ICAR General Assembly and Management Workshop Poreč (Croatia) 11 14 May 2009 Recording and sampling in large herds. Experiences from practice. 1 Manfred Hammel - LKV Brandenburg e.v.
Germany Federal States Eastern Germany Land Brandenburg 2
Tasks of the LKV Brandenburg e.v. Milk Recording Milk quality testing Marking and registration of the cattle Management of the pig, sheep and goat data bank Dairy farmer consultation Feed analysis, water analysis Soil analysis Organic fertilizer analysis Input, fermenter content and output digester gas Mastitis analysis 3 *
Milk Recording Technician Mrs Heidelore Dehnert, during Milk Recording in Agrofarm GmbH Hammer/Liebenthal 4
Milk Recording 2008 - Land Brandenburg category recorded cows (Ø year) 162,764 recorded herds (Ø year) 601 average cows in recorded herds 272 cows in recorded herds min / max 1 / 2,884 3x milking herds / cows 85 / 30,446 % 14 / 19 milk recording density in % 97.5 milk recording method A / 4 B 4 in % 50.5 / 49.5 processing times in days 3.5 recorded herds und cows / technician 8 / 2,050 5
Development of milk yield Land Brandenburg 1989 to 2008 8.800 8.546 8.608 8.347 4,40 4,24 7.616 7.796 7.966 7.942 4,08 4,17 4,41 4,48 4,43 4,41 4,36 4,28 4,29 4,27 6.434 6.167 6.797 7.293 4,15 4,12 4,10 4,16 4,07 4,01 4,08 4,05 5.385 5.344 5.577 5.759 5.037 4.313 4.069 4.681 3,51 3,39 3,45 3,46 3,48 3,49 3,50 3,49 3,47 3,47 3,44 3,45 3,46 3,44 3,39 3,39 3,40 Milch- kg Fett-% Eiw eiß-% 1989* 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 6 *
Milk Recording average cows in recorded herds 1995-2008 Germany, East Germany, Land Brandenburg 300 250 200 209 249 228 232 229 192 195 195 238 241 243 245 202 206 210 208 222 260 230 272 Kuhzahl/Betrieb 150 100 50 39 44 45 45 47 48 49 50 52 55 7 0 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Germany East-Germany Brandenburg
Milk Recording Devices (MRD) stationary MRD mobile MRD 2008 7.404 1.610 100 90 80 70 % 60 50 44,2 46,1 46,2 46,5 47,3 51,3 52,2 54,6 55,5 55,9 58,1 58,8 40 33,8 30 22,3 22,5 28,0 20 10 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 8
Transaction of Milk Recording (MR) 60 50 Milk Recording with Herd-PC 58% 40 % 30 Milk Recording with Palm 38% 20 10 0 PC-Programm Palm/Flash List Milk Recording with List 4% 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 9
Equipment for Milk Recording Box with vials measuring beaker Scaled pipette Dispenser for conservation Accompanying document if necessary mobile RD (ICAR-approved) Palm, Aqua pack Printer, Modem 10
General Preparation of Milk Recording All cows of a stable are included in the MR All cows are flagged with eartag Changes of the Milking procedure, the Milking times and the feeding before Milk Recording are not valid Any insets of hormones or active agents to promote the milk performance are prohibited The MR is realized evenhanded, conscientious and punctual Farms with two times milking start MR in the evening Farms with three times milking start MR at noontime 11
Preparation of Milk Recording Herd-PC Boxes and if necessary RD (ICAR-approved) have to be ordered in necessary number Accesses and leaving as well as birth for the period after the last MR have to be listed Status Dry and Colostrums of the respective cows have to be listed conservation of needed bottles Open MR in the Herd-PC, (enter date and group order and box number, vial number of the respective cow, milking frequency and so on) print PC-preparation list if necessary the mobile RD have to be build in (only annually approved RD) 12
Realizing Milk Recording Herd-PC Identification of the cows via automatic Systems or visual (on list) Write down the milk yield on preparation list (read off on display or scale, when mobile RD, (is omitted with automatic transfer of the milk yield to the herd-pc) Mix the entire milk thoroughly and transfuse it into a measuring beaker samplings have to be done immediately after the mixing with scaled pipette fill the milk sample into the correct bottle, close and shake the bottle, to have a good conservation, each cow has one bottle in which the samples of all the milkings (two or three) are collected empty measuring beaker after each milking 13
