"Principles of Profitable Dairy Farming"

 Dairy farming is profitable only when the cost of feeding the dairy animals on your farm is 45% to 50% of the income, as the costs of rearing new animals and dry animals help with other farm operations. Farmer lives in profit.  For example, if a cow is given 20 liters of milk and you are selling that milk at Rs.90, then the total income will be Rs.1800. So the feed cost of this cow should be Rs.810 to Rs.900.  One of the cases is that the price of food should be calculated so that the expenditure remains within this limit. Another case is that the milk rate should be higher to keep the cost ratio within that range.

Principles of Profitable Dairy Farming 

 Now even a 15-20 liter cow will require at least 18 kg of dry matter. 50% of the dry matter should be fodder i.e. maize silage while 50% should be given from rations.
 7 kg wanda = 6.3
 1 kg broken = 0.92
 Total dry matter = 18 kg approx
 Total cost = 15x35+ 7x80+1x15 = Rs.1100
 It will cost Rs 55 per liter.
 Income of milk = 20x90 = Rs.1800
 Food expenditure ratio = 100x 1100/1800= percent 61
 Now if this cost is to be brought to 50%, then the rate of milk should be at least 110 rupees.
 That is 20x110 = Rs 2200
 Talking about the past, when silage was Rs 8-9 per kg and Wanda Rs 45-50 per kg, the same Rs 20 per liter cow feed would cost Rs 700 at most. Which used to be Rs 35 per liter and Rs 70 didn't seem too bad.35 kg silage with 30% dry matter silage = 10.5

 But now, the rate of milk has not increased at the speed with which the costs have increased. If someone is getting more than Rs 100 then on 13TS comes below Rs 100 after deduction. The solution is to try to reach Rs 110 savings by marketing your own milk. Alhamdulillah M-K Dairies has reached 145 rupees per liter for sale. After increasing the volume, in the future, inshallah, this is the effort to save 110 rupees per liter by reducing the selling expenses.

 Remember that the better the production performance of your cow, the more profitable the farming will be. That is, your cow should remain above 20 liters even when dry, which is possible only with timely breeding and better management. The longer the second calving interval increases, the longer you will have to keep the animal producing less than 20 liters which will not be effective in farming profit.
 Another important point is that you see, up to 50% of the feed cost is for silage, which is pegged at Rs 15 per kg. If you plant your own silage, it may cost you up to Rs 10 per kg. In this way, you will be getting an additional saving of Rs.5 per kg from silage as well.

 So in dairy farming, if silage has to be bought from outside, it will be very ineffective for the profit of the farming. This post Inshallah will give you an idea what should be the basic principle of profitable farming.

Principles of Profitable Dairy Farming