014 Class I Advanced Price (@ 3.5% BF) $27.46 December 2014 Class I Advanced Price (@ 3.5% BF) $25.93
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Misconceptions about multiple component pricing. Being discussed is a proposal to change the method of pricing milk in the southeast orders from skim-butterfat to multiple component pricing (MCP). Many think, incorrectly, MCP applies to all milk. For buyers of milk it only applies to Class II, III, and IV. Under MCP, Class I milk buyers still purchase milk based on skim-butterfat. In addition to butterfat, the skim portion of Class II and IV milk is priced using nonfat solids, and Class III protein and other solids. This is a primary reason why MCP was not implemented in high Class I utilizations orders, such as the southeast, as a part of the 2000 Federal Order Reform. Reform implemented MCP in all orders, except one, where the majority of milk is used in Class II, III, and IV. If MCP is implemented in the southeast orders, only a small percent of the milk will actually be priced on components. Our estimates show, for the month of October 2014, MCP would only impact 24% of the milk in the Appalachian order, 21% in the Southeast order, and 16% in the
www.fmmatlanta.com November 2014 Class I Advanced Price (@ 3.5% BF) $27.86
order, and about ¼% of the milk in Florida would actually be priced using protein. This is due to low Class III December 2014 utilization. Class I Advanced Price Published reports show (@ 3.5% BF) MCP increasing income in the $26.33 Southeast and Appalachian orders, and decreasing income in the Florida order. The bottom line is that since such a small amount of milk would actually be priced under MCP in the Southeast and Florida orders, the potential dollar impact on the pool is minimal. On the producer side, MCP impacts all producers. Unlike milk buyers, all producer milk is priced using MCP, regardless of how the milk utilized. MCP takes the skim value of milk and redistributes the money to producers based on protein and other solids. In high Class I markets, MCP is more of a producer pricing program than a handler Projected 2014 Average and 2015 by Quarter Southeast Federal Order Blend Prices ($/cwt.) pricing program. Dairy farmers, when deciding on MCP in the southeast, need to understand it is basically a redistribution of Florida order. These estimates assume all Class II, III, and IV milk how money is paid to producers. In other words the size of the receives the minimum MCP order price, which may not be case dollars in the federal order pool remains about the same. MCP with milk sold to unregulated handlers. Only using milk actually changes how the pool dollars are paid to producers. Some will used to produce a product (excluding inventory and shrinkage), receive more money, and some less money. the milk priced using MCP declines to 17% and 10% in the Best wishes for a joyous Christmas. May the excitement and hope of Southeast and Florida orders, respectively. Data is not readily the Good News proclaimed on that first Christmas be carried with us available to calculate the Appalachian %. Further we estimate only and shared with others throughout the New Year and years to come. 3% of the milk in the Southeast order, 4% in the Appalachian
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North American Junior Dairy Highlights
Winterfield ADV TemperRed Knocks the Ball Out of the Park
By Beth Cox
By Jennifer Hickerson THE 2014 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER SALE was held on November 8, 2014 during the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. The Holstein sale made a comeback after its last appearance at the NAILE in November 1990 when it was hosted by the Kentucky Holstein Cattle Club and assisted by the Holstein Association. It did so in grand fashion with the stands full and an impressive lineup of 67 lots that averaged close to $5000.00 at the end of the game. This year’s consignments found new owners in 15 different states. This year’s sale was started when the spotlights hit the sale arena and Lot 1 made her first circle in the sale ring with Michaela Ash from Greensburg, KY at the halter of Winterfield ADV Temper-Red. Temper who was owned by Rocky Run Farms of Greensburg, Kentucky, holds the record of being Grand and Intermediate Champion at the 2014 Kentucky State Fair, 1st Senior 3 Year Old Cow at the 2014 Kentucky State Fair, Reserve Grand Champion 2013 Kentucky State Fair Red and White Junior Show, 3rd Senior 2 Year Old Cow 2013 Mid-East Fall/National and 1st Place Senior 3 Year Old Cow and Intermediate Senior Champion Female of this year’s 2014 Mid-East Fall Red and White Show, a true all-star player. When the bidding stopped Winterfield ADV Temper-Red closed the game at $19,500.00 holding the record as the top Kentucky consignment sold and 2nd highest overall consignment for this year’s Holstein Sale.
