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1 Diets Fed in Selected WI High-Producing Dairy Herds Randy Shaver Department of Dairy Science University of Wisconsin Madison
2 Survey Herd Locations d Galesville
3 2010 Survey Herds Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms Location Comstock Dane Newton Waldo Whitewater RHA, lb Milk Fat TP Cheese Yield
4 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms Milking freq. 3x 3x 3x 3x 3x No. Milking MLM, lb
5 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms DIM Milk, lb/d Fat % TP% SCC, x
6 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms BST, % of herd Stall Stocking, % Tiestalls 100 Bunk space, ft Tiestalls 1.6 Feeding freq. 5x 1x 2x 2x 2x Push-up freq. 0 5x 12x 6x 4x Refusal, %
7 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms DMI, lb/d Milk/Feed FCM/Feed
8 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms No. milking cow formulations Testing freq., d DM freq., d 3 as needed 7 as needed as needed Formulation freq
9 Farm Name Bethany Valley Ripps Dairy Valley Siemers Holstein Farm Inc. Tom & Gin Kestell & Sons JC KOW Farms Mixer Make Valmetal Kuhn- Knight Supreme Valmetal Knight Type 4-auger 4-auger Twin Vertical Screw 4-auger Vertical Screw
10 Ron Olson Chuck Ripp Graham Webster Jeff Rortvedt Steve Woodford Jim Stelse Basis Herd HGRP HGRP Herd Herd Model NRC-01 CPM CNCPS NRC-01 CNCPS Company Vita Plus Private Consultant Hubbard Private Consultant Landmark Coop.
11 2007 Survey Herds Bruce & Brenda Long New London 60 cows; 32,725 lb. RHA 2x; no BST Tie stalls; TMR Scott & Dawn Seward Pine River 331 milking cows; 29,982 lb RHA 3x; 75% BST Freestall-parlor; TMR Ron & Nicole Wussow Cecil 130 milking cows 32,882 lb. Holstein & 24,712 lb. Jersey RHA 3x Tie stalls; TMR
12 2004 Survey Herds* Hensen Bros. Dairy Inc., Waunakee Koepke Farms Inc., Oconomowoc Rosy Lane Holstein LLC, Watertown Crave Brothers Farm, Waterloo SoFine Bovines LLC, Westfield Oechsner Farms, Brownsville *All freestall-parlor-tmr herds; milking cows; 29,100 31,200 lb. RHA 3x; BST 63% - 83% milking cows
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14 Alfalfa Silage Nutrient Composition Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd DM, % of as fed CP, % of DM NDF, % of DM IVNDFD, % of NDF NFC, % of DM Ash, % of DM TDN 1x, % of DM
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16 Corn Silage Nutrient Composition Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd DM, % of as fed CP, % of DM NDF, % of DM IVNDFD, % of NDF Starch, % of DM TDN 1x, % of DM
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18 Forage Program Milking Cows Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Wheat Straw --- 1/3 2/6 Dry Hay 4/5 3/3 3/6 Alfalfa Silage 6/6 3/3 6/6 Corn Silage 6/6 3/3 6/6
19 Herd or High Group Forage Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Forage % of Diet DM Corn Silage % of Forage DM
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21 Herd or High Group Corn Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Dry Corn 1/5 2/3 3/6 HM Corn 5/5 2/3 4/6 % Moisture
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23 Supplements Herd or High Group Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Starch 1/5 1/3 1/6 CGF 2/5 -- 3/6 DDG 2/5 2/3 2/6 WCS 5/5 3/3 6/6 Soyhulls 2/5 2/3 1/6 Beet Pulp /6 LFS/Molasses 3/5 1/3 2/6 Liquid Whey 2/5 -- 1/6
24 Supplements Herd or High Group Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd SBM solv. 3/5 3/3 5/6 SBM exp., htd. 4/5 3/3 1/6 Rst. SB 3/5 2/3 4/6 Linseed Meal /6 CGM-60 2/5 2/3 2/6 Blood/AP Blend 5/5 3/3 4/6 Fish Meal 1/5 -- 1/6 Feather Meal /6
25 Supplements Herd or High Group Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Pork MBM -- 1/3 -- Formula Feed /6 Urea 1/5 2/3 3/6 Animal Fat 3/5 3/3 3/6 Rumen Inert Fat 3/5 2/3 3/6 Bi/Sesqui-Carb 5/5 3/3 4/6 Yeast 4/5 3/3 6/6 Organic TM 5/5 2/3 6/6
26 Supplements Herd or High Group Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd Biotin 4/5 1/3 4/6 Niacin /6 Rumensin 5/5 3/3 NA Bacterial DFM -- 2/3 5/6 RP Methionine 4/5 1/3 1/6 Myco. Binder 3/5 1/3 3/6 Canola Meal 1/ Oats 1/
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28 Herd/HGRP Diet Nutrient Composition Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd DM, % as fed CP, % DM RUP, % CP NDF, % DM Forage NDF, % DM NFC, % DM Fat, % DM TDN1x, % DM
29 Herd/HGRP Diet Nutrient Composition Sept-2010 Fall-07 Feb-04 5-Herd 3-Herd 6-Herd Ca, % of DM P, % of DM Mg, % of DM K, % of DM Added Salt, % of DM Suppl. A, IU x1000/d Suppl. D, IU x1000/d Suppl. E, IU/d
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31 Herd or High Group DMI & Feed Efficiency Sept Herd Fall-07 3-Herd Feb-04 6-Herd DMI, lb per day Milk/DMI FCM/DMI
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33 Herd or High Group Amino Acid Status Sept-2010 Fall-07 Feb-04 5-Herd 3-Herd 6-Herd % of MP Lysine Methionine Lys/Met
34 Visit UW Extension Dairy Cattle Nutrition Website
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