Milk income less the cost of feed — the largest variable cost on a dairy. Expressed per cow per day, it is the fastest read on whether the ration is paying its way.
Milk income over feed cost is the dairy margin lever — the gap between milk income and the single largest cost, tracked in the Dairy Farm Monitor Project.
Dairy Farm Monitor Project ↗Feed is where most of the money is made or lost. Watching the gap between milk income and feed cost — rather than the milk price alone — shows whether feeding more grain is actually adding margin.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lift home-grown feed to dilute bought-in grain and fodder.
Feed grain to response — stop where the marginal litre stops paying.
Protect components and quality premiums to lift income per litre.
Milk income less the cost of feed — the largest variable cost on a dairy. Expressed per cow per day, it is the fastest read on whether the ration is paying its way.
You need: Milk income ($), Total feed cost ($), Cows milking (head), Days in period (days). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Milk income over feed cost is the dairy margin lever — the gap between milk income and the single largest cost, tracked in the Dairy Farm Monitor Project.
Lift home-grown feed to dilute bought-in grain and fodder. Feed grain to response — stop where the marginal litre stops paying. Protect components and quality premiums to lift income per litre.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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