The first week of November always brings dairy enthusiasts to Louisville, Kentucky for the North American International Livestock Expo. This year was just as exciting. Kids of many ages come from all across the United States to show their best heifer or cow in hopes of winning the Supreme heifer or cow awards. This year the Supreme Champion Heifer was exhibited by Alleah Anderson from Cumberland, WI. Alleah received a banner and $500 sponsored by KDDC. This year the Supreme Champion Cow was exhibited by Nic, Jeni, Ben, and Andy Sauder f rom Tremont, IL. They received a banner and $2,000 sponsored by KDDC. Some of the Kentucky junior exhibitors placed as follows. Ally Jones from Glasgow won Reserve Grand C h a m p i o n Female f or the Brown Swiss. Lynne Marie Tormoehlen from Springfield won the Junior showmanship award for Brown Swiss. Alex Oliver from Scottsville won the Guernsey winter yearling class. Joscelyn Elliot from Harrodsburg placed fifth in the Jersey Senior division showmanship. Mallory Russell from Knob Lick won the Red and White winter calf class. Luke Jones from Loretto placed second in the Spring Yearling Red & White class. Kadyn Gibson & Jordan Elmore f rom Eminence won Junior Champion for Red and White. Jagger Jones from Glasgow won the Junior Three year old class in the Red & White breed. Michaela Ash from Greensburg won the Senior Three year old class and Intermediate Senior Champion Female for Red & White. Morgan Colvin from Harrodsburg placed second in the Milking Shorthorn winter calf class. Taylor Graves from Perryville won the Junior Yearling heifer class in Milking Shorthorn. Morgan Sageser from Shelbyville won the Fall Yearling heifer class for Milking Shorthorn. Congratulations to all the juniors in representing Kentucky at the National level.
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Tops in the Nation
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he FFA Dairy Cattle judging team from Spencer County has done it again. For the second straight year and for the 5th time in the 84 years of the competition, Kentucky won the National FFA Dairy Judging Contest. Coached by Spencer County’s FFA Advisor Bland Baird, the team members are Jacob Barnett, Tyler Nichols, Rachel Sibert and Daniel Cooper. Coach Baird said, “These young people were selected for the Dairy Judging Team after Dairy Judging was taught in class. They trained throughout the spring and summer and attended a number of dairy judging contests and field days. Then in August, they won the State Dairy Judging contest! And after that, they intensified their preparation for the National Contest.” Further it is noted that of the 176 individual students competing, Baird’s students had placed 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th individually in the contest, beating out dairy states like California and Wisconsin. Now these students have the opportunity to go one step further. If funding can be raised, they will represent the National FFA Organization in the International Dairy Judging Contest in Edinburgh, Scotland, this summer. They will also participate in a study tour and learn about agriculture and the culture of Scotland, England and Ireland. To make this possible, $25,000 will need to be raised. If you would like to contribute to the
Winning Team: Spencer County FFA: FFA Advisor Bland Baird, Rachel Sibert, Tyler Nichols, Jacob Barnett and Daniel Cooper Spencer County FFA Dairy Team’s trip please send a taxdeductible gift check to “Spencer County FFA Dairy Team Account.” Address the envelope to: Bland Baird FFA Advisor, Spencer County High School, 520 Taylorsville Rd. Taylorsville, Ky. 40071.
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KDDC Hires Central Kentucky Consultant The Kentucky Dairy Development Council is excited to announce Beth Cox as the new Central Kentucky Dairy Consultant. Beth comes to KDDC with a great deal of dairy knowledge and experience. She was reared on her parents 500 cow Holstein dairy farm, Coleman Crest Dairy, in Marion County, KY. She has been involved in most aspects of the dairy and was the Herd Manager for the past four years. Beth received her B.S. in Agriculture Economics and Business from the University of KY. She is the Chairperson of the KY Holstein Jr. Cattle Club where she works with youth programs, organizing events and also showing cattle as well. Coleman Crest Dairy recently received the distinguished Premier Exhibitor Award at the KY State Fair, Jr. 4-H and FFA Holstein Show.
