Lakeland College's animal science program provides students the opportunity to be part of the student managed farm. This is the April 2013 final presentation of the dairy team.

2. Committees
 Leader : Daniel Vandenberg
 Production Committee: Travis Brandsma, Gijs van der
Kamp, Andrew Graham
 Finance Committee: Mike Graham, Katie Graham, Han
van den Eijnden

3. Committees
 Health Committee: Albert Hirya, Erwin van den Brink
 Communications Committee: Elizabeth Scholten, Kaitlin
Espetveidt

4. Lakeland Dairy Herd
 Lactating cows
 Dry cows
 Heifers

5. Dairy Cow Facilities

6. Dry Cow and Pregnant heifers

7. Heifers

8. Strengths
 Milk components
 Hoof Health
 Reproduction

9. Milk Components
% Butterfat Litres needed/day Kg of bf/day
3.5 x 2857.14 = 100kg
4.0 x 2500.00 = 100kg
4.5 x 2,222.22 = 100kg
Lakeland Dairy Her d Butterfat
4.7%
* Canwest DHI

10. Hoof Health
Lesions As A Percent Of Cows
Trimmed
Cows Without
Lesions 96.08%
Cows With
Lesions 3.92%
*Silver fern hoof trimming

11. Hoof Health
Lesions As a Percent of Total Lesions
Digital Dermatitis
50%
Sole Hemorrhage
50%
*Silver fern hoof trimming

12. Reproduction

13. Reproduction
Preg Check
Date
Amount
Pregnant
Percent Pregnant
Feb 22 2/4 50%
March 14 5/7 71%
March 22 2/3 66%
April 4 4/7 57%

14. Opportunities
 Milk Production
 Genomics
 Facilities

15. Milk Production

16. Milk Production

17. Genomics
No Information Low Reliability

18. Genomics
High Reliability Selecting Process

19. Facilities

20. Challenges
 Equipment Challenges
 Communication

21. Equipment Challenges

22. Equipment Challenges
 Bulk Tank
 Manure Scraper

23. Equipment Challenges
 Air exchange in calf barn
 Parlor Challenges

24. Teat End Scoring- Holsteins
Type of
Condition
# of Cows
affected
Herd
Percentage
Standard
Percentage
Very Rough Ring 4/25 16% < 2%
Rough Ring and
Very Rough Ring
17/25 68% <20%
Compression
Ring
2/25 8% <10%
*AN 331 Dairy Management Class

25. Communication

26. Communication
 Language Barriers
 Personal Issues
 Lack of feedback

29. Stray Voltage
 Causes Stress
 Lower Water intake
 Hesitant to enter parlour
 High herd turnover

30. Stray Voltage
• High Producing Cows
• Multi meter

31. Financial Picture

32. Income
Sale of Cows $16,420
Sale of Calves $2,525
Sale of Milk $314,293
Misc. $1,393

33. Expenses
Feed $189,425
*Labour $55,000
Vet/Med $5,375
Equip Repair $11,532
Breeding $4,935
Misc. Expense $632
Bedding $9,553
Office supplies $505
Subscriptions $1,639
Reg/Memberships $3045
Corral Cleaning $10,163
Farm supplies/materials $19,329
Hoof Trimming $1,888
Dead stock $468
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000

34. 290,000
300,000
310,000
320,000
330,000
340,000
350,000
360,000
Income Expenses
Income vs Expense
Income vs Expense

35. Measuring Performance

36. Reproduction
5 months ago……….
Pregnancy rate

37. Reproduction
Heatime
Ultrasound
Drugs and hormones
Excellent teamwork

38. Heat Synchronization Project
Presynch-Ovsynch56

39. Breeding

40. Pregnancy checking

41. Results
Pregnancy Rate
Synchronized Group
37.5%
Pregnancy Rate
Heatime Group
17%
Alberta Average
Pregnancy Rate
15%

42. Recommendations
 Utilize heat synchronization hand in hand with
heatime
Repeat breeders
Cows/heifers with irregular heats
 Benefits
Increased reproductive performance
High and consistent milk production

43. Milk Production

44. Quota Holdings
 Lakeland has 52.06 kgs of Daily quota
 -13.5 days (-701.67kg)
 Because of cooling issues with the current milk tank
we had to dump 4 days of milk, contributing to
the13.5 day deficit
Data from Alberta Milk pay statement

45. Average Days in Milk 2013
145
150
155
160
165
170
175
December January Febrary April
Lakeland
Alberta Avg
Data from Canwest DHI 2013

46. Daily Milk Yield 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
December January February April
Lakeland College
Alberta Avg
Data from Canwest DHI 2013

