1. Fees and forms
must be sent to MDGA prior to beginning DHI
testing.
2. All DHI regulations
will be followed.
3. Scales must be
certified by an appropriate
technician
4. Final production
data must be sent to MDGA. Sheets do not need
to be sent each month,
except the monthly sheet prior to a
verification test must be sent to
MDGA..
5. No products or
devices designed to enhance production or
butterfat may be used, except
those that are a part of normal daily
care. (Example: adding
sunflower seeds to the diet on a regular
basis to raise butterfat is normal
daily care, adding a hormone before the test
is not normal daily
care).
6. A Production
Certificate will be issued to any doe
qualifying for a production
award.
7. A test year is 305
days or less.
8. A Production Star (*P)
will be earned according to the Chart below.
9. MDGA will recognize the Top 10
production records each year, provided minimum
production is met. All breeds will be
combined unless there are more than 25
does of a breed on test. If more than 25 does
of a single Mini breed are
on test a Top 5 of that breed will also
be recognized.
10. All Top 10 does (or Top 5)
will have a verification test conducted by a different
supervisor. The rules for a verification test
will be the same as for a
one-day test.
11. All does will need
to be measured, the measurement will be
included on the form sent to
MDGA.
12. Cost is $5.00 for a herd
application plus $2.00 per doe.
13. Application must be
made at least two weeks prior to the test,
except does with official milk
test results completed prior to
these regulations may turn in
the results for a star. The
application paperwork and fees must
be filled out and sent with the test
results.
14. Types of
Testing
1. The
following testing types are approved by
MDGA:
a.
Standard
test - A certified Supervisor tests
herd each month,
taking AM and PM weights and
samples.
b. Group test -
Conducted like a Standard test except
the
Supervisors one of a group of at least
3 people who test each other's
herd. All Supervisors must be certified
testers.
c. EOM
- Owner
tests and samples one month, Supervisor
test
alternate months. Samples are taken as
in Standard Test.
d. AM/PM - Owner
and Supervisor share testing and
sampling, alternating AM and PM each
month.
e. Owner - Owner
weighs and samples milk each testing.
Owner must be certified as a
tester.
2. All plans except
Standard and Group require a verification
test.
3. If verification
test results deviate more than 5% from the
previous month a 2nd verification may be
required.
|
AGE
|
MILK
(lb.)
|
BUTTERFAT
(lb.)
|
|
2.00<
|
990
|
44.5
|
|
2.01
|
994
|
44.7
|
|
2.02
|
998
|
44.9
|
|
2.03
|
1002
|
45.1
|
|
2.04
|
1006
|
45.3
|
|
2.05
|
1010
|
45.5
|
|
2.06
|
1014
|
45.7
|
|
2.07
|
1018
|
45.9
|
|
2.08
|
1022
|
46.1
|
|
2.09
|
1026
|
46.3
|
|
2.1
|
1030
|
46.5
|
|
2.11
|
1034
|
46.7
|
|
3
|
1038
|
46.9
|
|
3.01
|
1042
|
47.1
|
|
3.02
|
1046
|
47.3
|
|
3.03
|
1050
|
47.5
|
|
3.04
|
1054
|
47.7
|
|
3.05
|
1058
|
47.9
|
|
3.06
|
1062
|
48.1
|
|
3.07
|
1066
|
48.3
|
|
3.08
|
1070
|
48.5
|
|
3.09
|
1074
|
48.7
|
|
3.1
|
1078
|
48.9
|
|
3.11
|
1082
|
49.1
|
|
4
|
1086
|
49.3
|
|
4.01
|
1090
|
49.5
|
|
4.02
|
1094
|
49.7
|
|
4.03
|
1098
|
49.9
|
|
4.04
|
1102
|
50.1
|
|
4.05
|
1106
|
50.3
|
|
4.06
|
1110
|
50.5
|
|
4.07
|
1114
|
50.7
|
|
4.08
|
1118
|
50.9
|
|
4.09
|
1122
|
51.1
|
|
4.1
|
1126
|
51.3
|
|
4.11
|
1130
|
51.5
|
|
5.00>
|
1134
|
51..7
|
One-Day
Tests
1. Only certified
testers may preside over a one-day
test.
2. The doe must be on
the premises where the test is held during
the entire period of the
test.
3. Three milk outs will
be conducted. The first is a check with
no samples taken. Weight
will be recorded, but not used to figure
final score.
4. Samples and weights
will be taken from the second and third
milk outs. These will be
used to figure final score.
5. Weights and samples
must be sent to a DHI lab for butterfat
testing.
6. Original result
sheet from DHI will be sent to MDGA.
7. Each milk out will be 12 hours
apart.
8. Each doe will be officially
measured by the tester.
9. A score of 45 points (figured to
the thousandth place, rounded to the nearest
whole number) will be
required to receive a Production
Star.(*P)
10. Scores will be
figured on the following formula:
a. Multiply
pounds of milk by 5.55
b. Multiply pounds
of milk by butterfat, times
1.11
c. Multiply days
since freshening by .0555.
d. Add totals for
final score.
Example: a doe fresh
43 days with 5.6 pounds of milk at 4%
fat:
a. 5.6 x 5.55 =
31.080
b. 5.6 x 4.0 x 1.11
= 24.864
c. 43 x .0555 =
2.3865 (rounded to 2.387)
d. 31.080 + 24.864 +
2.387 = 58.332 (rounded to 58) Doe
receives Star.
11. A certificate will be
sent for any doe earning a Star.
Advanced
Registry
1. Any doe receiving a
Star from a 305 day test will receive
an Advanced Registry
certificate.
2. A single one-day
test will not qualify a doe for Advanced
Registry.
3. A doe receiving 45
points on 3 different one-day tests held in
the same year may qualify for an
Advanced Registry Certificate if one test is
held during the first 3
months of lactation, the second during the
second 3 months of lactation and the 3
during the final 4 months of
lactation.
Inherited
Production Stars
1. Does may have
multiple Stars. If the daughter of a Star dam
earns a Star, the daughter
becomes a two Star dam (2*P), each generation in
an unbroken line would add
a Star number. So the 4th doe in the
line receiving Star would be
a 4*P.
2. A buck inherits a
Star if both his parents are Star
animals.
3. A buck may inherit a
Star if both his dam and his sire's dam
have earned
Stars.
4. A buck may inherit a
Plus (+) if he has three AR or
Star daughters
out of 3 different
dams.
5. A buck may inherit a
Plus (+) if he has two sons who have earned a
Plus.
6. A buck may inherit a Plus (+)
if he has two Star daughters and one Plus son.
7. A doe may inherit a Star if she
produces 3 Star daughters.
8. A doe may inherit a
Star if she produces two Plus/Star
sons.
9. A doe may inherit a
Star if she produces two Star daughters and
one Star/Plus
son.
Contact
information
All milk test
results should be mailed to:
Stacy Morris
Production Committee
89258 1/2 Green Hill Rd
Eugene, OR 87402
flyawayfarm@joimail.com
