Barn Cards are valuable in managing in conventional barns where cows go in the same stall all the time. The owner (or a potential cow buyer) can quickly see each cow's lifetime production history. Barn Cards are an Optional Report. When an AgSource member signs up for this option, they receive a Barn Card for each milking cow in the herd. Whenever a cow finishes her lactation, a new Barn Card is sent for her. A new card also is provided for each heifer that freshens and for purchased cows when they enter the herd.

The Monthly Animal ID is another Optional Report. All female animals in the herd are listed. This report is valuable for maintaining an accurate cow and heifer inventory.

 

This Optional Report is sent with the next Test Day Report Package after December 1 each year. One report is generated for the milking herd and another is generated for the heifers.  Members can provide their Field Technician with corrections and receive a revised report for an additional charge.

This option can be either paper or electronic. There are four other options for this Optional Report.

1. All calves
2. All heifer calves
3. All calves whose dams have a registration number
4. All heifer calves whose dams have a registration number

Depending on the option, after a calving is reported, the Calf Registration Application is enclosed with the next Test Day Report Package (or sent electronically). If sire information was provided to AgSource, this is included. This application can be used for registration with any breed association. Simply provide any additional information or photos when applicable and send to the breed association.

While the Calf Registration Application option is designed for herds that are either identifying or registering their calves with a breed association, the Calf Identification Page option is for managers that want an easy-to-use, paper identification and record keeping system for their own use. Members subscribing to this Optional Report receive a Calf Identification Page for each heifer calf born and reported . The page contains all the information on the calf reported to AgSource along with an area to add pictures or drawings of the calf. The back page is useful for entering Health and Veterinary Records. 

The PTA Report is an Optional Report mailed separately within a week of USDA's quarterly Sire Summary. This report lists Cow Predicted Transmitting Ability - Milk / Fat / Protein for each cow in the herd.

Each member's AgSource DHI information is available on the Dairy Comp 305 I-Loop for electronic download. As soon as a herd's data has been processed, it can be accessed. Service Group members can download individual herd data into their consultant's version of Dairy Comp 305. This powerful program allows the user virtually unlimited capability to analyze trends on a dairy. AgSource's DHI Service Representatives are happy to provide individual or group training to Service Groups on accessing data from the I-Loop and setting up commands in Dairy Comp 305.

For more information on the I-Loop and downloading files, contact your Eastern Wisconsin DHIC Representative

Almost all AgSource DHI reports are available as Business Copies that can be mailed to Service Groups at the same time as member reports. These reports allow Service Groups to view the same information as their customers.

Eastern Wisconsin DHIC respects the privacy of each member's information, and therefore, requires the Service Group requesting a member's data to provide the member's Release Code on the Electronic Access and Business Copy Enrollment Form. The Release Code is a ten letter code found on the Mailer Page and the bottom right side of the Herd Summary. All fees for these reports are billed to the Service Groups.

Click here for the Electronic Access and Business Copy Enrollment Form.