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GA Milk Weekly Enews - November 30,
2018
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GFB Convention to celebrate farmers' resiliency
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Less than two months after Hurricane Michael dealt more than $2.5 billion in crop and livestock damages to Georgia agriculture, Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) members will gather on Jekyll Island to celebrate the resiliency of Georgia farmers during the organization's 81st annual meeting Dec. 2-4.
"Georgia Farm Bureau has advocated for Georgia's farmers and rural communities for eighty-one years. Our purpose - to serve as the voice of Georgia's farmers - is needed now more than ever as Georgia's agricultural community recovers from Hurricane Michael. Farmers from Seminole to Burke counties suffered varying degrees of damage that will take a while to rebound from, even generations in the case of timber and pecan losses," GFB President Gerald Long said. "Our convention will serve as a venue for our organization to support our members affected by the storm, get updates on ag issues and determine the positions our organization will take next year on the issues impacting their farms and rural communities."
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Zippy Duvall and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black will address convention attendees during the general session on Dec. 3 between 8:15 a.m. and noon. Duvall served as GFB president from December 2006 until Jan. 2016 when he became the first Georgian elected to lead AFBF. Black has revitalized the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Georgia Grown program and initiated the Farm to School program since first taking office in 2011.
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Vaughters' Barn, a former dairy farm that is part of Panola Mountain State Park and the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (AMNHA), is currently undergoing renovations to stabilize the historic building. The project began at the end of October.
Water damage, structural factors, and general wear and tear have led to some structural instability. Upon completion of the project, the barn will offer increased opportunities for education about county history.
DeKalb County was at one point the biggest dairy producer in the state of Georgia, and S. B. Vaughters was one of the many dairy farmers in the area. As urban sprawl inched out of Atlanta over the course of the 20th century, Mr. Vaughters sought a different future for his land.
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Sometimes dairy farmers must take advice from several outlets and use it to put together the best protocols for their herd.
Every once in a blue moon we have a cold, sickness, or milk production drop from a feed change hit our herd. If you're a dairyman, I am quite sure you have dealt with these things before. But, have you ever had a case of the "who knows what?"
You read that right . . . yes, I said, "Who knows what?" Sometimes you can talk to three or four different veterinarians and receive three or four different diagnoses. The conclusion may never be clear. What do you use to treat "who knows what?"
On November 12 I woke up, drank a cup of coffee, got ready, and headed into work. I do not usually work Sundays, so on Mondays I tend to feel a day off schedule with a little catch-up at hand. I went to my office and checked the activity monitors on my computer.
Then I checked milk production through the herd to see if anyone was off more than normal or if activity had fallen below the norm. To my surprise, I had quite a few problem cows to deal with. Most cows that were flagged had been giving 90 pounds of milk or more a day and had dropped more than 50 percent. I immediately started to write down numbers of cows to go look at on a piece of paper.
At this point I realized the problem was affecting more than one or two cows. We knew we were at the end of a ryegrass silage pit (probably only a day or two left in it). I called my feeder and told him to immediately switch to the new pit of ryegrass silage on my way out to see my girls.
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From Progressive Dairyman Editor Peggy Coffeen
At Son-Bow Farms near Spring Valley, Wisconsin, the sand-laden manure from 1,400 cows no longer goes straight to the lagoon.
It now passes through a sand separation and reclamation building before undergoing the two-phase NuWay process that further partitions it down to a unique trio of co-products: a high-phosphorus liquid fertilizer, a low-phosphorus liquid fertilizer and the equivalent of distilled water.
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It's been another year fil
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ed with bogeys for the milk segment. Dollar sales in the overall category fell 3.9% to $15.3 billion during the 52 weeks ending Aug. 12, 2018, data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI show. Unit sales dropped 1.4%.
And in line with a multi-year trend, the refrigerated skim/low-fat milk subcategory - still the largest subcategory - found itself stuck with a number of bad lies. Dollar sales tumbled 8.4%, while unit sales took a 5.0% dive.
Even some subcategories that have been in growth mode in recent years weren't been able to avoid the hazards. For example, dollar and unit sales in the refrigerated flavored milk/eggnog and buttermilk segment both declined by 0.5%. And although refrigerated whole milk saw a modest (1.8%) increase in unit sales, dollar sales were down 1.1%.
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With input costs that can run hundreds of thousands of dollars for Georgia producers, it's essential farmers keep their GATE card up to date. Damon Jones looks at the renewal process and some of the recent changes to the program.
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GA Dairy Classifieds
Young Stock Supervisor wanted -
Hart Agriculture Waynesboro GA
Grazing 500-1000 animals
Must be familiar with rotational grazing and breeding
Dairy Manager wanted -
Hart Agriculture Waynesboro GA
300-700 milking cows
60 bale rotary, New Zealand style grazing system
Heifers for Sale (SC):
18 Bred Registered Holstein Heifers. Big heifers 6 Due in November, 5 Due in December, 3 Due in March
50 years in the Dairy business, Top herd in South Carolina. RHA 25,000, Closed Herd, All AI Sired, all AI Bred, and Vaccinated. Contact: Debbie Glenn at 864-376-8582.
Bull Calves WANTED: Competitive pricing with 6 day a week pickup. Brandon Mason Cattle Company 912-632-4490
For HIRE: Southeast DHIA
has a position to fill in the
West Central Georgia area for a
FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN.
Responsibilities include data
collection on area dairy farms
during milking time. S
chedule is somewhat flexible
but the hours are non-typical. S
ome travel and out-of-town
work likely.
Applicants should be comfortable
with computers and software and
have good communication and
organizational skills as well as
reliable transportation. Pickup Truck required. I
f interested send a resume to
For Sale: Custom manure application and Dryhill manure equipment sales.
Contact Edwin @ 478-299-0717 with
Agboys Custom Services LLC -
New 8"x52' lagoon pump with outriggers $24,000 (Pictured right)
For Sale 3000 gallon Surge/Westfalia milk tank and wash system. Three phase condensers. 2002 model. Excellent condition. John B Gay, 478-494-5107
WANTED: DeLaval
Westfalia
Neck Transponders: TN Dairy seeking used Westfalia neck band transponders.
Please contact Bill or Peggy Howell if interested at 423-972-9254 or 423-371-3032.
WANTED: Looking for used pasteurizing and bottling equipment in working condition; Linda and Darrell Rankins, Jr.; 334-745-2357 (best times: mid-day and after 8 p.m.)
For Sale:
Jersey cows, heifers and calves for sale. Registered with AJCA, all ages! Contact Matt Holton at 770-718-8271, call or text. Dawsonville, GA.
FOR HIRE: Custom Silage Harvesting. Late model JD chopper. Will travel. Let me put your quality forage up! Nic Haynes, Muddy H Farms, 678-617-3379.
FOR SALE:
We have a continuous selection of fresh and springing heifers.
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Upcoming Events:
Dec. 2-4 - Georgia Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Jekyll Island
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