HEART OF AMERICA DHIA

2008 ANNUAL SUMMARY

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Table 1. Current and historical participation in various DHIA testing programs
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				Cows/	Percent Participation passed years
Code	Type of Test	Herds	Cows	Herd	2005	2006	2007	2008
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0	DHI	10	3980	398	2.3	2.5	4.5	3.6
1	DHI-AP-T	22	2768	126	12.2	4.6	3.3	2.5
2	DHI-APCS	27	7487	277	4.4	4.6	14.4	6.9
20	DHIR	11	657	60	3.2	2.8	1.2	0.6
21	DHIA-AP-T	10	1161	116	6.6	1.5	0.6	1
22	DHIR-APCS	9	5236	582	1.4	1.3	1.6	4.9
23	DHIR-APCS	75	10353	138	9.3	11.8	9.6	9.6
31	DHI-AP	266	39645	149	41.1	49.2	37.6	36.7
40	OS	11	1300	118	2.9	2.4	1.5	1.2
41	OS-AP	67	12009	179	8.6	8.8	7.6	11.1
42	OS-APCS	18	3140	174	3	3.3	3.4	2.9
43	OS-MO	3	1457	486	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.3
44	OS-MO-AP	2	453	227				0.4
70	SS				0.2	0.1	0.1
71	SS-AP	39	14447	370	5.1	6.4	9.9	13.4
72	SS-APCS	4	3854	964	0.2	0.3	0.3	3.5

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Table 2. HOA state averages, 2008
	Cow/	RHA	RHA lbs	RHA lbs	SCC	Calving
State	Herd	Milk	Fat	Prot	Actual	Int. (mo.)
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Arkansas	134	17840	645	552	376	14.6
Colorado	2595	17164	616	477	161	13.4
Iowa	201	21493	918	699	251	13.2
Kansas	114	20744	785	655	341	14.4
Missouri	75	15274	548	485	577	13.9
Nebraska	167	20611	757	643	323	14.0
Oklahoma	152	17732	623	553	375	14.5
N. Dakota	153	20706	816	662	278	14.5
S. Dakota	275	22386	832	691	280	13.6

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Table 3. Total herds and total cows by state 2005-08
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		Total Herds				Total Cows
State	2005	2006	2007	2008	2005	2006	2007	2008
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Arkansas	27	25	18	18	2821	2843	2621	2412
Iowa		25	22	22		5403	4368	4419
Kansas	245	221	213	194	32480	32480	30044	22024
Nebraska	183	157	152	141	25999	24787	24470	24916
N. Dakota	48	46	45	39	6275	6498	7534	7032
Oklahoma	84	60	57	45	10650	9081	7882	6850
S. Dakota	136	119	111	103	20932	21425	26767	28180
Other	44	16	15	14	10338	8173	13176	12101
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Totals	767	669	633	576	109495	110970	117962	107934
Other Colorado (3) Missouri (10) Texas (1)

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Table 4. HOA breed averages, 2008
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						SCC	Calving
		Cow/				Actual	Interval
Breed	Cows	Herd	Milk	Fat	Protein	1000	(mo.)
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Ayrshire	331	55	12943	490	420	545	15.1
Brown Swiss	612	47	15935	672	552	344	14.9
Guernsey	143	48	12888	584	441	491	15.6
Holstein	93736	196	21009	777	655	295	14.0
Jersey	5230	116	16339	755	582	310	13.3
M. Shorthorn	337	48	13566	472	419	261	13.9
Crossbred	6989	88	18966	754	613	307	13.7

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Table 5. Total herds by breed 2003-08
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			Total Herds
Breed	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
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Ayrshire	5	5	8	3	8	6
Brown Swiss	18	14	22	11	22	13
Guernsey	7	5	4	4	3	3
Holstein	700	604	612	539	534	479
Jersey	34	31	50	35	51	45
M. Shorthorn	6	6	7	4	8	7
Crossbred	58	59	64	60	99	79
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Totals	829	724	767	652	725	632

