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The significant effect of calving dates, stocking rates, drying off dates, are all decisions that impact on these vital four points above. Milking cows for profit is about utilising the most cost effective feed and measuring the net profit from feeding that feed daily.
Is about :
» Healthy and happy cows at calving, Condition Score= 5.5 – 6.0
» Post grazing covers of 1500 kg DM/ Ha
» Quality pasture with at least 11 MJ ME, plus the required minerals and trace elements
» High standards of stockmanship
Herd Size Indicator
To this degree the DairyPoint.biz - Herd Size Indicator has been developed to take the guess work out of those vital decisions. This strategic technology as illustrated below considers all of the known factors of production science and marries it with the on farm critical business measures and calculates an optimum herd size per day to achieve optimum profit.
By aligning cow numbers per day to the red optimum line above, profit gains of 17.6 % per year are readily achieved.
The Other Factors
Yes there are many other factors such as the questions of concentrated calving, supplementary feed types, nitrogen use, fertiliser practices, 12 versus 24 hour grazing, number of paddocks, round lengths, plant species, breed types, EFS etc etc etc. that enter into the dairy farming debate. And I know very well that there has been millions of dollars spent on proving that some specific factor as above is beneficial to on farm production. In fact I was part of some of that original research.
But when the actual specific on farm expenses are measured and utilised to measure the daily profit per Kg DM eaten, I can categorically assure you that highly significant differences occur to the decision making and subsequent profit of the business.
The Benefits
And so when the four vital points as above, of milking cows to achieve a profit are practiced and the DairyPoint.biz - Herd Size Indicator used to define both calving dates and stocking rates, profits never considered achievable are available without spending a single dollar on supplementary feeds let alone nitrogen. And so the future of dairy farming can be sustainably profitable for those ready to take up this new technology for the benefit of them and their families.