Abstract

Actual dairy cow herd enterprise records from Kansas Farm Management Association farms over the past 4 years have shown an increase in returns over variable costs from $17,900 to $23,300 per farm for a 100-cow dairy herd in favor of herds with higher milk-producing cows. Cost per hundred weight of milk produced per cow decreased for the higher-producing herds compared with lower-producing herds, even though total cost per cow increased. In 1992, for every extra $1.00 spent on feed and other variable costs, the higher producing herds earned $1.71. This was a 71% return per dollar invested.; Dairy Day, 1993, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1993;

Keywords: Dairy Day, 1993, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 94-149-S, Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station), 694, Dairy, Economics, Management

How to Cite:

DeLano, F. D. & Langemeier, M. R., (1993) “Kansas farm management association dairy cow herd enterprise management analysis”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(2), 23-25. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2944