HEART OF AMERICA DHIA

2009 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 5,017 358 3.1 2.3 2.5 4.5
DHI-AP-T 24 2,647 110 13.2 12.2 4.6 3.3
DHI-APCS 32 9,421 294 4.0 4.4 4.6 14.4
DHIR 13 724 56 2.4 3.2 2.8 1.2
DHIR-AP-T 11 1,544 140 5.3 6.6 1.5 0.6
DHIR-APCS 7 1,415 202 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6
DHIR-AP 82 11,130 136 7.6 9.3 11.8 9.6
DHI-AP 301 44,012 146 42.6 41.1 49.2 37.6
OS 12 1,409 117 2.4 2.9 2.4 1.5
OS-AP 65 16,568 255 9.8 8.6 8.8 7.6
OS-APCS 24 5,747 239 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.4
OS-MO 3 674 225 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
SS 1 442 442 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
SS-AP 41 14,330 350 4.8 5.1 6.4 9.9
SS-APCS 3 3,256 1085 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3

 

Table 2.  HOA state averages, 2007
Cows/       RHA avg. lbs SCC Interval Calving
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
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
  Cows/ 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, les 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 1st 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 1st lactation lbs 64.3 31-93 73.9 58-89
Summit milk 2nd lactation lbs 79.9 38-117 93.1 69-114
Summit milk 3rd 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 1st Service-total herd 106 50-264 84 61-175
Percent of heats observed for year 32.6 23743 48.2 27820
Cows dry less than 40 days, % 16.2 1-100 13.1 16072
Cows dry more than 70 days, % 27.6 32203 19.9 19784
Somatic cell count actual 385 78-1692 329 82-753
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 58.8 34060 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 1st lactation cows, months 24.6 19-30 27.1 21-33
Cows left herd, % 34.8 29129 35.5 34425
RHA milk, lbs. 14866 9724-20199 16133 8953-27221
Summit milk 1st lactation lbs 47.5 29-69 55.8 22-78
Summit milk 2nd lactation lbs 60.2 37-78 68.1 31-98
Summit milk 3rd 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 1st Service-total herd 90 61-121 106 61-345
Percent of heats observed for year 41.1 23559 33.4 25659
Cows dry less than 40 days, % 11.5 21582 16.1 0-67
Cows dry more than 70 days, % 22.1 28887 33.3 29952
Somatic cell count actual 394 160-832 440 76-1431
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3 54.4 31-78 53.9 34090
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