1
Q
Stock Numbers
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- 275 milking
- 190 heifers aged between 0 to 2
2
Q
Milk Figures
A
- 94lbs (43 litres)
- 4.2% fat
- 3.1% protein
- Peak cell count was over 300, now currently at 200
- Paid per 100lbs 20-21 dollars
- No deduction on high cell count, only bonuses
- 300 dollar bonus if they went from 250 to 150
- Want to lower it for cows health and less milk being dumped
3
Q
Breeding
A
- 100% AI
- Use Smaxtec
- Day 1: PG
- Day 14: PG
- Day 26: GnRH
- Day 32: PG
- Day 35: Breed + GnRH
- AI beef straw: 8 dollars
- AI replacement staw: 50 dollars
- Serve 10 cows with sexed straws per week, need 8 of them to hold
3
Q
Sand Problems
A
- Old sand: heavy clay and silt. Compacted hard and wasn’t cleaned out properly.
- New sand- less clay and silth, more comfortable. Changing sand alone caused an extra 3lbs of milk over night and lowered cell count.
- Gram Negative: 33 mil to 35,000
-Streptococcus spp. 74 mil to 18,000 - Coliform bact: 1.5 mil to 125
4
Q
Cow Health
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- Modified Live Virus: 3 times (3mths, 5 mths and just before breeding)
-Killed virus (when confirmed pregnant, also given once for every lactation) - E.Coli vaccine (twice a year to lactating cows)
