Total operating cost divided by the litres of milk produced — the cents-per-litre it costs to fill the vat, before the farmgate price is even considered. The cleanest measure of how lean the system runs.
Cost of production swings with feed prices; the Dairy Farm Monitor Project tracks it by region each year — feed is usually the largest slice.
Dairy Farm Monitor Project ↗Cost per litre is your breakeven and your buffer: the gap between it and the milk price is the margin that survives a downturn. Feed is usually the biggest and most controllable slice.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grow and harvest more home-grown feed to dilute bought-in feed cost.
Lift litres and solids per cow and per hectare to spread fixed costs over more milk.
Benchmark and competitively quote major inputs — feed, fertiliser, finance.
Total operating cost divided by the litres of milk produced — the cents-per-litre it costs to fill the vat, before the farmgate price is even considered. The cleanest measure of how lean the system runs.
You need: Total operating costs ($), Total litres produced (L). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Cost of production swings with feed prices; the Dairy Farm Monitor Project tracks it by region each year — feed is usually the largest slice.
Grow and harvest more home-grown feed to dilute bought-in feed cost. Lift litres and solids per cow and per hectare to spread fixed costs over more milk. Benchmark and competitively quote major inputs — feed, fertiliser, finance.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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