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Managing Dairy Production Costs and Ratios

Published: April 13, 2009
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We have a number of terms and numbers thrown at us, especially in financially distressed times like now.  Milk/feed ratio, income over feed cost, breakeven, variable costs, and fixed costs, are a few terms floating around.  What do they mean, how do I figure out my numbers, and then what do I do with them?  To compute these numbers for your own farm, it requires a good set of farm ...
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Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan
13 de abril de 2009
These are the basics performance indicators when seen dairy farming as a business entity. Any livestock farmer who does not keep these terms in mind cannot run his dairy farm for a longer period. Pl keep it up.
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S Murali
13 de abril de 2009
Dear Dr, The detailed essay could have been given in table form for easy understanding. It irritates to read so much text and confusing. S. Murali Product manager
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Akram Kawaf
4 de enero de 2012
What about average feed consumption per litre of milk
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