Dairy Replacement Programs: Costs & Analysis Western New York, 1993

The costs associated with raising dairy replacements on 8 farms in western New York in 1993 are identified and explaine

Dairy Replacement Programs: Costs & Analysis 3rd Quarter 2012

Analysis of the cost to raise dairy replacement heifers on farm during the third quarter of 201

Analyzing Costs Associated with Group Housing and Feeding of Pre-Weaned Dairy Replacements

This information was presented at the 2012 Calf Symposium organized by the PRO-DAIRY program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. This innovative conference is designed to provide progressive dairy producers and agriservice personnel the opportunity to increase their knowledge of dairy calf group housing systems and feeding technologies. Softcover copies of the entire conference proceedings may be purchased at http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/dm/proceedings_orders.html or by calling (607)255-4285

Understanding net milk income over feed costs and its impact on profitability

NMIOFC per cow can track feeding program performance over time

Business leadership and management development - A continual educational approach

Develop leadership and management skills for business success

Dairy Farm Management Business Summary New York State 2015

R.B. 2016-01Business and financial records for 2015 from 168 New York dairy farm businesses are summarized and analyzed. This analysis uses cash accounting with accrual adjustments to measure farm profitability, financial performance, and costs of producing milk. Traditional methods of analyzing dairy farm businesses are combined with evaluation techniques that show the relationship between good management performance and financial success. The farms in the project averaged 761 cows per farm and 25,461 pounds of milk sold per cow, which represent above average size and cow productivity for New York dairy farms. An average New York dairy has a herd size per farm of 128 according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. The New York Agricultural Statistics Service reports 22,816 pounds of milk production per cow for New York. Net farm income excluding appreciation, which is the return to the operator's labor, management, capital, and other unpaid family labor, averaged $179,118 per farm. The rate of return to all capital invested in the farm business including appreciation averaged 3.85 percent. Differences in profitability between farms continue to widen. Average net farm income excluding appreciation of the top 10 percent of farms was$764,219, while the lowest 10 percent was $-140,931. Rates of return on equity with appreciation ranged from positive 11 percent to negative 6 percent for the highest decile and the lowest decile of farms, respectively. Large freestall farms averaged the highest milk output per cow and per worker, and the lowest total cost of production. In 2015 the mid sized farms, ranging from 201 to 500 cows, averaged the highest returns to labor, management and capital. Farms milking three times a day (3X) were larger, produced more milk per cow and had higher net farm incomes in 2015 than herds milking two times per day (2X). Operating costs per hundredweight of milk were$0.32 per hundredweight lower for 3X than 2X milking herds, while output per cow was 4,809 pounds higher. Farms adopting intensive grazing generally produced less milk per cow than non-grazing farms; in 2015 however they averaged higher labor and management incomes per operator than similar sized non-grazing farms. One should not conclude that adoption of these technologies alone were responsible for differences in performance

Replacement Program: Importance to the Dairy

This information was presented at the 2008 Winter Dairy Management Conference, organized by the PRO-DAIRY program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. This collaborative effort between PRO-DAIRY, dairy producers, agri-business professionals and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators brings technical, financial and operational know-how to a topic of importance to dairy farms. Seminars are offered across New York State each year. Softcover copies of the entire conference proceedings may be purchased at http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/dm/proceedings_orders.html or by calling (607) 255-4285

Bedded Pack Management System Case Study

Agribusiness, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management,

Dairy Farm Business Summary: Western and Central Plain Region 1995

E.B. 96-06Dairy farmers throughout New York State have been participating in Cornell Cooperative Extension's farm business summary and analysis program since the early 1950's. Managers of each participating farm business receive a comprehensive summary and analysis of the farm business. The information in this report represents an average of the data submitted from dairy farms in the Western and Central Plain Region for 1995

Identifying Bottlenecks in On-Farm Labor Efficiency and Practical Approaches for Improvement

With labor being a growing concern over time, understanding where our time goes and how to evaluate it is crucial to improving labor efficiency on farms. Digging into some data from PRO-DAIRY’s labor allocation study, this session will discuss the results, where ranges are in labor efficiency across the industry, and methods for restructuring habits and routines to improve the efficiency in daily tasks.2019 Operations Managers Conference, sponsored by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and NEDP