HEART OF AMERICA DHIA 2004 ANNUAL SUMMARY

Table 1. Current and historical participation in various DHIA Testing programs

Cows/ Percent Participation, 2001-04

Type of Test Herds Cows Herd 2001 2002 2003 2004

DHI 23 5229 227 5.0 3.1 2.9 3.1

DHI-AP-T 96 11054 115 14.5 13.9 13.9 13.2

DHI-APCS 26 5011 173 3.7 4.4 5.1 4.0

DHIR 18 1567 87 2.4 1.9 1.9 2.4

DHIR-AP-T 39 4573 117 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.3

DHIA-APCS 8 1292 162 1.7 1.9 1.0 1.1

DHIR-AP 55 6284 114 6.8 7.6 6.5 7.6

DHI-AP 308 35327 115 41.8 41.7 43.2 24.6

DHI-MO 1 8602 8602 1.0

OS 18 1474 82 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4

OS-AP 71 11776 166 12.9 13.5 10.6 9.8

OS-APCS 16 3342 209 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.2

OS-MO -- --- --- .1 .1 -- --

OS-MO-AP 1 33 33 .06 .06 .1 1

SS 2 1727 864 .2 2

SS-AP 35 7046 184 4.2 4.8

SS-APCS 3 921 307 2.0 4.0

Table 2. HOA state averages, 2004

SCC Calving

Cows/ Rolling Herd Avg. lbs. Actual Interval

State Herd Milk Fat Protein (1000) (mo.)

Arkansas 140 17389 627 545 426 14.6

Kansas 148 19489 720 609 416 14.6

Nebraska 142 19647 733 612 387 14.3

Oklahoma 138 17909 631 556 388 14.5

N. Dakota 132 18985 723 594 303 14.4

S. Dakota 170 19136 732 595 353 14.4

Other 369 18688 660 580 13.8

Colorado (1), Missouri (14)

Table 3. Total herds and total cows by state 2001-04

Total Herds Total Cows ____

State 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004

Arkansas 57 56 50 37 6130 6503 6655 4608

Kansas 308 308 268 235 35138 42119 37246 34695

Nebraska 224 223 193 169 28405 28499 26284 24214

N. Dakota 64 64 54 47 6663 6372 5937 6116

Oklahoma 102 94 96 88 13596 11967 13248 12244

S. Dakota 193 168 151 127 25493 21301 20989 21669

Other1 16 15 4584 967__

Totals 948 906 828 718 115392 116384 114943 104513

Colorado (1) Missouri (14)

Table 4. HOA breed averages, 2004

SCC Calving

Cows/ RHA, lbs Actual Interval

Breed Cows Herd Milk Fat Protein (1000) (mo.)

Ayrshire 295 59 15628 575 495 3.4 14.3

Brown Swiss 938 67 16053 646 544 3.4 15.0

Guernsey 345 69 13703 598 456 2.8 15.1

Holstein 99660 165 19714 721 608 3.1 14.5

Jersey 2511 81 14936 677 536 3.2 14.0

M. Shorthorn 444 74 14081 484 440 3.1 14.3

Crossbred 7076 116 15998 601 514 3.1 13.9

Table 5. Total herds by breed, 2001-04

Total Herds

State 2001 2002 2003 2004

Ayrshire 8 10 5 5

Brown Swiss 29 29 18 14

Guernsey 8 9 7 5

Holstein 853 804 700 604

Jersey 44 45 34 31

Milking Shorthorn 6 9 6 6

Crossbred 58 59

Totals 948 906 829 724

Table 6. Statistical summary of HOA herds, 2001-04

Year

Item 2001 2002 2003 2004

Cows/herd 122 129 139 152

RHA milk, lbs 19191 20086 18797 19018

Avg. milk fat % 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Avg. milk protein, % 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

Avg. SCC, (1000) 442 380 395 378

Calving interval, months 14.2 14.4 14.4 14.5

Table 8. DRMS statistical summary of Holstein herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 02-01-2005

Herds, less than 300 cows (n=581) Herds, more than 300 cows (n=52)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 98 22-294 52 306-8464

Cows in milk on test day, % 86 59-100 87 72-95

Days in milk 189 85-506 195 156-241

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 26 22-35 25 22-30

Cows left herd, % 35 0-88 35 3-50

RHA milk, lbs 19585 10614-29935 22149 15250-26903

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 64 35-89 73 62-85

Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs 80 37-119 92 74-112

Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation 85 45-124 95 79-118

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 68 32-103 79 61-101

Days open-projected min-all 175 81-359 163 126-224

Days 1^st Service-total herd 104 42-352 79 54-118

Percent of heats observed for year 33 1-70 49 15-75

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 15 1-67 15 1-77

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 28 2-78 20 3-51

Somatic cell count actual 367 101-1499 356 158-733

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 61 16-96 62 43-79

Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 27 0-100 26 0-49

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 67 1-100 62 0-96

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 13 0-100 19 0-75

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 27 0-100 17 0-99

Table 8. DRMS statistical summary of Jersey herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 02-01-2005

Herds, less than 300 cows (n=30) All other breeds (n=81)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 86 22-326 102 20-566

Cows in milk on test day, % 86 67-100 84 59-100

Days in milk 184 129-287 181 120-262

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 25 20-31 27 23-35

Cows left herd, % 31 14-72 32 0-100

RHA milk, lbs 15407 12389-22601 16468 10370-24568

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 50 38-61 55 36-77

Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs 60 46-76 68 42-96

Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation 64 39-80 73 35-108

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 50 36-62 57 35-87

Days open-projected min-all 150 93-265 164 91-293

Days 1^st Service-total herd 91 61-196 98 54-236

Percent of heats observed for year 43 13-72 34 3-62

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 11 1-35 14 1-100

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 25 2-50 35 5-82

Somatic cell count actual 406 134-1254 400 108-1738

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 55 24-80 58 15-89

Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 32 0-100 37 0-100

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 70 12-100 52 0-100

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 12 0-60 15 0-81

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 18 0-100 39 0-100