Milk and stock income less the direct, variable costs of producing it, divided by hectares of milking platform. It strips out fixed overheads to show the productivity of the land itself.
Grazing dairies return a wide range of gross margin per hectare depending on milk price and system; the Dairy Farm Monitor Project benchmarks it regionally.
Dairy Farm Monitor Project ↗Gross margin per hectare is the fairest way to compare seasons and systems: it rewards turning home-grown feed into milk efficiently, rather than simply chasing litres with expensive bought-in feed.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lift home-grown feed eaten per hectare — the biggest driver of margin.
Hold milk price quality premiums by protecting cell count and components.
Control variable costs, especially the bought-in feed conversion to milk.
Milk and stock income less the direct, variable costs of producing it, divided by hectares of milking platform. It strips out fixed overheads to show the productivity of the land itself.
You need: Milk & stock revenue ($), Total variable costs ($), Milking platform area (ha). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grazing dairies return a wide range of gross margin per hectare depending on milk price and system; the Dairy Farm Monitor Project benchmarks it regionally.
Lift home-grown feed eaten per hectare — the biggest driver of margin. Hold milk price quality premiums by protecting cell count and components. Control variable costs, especially the bought-in feed conversion to milk.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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