HEART OF AMERICA DHIA

2007 ANNUAL SUMMARY

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

Cows/ Percent Participation passed years

Type of Test Herds Cows Herd 2004 2005 2006 2007

DHI 14 5017 358 3.1 2.3 2.5 4.5

DHI-AP-T 24 2647 110 13.2 12.2 4.6 3.3

DHI-APCS 32 9421 294 4.0 4.4 4.6 14.4

DHIR 13 724 56 2.4 3.2 2.8 1.2

DHIR-AP-T 11 1544 140 5.3 6.6 1.5 .6

DHIR-APCS 7 1415 202 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6

DHIR-AP 82 11130 136 7.6 9.3 11.8 9.6

DHI-AP 301 44012 146 42.6 41.1 49.2 37.6

OS 12 1409 117 2.4 2.9 2.4 1.5

OS-AP 65 16568 255 9.8 8.6 8.8 7.6

OS-APCS 24 5747 239 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.4

OS-MO 3 674 225 .1 .1 .1 .1

SS 1 442 442 .2 .2 .1 .1

SS-AP 41 14330 350 4.8 5.1 6.4 9.9

SS-APCS 3 3256 1085 .4 .2 .3 .3

Table 2. HOA state averages, 2007

Calving

Cows/ RHA avg. lbs SCC Interval

State Herd Milk Fat Prot Actual (mo.)

Arkansas 146 17674 648 549 411 14.7

Colorado 2782 16709 549 504 184 12.4

Iowa 202 22068 864 696 282 13.5

Kansas 131 21077 787 653 380 14.2

Missouri 79 17530 622 549 502 14.7

Nebraska 171 21450 788 664 348 14.0

Oklahoma 144 17818 628 555 406 14.5

N. Dakota 141 21508 809 667 305 14.2

S. Dakota 220 21955 829 679 282 136

Table 3. Total herds and total cows by state 2004-07

Total Herds Total Cows

State 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007

Arkansas 37 27 25 18 4608 2821 2843 2621

Iowa 25 22 5403 4368

Kansas 235 245 221 213 34695 32480 32480 30044

Nebraska 169 183 157 152 24214 25999 24787 25570

N. Dakota 47 48 46 45 6116 6275 6498 7534

Oklahoma 88 84 60 57 12244 10650 9081 7882

S. Dakota 127 136 119 111 21669 20932 21425 26767

Other 15 44 16 15 4967 10338 8173 13176

Totals 718 767 669 633 104513 109495 110970 117962

Other. Colorado (3), Missouri (10), Montana (1), Texas (1)

Data collected from State Management Dart by herd code.

Table 4. HOA breed averages, 2007

SCC Calving

Cow/ RHA. Lbs Actual Interval

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

Ayrshire 377 47 15073 560 486 434 14.9

Brown Swiss 1041 47 15308 649 524 495 15.8

Guernsey 145 48 14686 669 492 498 14.9

Holstein 97440 182 21251 777 653 330 13.9

Jersey 4779 94 16132 747 576 332 13.3

M. Shorthorn 377 47 13699 479 429 274 14.3

Crossbred 10674 108 19644 765 628 318 13.8

Table 5. Total herds by breed 2003-07

Total herds

Breed 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Ayrshire 5 5 8 3 8

Brown Swiss 18 14 22 11 22

Guernsey 7 5 4 4 3

Holstein 700 604 612 539 534

Jersey 34 31 50 35 51

Milking Shorthorn 6 6 7 4 8

Crossbred 58 59 64 60 99

Totals 829 724 767 652 725

Data taken from Recognition Agent by strings that identify breeds.

Table 6. Statistical summary of HOA herds, 2003-07

Item 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Cows/herd 139 152 143 161 175

RHA milk, lbs. 18797 19018 19463 19618 20837

Avg. milk fat % 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Avg. milk protein % 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

Avg. SCC, (1000) 395 378 370 352 328

Calving interval, months 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.4 13.9

Table 7. DRMS statistical summary of Holstein herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 03-15-2008

Herds, lees than 300 cows (n=449) Herds, more than 300 cows (n=58)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 105 21-294 854 302-6121

Cows in milk on test day, % 86 50-100 88 79-96

Days in milk 191 85-383 187 113-251

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 26.7 23-37 25.3 23-32

Cows left herd, % 34.3 2-86 36.3 11-70

RHA milk, lbs. 19404 6019-28996 22605 16128-28418

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 64.3 31-93 73.9 58-89

Summit milk 2^nd lactation lbs 79.9 38-117 93.1 69-114

Summit milk 3^rd lactation lbs 85.1 47-123 95.8 70-117

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 67.2 35.3-103 78 56.4-96.7

Days open-projected min-all 184 90-360 160 113-278

Days 1^st Service-total herd 106 50-264 84 61-175

Percent of heats observed for year 32.6 1-65 48.2 3-76

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 16.2 1-100 13.1 1-44

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 27.6 3-88 19.9 3-54

Somatic cell count actual 385 78-1692 329 82-753

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 58.8 4-93 60.9 40-85

Fresh cow <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 31.2 0-100 24.2 0-52

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 45.3 0-99 58.2 0-89

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 13.4 0-96 20.4 0-99

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 29.7 0-100 19.3 0-100

Table 8.

DRMS statistical summary of Jersey and all other breeds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 03-15-2008

Jersey herds (n=35) All other breeds (n=91)

Item Average Range Average Range

Number of cows 110 25-584 142 24-2017

Cows in milk on test day, % 86.8 65-96 81.9 51-97

Days in milk 175 129-252 202 116-353

Average age of 1^st lactation cows, months 24.6 19-30 27.1 21-33

Cows left herd, % 34.8 10-79 35.5 4-94

RHA milk, lbs. 14866 9724-20199 16133 8953-27221

Summit milk 1^st lactation lbs 47.5 29-69 55.8 22-78

Summit milk 2^nd lactation lbs 60.2 37-78 68.1 31-98

Summit milk 3^rd lactation lbs 65.6 44-86 73.9 43-112

Standardized 150 day milk, lbs 48.9 30-67 57.4 35-86

Days open-projected min-all 144 106-224 187 98-303

Days 1^st Service-total herd 90 61-121 106 61-345

Percent of heats observed for year 41.1 7-64 33.4 4-70

Cows dry less than 40 days, % 11.5 2-59 16.1 0-67

Cows dry more than 70 days, % 22.1 2-79 33.3 1-82

Somatic cell count actual 394 160-832 440 76-1431

Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 54.4 31-78 53.9 5-93

Fresh cow <41 DIM with SCCS >4, % 32.3 0-75 34.3 0-100

Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls 71.3 4-100 49.7 3-100

Percent of herd bred to young bulls 11.7 0-47 17.1 0-82

Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls 23.1 0-100 34.8 0-100