Beth and her husband Nathan, reside in Taylor County where they are involved in grain and tobacco farming along with raising replacement heifers for Coleman Crest Dairy. She enjoys showing cattle with family and tractor pulling. Beth’s contact information is bethcoxkddc@gmail.com and 859-516-1619.
Cont’d from page 1 designed it to accommodate a robotic milker with ease and no wasting of space when or if the time was ever right. He continued to research and learn more about robotic systems as they improved and were being tweaked. Higher milk prices and lower feed costs this year along with the strong relationship the Gibsons have with Prengers, their dairy supplier, helped make the decision. Prengers handle and service Lely Robotic Milking Systems in northern KY while Dairy Express, Columbia, KY services the rest of the state. The Gibson’s robotic milker was delivered on October 31, and the process of installation began. By November 6, the frame was permanently installed and concreted in and by November 18, 2014 the first cow was milked by a robotic system in KY. KENTUCKY DAIRY HISTORY WAS MADE. Eddie explained his cows were somewhat ahead of the curve on coming to the milking unit. By the third day nearly 90 percent were lining up at the system but not all were going through on their own. Ten percent of the cows had to be brought from the feed and free stall area to the unit. By the eighth day 50 percent of the cows were going through the robotic milker on their own. Eddie and Marcy really praised the Lely staff that was on board for the transition period. The support team stayed for seven days to help milk the cows and work out any issues with the robot. Support and service was a major concern for the Gibson’s going into the project. The technical help Lely provided made Eddie and Marcy feel at ease and reassured them of their decision. The cows have access to be milked 24 hours whenever they choose. They were not fed in the old parlor but are now given a pelleted feed up to 10 lbs. per day in the robotic milking system. This helps entice them in to be milked. They are fed a TMR in the barn which was adjusted accordingly. Production has already increased 10 percent by the eighth day of using the robot and has room to increase even more. Although this was not the reason for the robot, it is a profitable benefit. The robotic system allows the cows to go through more than
normal but a restriction can be set on how many times a specified cow will actually receive feed and be milked during a 24 hour period. It varies between animals but some enjoy it so much they want to be milked over five or six times a day! Although production has gone up, increasing income was not the motivation for Eddie to make the “yes” decision. It was the value he places on his family. He wanted to spend more time together while Maddie grows up. Eddie knew for him to be there more for family time he would have to adjust the amount of time the dairy was requiring. The robot will allow him to do that. The amount of data that is available at your fingertips is overwhelming. The robot reads a tag that has been placed on each individual cow. The cows are weighed every time they get milked. Milk production and rumination are recorded and sent to the computer to be analyzed. The tag lets the robot know important information such as, if a cow has been treated her milk will be sent to a different location to be dumped or used for feeding calves. It can signal abnormalities in behavior allowing you to take a closer look at an animal sooner than you might normally. The more often the robot milks each individual cow the better it memorizes the structure of their udder. This helps the robot locate the teats to put on the inflations and administer teat dip when done. There are numerous alerts which can be set to monitor the cows and if anything quits working properly an alert is sent to the operator. The one robotic milker can milk up to 60 cows three times per day. The Gibsons are very pleased with their new Lely Robotic Milker. They realize dairy farming requires a level of “Time Value” to be successful and they look forward to the robotic milker helping them balance their lives with more family time. We appreciate the Gibsons letting us tell their story. Considering the hard work and long hours that went into the planning and implementation of this project, it is inspiring to see the dedication to family and farm.
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The KDDC Market Incentive Leadership for Kentucky Program By Maury Cox
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n 2006 the Kentucky Dairy Development Council held a Planning Committee meeting at the Hardin County CES Office to develop a program that could have a positive impact on Kentucky’s dairy industry. Listed below are some of the challenges that were being considered. 1.) There was a diminishing supply of locally produced milk to satisfy processors’ demand. The results were more dollars going for transportation cost and less being available for KY producers. 2.) In order for KY dairy farmers to be competitive going forward, milk quality would need to improve, especially Somatic Cell Counts, (SCC) with a state average near 400,000 per ml. 3.) Also, KY ranked near the bottom nationally in production per cow at 13,296 pounds and; 4.) Only a limited number of producers utilized Dairy Herd Improvement Association production testing programs. As part of the KDDC Comprehensive Plan for Dairy, this group worked to develop a program which would address all four issues plus incentivize participation by dairy farmers and qualify for state-level grant dollars from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund. Those KADF dollars must be matched so it had to provide a financial incentive for KY milk handlers to participate as well. Not an easy task, but where there was a will, a way was developed and the results were the Market Incentive Leadership for KY, better known as the KDDC MILK Program.
