Kilograms of milk solids — butterfat plus protein — produced per cow across the lactation. Most processors pay on solids rather than litres, so this is the truer measure of what a cow returns.
Australian herds average roughly 480–520 kg milk solids per cow; grain-based, high-input systems produce considerably more.
DataGene Herd Improvement ↗Solids reward both volume and concentration: a cow can milk a lot of thin milk or less of rich milk. Lifting components through feeding and genetics grows the pay-cheque without adding litres to the vat.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Feed for components — energy for protein, effective fibre for fat.
Select genetics on milk-solids breeding values, not litres alone.
Hold body condition so cows aren’t milking off their backs.
Kilograms of milk solids — butterfat plus protein — produced per cow across the lactation. Most processors pay on solids rather than litres, so this is the truer measure of what a cow returns.
You need: Butterfat produced (kg), Protein produced (kg), Cows milking (head). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Australian herds average roughly 480–520 kg milk solids per cow; grain-based, high-input systems produce considerably more.
Feed for components — energy for protein, effective fibre for fat. Select genetics on milk-solids breeding values, not litres alone. Hold body condition so cows aren’t milking off their backs.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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