Data acquisition and data provision in stable Herd-PC Milk yield has to be typed in PC from the preparation list for every cow (data record per animal: farm number, date, box number, vial number, milk yield, milking frequency) (is omitted with automatic transfer of the milk yield to the herd-pc) Fill in accompanying documents (farm, date, check method, technician, box number, milking time) Validity check, whether all of the data are listed transfer the MR-Data, via dial-up, mail-box or electronic volume to the LKV 14
Milk Recording with Palm 15
Preparation of Milk Recording Palm Boxes and if necessary RD (ICAR-approved) have to be ordered in necessary number Data stock is located in the Palm-Program Accesses and leaving as well as birth for the period after the last MR have to be listed conservation of needed bottles open MR with Palm-Program, enter box number allocation of the Milking frequency to the respective cow via Palm-Program enter Status Dry and Colostrums of the respective cows if necessary the mobile RD have to be build in (only annually approved RD) 16
Realizing Milk Recording Palm Identification of the cows via automatic Systems or visual (on list) Type in the milk yield into the Palm-Program (read off on display or scale, when mobile RD) Mix the entire milk thoroughly and transfuse it into a measuring beaker samplings have to be done immediately after the mixing with scaled pipette fill the milk sample into the correct bottle (given by the Palm-Program) close and shake the bottle, to have a good conservation each cow has one bottle in which the samples of all the milkings (two or three) are collected empty measuring beaker after each milking 17
Data acquisition and data provision in stable Palm Milk yield will be stored in the Palm-Program for every cow (data record per animal: farm number, date, box number, vial number, milk yield, milking frequency) Fill in accompanying documents (farm, date, check method, technician, box number, milking time) Validity check, whether all of the data are stored, is done automatically by Palm-Program transfer the MR-Data from Palm via blue-tooth Modem and e-mail to the LKV 18
Sample Transport Milk Recording in large herds Provision of the samples and documents in the Farm or in collecting points and transport with reefer Collection of the samples through own courier service according to schedule 19
Sample accepting and analysis Incoming inspection (farm, sample number, conservation, fill level, completeness of the documents) Analysis: fat, protein, lactose, somatic cell, urea 20
Processing Data and Inform the Farmer Merging: cow number and milk yield with ingredients of milk (milk composition) Performance Calculation (Day of MR, milking average, stable average, sliding annual performance, 100-days-performance, 305-days-performance, annual performance, 305-daily output, life-performance, and so on) Data storage Inform the Farmer The LKV and the Data Processing Center inform the farmer via: Internet Fax Mail 21 Processing time 3.5 days (from first day of MR to day of informing farmer)
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Milk Recording with Herd-PC 1,501 cows 10,279 kg Milk yield 3.91% fat 3.25% protein 4 B-technician 3x Milking (Gesamtbestand) Milking parlor: Boumatic carrousel 60 places, outside MRD Perfection 3000 23
Milk Recording with Herd-PC 2,378 cows 9,359 kg Milk yield 3.99% fat 3.39% protein 4 A-technician 3x Milking (Teilbestand) Milking parlor: Gea Westfalia Surge carrousel 60 Melkplätze, inside MRD Metatron 24
Milk Recording with Palm 206 cows 7,761 kg Milk yield 4.11% fat 3.52% protein 1 A-technician 2x Milking Milking parlor: Gea Westfalia Surge carrousel 20 Melkplätze, inside MRD Metatron 25
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