NMR Awareness Campaign 2010 Survey

Welcome to the new ’NMR awareness’ competition. As you will be aware, dairy farmers in the UK are increasingly viewed as the first step in the food supply chain with increased demands for milk quality and hygiene. In recent months NMR have introduced a number of new services to aid farm management and we want to help you to navigate through these new services and have a little fun along the way.

Our competition is designed to provide you with information on the broad range of services we offer as well as helping to point you in the right direction when you are looking for information. The all new NMR website (www.nmr.co.uk) should provide you with all the answers to the questions but if you need any extra help please feel free to contact your local field manager. See our contacts map on the website for more information.

Each month we will be giving away a hamper worth £100 to a winner drawn at random from the correct entries received in the period. At the end of the competition we will put all correct entries into a grand draw and one lucky producer will win a Honda Quad at the end of the competition.

If you require any further information on the NMR group or the services we offer please contact NMR customer services on 0844 7255567

Good luck

Andy Warne (Managing Director)

1.Contact information:(Required.)

Name:

Company:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Country:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

2.What piece of equipment does NMR use to ensure your milk samples are representative of both morning and afternoon milking?

A jug

A milk meter

A dipper

Teat wipes

3.What steps are taken by NMR to verify the reliability of NMR Milk Records?

Random discrepancy checks

None

Annual data check

Discrepancy analysis at each recording

4.To gain free access to comprehensive reports for each recording through NMR's Herd Companion website I need to:

Pay for an additional monthly Herd Companion service

Be an NMR software subscriber

Secure access through my vet

simply be an NMR recording customer (and obtain a username and password from customer services)

5.The NML Milkcheck service will provide me with:

Monthly analysis of bulk milk samples taken at my milk recording

Microbiology analysis

Daily analysis of bulk milk samples taken by my milk buyer

Individual cow SCC testing

6.What is the latest technology available for the rapid screening of mastitis pathogens in milk samples?

SCC testing

CMT

DNA profiling using PCR testing

Culture

7.What is the definition of a 'red' cow in the CHeCS approved HerdWise Johnes's Screening Programme?

A minimum of two consecutive positive tests

One single positive test

Repeat test negative

No tests

8.How is the data in Interherd Plus updated from NMR records?

By floppy disk

Manually by user

Automatically over the internet

By an emailed file

9.Nordic Star offers NMR customers the best quality tags at a very competetive price and line numbers can be used to order replacement tags. How much does a new pair of tags cost?

£1.40

£0.99

£1.20

£1.60

10.Poor fertility has been costing the dairy industry increasing amounts in recent years in lower yields, extended calving intervals and higher semen usage.
NMR has just launched the next generation of collar based heat detection systems, what is it called?

AI 2

Fertility Plus

Silent Herdsman

PregMore

11.NMR is at the forefront of dairy herd software development and is constantly thinking of new and improved ways to provide milk recording information to customers. What is the name of the new online reports available through Herd Companion?

E reports

I reports

O reports

Cow reports