It is the lesser amount that is running higher in BF.
Clay
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From: "Royal Purdy" <rapurdy@ahtuttle.com>
To: <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:45 PM
Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [Graze-l] Butterfat variations in tank - Email found
in subject
Folks,
Excessive stirring of the lesser amount of milk may tend to lower the bulk
tank fat test.
Be safe. Sincerely,
Royal A. Purdy
The Elysian Fields and Pasture Project
A. H. Tuttle and Company
Farmington, New York, U.S.A.
rapurdy@ahtuttle.com
315-986-7007
At 05:48 PM 4/18/06, you wrote:
>For the past 6 weeks we have been getting our milk picked up on a shorter
>schedule because 4 milkings will not fit. To fit the hauler's schedule,
>they pick up 3 milkings, then 1, then 3, then 1, etc. I have noticed that
>there is a marked and consistent difference in the butterfat percentages.
>The 1 milking pickups are running 0.3 to .04 percentages higher than the 3
>milking pickups.
> The same people pickup both types of pickups.
> The 1 pickup milkings are evening milkings.
> Our bacteria and PI counts are fine.
> We are on about a 13-11 hour spread so there is less milk in the evening
> milking.(usually).
> The same people do all of the milkings.
>
>
>Question: Why?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Clay
>
>
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