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 2. HOA state averages, 2003
					SCC	Calving
	Cows/	Rolling Herd Avg, lbs			Actual		Interval
State	Herd	Milk	Fat	Protein	(1,000)	(mo.)
Arkansas	133	16,321	587	514	454	14.3
Kansas	139	18,962	702	589	407	14.6
Nebraska	136	19,533	730	605	389	14.3
N. Dakota	110	18,313	687	569	325	14.3
Oklahoma	138	17,907	623	559	374	14.7
S. Dakota	139	19,201	735	595	387	14.1
Other ¹	287	18,453	674	580	496	14.6
¹Colorado (1), Missouri (15)

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		517		409	13.6
M. Shorthorn		426			71		15,028		525		477		291	14.3
Crossbred		5,993			103		15,877		596		509		412	14.3

Table 8. DRMS statistical summary of Holstein herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 02-01-2004
	Herds, less than 300 cows (n=635)		Herds, more than 300 cows (n=50)
Item	Average	Range	Average	Range
Number of Cows	95	20-298	794	300-8,272
Cows in milk on test day, %	88	47-100	88	71-95
Days in milk	195	98-463	200	162-245
Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months	26	22-35	25	22-29
Cows left herd, %	36	5-82	39	20-66
RHA milk, lbs	19,309	10,535-30,417	21,954	13,246-28,719
Summit milk 1^st lactation, lbs	63	0-94	71	52-87
Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs	78	0-112	91	64-115
Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation, lbs	84	0-122	94	68-124
Standardized 150 day milk, lbs	67.3	32.6-105.7	76.4	53.3-98.1
Days open-projected min-all	177	73-346	173	121-233
Days 1^st Service-total herd	103	54-238	83	55-125
Percent of heats observed for year	33	1-75	44	8-73
Cows dry less than 40 days, %	14	1-80	12	1-49
Cows dry more than 70 days, %	28	2-82	23	8-52
Average somatic cell count, 1,000 cells/ml	378	63-1,769	386	128-906
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3	60	15-91	58	35-81
Fresh cows <41 days in milk with SCCS >4, %	30	0-100	26	0-53
Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls	51	0-100	48	0-92
Percent of herd bred to young bulls	13	0-96	22	0-93
Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls	29	0-100	28	0-100

Table 9. DRMS statistical summary of Jersey herds and other breeds combined in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 02-01-2004
	Jersey (n=33)		All Other Breeds (n=86)
Item	Average	Range	Average	Range
Number of Cows	88	24-305	91	20-955
Cows in milk on test day, %	86	71-97	81	61-98
Days in milk	186	131-316	193	113-331
Age of 1^st lactation cows, months	25	21-29	27	23-35
Cows left herd, %	31	17-57	34	5-97
RHA milk, lbs	14,833	11,880-19,082	16,257	10,186-24,262
Summit milk 1^st lactation, lbs	47	30-59	52	25-75
Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs	56	38-70	66	33-101
Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation, lbs	62	40-79	71	31-103
Standardized 150 day milk, lbs	47.9	30.0-62.7	55.7	31.3-86.3
Days open-projected min-all	148	103-270	179	92-311
Days 1^st Service-total herd	93	62-170	100	51-256
Percent of heats observed for year	39	12-69	35	1-66
Cows dry less than 40 days, %	14	1-60	12	1-50
Cows dry more than 70 days, %	26	2-65	36	5-88
Average somatic cell count, 1,000 cells/ml	426	118-1,252	422	87-1,033
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3	54	3-82	54	15-82
Fresh cows <41 days in milk with SCCS >4, %	32	0-67	35	0-100
Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls	62	0-100	40	0-100
Percent of herd bred to young bulls	15	0-92	15	0-68
Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls	21	0-100	39	0-100

Table 5. Total herds by breed, 2000-03
	Total Herds
State	2000	2001	2002	2003
Ayrshire	11	8	10	5
Brown Swiss	36	29	29	18
Guernsey	7	8	9	7
Holstein	951	853	804	700
Jersey	45	44	45	34
Milking Shorthorn	6	6	9	6
Crossbred	----	----	----	58
Totals	1,056	948	906	829

Table 6. Statistical summary of HOA herds, 2000-03
	Year
Item	2000	2001	2002	2003
Cows/herd	113	122	129	139
RHA milk, lbs	19,717	19,191	20,086	18,797
Avg milk fat, %	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Avg milk protein, %	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
Avg SCC, (1,000)	394	442	380	395
Calving interval, months	14.2	14.2	14.4	14.4

Table 7. Percent of state cow population in DHI as of January 1 of each year, 2000-04
	Year
State	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Arkansas	19	18	21	26	23
Kansas	45	42	51	47	37
Nebraska	46	44	46	45	46
North Dakota	17	15	17	16	17
Oklahoma	21	19	18	18	19
South Dakota	30	30	26	27	27

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