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Table 6. Statistical summary of HOA herds, 2003-08
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Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
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Cow/herd	139	152	143	161	175	173
RHA milk, lbs.	18797	19018	19463	19618	20837	20717
Avg. milk fat %	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Avg. milk protein %	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
Avg. SCC, (1000)	395	378	370	352	328	306
Calving Interval, months	14.4	14.5	14.4	14.4	13.9	14.0

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Table 7. DRMS statistical summary of Holstein herds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK and SD as of 3-10-2009
	Herds, less than 300 cows (n=407)			Herds, more than 300 cows (n=61)
Item		Average	Range		Average	Range
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Number of cows		103	21-292		775	303-3571
Cows in milk on test day, %		87.3	58-100		87.9	76-99
Days in milk		192	99-416		183.8	121-240
Average age of 1st lactation cows, months		26.6	21-38		25.7	23-33
Cows left herd, %		35.5	12-90		35.7	19-58
RHA milk, lbs.		19174	9190-29232		22273	14626-28093
Summit milk 1st lactation lbs.		64	34-92		73.9	51-90
Summit milk 2nd lactation lbs.		80.6	44-121		94.2	65-122
Summit milk 3rd lactation &> lbs.		86.1	45-134		98	67-122
Standardized 150 day milk lbs.		68.3	37-110		77.8	57.3-97.4
Days open-projected min-all		179.1	80-361		158.6	117-277
Days 1st Service-total herd		106.8	50-304		82	61-154
Percent of heats observed for year		32.4	1-79		48.4	1-79
Cows dry less than 40 days, %		15.4	1-75		11.6	0-58
Cows dry more than 70 days, %		30.8	3-80		22.2	0-64
Somatic cell count actual		338	78-1096		303	142-663
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3		61.8	17-93		63.7	43-82
Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS > 4, %		28.3	0-100		22.8	0-59
Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls		74.3	.6-100		72.2	1-100
Percent of herd bred to young bulls		5.8	0-94		6.8	0-98
Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls		31.7	0-100		22.9	0-100

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Table 8.
DRMS statistical summary of Jersey and all other breeds in AR, KS, NE, ND, OK, and SD as of 03-10-09
	Jersey herds (n=34)		All other breeds (n=84)
Item	Average	Range		Average	Range
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Number of cows	119.7	23-771		154.7	23-2936
Cows in milk on test day, %	85.8	71-98		83.1	28-97
Days in milk	185.7	124-272		42.3	131-444
Average age of 1st lactation cows, months	24.9	21-30		27.4	21-36
Cows left herd, %	25.8	7-79		35.9	5-75
RHA milk, lbs.	14704	8344-19561		16167	7426-23839
Summit milk 1st lactation lbs.	48.1	26-71		55.1	26-74
Summit milk 2nd lactation lbs.	58.8	35-83		68.5	23-97
Summit milk 3rd lactation &> lbs.	65	43-88		74.7	41-106
Standardized 150 day milk lbs.	50.2	34.1-70.4		57.8	31.4-81
Days open-projected min-all	146.3	102-244		176.9	110-328
Days 1st Service-total herd	94.1	50-151		102.4	61-330
Percent of heats observed for year	44.6	12-65		33.9	2-73
Cows dry less than 40 days, %	10.2	1-35		17.2	1-63
Cows dry more than 70 days, %	26.8	2-55		32.4	4-84
Somatic cell count actual	327	108-820		386	90-960
Percent cows with SCCS of 0-3	58.1	21-83		56.7	27-93
Fresh cows <41 DIM with SCCS > 4, %	30.3	0-100		35.4	0-100
Percent of herd bred to proven AI bulls	68.3	21.8-100		56.8	3.7-100
Percent of herd bred to young bulls	17.2	0-64.3		13.1	0-73.5
Percent of herd bred to non-AI bulls	18.5	0-100		34.3	0-100