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Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

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Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

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    1. Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

    ICBF Data Recording & Reporting “Less paper – More profit” By Kevin Downing www.icbf.com

    2. Animal Events – Reduced Form Filling “Less Paper”

    Animal Events recording system replaced White cards for National Birth Registration Milk Recording Registration Form (MR2) Pedigree Registration Form Calving/Dry off dates for Milk Recording Calving Survey Forms for AI One line of data – not five !

    Milk Recording Events : Calving/birth events Freeze-branding events Dry off events Other Management Events : Insemination Pregnancy Diagnosis Weight records Health Culling

    3. Animal Events Covers

    4. Farmers Animal Events Pack

    5. Animal Events Book

    Mobile Phone e.g. SERVE, DRY, EBI, BULL Website recording e.g. AI & Natural Serves, Dry-offs, Weights, etc.

    6. Other Animal Event Recording Options

    7. Record your Animal Events On-Line e.g. AI, Preg Test, Dry-Off, Health, Weights, Freeze Brand/Jumbo, Condition Score, etc. Management Style Reports View all your AI/Natural Serve details. Easily identify animals due to Repeat or due a Pregnancy Test. See when your cows are due to calve and due to Dry-Off.

    Other Animal Event Recording Options

    8. Animal Events Progress

    Excellent progress in participation rate with 937,000 calf birth registrations recorded in 2005, 29% increase on 2004. 20% increase YTD In 2005 the use of farm PC packages for recording Animal Events was 17%. Our aim over next 5 years is 50%.

    9. Technologies for data collection

    Hand held computers AI technicians (GPRS …) Linear scoring (across breeds) Milk recording (electronic meters) Farmers in the Field (PDA’s) 2 way text messaging Farmer alerts e.g. SCC level Farmer requests General info for individual cows Genetic evaluation results Carcass grading machines VBG systems for scoring marbling All made much easier by having an integrated database

    10.

    Electronic Milk Recording System Data Handler Auto Sampling Electronic Meter RF Comm Link Cows’ IDs loaded direct from database Meter Records Milk Volume Electronically Meter automatically agitates/samples Barcoded vial, no writing, more accurate Milk Yields electronically loaded to dbase Lab results electronically loaded to dbase Meters delivered - No Capital Purchase Meter automatically deposits sample into Barcoded bottles

    Electronic DIY System Tech. drops the DH + Meters* to Farm No Recorder, No manual sampling, No writing, No keying ! Also: Less hassle on farm Capital cost of meters is less Reduced errors Model To Grow Business

    12. Electronic DIY Equipment– Irish Model 2006

    Equipment required for 1 cell: 72 x Tru Test Electronic Milk Meters* 7 x Data Handlers 1 x Portable Printer 5,000 barcoded vials, tray, accessories, etc. Laptop for data transfer Ancillary charging, data transfer equipment, etc. Ford Transit Van, 2.4d, LWB 1 tonne, customised Total Capital = €100K approx. * ICBF will calibrate each meter annually in Moorepark

    Run by MROS directly Dairygold 3 Cells (Limerick, North Cork, East Cork) Progressive 3 Cells (Wexford, Kilkenny North Leinster TBD) SWS 1 Cells (Bandon) Kerry 1 Cell (TBD) MROS subcontracted to ICBF Arrabawn/Tipperary 1 Cell (Tipperary) Connacht Gold 1 Cell (Mayo/Sligo) Donegal Creameries 1 Cell (Donegal)

    13. Electronic DIY €DIY Rolled out in 2006

    14. DIY Electronic Milk Recording – Recap on Advantages

    Effort Benefit

    AI Handheld Recording Problems with existing system Docket written by AI technician may not contain correct animal details, difficult to match tag information. May be a delay in keying dockets. No in-breeding checks. Data received by ICBF was poor. Difficult to generate valuable reports for farmers. Solution Introduce AI handhelds to provide a better service.

    16. AI Handheld Recording

    Itronix Handheld Infa-red Printer During 2005 the AI Handheld recording system was designed, built and initial field tests conducted. The number of inseminations recorded on Handhelds this year now stands at 153,466

    17. Features: Current V’s Proposed Systems

    Feature Current Proposed Docket Processing Yes Yes Inbreeding Check No Yes Lethal Gene Check No Yes Short Returns Check Yes Yes Info to Tech on Cow No Yes Real time mgt information No Yes Tighter Semem stock mgt No Yes Sire advice Programme No Yes More accurate billing No Yes Single database with CMMS updates No Yes More accurate GE’s No Yes Effective supports Progeny Test Prg No Yes Supports farm management reports No Yes New System provides a significantly better service for farmers while eliminating manual processing and reducing error levels.

    EBI REPORT ON-LINE HERD MANAGEMENT PERSONALISED POCKET NOTEBOOK HERD FERTILITY MANAGEMENT SIRE INBREEDING CONTROL DIRECT HELPLINE TO ICBF STAFF Herd Management Tools For Increasing Profit BREEDING CHART WHICH COWS ARE COSTING ME MONEY? HOW DO I COMPARE WITH THE TOP 10% IDENTIFY MY BEST PERFORMERS TO BREED FROM EBI – Euro value of the genes an animal will pass on to its offspring. AM I MAKING THE CORRECT BREEDING DECISIONS? ON-LINE HERD PROFILES BASIC PEDIGREE EBI FERTILITY On-Line Herd Reports – Up to date information to help you manage your herd. PERSONALISED POCKET NOTEBOOK 3 PRE-PRINTED LISTS OF YOUR COWS RECORD YOUR : CALVINGS SERVES & PREG TESTS DRY-OFFS & OTHER EVENTS SAVES YOU TIME DURING THE YEAR

    21. Fertility Reports

    Summary of Key Dates Comparison of Submission Rates

    22. Fertility Reports

    Action List Identify animals that require attention.

    23. Fertility Reports

    Summary of Herd Fertility Calving Intervals Calving & Submission Patterns

    24. Fertility Reports

    Herd Comparison with National Avg’s Submission rates Conception rates Pregnancy rates Services/conception Repeat intervals % not in calf

    25. Milk Quality Report

    26. Milk Quality Report

    Scatter Graph Visually display & compare Individual Cow SCC levels from current & past milk recordings.

    27. Milk Quality Report

    Graphical Comparison with National Averages Average & Median SCC % Cows with low SCC % Cows with High SCC

    28. Milk Quality Report

    Action List Identify animals that need attention. Ordered by Mean SCC for Lactation.

    29. Afternoon Farm Visits

    Diarmuid Hegarty, Blarney Michael Downing, Whitechurch

    30. Diarmuid Hegarty

    31. Michael Downing

    32. Comparison of Top and Bottom EBI Cows

    Diarmuid Hegarty Michael Downing

    33. Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

    Thank You for Listening www.icbf.com

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