From the beginning, the MILK Program has been one of the most dynamic incentive programs ever developed. It is a partnership between a dairy farmer/allied industry organization, milk marketing cooperatives and milk processors and the KADF. Another important aspect of the KDDC MILK Program is the fact it is a complete standalone program, meaning every dollar received by the KDDC for the program is passed to dairy farmers. The present benchmarks to receive premiums involve the following standards: Production is compared on a month by month basis with a base of the average of the previous two years. Producers must increase by five percent or more. Somatic Cell Counts must average 300,000 ml. or less for the month. Preliminary Incubation Counts must be 20,000 or less for the month and a producer must test on DHIA a minimum of six times a year and at least once a quarter to qualify. New producers must establish a three month base for production before being eligible to receive premiums. How has the MILK Program addressed the issues listed above? Below are some impressive n u m b e r s gleaned from the information accumulated from the MILK Cont’d on page 18
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University of Kentucky Dairy Showcase By Bettie S. Kawonga
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recision dairy management involves the use of automated, mechanized technologies toward refinement of dairy management processes, procedures, or information collection. The UK Precision Dairy Group is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students with research projects that use technologies supplied by various companies. The research results presented at this year’s University of Kentucky Precision Dairy Showcase included work done by undergraduate students, graduate students and visiting scientists under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey Bewley, an Extension Dairy Specialist. The students, visiting scientists and Cold Stream Dairy staff members were Amanda Stone, Randi Black, Barbara Wadsworth, Di Liang, Karmella Dolecheck, Matthew Borchers, Lauren Mayo, Nicky Tsai, Maegan Weatherly, Melissa Cornett, Samantha Smith, Megan Hardy, Jenna Klefot, Juha Hietaoja, Barbara Wolfger, Elizabeth Eckelkamp, Savannah Meade, Joey Clark and Denise Ray. Highlights of UK Precision Dairy Showcase The UK Precision Dairy Showcase, a biannual event was held on the 3rd of December, 2014 at the University of Kentucky. The dairy showcase was officially opened by Dr. Richard Coffey the incoming Chairman for the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Kentucky. The event attracted 55 participants from within the United States and outside the USA (e.g. Scotland). The showcase was organized with the aim of sharing research results related to precision dairy and cow environment with stakeholders in the Dairy Industry (Dairy Farmers, Educators, Dairy Companies, Students and Farmer Organizations). The event offered stakeholders an opportunity to interact, share ideas and to appreciate the various technologies that are in use at UK Cold Stream Dairy Farm. Technologies at the Cold Stream Dairy included those for mastitis detection, heat detection, rumination, activity, body condition scoring, sleep monitoring, feeding, body temperature monitoring, rumen pH and lameness. Presentation of research results (14) Titles for research papers presented at the precision dairy showcase included; 1. Precision dairy farming technology adoption, prepurchase considerations and usefulness-Mathews Borchers 2.
Precision technologies to detect lameness: Putting our
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5. Detection of subclinical hypocalcemia and ketosis in fresh cows-Amanda Stone 6. How precision technology can help monitor metabolic diseases in the transition period-Nicky Tsai 7. Preliminary results for non-invasive sleep monitor for dairy cows-Dr K. Donohue 8. Lying and Rumination behavior as potential predictors of calving time-Mathew Borchers 9. Calving detection using a temperature based monitorMegan Hardy 10.
