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Friday, November 21, 2008
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Fazenda Santa Luzia
The Farm:
- Owned by Jose Coelho Vitor & Filhos
- Located in the Southeastern Section of Brazil, Minas Gerais State
- They milk a herd comprised of F1 Holstein/Zebu, ¾ Holstein/Zebu and 7/8 Holstein/Zebu
- The farm also produces coffee, beef cattle and chickens and sells credibility in genetics and production
Farm Location: Brazil
The following links explore different aspects of Brazil: the location, the people, the industries, including agriculture
http://www.agbrazil.com/brazil_s_agriculture_frontier.htm
http://www.brasilemb.org/brazil_brief_agriculture.shtml
http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/feedback/war/u9550b/u9550b0a.htm
http://www.undp.org/tcdc/bestprac/scitech/cases/st1braz.htm
http://www.mct.gov.br/clima/ingles/comunic_old/pecuar02.htm
http://www.cnpgl.embrapa.br/ingles/sector.html
http://www.tumpline.com/stackyard/pedigree/html/bracattle.html
http://www.indi.mg.gov.br/ingles/index_ing.html
Farm Management:
- The family owns and controls the farm
- Daily decisions are made by Mr. Mauricio Silveira Coelho, son and veterinarian (3rd generation managing the farm
- Standard operating procedures are being implemented, beginning with the milking room
- Consultants are hired for nutrition, forages, reproduction and milk quality
Nutritient Management:
The cows are on pasture
Feeding/Cropping:
Pasture is used for feeding (coast cross, brachiaria, panicum and others)
During the summer pasture plus grains before milking
During the winter, silage, sugarcane and concentrate.
Protein source is soybeans
Corn is used for energy
The dairy grows its own forages: 90 ha of corn, 40 ha of sugarcane and 230 ha of pasture
Milking:
Milking herd consists of 600 head with an average age of 4 years and 8 months
First lactation = 31.9%
Second lactation = 25.9%
Third and higher lactation = 42.2%
Average days in milk: 154 days
Average lactation length: 315 days
The milking system is a parlour low line, 2x10=20 with LVP and VSD. Cows are milked 2 times/day
Average weight produced: 8.500 kg/day
% fat: 3.63
% protein: 3.13
SCC: 146,000 (winter), 280,000 (summer)
Milk is sold to Laticinios Shefa for the production of cheese, yogurt, powder, liquid milk and condensed milk.
The milk is collected everyday
Young Stock and Replacements:
There are 1,100 youngstock with 450 calves and 650 heifers
Farm raises its own calves and use 100% Artificial insemination
Age at first calving is 31 months
Calving interval: 410 days
Calving average: 2.5
Number of doses per pregnancy: 1.68
Pregnancy period: 278 days
Housing:
Pasture
Economics:
Labor costs: R$ = 2.50/hour/man = USD .83/hour/man
Production costs: R$ = .38/liter = USD .12/liter
Feeding costs: R$ = .18/liter = USD .06/liter
Community:
The farmer is associated with Leite Brasil and Lactea Brisil. The first one congregates only milk producers, the second one includes all segments belonging to the dairy industry (milk producers, manufacturers, coops, etc.)
Future:
They are improving results by adopting other activities like selling genetics and performing an annual auction.
The first auction had an excellent result with record sales both in volume and invoicing
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