Inflation. Cost increases. Financial pressure. How can dairy farmers keep their hard work profitable at the end of the day? The change is in your hands, and genetics is part of the answer.
Dairy farmers are looking at each line of their milk check to ensure maximum profitability per pound of milk. Since components are the main money makers, targeting for Fat and Protein can help boost milk value. There are different factors that impact the amount of milk solids a cow produces, and they are all aligned to the success triad of dairy farms: management, nutrition and genetics.
A cow’s ability to produce higher milk components is influenced by her genes. Improving genetic selection for Fat and Protein has positive impacts on milk quality, helping farmers to fatten up their milk check. However, profit is an equation that includes revenue minus expenses and feed expenses make up more than half the cost of producing milk on today’s dairy farms.
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With feed costs dramatically increased, reducing them is key to optimizing farm profitability. To utilize a given quantity and quality of feed, selecting high Feed Conversion Efficiency females can provide a better payoff. Genomics has allowed dairy farmers to increase the emphasis on specific traits and boost genetic gain, including Feed Conversion Efficiency to produce milk Fat and Protein using fewer resources.
STgenetics® strives to assist dairy farmers in achieving all aspect of their genetic goals while bringing profitability and sustainability to the dairy industry. By using genetic selection to target progeny with higher Fat and Protein production, Ecofeed® sires can also help lower farm feed costs. Their progeny will consume less feed and water while maintaining production.