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Premium Milk Herd performance

  2005 2006
HERD FACTS Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Cows in herd 52 52 52 51
Cows in milk 46 51 52 46
% dry cows 12 3 0 10
Cows calved 6 1 0 0
Heifers calved 0 0 0 0
Total milk (litres) 40110 42653 35765 30622
Yield per cow in herd (litres) 771 820 694 606
Yield/cow in milk/day (litres) 29.1 27.2 23.1 21.7
Butterfat 4.21 4.17 4.20 4.23
Protein 3.22 3.40 .3.34 3.31
SCC '000 99 129 183 228
TBC '000 3 2 4 6
FEED FACTS
Total concs (kg) 10090 9692 6145 4584
Concs/cow (kg) 194 186 119 91
Concs/litre (kg/l) 0.25 0.23 0.17 0.15
FINANCIAL FACTS
Value of milk (£) 6737 7164 5997 5486
Cost of concs (£) 1584 1522 965 720
M.O.C. (£) 5153 5642 5032 4766
M.O. Purch. Feed (£) 5153 5642 5032 4766
Milk per cow (£) 130 138 116 109
Concentrates/cow (£) 30 29 19 14
M.O.C./cow (£) 99 109 98 94
M.O.C./litre (p) 12.8 13.2 14.1 15.6
*Price/litre (p) 16.80 16.80 16.77 17.92
Cost/tonne concs (£) 157 157 157 157