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The Dairy Profit Monitor (DPM) is a monthly tool designed to help dairy producers watch their income over feed costs (IOFC) along with other key operating and financial measures. Producers input information from their milk checks, feed and herd management programs, as well as costs and labor hours of the dairy.
As dairy producers have become increasingly aware of the significance of current labor issues, much discussion has revolved around labor costs and increasing minimum wages. Although cost has significant implications in the labor topic, understanding how and where employees spend time may be more important than the cost per hour and value of employees themselves.
Who are the people behind the Proud to Dairy blog posts? Let’s get to know Ashley Howlett, a recent college graduate who has blogged about a range of topics, including her tour of China’s dairy industry, feeding acidified milk replacer and tips for incoming college students.
Most college students majoring in agriculture have many opportunities for internships in the industry through ag companies, but that isn’t for everyone.
For many years we housed calves in hutches outside and fed calves twice a day, and it worked for us, but as our herd grew, managing more hutch calves became more difficult. We wanted a system that lowered the amount of labor needed for the growing number of calves.
