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Dairies big and small are likely to return to profitability in 2025

While commercial dairy farms of nearly all sizes are expected to return to profitability in 2025, the correlation between farm size and profitability has never been clearer.
December 18, 2024
Aidan Connolly

The latest Zisk report projects profitability on dairy farms for 2025. It shows that U.S. dairy producers are expecting a profitable next 12 months, but as with previous reports, the picture isn’t equally as rosy for all producers.


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Who is in your corner when times get tough?

Evaluating fixed and variable costs throughout the operation can help identify areas where cost and labour savings can be achieved. However, cow comfort is an area that should not be cut.
March 28, 2024
Leo Pauls

It’s uncertain what will happen in the next quarter or two, but we all want to see farms succeed. Dairy farms help feed the world, and by taking a closer look at your operations, expenses and the comfort of your cows, you can identify areas for improvement that will keep your business profitable.


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Respecting the cow: What does it cost you?

Ensuring comfort and calmness in the parlor can only benefit your bottom line.
January 25, 2024
Jason Reid

Are you as profitable as you could be with your current cow numbers? Cutting labor to the bone is not a path to profitability. Allowing the cow to be a cow is a much better move.


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Certainties in life: Death, taxes and cyclical lows

March 11, 2022
Kevin Bernhardt
With apologies to Benjamin Franklin, who said “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes,” dairy farmers can add cyclical highs and lows in milk prices and profitability to that list.
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Creating your $50-per-cwt Mona Lisa

May 25, 2021
Kevin Bernhardt
Interested in selling your milk for $50 per hundredweight (cwt)? Well, it takes about 12 pounds of milk to make a gallon of ice cream, and selling the ice cream for $6 per gallon nets out a price of about $50 per cwt. Better yet, what if you sell it by the 4-ounce scoop for $2.50 per scoop? Are you ready to sign up?
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Lean principles have applications in calf management, too

November 6, 2020
Andy Beckel
Typically found in manufacturing businesses, Lean principles became popular in the 1990s when Toyota streamlined automobile production processes.
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Increase dairy farm productivity using the Lean management approach

July 1, 2019
Laura Moser
The extended economic stress in the dairy industry has farm managers taking a close look at all aspects of their operations to find areas to decrease costs, increase productivity and, ultimately, improve profitability.
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