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GPS Producer Panel

GPS Dairy Forum November 14-15, 2012 LaCrosse, WI

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Crosswind Jerseys

Stefan Temperli Elkton, SD

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Crosswind Jerseys

Content

  • Bullets
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Crosswind Jerseys

  • Elkton, SD
  • 900 Jerseys milking
  • Heifers Offsite
  • Contract Raised Feeds
  • 450 acres BMR Corn
  • 200 acres Alfalfa
  • Purchased Forages
  • Straw
  • Alfalfa hay
  • Grass hay
  • 63 lbs Milk
  • 5.0 Fat
  • 4.0 Protein
  • 130 SCC
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Challenges dealing with contract growers

  • Focus on feed quality rather than just volume
  • Getting them to think of long term relationships
  • Corn Silage

– Getting the grower to understand the importance of agronomics

  • f BMR Hybrids

– Figuring out the right pricing formula for mutual benefit.

  • Haylage

– Timing of harvest – who’s decision – Getting consistently high quality haylage

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Keys to success with contract growers

  • Being able to show the financial benefits of the

relationship

  • Lots of communication
  • Corn Silage

– Early planning for corn varieties, acres – Practicing good crop rotation, especially with BMR silage.

  • Haylage

– I call the shots – Showing the grower the benefit of increased yields

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Innovative things we are trying

  • Headline fungicide on silage
  • Smart silage packing
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Miltrim Farms

Tom Mueller Athens, WI

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Miltrim Farms Cropping Innovation

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Ascend on Alfalfa

  • Need more data (works but does it pay?)
  • On corn trials 8% increase in yields
  • Cost of ?
  • At $50/ton corn silage price returned $100/acre
  • Treated 23.45 ton/ac
  • Untreated 21.45 ton/ac
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Headline & Ascend on Alfalfa

  • 7% increase yield
  • $50 per cutting return per acre
  • Cost of $26.45 acre
  • Used on 2,3,4th crop
  • Need to use on 1st crop
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Gypsoil – calcium sulfate

  • 1000 lb/ac
  • Cost of $30.50/acre
  • Benefit of $82.50/acre
  • Av 3r crop yield was 94% of 2nd crop
  • Were we used Gypsoil 3rd crop yield was 113 % of 2nd

crop

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Swath control for corn planting

  • Cost of $17,000 with Auto Track and Display
  • First year saved over planting 110 acres or 5%
  • Saved $6600 on Seed, Fuel and Fertilizer
  • Yield drop of 50% on 70000/ac population $46000
  • Use the Auto Track and Display for other applications
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Variable rate application of potash and lime

  • NRCS has Equip funds for equipment
  • Have had to purchase less of both products
  • Sampling cost go up from $4/acre for 5 acre grids to $8/

acre for 2.5 acre grids

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Auto steer and mapping for tillage, planting, & harvesting

  • Getting more accurate information to use for crop

insurance (increase APH)

  • Be able to show the DNR our true yields so they will

allow higher application rates

  • Seeing 5% to 10% increase in productivity on tillage

(depending on field size)

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Farm Works software to help monitor & track results

  • Was looking for a program that would help us monitor

and track results

  • Able to download data from John Deere, Trimble, Ag

Leader and Precision monitors

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Silo Solve OS on top of corn silage bunkers

  • New product from ChrHanson to help prevent spoilage
  • n top 6” of pile
  • Something different to replace Silo stop and the safety

concerns of the man power needed to cover bunkers

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Shredlage corn silage and new chopper/ processor

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Pattison Dairy

Lee Pattison Garnavillo, IA

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Pattison Dairy

  • 700 cow farm w/ 610

milking and 585 heifers

  • 14 employees w/ extra

help during harvest times

  • Farm 1,300 acres w/

500 in alfalfa

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Alfalfa planning

  • 3 years before seeding –

start planning w/ soil fertility

  • 1 yr before seeding - grid

soil sample, soil pH

  • Year of seeding - plant early

silage maturity

  • Seed in August
  • Field cultivator 2 passes
  • 20# rate and seed company

replant policy

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Alfalfa production

  • New seeding alfalfa – 24

inches tall taken with old stands

  • Grid apply potash, MAP and

gypsum after 1st for all stand

  • Reapply fertilzer after 3rd

cutting except for stand coming out of production

  • Spray Respect and

Headline 7-8 days post harvest

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Alfalfa production

  • Cut with 2 – 16 ft machines
  • Harvest 250 acres plus
  • Goal 3 days for each crop
  • Cutting intervals very from 21

to 28 days with target feedout value at 165 RFV

  • Oxbo merger make it possible

to harvest in 2 days

  • Next year going to triple

mower

  • 3 year stands
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Questions?