Dorchester, Wisconsin

JTP Farms
Dorchester, Wisconsin
Tom & Peggy Peissig
Jake & Tolea Peissig
250 milking
4- Delaval VMS
Maximum cow comfort =
Maximum yields
Results not excuses
Through every door is an
opportunity
Though some days you face many
challenges, it is most important to
have fun!!
New
Site
New Feed Storage
New Manure Handling
Build for Expansion!!!!
 224
milking stalls/ 250 milking capacity
 4- VMS Stations/60 cow groups
 Sand Bedding
 Milk first Pre-selection
 Cross ventilated barn
 Pre-fresh/calving facilities and calves
 New bunkers
 New manure facilities
 Expandable to 11 vms and 660 milking
Labor, labor, labor
Technology
Modular
New
challenge
Never had to pull drunk
robot out of road ditch!!!
 6500
gallon bulk tank/no buffer tank
 2 vms rooms with 2 vms each
 4 groups of about 60/sand bedded
 Pre-fresh about 30
 2- 30x30 ft freshning pens
 4- special needs stalls
 10-hutches for week old calves
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH
SAND?
YOU JUST DO!!!
Cow
laying
down
Feed
bunk
Milking
Station
Smartgate
Holding
Pen
 One
way gates
 Smart gate
 Fetch cows will always be in stalls
 Max of 4 in holding area
 Unlimited if MP is over 4 hrs due
 Cows always have access to feed/Just get
detoured.
 Fetch
incompletes and overdue morning
and night. 12 hours is overdue.
 Training new animals/twice a day for 3
days then attempt on own.
 Singe udders every 2 weeks
 Consistency, Consistency, Consistency!!
 Don’t
over think it!! The more cows you
have the harder it gets
 Minimal Pellets Max 7.5 per day/avg 4.0
 Max 1.8 lbs per visit
 Complete TMR at bunk
 Feed morning and night
 Feed pusher running every 3 hours 24
hours a day.
 Use
both Activity and Ov-sync Program
 Voluntary wait is 60 days / special
consideration on 3rd and 4th lactation
 Breed for Udder conformity
 100% AI- Sort cows with robot for
breeding
Virtually
no feet or leg issues
Cell count better than previous
facility
6% cull rate during year 1
 2.5
Full Time
 All Young stock and Lactating
 600 acres
 More Part-time during planting/harvest
 Do Your
Research!
 Think Like the Cow! Don’t make the cow
think like you.
 What are your goals?
 Tap all your resources!!
 Make
sure you’re dairying for the right
reason!!