Controlling variable costs: dairying as an example
Esslemont, D.
Controlling variable costs: dairying as an example - 1986 - National Westminster Bank Agricultural Digest no 14 October 1986, 9-12(4) .
Improved margins generally arise from doing husbandry tasks better rather than from investing in new capital equipment. Depreciation costs per herd can be reduced if culling is kept at 18-20% instead of the national rate of 23-25%. Improved grassland management can cut the concentrate bill. Two useful indices of efficiency for dairy farmers are margin over feed and fertiliser costs per litre and per herd, which can be monitored by Milkminder,Dairymaid and other schemes.
DAIRY FARMING
ECONOMICS
FARMING
VARIABLE COSTS
Controlling variable costs: dairying as an example - 1986 - National Westminster Bank Agricultural Digest no 14 October 1986, 9-12(4) .
Improved margins generally arise from doing husbandry tasks better rather than from investing in new capital equipment. Depreciation costs per herd can be reduced if culling is kept at 18-20% instead of the national rate of 23-25%. Improved grassland management can cut the concentrate bill. Two useful indices of efficiency for dairy farmers are margin over feed and fertiliser costs per litre and per herd, which can be monitored by Milkminder,Dairymaid and other schemes.
DAIRY FARMING
ECONOMICS
FARMING
VARIABLE COSTS