Minnesota DHIA News

Minnesota DHIA News
A PUBLICATION OF MINNESOTA DHIA
Volume 16 Issue 1
JANUARY 2016
We invite all members to the 2016 District Meetings. Please come to hear our speakers and attend the DHIA
meeting. All members are welcome to attend the meeting of your choice, but can only vote or serve as a
delegate at your district meeting. All districts will elect delegates to the Minnesota DHIA Annual Meeting
March 17th in Buffalo, MN.
Lunch is free of charge if you call our office to pre-register 1(800) 827–3442 ext. 0
Or
RSVP Online at mndhia.org/2016-district-meetings
Katie Cornelius of IDEXX presents on the milk
pregnancy test
-Meetings start with lunch at 11:30, followed by our
guest speaker
-District business meeting will be held during lunch.
MN DHIA directors will be elected in the Northwest
and Southwest districts as noted.
Southwest District - ELECTION
Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson,
Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone,
Redwood, Renville, Rock, Waseca and Watonwan counties and
South Dakota south of Highway 212.
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February 16 at Searles Bar & Grill,
13014 Main St, New Ulm, MN 56073
(4 miles South of New Ulm on Hwy 15)
Sue Hart from Valley Ag Software
Dairy Comp 305 Users Meeting
-Software User Meeting will start at 10:30, district
meeting will be held during lunch, with software
continuing after.
South Central District
Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, Steele and Wabasha counties.
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February 29 at the Hy-Vee,
1620 S Cedar Ave, Owatonna
Northeast District
Anoka, Aitkin, Barron, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Itasca,
Kanabec, Koochiching, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Ramsey,
Sherburne, Saint Louis, Washburn and Washington counties.
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March 1 at Coyote Moon
480 55th Ave SE, St Cloud
Additonal Software Users Meeting
Northwest District - ELECTION
Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard,
Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter
Tail, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Wadena and Wilkin
counties.
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February 17 at the Holiday Inn
1155 Hwy 10, Detroit Lakes
Southeast District
Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and Winona counties.
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February 18 at the Pizza Ranch,
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1580 2 Ave NW, Stewartville
All are Welcome
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March 2 at Pizza Ranch,
2306 Broadway Ave, Slayton
West Central District
Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle,
Pope, Swift, Stevens, Todd, Traverse and Yellow Medicine counties
and South Dakota North of Highway 212.
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February 25 at The Oaks at Eagle Creek Golf Course,
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1100 26 Ave NE, Willmar
-District Meeting held after Midwest Dairy Association Meeting
Metro District
Carver, Hennepin, Le Seuer, McLeod, Meeker, Scott, Sibley and
Wright counties.
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February 19 at Unhinged Pizza (formerly Pizza Ranch),
425 Merger St, Norwood
Pregnant?
Confirm it with
Milk
Nicole Neeser, DVM Minnesota Department of
Agriculture
Speaking on Veterinary Feed Directive
Central District
Stearns County.
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March 3 at the Cornerstone Buffet
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23 4 St SE, Melrose
-Meeting and lunch will begin at 11:45
What’s your herd’s status? This month’s free
report, Herd Evaluator, provides a summary of your
herd’s performance. This report shows your current test
day, previous test day and your test day a year ago so
you can compare 5 key areas, including milk yield,
milk quality, turnover, reproduction, and herd
inventory. Each of these categories includes a colorful
graph of your progress over the last twelve tests on the
left side of the page. This is especially useful for
pointing out the seasonality in some numbers (such as
pregnancy rates and somatic cell counts, both of which
tend to get worse in warmer months).
The Herd Evaluator pinpoints problem months or
management aspects allowing you to make informed
decisions or track your progress over the last year.
`Tissue Sampling Unit Tag Sets`
`Now Available`
Various combinations of TSU sets to choose
from. To an order or discuss options
Call 800-827-3442 Ext.16
Or
Email courtneyb@mndhia.org
Happy Milestone Anniversary and a Thank
You goes out this month to:
Eugene Stoeckel - 30 years
This graph of the last twelve months shows us that this
herd had an elevated turnover rate last winter, but this
has since decreased and continues to improve.
