Twenty Two Hundred Cow Dairy Saves Money with Western Yeast!

Dale Jones runs a twenty two hundred rotary cow dairy in North Central New Mexico. It is a Holstein herd with dry lots and shades with a new 56 cow carousel milking parlor. He has always hand added a yeast culture for optimal rumen function.

He made the switch from a competitive yeast culture to Western 2X PLUS about a year ago. He said he didn't see any difference in milk yield on the two yeast cultures. He is on 3X milking and runs around an 80 # average year around. The big difference he has seen is the saving on cost per day using the Western Yeast Culture. He gets his yeast culture by the pallet from a local distributor and hand adds it to his TMR at 2 oz per head per day to the cows on the farm. This way he controls it and knows the cows are getting it if they need it.

Dale Jones is happy with the Western Yeast Culture 2X PLUS and wouldn't change a thing. He is saving money over the competitor's product and the proof is in the bank.

New Mexico Dairyman Sees Change after Using Western Yeast Culture!

 Earl Heibult is the kind of dairyman who doesn't like a lot of change. He has dairied at the Elmira Dairy for twenty four years. He is a native of South Dakota, having started his dairy in California, and then moved to Albuquerque, NM. He runs a dry lot dairy with a 1000 Holstein cows milking year around with a 70 pound average. This is in a double sixteen parallel barn. His ration consists of good alfalfa hay, whole cottonseed, hi-fat soybean meal, canola, ddg and flaked corn. He uses an independent nutritionist and gets a truckload of bulk mineral mix every three weeks from Artesia Feed Mill/Diamond Cross.

Western Yeast Company talked to Earl last year about trying some 2X-PLUS Yeast Culture. After discussion with his nutritionist he consented to putting it in his mineral for a month and trying it.

After almost a year later in the ration, he is still using it and said his cows have never looked better. He was not using a yeast product before changing over to Western. The main thing that he has seen since being on the 2X-PLUS is that his cow's manure is more consistent. He wouldn't change a thing and is completely satisfied with the Western Yeast Culture that he feeds for around three cents per head per day.

1500 Cow Dairy Survives Summer Heat on Western Yeast Culture!

 Gilbert and Ava Goedhart run a state of the art dairy in Orland, California. You would not think the temperature would get that hot in Northern California. But try 115 to 120 degrees in the summer of 2006, when several hundred thousand dairy cows died off all over California.

The Goedhart's contribute their success during this stressful time to good dairy management, sound nutrition, and being on Western Yeast Culture's Cel-Con 5. Their death loss was minimal, and the cow's bounced back sooner than the summer of 2005 when they were using a competitive yeast culture.

The customer has also noticed that the over all herd health is better this year, with faster milk peaks after freshening and more consistent breed backs on first service.

This dairy came to Western Yeast Company after they saw an advertisement in the Progressive Dairyman Magazine about a customer in New Mexico with similar results. They have been using the Western's Cel-Con 5 for about 1 ½ years now and have recently changed mineral companies but not the yeast company. They are completely satisfied with Western, buy American.

California Dairy has Calf Program on Western Yeast Culture

 Ava Goedhart is a Pharmacist by trade but prefers to run the calf and heifer program on their 1500 cow dairy in Orland, California. This is a closed herd with 180 baby calves in the hutch for 2 months, with another 120 in weaning pens till 3 months. From here they are grouped to size and go to growing pens till 6 months of age. All this time these young animals are fed Western's Cel-Con 5 Yeast Culture. This is a ½ oz per head per day or three pound per ton concentrated product so it can be easily added to the milk or calf feed. A local mill mixes the calf feed for them and they keep some bagged Cel-Con 5 on hand to put in the milk or top dress for sick calves.

Results they have seen since changing over to Cel-Con 5: 1. Calves seem to be doing better and growing faster. 2. There is less labor due to reduced vet bills. (It has been proven in a university study that calves on yeast culture start developing a rumen faster.)

New Mexico Nutritionist Makes Ration Change That is Right On Target

Bill Sierson is the staff nutritionist for Wormont Dairy in Lovington, New Mexico. They are a 850 cow herd on three times a day milking. They made the change in the heat of the summer from Bovine Blood Meal and competitive yeast culture to Pro-Lak and Western Yeast Culture. The dairy was getting an 80# average at the time and Bill was a little nervous about making a change. The cows never missed a beat and made the summer heat without any milk loss. Now after being on the new ration for over 90 days he is seeing higher milk components. But the beauty of this is he was able to lower feed cost with out sacrificing milk loss. Now he is getting better components which mean higher milk checks than he was before he came over, to Pro-Lak and Western Yeast Culture. He is happy with the new program and wouldn't change a thing.