Feeding Strategies with Current Milk Prices- Mike Hutjens

Feeding Challenges with Today’s Milk Price Dr. Mike Hutjens Extension Dairy Specialist University of Illinois/DAIReXNET Dairy Webinar

Managing the Dairy Replacement Herd Webinar ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Economic Expectations” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Milk Prices in 2009 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Potential MILC Payments ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Today’s Program ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Is Happening? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Feed Benchmarks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Feeding Economics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Economics of Feed Efficiency (70 lb milk, 9 cent lb DM) Feed efficiency DMI Difference (lb milk/lb DM) (lb/day) (savings/day) 1.20 58.3 75 cents 1.40 50.0 56 cents 1.60 43.8 44 cents 1.80 38.9

2009 Illinois Feed Costs Farm A Farm B Farm C Farm D Farm E Farm E Farm F Farm G Farm H Hi-Group Lo-Group DMI 54.9 57.0 51.3 56.7 52.0 44.0 54.7 55.9 54.0 Feed $/hd/d $ 4.71 $ 5.38 $ 5.23 $ 5.83 $ 5.52 $ 3.83 $ 5.43 $ 5.32 $ 5.65 Milk/d 83 90 66 86.5 100 60 89 86 79.7 Fat % 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.67 3.7 4.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 FCM 85 92 72 88 102 69 88 86 80.7 Feed $/cwt $ 5.54 $ 5.85 $ 7.26 $ 6.63 $ 5.41 $ 5.55 $ 6.17 $ 6.19 $ 7.00 Feed $/#DM $ 0.086 $ 0.094 $ 0.102 $ 0.103 $ 0.106 $ 0.087 $ 0.099 $ 0.095 $ 0.105 Feed Efficy 1.55 1.61 1.40 1.55 1.96 1.58 1.61 1.54 1.49

A Look at the Bottom Line (No debt payment, return on assets, or management salary) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Never Give Up Milk” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Maintain Milk Components ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Milk Fat and Milk Protein Relationship (Hoard’s Dairyman) Fat % Protein % Protein vs Fat Fat vs Protein Ayrshire 3.84 3.12 81% 1.23 Brown Swiss 3.97 3.25 82% 1.22 Guernsey 4.47 3.31 74% 1.35 Holstein 3.66 2.98 81% 1.23 Jersey 4.56 3.55 78% 1.28

Long Term Impact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cow Responses / Monitoring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Modifying Starch Levels ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Shelled Corn Energy Values (Dairy NRC 1989) Mcal/lb DM Cracked (2200 micron) 0.84 Ground (1500 micron) 0.89 High moisture (>26%) 0.93 Steam flaked (24/25 lb bu) 0.93 High lysine (floury) 0.94 Finely ground (1100 micron) 0.96

Processed Corn Silage (Wash State Univ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Levels of Rumensin ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Apparent digestibility of feed starch and fecal starch (%DM)

Potential Milk Response ,[object Object],[object Object]

Additives Recommended ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Additives as Needed ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

By-Product Feeds To Consider ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Weigh Back Considerations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

One TMR vs. Two Groups An Economic Consideration ,[object Object],[object Object]

Economics of One vs. Two TMR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fat / Oil Considerations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Role of Corn Silage and Forages

Deciding on Forage Use ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Economics of Corn Silage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Economics of Corn Silage (Spartan II Least Cost at DMI of 50.5lb) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],lb DM /cow/day $ /cow/day

Culling Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

In Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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