HEART OF AMERICA DHIA

2006 ANNUAL SUMMARY

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

Cows/ Percent Participation, 2003-06

Type of Test Herds Cows Herd 2003 2004 2005 2006

DHI 17 4109 242 2.9 3.1 2.3 2.5

DHI-AP-T 31 3652 118 13.9 13.2 12.2 4.6

DHI-APCS 30 15975 533 5.1 4.0 4.4 4.6

DHIR 19 1332 70 1.9 2.4 3.2 2.8

DHIR-AP-T 10 750 75 5.0 5.3 6.6 1.5

DHIA-APCS 9 1797 200 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3

DHIR-AP 79 10678 135 6.5 7.6 9.3 11.8

DHI-AP 328 41749 127 43.2 42.6 41.1 49.2

DHI-MO .1 .2 0.0

OS 16 1623 101 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.4

OS-AP 59 8483 144 10.6 9.8 8.6 8.8

OS-APCS 22 3810 173 2.5 2.2 3.0 3.3

OS-MO-AP 1 138 138 .06 .1 .1 0.1

SS 1 448 448 .2 .2 .2 0.1

SS-AP 43 10990 256 4.2 4.8 5.1 6.4

SS-APCS 2 408 204 .2 .4 .2 0.3

SS-MO-AP .1 0.0

Table 2. HOA state averages, 2006

Calving

Cows/ RHA Avg. lbs. SCC Interval

State Herd Milk Fat Prot Actual (mo.)

Arkansas 145 17586 632 556 409 14.8

Colorado 3448 16876 604 518 216 14.5

Iowa 216 21511 824 676 300 14.0

Kansas 151 20026 748 627 362 14.7

Missouri 72 18042 662 571 498 14.9

Nebraska 165 19844 736 618 348 15.1

Oklahoma 151 17926 633 558 342 14.4

N. Dakota 141 19411 729 607 280 14.5

S. Dakota 180 19451 755 608 361 14.3

Table 3. Total herds and total cows by state 2003-06

Total Herds Total Cows ____

State 2003 2004 2005 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006

Arkansas 50 37 27 25 6655 4608 2821 2843

Iowa 25 5403

Kansas 268 235 245 221 37246 34695 32480 32480

Nebraska 193 169 183 157 26284 24214 25999 24787

N. Dakota 54 47 48 46 5937 6116 6275 6498

Oklahoma 96 88 84 60 13248 12244 10650 9081

S. Dakota 151 127 136 119 20989 21669 20932 21425

Other 16 15 44 16 4584 4967 10338 8173__

Totals 828 718 767 669 114943 104513 109495 110970

Other. Colorado (1), Missouri (15)

Table 4. HOA breed averages, 2006

SCC Calving

Cows/ RHA, lbs Actual Interval

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

Ayrshire 156 40 14759 522 474 253 14.5

Brown Swiss 718 68 15355 630 526 351 15.3

Guernsey 202 51 14551 668 485 453 14.8

Holstein 79887 171 20376 750 629 352 14.5

Jersey 4244 197 14895 679 535 366 13.9

M. Shorthorn 197 77 13229 481 413 401 14.0

Crossbred 8197 117 16757 634 538 347 14.1

Table 5. Total herds by breed, 2002-06

Total Herds

Breed 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Ayrshire 10 5 5 8 3

Brown Swiss 29 18 14 22 11

Guernsey 9 7 5 4 4

Holstein 804 700 604 612 539

Jersey 45 34 31 50 35

Milking Shorthorn 9 6 6 7 4

Crossbred 58 59 64 60

Totals 906 829 724 767 652

Table 6. Statistical summary of HOA herds, 2003-06

Year

Item 2003 2004 2005 2006

Cows/herd 139 152 143 161

RHA milk, lbs 18797 19018 19463 19618

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) 395 378 370 352

Calving interval, months 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.4

Table 7. DRMS statistical summary of Holstein herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 03-08-2007

Herds, less than 300 cows (n=485) Herds, more than 300 cows (n=52)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 102 21-296 666 307-2695

Cows in milk on test day, % 88 54-100 89 80-95

Days in milk 195 31-367 193 135-272

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 26 22-39 25 23-30

Cows left herd, % 35 0-90 36 13-79

RHA milk, lbs 19973 10486-30154 22744 16270-28080

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 66 34-92 74 59-85

Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs 82 39-119 93 67-112

Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation 87 48-133 96 69-116

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 69 35-102 78 54-100

Days open-projected min-all 177 90-356 163 117-252

Days 1^st Service-total herd 103 50-297 82 58-150

Percent of heats observed for year 33 1-73 47 3-78

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 15 1-67 14 1-65

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 27 2-82 19 4-54

Somatic cell count actual 381 78-2300 359 137-878

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 60 0-96 60 31-79

Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 30 0-100 24 0-53

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 65 1-100 62 0-98

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 13 0-100 21 0-94

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 30 0-100 18 0-100

Table 8. DRMS statistical summary of Jersey herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 03-08-2007

Jersey Herds (n=33) All other breeds (n=88)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 105 25-570 112 20-688

Cows in milk on test day, % 85 50-100 84 53-100

Days in milk 175 116-261 190 45-393

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 24 19-34 26 22-35

Cows left herd, % 31 0-69 37 5-81

RHA milk, lbs 15158 9272-20292 16732 8221-25131

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 50 28-66 56 28-78

Summit milk 2^nd lactation, lbs 62 37-78 69 29-99

Summit milk 3^rd+ lactation 66 41-85 74 38-112

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 51 38-66 58 30-79

Days open-projected min-all 141 102-225 172 95-331

Days 1^st Service-total herd 86 62-126 103 52-329

Percent of heats observed for year 42 7-65 35 2-71

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 12 1-58 14 1-67

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 19 2-38 32 4-74

Somatic cell count actual 437 111-1959 382 98-1520

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 62 9-100 58 19-86

Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 35 0-100 30 0-83

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 70 0-100 48 1-100

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 10 0-46 15 0-88

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 24 0-100 38 0-100