A profitable lactation is built from small, compounding gains: an extra litre per cow, half a point off the cell count, a tighter return to calf, a cent saved per litre. Tracking the right benchmarks across the year is how you find and hold those gains.
The share of inseminations that result in a pregnancy — the first read on fertility and joining readiness.
The share of the herd back in calf within 100 days of calving — the key timing measure in a year-round herd.
Live calves reared against the cows eligible to breed — the herd's reproductive output and replacement supply.
The share of the herd still empty 200 days after calving — cows you must cull or carry unproductively.
How old replacement heifers are when they first calve and enter the herd — the payoff of the rearing program.
Milk volume per cow per day across the lactation — peak yield and persistency in one curve.
Kilograms of fat plus protein per cow — the basis most processors actually pay on, not litres.
Butterfat as a share of milk — it drives milk-solids payment and rises late in lactation.
Protein as a share of milk — the higher-value solid, steered by energy in the diet.
How cows spread across stages of lactation — a steady spread keeps the vat full all year.
New clinical cases detected each week — the frontline signal of udder health and milking hygiene.
Somatic cells per mL in the vat — the herd-level read on subclinical mastitis and quality premiums.
The split of the herd across early, mid and late lactation — it drives feed demand and vat volume.
Milkers carried per hectare of the milking platform — grazing pressure matched to pasture grown.
Pasture grown per hectare per day against herd demand — where they cross is the winter feed gap.
Tonnes of pasture and silage eaten per cow — the cheapest feed and the base of every ration.
Total operating cost per litre of milk produced — your breakeven, independent of the farmgate price.
Milk income less feed — the largest single cost — the fastest read on whether the ration is paying.
Milk income less direct costs per hectare of platform — the truest measure of land productivity.
Kilograms of CO₂-equivalent per litre of milk — and it falls as the herd gets more efficient.
Connect your milk portal, herd-test records and accounts — Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current, automatically.