Balanced Dairying: Production, Volume 16, Number 1, February 1992 Page: FRONT COVER
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Balanced Dairying PRODUCTIONEXTENSION DAIRY SPECIALISTS
Chris G. Woelfel
Michael A. Tomaszewski
College Station (409) 845-4937Al G. Lane
Stephenville (817) 968-4147Ellen R Jordan
Dallas (214) 231-5362E.M. Sudweeks
Overton (903) 834-6191February, 1992
Vol. 16, Number 1
Contents
Does Quality Pay? .. . ....... .. . 1
The Quality Assurance Program A Team Solution........ 3
Ten Critical Control Points .............. . .......... 3
PMO Changes .......... ....... ......... 5
Southwest Dairy Field Day .......... .. . . 6
Herd Monitoring: The Changing DHI . . 7
Texas Summary for December 1991 ... . ....... 8Gove r-`
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Does Quality Pay?
Ellen R. Jordan
Extension Dairy SpecialistAs dairy producers, you strive to produce the
highest quality milk you can. But when you're
up to your neck in mud, as we have been
through much of this winter, you wonder if you
can afford to reach the goal.
First, how do you define quality milk? You
probably think of quality in terms of milk
composition, low bacteria and somatic cell
counts, and absence of antibiotics. As milk
prices go through their usual spring decline, you
also want to ensure that producing quality milk
is profitable.
For years, you have been receiving payments
on milk fat percent. More recently, some
producers have received premiums based on
protein composition. Some Federal Milk
Market Orders have already implementedi. i61992
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Others soon will.
The other three factors-bacteria count, somatic
cell count, antibiotic residues-can determine
whether or not you have a milk market. When
you are below the legal limit, it may be harder
to see how these three factors can influence
your profitability.
Let's start by looking at somatic cell count.
Table 1 shows you a list of somatic cell count
levels and the potential loss in milk production
as somatic cell count increases. In a second or
later lactation cow, each time the somatic cell
count doubles, 1.5 pounds of milk per day is
lost, or 400 pounds per lactation. During first
lactation, the loss is .75 pounds per cow per day
or 200 pounds per lactation.Educational programs conducted by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level. race, color, sex. religion, handicap or national origin
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Balanced Dairying: Production, Volume 16, Number 1, February 1992, periodical, February 1992; College Station, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1624282/m1/1/?q=%22Agriculture+-+Domestic+Animals+-+Cattle%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.