A Luxury Edition Cow
A farmer had been taken advantage of several times by
the local car dealer. One day the car dealer informed the
farmer that he was coming over to purchase a cow. The
farmer priced his unit as follows:
Basic cow
Shipping and handling
Extra stomach
Two tone exterior
Produce storage compartment
Heavy duty straw chopper
Four spigot/high output drain system
Automatic fly swatter
Genuine cowhide upholstery
Deluxe dual horns
Automatic fertilizer attachment
4 x 4 traction drive assembly
Pre-delivery wash and comb
$499.95
35.75
79.25
142.10
126.50
189.60
149.20
88.50
179.90
59.25
339.40
884.16
69.80
FARMERS SUGGESTED PRICE:
Additional dealer adjustments
$2843.36
300.00
TOTAL LIST PRICE (Including options):
$3143.36
From the National Mastitis Council
Continuing from last month’s members messages we are featuring the 10 steps in the NMC Recommended Mastitis
Control Program. These steps can be used to evaluate your current control program or give you new ideas to improve
milk quality.
Below are steps 5 & 6 of the 10 steps.
5. Good Record Keeping

For each case of clinical mastitis, record cow identification, date detected, days in milk, quarter(s) affected,
number and type of treatments, outcome of treatments (i.e. return to normal milk, time to discard milk) and
the causative bacterial pathogen if a sample was cultured on-farm or in a laboratory.

Use a computerized or manual record system to manage information, such as individual cow SCC data, on
the prevalence and incidence of subclinical mastitis.
6. Appropriate Management of Clinical Mastitis During Lactation
 Develop and implement a herd clinical mastitis treatment protocol with the Herd Udder Health Advisory
team.
 Carefully consider the economic ramifications of therapy decisions.
 Collect a pre-treatment milk sample aseptically for microbiological culture so that antimicrobial
susceptibility tests can be used when appropriate.
 Use an appropriate therapeutic regimen; use drugs according to the protocol, or as recommended by the
health advisors.
 Prior to infusion, disinfect the teat with a germicide and scrub the teat-end with an alcohol swab.
 For infusion of intramammary antibiotics, use a single-dose, regulatory approved product by the partial
insertion method.
 Do not treat chronic non-responsive infections.
 Observe the correct withdrawal period for the antibiotic used, as stated on the label. If extra-label drug use is
necessary, follow regulatory guidelines under the supervision of a veterinarian (i.e. in the systemic treatment
of coliform mastitis).
 Always follow recommended drug storage guidelines and observe expiration dates.
 Clearly identify all treated cows, and record all treatments in a permanent record.
 When necessary, test milk for inhibitory substances before consignment.
DHIA Service Reminders
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4.
All reports are optional on each sample day.
All herds should be offered monthly tests (12 per year) as a service standard
Herds may ask for a special test at any time, for example you can have a test any time to help evaluate SCC.
PCR DNA testing for mastitis pathogens uses the DHIA milk sample to test for mastitis pathogens present. Ask your
Field Rep for more information.
5. Meters and other equipment should be clean and sanitary when delivered and when it leaves your farm. Field
personnel should wear rubber footwear and should clean and sanitize the footwear before leaving your farm. If you
have any concerns on cleanliness, please visit with your Field Rep on sample day.
