Is grass green?
TweetComments are often made on social media state that low input grass systems are more profitable and environmentally friendly than high input systems, but are they? Profitability Data from DairyNZ’s Dairy Base […]
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Herd Analysis highlights opportunities for improvement
TweetEach season Dairy Club analyses the herd testing data of a wide range of farms. Using a program designed and built by Dairy Club a predicted 305 day yield is […]
SCC = Somatic Cell Cost
TweetSomatic Cells cost us milk that we never see due to damage to milk secretory cells. The value of this can be calculated and the Tracker system does this day […]
Tracking, not lacking this summer
TweetAs we get past peak production into the dryer summer months milk typically declines much faster than the cows potential. The chart shows the Fonterra Company Milk Chart for the […]
Bulls in a Bear market
Tweet The low payout is prompting some to cut back on using high genetic merit bulls and either use cheaper semen or stock bulls instead. As discussed in previous posts, […]
Goldilocks would make a good nutritionist
Tweet Goldilocks, quite rightly, was very fussy about her diet and her living arrangements. Her porridge had to be just right and presumably she knew that good nutrition is about […]
‘The $olution to pollution is dilution’
TweetThere’s lots of commentary at present about cutting costs in the dairy industry. Most of the costs to be cut being Variable Cost items, yet fundamentally at a $3.85 payout […]
Maximizing Milk Protein
TweetEven though the headline payout isn’t the best, the value of milk protein is at $5.32 so producing kilo’s of protein rather than fat has twice the benefit. Fonterra’s average […]
Pull the right levers to keep on track, not the handbrake.
TweetDairy businesses are varied and complex and to get the best out of them we need to know which levers to pull on each farm, as no one solution fits all. A […]
