ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ALLOWS SMALL DAIRY FARMS IN ISRAEL TO BE COMPETITIVE. I. Flamenbaum

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1 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ALLOWS SMALL DAIRY FARMS IN ISRAEL TO BE COMPETITIVE I. Flamenbaum State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Extension Service, Cattle Division

2 Facts about the dairy sector in Israel Milk Production: 1,15 M tons/year. 115,000 cows. Mostly, Israeli-Holstein breed. Intensive production. large scale units. Well protected (Production Quota, Target price, Partial control on market prices and Limitations on import). Well supported ( by government and farmers institutions and organizations).

3 Institutions in service of the dairy farms in Israel IDB - Israel Dairy Board - (A company shared by Government, Farmers and Industry). ICBA - Israel Cattle breeders Association (milk recording, data processing and management programs ). HAHAKLAIT (Clinical Veterinary services farmers cooperative). SION (Genetic improvement and A.I services farmers cooperative ) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Extension service, Applied research and Disease control)

4 KIBBUTZ (cooperative) 185 Farms (3X milking) Average 330 cows/farm MOSHAV (family) 850 Farms (2X milking) Average 60 cows/farm Kibbutz 56% Moshav 42% Milk 11,540 Kg. Fat 3.60% - 397Kg Protein 3. 15% Kg Milk 10,430 Kg. Fat 3.57% Kg Protein 3.13% Kg Data from the Israeli Herdbook Report

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6 The Reform in the dairy sector in Israel Signed by the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance and the IDB. Main Goals - Prevent environment contamination by dairy farms. - Reduce number of farms and Increase farm size (improve production efficiency). - Reduce milk price to farmer and consumer

7 Total Investment in infrastructure made in family dairy farms through the Reform in the dairy sector All Family farms ( U.S $) Average for farm (U.S $) Per cow (U.S $) (850 farms) (50,000 cows) Total investment 215,000, , Government grants (40% of cost) 86,000, ,

8 Trends in number of family dairy farms in Israel ( ) Year Farms % of 98 Sector Production Av. farm Production % of 98 (million lit) (000 lit/year)

9 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN SERVICE OF THE FAMILY DAIRY FARMS IN ISRAEL REGIONAL FEEDING CENTERS COMPUTERIZED MILKING EQUIPMENT UDDER HEALTH and MILK QUALITY PROGRAM COOLING METHODS FOR COWS IN SUMMER

10 REGIONAL FEEDING CENTERS Private enterprises all over the county. Based on TMR feeding system. Flexibility in formulation. Different rations for Milking cows, Dry cows, Heifers and Fattening bulls. Rations provided to farmer in the feeding center or in his farm. liberate farmer from dealing with feeding.

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12 COMPUTERIZED MILKING EQUIPMENT Based on Leg or Neck tag. Cows are detected in the milking parlor 2-3 times /day and transfer information to farm computer. Information include : - Milk volume. - Milk electrical conductivity (Mastitis detection). - Cow s activity ( Heat detection). - Milk fat and protein content. - Cow s rumination.

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14 National Service for Udder Health and Milk quality Israel Dairy Board (IDB) - A non profit organization, dedicated to improving the udder health and milk quality of all milk produced in Israel - Service provided by virtue of a levy on all milk marketed, with no further payment on behalf of the producers

15 Trends in Somatic Cell Count (SCC) in milk cooperative יפותיש family יתחפשמ 000/ml Year

16 DEVELOPMENT OF COOLING METHODS IN ISRAEL Definition summer problem to the dairy sector. Development of cooling methods based on wetting and forced ventilation. Implementation of cooling methods in farm milking parlor and feeding line. Creation of a computerized report (based on Herdbook data), which compares Summer/Winter performance ratio, as a tool for the evaluation of the efficiency, farm deal with summer effect.

17 Cooling cows long the Feeding strip

18 Trends in Summer (S) to Winter (W) production ratio cooperative and family farms Year Cooperative farms Family farms W S S:W W S S:W % % % % Flamenbaum et. al. 2004

19 Trends in Production and Fertility data in Family farms in Israel (94 05) Year Milk (Kg/Year) Fat (%) Protein (%) Conception Rate (%)

20 Efficiency of production in small and large dairy farms in Israel (IFCN 2005) Milk yield (Kg ECM/Year) Milk price (US$/Kg ECM) Cost of milk production (US$/Kg ECM) Profit (US$/kg ECM) Labor productivity (kg ECM/hour) Small farms 65 cows 9, Large farms 260 cows 10,

21 Conclusion Due to government grants, supporting institutions and adoption of advanced technologies, small family dairy farms in the last decade : - Increased in size - Improved milk quality - Increased cows performance - Reduced seasonality in milk supply - Increased production efficiency Reached competitiveness when compared with large scale dairy farms

22 Thanks for your attention