What percentage of dairy farms are owned
and managed by farm families ?
Average herd has 187 cows and over 97% are
family operations?
• Started in 1957 as a division of NC State
• Largest dairy records processing center in North America
• Provide services to 13,000 herds ( 70% of the US herds)
• 2 million cows from 45 states
• Management and marketing information to farmers and
their consultants ( vets, nutritionists. etc.)
• Herd Management software
• milk sample ( 2 ounces)
• fat and protein
• Somatic Cell ( mastitis)
• Milk Urea Nitrogen
• Johne’s
• Leukosis
• Bovine Viral Disease
• 15 mastitis pathogens
• pregnancy
• Ketosis
• Fatty Acid
• Parentage
• Stress
• Cow and calves information on your phone
• RFID Tags allow easy identification
• Integrated data with consultants and multiple workers