Mastitis detection-Amanda Stone
11. The predictive power of precision dairy-Elizabeth Eckelkamp 12. Reproductive performance comparison of timed artificial insemination and activity based estrus detectionKarmella Dolecheck 13. Estrus detection through activity monitoring and more-Lauren Mayo 14. Investment analysis of automated estrus detection technologies-Karmella Dolecheck Precision dairy farming: Lessons learned What is an Ideal technology and what are the uses? • Technologies that are simple and solution focused • Cost effective and provide meaningful action • Underlying biological processes • Readily available, flexible, reliable and robust Ideal technologies can be used to improve efficiency and animal health on the dairy farm. However technology use requires good husbandry practices/management. Technology adoption: Which parameters are most useful to be monitored from producers perspective? • • • •
Mastitis Standing heat Daily milk yield Cow activity
KDDC Young Dairy Producer Conference SUDIA/ADA Meeting & Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual Meeting February 24 & 25, 2015 Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Tuesday, February 24th (All Times are Central Time) KDDC Young Dairy Producer Conference 9:00 Registration for YDP Conference 9:45 YDP Welcome 10:00 Kenny Burdine, Ph.D. UK- “Dairy Outlook” 11:00 Victor Cortese, DVM, Zoetis “Optimum Calf Management” 12:00 Lunch & Trade Show Opens 1:00 Michelle Arnold, DVM, UK Ruminant Extension Veterinarian “Mastitis Diagnostic Options”
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Michael Hutjens, Ph.D. – Prof. of Animal Sciences at University of Illinois “Your 2015 dairy feeding check list” 2:45 Ice Cream Break – 3:15 Jeff Weyers, Ph.D., Vi-COR – “TMR: Trouble Mixing Rations, Observations from the field” 10-1:30 Exhibitors Set up Exhibits 6-7:00 Dairy Awards Banquet – Sponsored by DPAK, KDDC and SUDIA/ADA of Kentucky Warren Beeler – KY Department of Ag - Speaker
Wednesday, February 25th (All Times are Central Time) 8:00 Registration Opens & View Exhibits 8:45 Welcome 9:00 Jeff Denner, Pres. ADA of KY/SUDIA Updates Cheryl Hayn – Shaping Dairy’s Future: Building Consumer Trust 9:35 Victor Cortese, DVM, Zoetis – Calf Immunology 10:40 Dr. Chad Dechow, Ph.D. – Assoc. Prof. of Dairy Cattle Genetics, “Using Genomics and other Genetic Updates” 11:45-1:30 PM Lunch & KDDC: Recognize outgoing Directors/Introduce New Directors 1:30 Christopher J. Cifelli, Ph.D., VP of Nutrition Research, National Dairy Council – “The Future of Dairy Food Research” 2:00 Dr. Chad Dechow, Ph.D. – Assoc. Prof. of Dairy Cattle Genetics, “Management Systems and Animal Well-Being” 2:30 Calvin Covington – “2015 Dairy Outlook and Strategies” 3:15 Wrap up and Door Prizes
Registration: $30/person at the door. KDDC will cover 2 registrations per KY farm. A block of rooms is available at the Holiday Inn $99/night. Be sure to say you are with the KY Dairy Partners group. Please contact the hotel directly at (270) 745-0088 to make reservations.
Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual Meeting (2015) - Exhibit & Conference Reservation Form Name of Company:________________________________________________________________________________________ Representative: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________City:____________________State:__________ Zip:________________ Phone____________________________________Fax:__________________________Cell:_____________________________ Email:________________________________________________________________________________________ Representative:Others Attending (Name & Email): _____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Booth & Conference Registration: ___________ = $350 Booth Space* - includes booth space, (1) YDPI/Awards Banquet & (1) KDP Conference Registration *Platinum KDDC Sponsors - Free booth space, (1) YDPI/Awards Banquet & (1) Free Conference Registration *Gold KDDC Sponsors - $200 Booth space, (1) YDPI/Awards Banquet & (1) Free Conference Registration ___________ = *no booth charge for government, educational, etc. (does not include attendee registration) ___________ - $30/person Tues - registration to attend the Young Dairy Producers Meeting Feb. 24 x _______
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__________ = Total Amount Enclosed - Please make check payable to: KDDC Yes, we would like to provide a door prize! List Item:___________________________________________________ Yes, we would like to provide an item for the silent auction! List Item:_____________________________________ Please answer the following questions to help us better accomodate you. What type of display do you have? (i.e. full floor, table top, pull ups, etc)___________________________________ Ho much space does the booth require?________________Do you need electribity?_________________________ Return Registration and checks (written to KDDC): Kentucky Department of Agriculture - Eunice Schlappi 111 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601, eunice.schlappi@ky.gov Phone: 502-573-4122 Cell: 502-545-0809 Fax: 502-573-2543
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UK Dairy Preview Day Interested in attending college? Do you want to learn more about animals? Why not major in animal science with a dairy emphasis at UK?
