Profitability

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Is grass green?

This entry was posted in Workshops and tagged agriculture Carbon Footprint Cows Dairy Environment Milk Profitability Sustainable agriculture on December 22, 2015 by admin

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

This entry was posted in Workshops and tagged agriculture Cows Dairy Fixed Costs Heifers Milk Profitability Sustainable agriculture Tracker on December 5, 2015 by admin

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 […]

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SCC = Somatic Cell Cost

This entry was posted in Workshops and tagged agriculture Cows Dairy Milk Profitability SCC Somatic Cell Count Sustainable agriculture Tracker on November 30, 2015 by james

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 […]

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Maximizing Milk Protein

This entry was posted in Technical Notes and tagged Cows Dairy Milk Nutrition Profitability Tracker on August 7, 2015 by admin

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 […]

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Pull the right levers to keep on track, not the handbrake.

This entry was posted in Technical Notes and tagged agriculture Cows Dairy FCE Fixed Costs Milk Profitability Sustainable agriculture Tracker on July 31, 2015 by admin

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 […]

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