47. Butterfat % 2013
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
December January February April
Lakeland College
Alberta Avg
Data from Canwest DHI 2013

48. Protein % 2013
2.8
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
December January February April
Lakeland College
Alberta Avg
Data from Canwest DHI 2013

49. Somatic Cell Count 2013
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
December January February April
Lakeland College
Alberta Avg
Data from Canwest DHI 2013

50. Progress Reports
 Completed projects
 Projects still in progress
 Long term projects

51. Completed Projects
 Breeding Wheel
 Heifers pens 16, 17, 18
 Hospital and Maternity Pens

52. Breeding Wheel

53. Heifer pens 16,17,18

54. Hospital and Maternity pen

55. Completed Projects
 Synchronized breeding
 Embryo Transfer
 Milk Replacer Demo
 Genomic testing

56. Synchronized Breeding

57. Embryo Transfer

58. Milk Replacer Demo
Heifer Milk
Replacer
Starting
Weight
Ending
weight
Average
Daily Gain
Total
Gain
1499 Purina
Accel
113 lbs 158 lbs 1 lbs/day 45
1500 Purina
Chow
85 lbs 129 lbs 0.97
lbs/day
44

59. Genomic Testing

60. Benchmarks - LPI
Minimum 25th Percentile Average 75th Percentile Maximum
Lakeland
National
Average

61. Benchmarks - Conformation
Minimum 25th Percentile Average 75th Percentile Maximum
Lakeland
National
Average

62. Projects still in progress
 Manager of the week
 SMF members milking pm
 Reviewing and updating SOPs

63. Manager of the week

64. SMF members milking

65. Reviewing and Updating SOPs

66. Long Term Projects
 Dairy Comp 305
 Parlour upgrade
 Parlour expansion
 New Barn
 Pregnancy Tests

67. Dairy Comp 305

68. Parlour Upgrade

69. Parlour Expansion

70. New Barn

71. Pregnancy Tests
 Ultrasound
 Blood test
 Milk tests

72. Ultrasound
 26 days post breeding.
 99% accurate.
 Identify any fertility problems.

73. Blood Test
 Detects a specific pregnancy related protein.
 29 days post-breeding, cows 90 days post
calving.
 98.7% accurate (Canadian Veterinary
Journal).

74. Milk Test
 Milk Pregnancy test, detects the presence of
PAGs
 35 days post breeding and from 60 days
post calving
 98% accurate.

75. Recommendations
 Continue with Genomic testing
 Continue using Synch program
 Dairy comp 305

76. Recommendations
 Parlour Upgrade
 Parlour Expansion
 Keep working on new barn

77. 80 and 100 Cow Comparison

78. Benefits of a New Barn
 Increased learning experience
 Economically efficient
 Cow comfort
 Research Opportunities

79. Major Expenses
80 cow Amount Price/Item Price Total
Quota 28 kg x $38,995 $1,091,860
Building 21, 712
sqft
x $35 $759,920
Equipment n/a x n/a $603, 134 $ 2, 454,914
100 cow Amount Price/Item Price Total
Quota 48 kg X
$38,995
$1,871,760
Building
23, 712
sqft
x $35 $848,320
Equipment n/a x n/a $617, 604 $ 3, 337, 684
*Dairy Cost Study

80. Feed and Labour
80 Cows Amount/year
Gross Income $ 504,000
Labour -$81,936
Feed -$177,462
Net Income $244,602
100 Cows Amount/year
Gross Income $630,782
Labour -$102,420
Feed -$221,828
Net Income $306,534
*Dairy Cost Study

81. Total Other Costs
80 Cow Costs/Year
Other
Expenses
$128,012
Net Income $ 116, 590
100 Cow Costs/Year
Other
Expenses
$160,015
Net Income $146,519
*Dairy Cost Study

82. Summary
 Great student learning opportunity
 Investment into the future
 Creates fantastic advertising
 Opens up great opportunities

83. Recommendation
 Staff, Faculty and Administration farm tour

84. Thank you! Ken Murray
 Blair Dow
 Todd Ree
 Dr. Crystal Mullen
 Farm staff
 Pete, Dustin, Cheryl, Jamie, Ronald, Silas, Jo, Jax, Roy, and Sharon and
everyone else!
 Tracy Quintin
 Denise Martin
 Dr. Dana Summers – Leduc Vet Clinic
 Kaleen Harris - Cargill

85. Questions? LIVE THE
LEARNING!

86. Acres for Barley Silage
 80 cows = 4122 tons @ 9 tons/acre = 458 acres
 100 cows = 5360 tons @ 9 tons/acre = 595 acres

87. Netherlands

88. Netherlands