January 28, 2015 10:00am—3:00pm Open to High School students Register by January 19 Meet at the UK Coldstream Dairy and then we will move to campus “How would you like to take dairy classes taught by nationally recognized faculty, be on the Dairy Challenge Team, be on the Dairy Judging Team, be in the Dairy Club, work at the UK Coldstream dairy with a new dairy barn in Fall 2015, conduct your own undergraduate dairy management research project, or participate in dairy study abroad trips every 2 years? Come check out our new and expanded dairy undergraduate program at the University of Kentucky. This isn’t your mother or grandfather’s dairy program. This is the place to be for future dairy industry leaders!
Send Registration to Larissa Tucker, 403 W.P. Garrigus Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0215, Email: larissa.tucker@uky.edu Registration Form Name: _____________________________________________________
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KDDC is supported in part by a grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund were saved in transportation by the MILK Program. This is an excellent investment considering half the premium cost generated over eight million dollars in hauling savings. How has the KDDC MILK Program affected milk quality? There are many factors that have been at work in KY as it relates to milk quality. Without a KY DHIA, SCC ml/1,000 doubt the Milk Program 450 395 has been a substantial part 400 375 372 350 of the equation. The chart 325 307 300 290 at left helps demonstrate 261 250 the improvement which 237 200 150 has taken place since 100 the MILK Program was implemented. The Sources: Mid-South Dairy Records & CDCB. information represented in this chart is from DHIA herds of which 213 of the 275 herds are on the MILK Program. At 237 SCC, this places KY herds as the second best state in the Southeast U.S., making KY dairy farmers very competitive in the market place. The national SCC average is 199 according to the Council on Cattle Dairy Breeding, (CDCB). Lastly, how are KY dairy farmers doing in production per cow? According to the USDA Economic Research Service, KY has improved over 1,266 lbs. per cow from 13,889 lbs. to 15,155 lbs. from 2006 to 2013 for all herds. This is still considerably below the national average of 21,822 lbs. per cow as of January 2014. However, producers participating in the KDDC MILK Program are averaging 21,373 lbs. per cow and very competitive with the national average in both production and quality. The outcomes of increased production and milk quality have been the results of combined efforts and partnerships of University of KY Dairy Extension, CES County Agents, Field Staff from Milk Marketing Cooperatives and purchasers of milk, the KADF and the KDDC MILK Program. It is our hope the KDDC MILK Program partners continue in supporting this dynamic program. The next time a representative from one of these organizations visits take time to say thank you! SCC ml/1,000
Cont’d from page 13 Program records. As of the second quarter of 2014 there are nearly 30 percent of all permitted KY dairy farmers (213/711) utilizing the program. However, these 213 dairies produce over 53 percent of all KY milk according to USDA/NASS numbers. When we compare actual production of milk program dairy farms with their year over year base production we also get a picture of success. Since the program started cumulative pounds of milk over base production as of second quarter, 2014 is 412,048,842 lbs. or 8,241 more tanker loads of milk produced by KY dairy producers. What economic impact is generated by producing over 412 million additional pounds of milk in KY rather than hauling it in from distant states? We checked with the Appalachian Federal Milk Marketing Order Mailbox prices for the same time period of 2007 through the middle of 2014. The average price received by dairy farmers for the Order was $20.00 per hundredweight of milk. This is somewhat mindboggling, but the additional aggregate dollars generated by KY dairy farmers participating in the KDDC MILK program was $82,409,768.00. Added to that number are the incentive premiums of $5,424,740.00 paid directly to KY dairy producers over the course of the program. Has it