December Milk Quality Leaders ranked by SCC, then Log SCC
*denotes herd owner name used in lieu of farm name
Name
GREGORY DAIRY LLC
*RYAN LARSON
KARL PAQUETTE
RKB DAIRY
JOHNSON DAIRY
*ROGER BRADLEY
*JOHN & CONNIE DONNAY
HIESERICH FARM
*HESSE DAIRY FARM HESSE
SELKE FARMS
*KARL & FRANK HELDBERG
BECHTOLD BROS
*MARK KLEHR
GEHL ACRES FARM
GEMEO FARM
THOENY FARMS
MIKE & LORI BOESL
*RON & PATTY STROBEL
BENGTSON FAMILY FARM
*BILL MALONE
HAPPKE HOLSTEIN FARM
*JOHN LARSEN
HIGH POINT DAIRY
CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY FARM
*JOHN SAUBER
MARSHALL KORN
*MARK BROSIG
*JAMES MEYER
*FRANK & IONE PATRICK
*DOUG PELKA
LEROY DROPPS
NELSON FARMS
SHIR-MAN HOLSTEIN FARM
SCHOENBAUER DAIRY
RON WEGNER
SMELTER DAIRY
*RANDY GRABAU
*JEREMIAH SMITH
*BILL MILLER
ALLEN DEUTZ DAIRY
BURKE AND SHEA FARMS
SCHULTE FARMS
GLEN & BECKY CHRISTEN
*REUBEN& JANICE STOMMES
RICK & SHARI WEIR
*MATT BERKTOLD
*DEAN RAUSCH
CRONK DAIRY
SCHEFERS BROTHERS
*KEVIN+CAROL SCHAFER
SCC in thousands i.e. 68 = 68,000
SCC
33
38
38
39
41
44
44
45
46
46
47
48
49
51
51
51
52
54
55
56
58
58
60
60
60
61
61
61
62
65
66
67
67
67
67
68
68
68
69
69
70
70
71
71
71
72
72
72
73
73
# Cows
90
25
47
126
104
38
53
91
103
231
67
61
60
142
32
192
250
47
47
51
108
20
111
141
56
64
242
59
55
58
24
77
72
183
62
67
26
52
242
63
88
266
48
72
92
184
74
37
75
27
Name
KERNCREST HOLSTEINS
SCHREIBER BROS
*RYAN KNISLEY
ROADSIDE DAIRY
LEISEN FARMS INC.
*JIM & MARILYN SCHUMER
NU-DIMENSION HOLSTEINS
*STEVEN AND CRAIG EMERY
D AND E DAIRY
*DAVID & SUE OLSON
ACKERMAN FARMS
HOLLERMANN DAIRY
BILL & NORMA ROUSAR
*JAMES & BETH OLSON
*JIM AND GERI WIEBUSCH
*RICK STOCKER
*CHARLES + MARY SCHORNACK
*JOE AND KAREN KUKLOK
WRIGHT WAY DAIRY FARM
*TODD & JEAN POLLEMA
GUCK FARM
KIMM'S DAIRY
SHEA DAIRY
*GLEN & SADIE FRERICKS
*GARY RYDEEN
HOEFS' DAIRY
*JOHN & JASON SCHROEDER
*MICHAEL & KRIS BANSE
BIERBAUM FARM
*STEVE VILAND
*JUSTIN & TRACIE FROELICH
*JEFF BLENKER
*ART AND KAREN HOFFMAN
BROOKSIDE DAIRY
LINDO FARMS
*CHAD BOHN
*DAN HALLBERG
*ADAM & SARAH MELLGREN
SUNSETVIEW FARM
VON WAHLDE DAIRY INC.
CHUCKKLAPHAKE JARRETTBORG
ROADSIDE ACRES
KARA KESH FARM
BOETTCHER DAIRY
*STACY & JULIE MILLER
JOPPS CENTURY FARMS
*JOHN + KARYL DIERSEN
FAIRVIEW DAIRY
*MIKE-MANDI HOERNEMANN
BOYENGA DAIRY
SCC
# Cows
73
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
76
76
77
77
77
77
78
78
78
79
79
79
80
80
80
80
81
81
81
81
82
83
84
84
85
85
85
86
86
86
87
87
87
87
88
88
88
88
88
88
88
68
79
60
154
67
56
31
191
59
277
115
404
50
70
32
94
52
12
37
79
35
79
836
76
30
277
55
93
52
44
74
37
134
494
45
69
59
81
10
147
111
379
63
147
89
108
149
314
263
44