Table 1

Table 1. Current and historical participation in various DHIA testing programs
			Cows/	Percent Participation, 2000-03
Type of Test	Herds	Cows	Herd	2000	2001	2002	2003
DHI	24	4,065	169	5.0	5.0	3.1	2.9
DHI-AP-T	115	11,301	98	15.9	14.5	13.9	13.9
DHI-APCS	42	15,988	381	3.3	3.7	4.4	5.1
DHIR	16	1,810	113	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.9
DHIR-AP-T	41	4,748	116	5.4	5.7	6.3	5.0
DHIR-APCS	8	1,237	155	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.0
DHIR-AP	54	5,593	104	6.3	6.8	7.6	6.5
DHI-AP	358	43,355	121	40.9	41.8	41.7	43.2
OS	21	1,710	81	2.7	2.5	2.7	2.5
OS-AP	88	12,339	140	13.4	12.9	13.5	10.6
OS-APCS	21	3,189	152	2.0	2.4	2.3	2.5
OS-MO	----	----	----	0.1	0.1	0.1	----
OS-MO-AP	1	154	154	0.7	.06	0.6	0.1
SS	2	1,420	710	----	----	----	0.2
SS-AP	35	7,046	201	----	----	----	4.2
SS-APCS	2	988	494	----	----	----	0.2

Table 3. Total herds and total cows by state, 2000-03
	Total Herds							Total Cows
State	2000		2001	2002		2003		2000		2001		2002		2003
Arkansas	61		57	56		50		6,433		6,130		6,503		6,655
Kansas	326		308	308		268		34,769		35,138		42,119		37,246
Nebraska	267		224	223		193		31,661		28,405		28,499		26,284
N. Dakota	77		64	64		54		7,830		6,663		6,372		5,937
Oklahoma	112		102	94		96		16,278		13,596		11,967		13,248
S. Dakota	213		193	168		151		22,364		25,493		21,301		20,989
Other ¹	----		----	----		16		----		----		----		4,584
Totals	1,054		948	906		828		122,146		115,392		116,384		114,943
¹Colorado (1), Missouri (15)
Table 4. HOA breed averages, 2003
													SCC	Calving
					Cows/		RHA, lbs						Actual	Interval
Breed		Cows			Herd		Milk		Fat		Protein		(1,000)	(mo.)
Ayrshire		302			60		15,737		583		499		393	14.4
Brown Swiss		1,094			61		16,165		640		549		400	14.9
Guernsey		448			64		14,920		649		503		436	14.9
Holstein		103,867			148		19,377		711		597		393	14.5
Jersey		2,813			83		14,578		654

Total Herds