saved hauling cost to the cooperative partners of the MILK Program? It is difficult to get a good reference as to hauling cost when it comes to supplying supplemental milk to local processors. In order to provide some measure of the equation, we utilized the FMMO again. Transportation Credits are used in the FMMO system to supplement transportation cost to milk handlers when bringing in distant milk from outside the geographic Order. These credits are paid out at the rate of $0.05/cwt. per mile. For a 50,000 lbs. tanker that would be the equivalent of $2.50 per loaded mile. The Market Administrator advised the average distant milk is hauled is approximately 400 miles per load. That would calculate to $1,000.00 for the average load to be delivered to processors in the Order. Since 8,241 more loads of milk were generated over the course of the program a total of $8,241,000.00
Center of Kentucky Dairy Short Course REGISTRATION - $20.00 JANUARY 29 – Green County Sessions begin at 10:00 am CT and will COW SIGNALS end by 2:00 pm CT What Your Cows Are Trying To Tell You! Dr. Jeffrey Bewley, UK Dairy Systems Specialist and Dr. Michelle Arnold, UK Extension Veterinarian Both have become certified CowSignals. This is a very interesting concept (http://www.cowsignals.com/about_us/concept/) and program developed in the Netherlands. The basic concept is to teach dairy farmers how to improve animal health and production by better understanding how to read the signals that cows give us. The training consists of very practical, realworld information. FEBRUARY 5 – Adair County AUTOMATIC CALF FEEDERS Dr. Donna Amaral-Phillips, UK Dairy Nutritionist; ON-FARM COW SIGNALS PRACTICE Dr. Jeffrey Bewley, UK Dairy Systems Specialist A few Kentucky producers have started investing in automatic calf feeders. Early results are exciting. And this approach will be a good option for many producers. This program will discuss the pros and cons of this approach and how to manage automatic calf feeders. During the afternoon session, participants will test their knowledge gained through Cow Signals on a local dairy farm. FEBRUARY 12 – Farm Tours During the first session of the Center of Kentucky Dairy Short Course, participants will decide what type of farm you would like to visit or what type of facilities or technology you would like to see in practice.
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2014-15 Dairy Calendar of Events December December 22
Winter Dairy Meeting, “Cow Signals Training”, 10:30 A.M. ET Casey Co. Extension Office
January 2015 January 6 January 8 January 9 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 20
Winter Dairy Meeting. “Cow Signals Training”, 10:00 A.M.CT Barren Co Extension Office Bilingual Calf Raising School, (Sponsored by Burkmann Feeds) 10:00 A.M.CT Barren Co. Extension Office KDDC Board Meeting, 10:00 A.M.ET Nelson Co. Extension Office Winter Dairy Meeting, 10:00 A.M.CT “The Next 5 Pounds” Barren Co. Extension Office Winter Dairy Meeting, 10:00A.M ET “The Next 5 Pounds,” Fleming Co Extension Office Prairie Farms Inc. Annual Mtg. 9:30 A.M. ET Somerset, KY Winter Dairy Meeting, “The Next 5 pounds.” 10:30 A.M. ET Casey Co. Extension Office Winter Dairy Meeting, “Automatic Calf Feeders,” 10:00 A.M.CT Barren Co. Extension Office
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January 20-21 January 22 January 29
41st Annual Southern Dairy Conference, Atlanta Georgia Winter Meeting, “On Farm Calf Raising School”, Sponsored by Southern States), 10:00A.M. CT Barren Co. Extension Office Center of Kentucky Dairy Short Course, “Cow Signals Training”, 10:00 A.M. CT Green Co. Extension Office
February 2015 February 3 February 5 February 12 February 24 February 24 February 25
KY Proud Legislative Breakfast, Capital Annex Cafeteria, Frankfort, KY Center of Kentucky Dairy Short Course, “Automatic Calf Feeders”, 10:00 CT A.M. Adair County Extension Office Center of Kentucky Dairy Short Course, “Farm Tours”, T.B.A. Young Dairy Producer Conference, 9:00 A.M. CT Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY Dairy Awards Banquet, 6:00 P.M. Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green KY KY Partners Meeting and Industry Trade Show, Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY