Margin per cow

[supercow]

What does everyone consider a good margin per cow per month over feed?Might be sensitive Info or whatever so only a question for the less sensitive souls on here. On 27 pence

 

[pappuller]

£182 here based on a 30 day mnth dont know if thats good or bad, always try and work on the meal bill being below 30%of the milk cheque

 

[Will Blackburn]

£180ish

 

[supercow]

I would say that's really good, that getting 27pence? We made an margin of 161£ in January when we were on first cut, looking good for the same again in February but we changed to second cut and in March it would have been 130£. We are predominantly back end calving, quite a lot of stale cows at the minute.

 

[Will Blackburn]

I calculated it at 27p, I know what they eat and what they produce. Less than @pappuller's in the eating and producing departments.

 

[pappuller]

I would say that's really good, that getting 27pence? We made an margin of 161£ in January when we were on first cut, looking good for the same again in February but we changed to second cut and in March it would have been 130£. We are predominantly back end calving, quite a lot of stale cows at the minute.

27.78 ppl

 

[supercow]

Hope to get a margin of 170/175£ when the cows r at grass, we keep the high yielders and fresh Calvers inside and graze the lows

 

[supercow]

180 makes our margin look pathetic! Hate second cut silage, we never get it good and the cows always crash on it.

 

[pappuller]

180 makes our margin look pathetic! Hate second cut silage, we never get it good and the cows always crash on it.

It dosent tell all the story though, my finance costs will probably make a few wince on here hence why I need the margin !!!

 

[crashbangwallop]

A bawhair

 

[supercow]

180£ margin would be an extra 10k a month in the bank ontop of our measly 130! We have finance costs aswell which is why I need to know we aren't getting a good enough margin!

 

[pappuller]

180£ margin would be an extra 10k a month in the bank ontop of our measly 130! We have finance costs aswell which is why I need to know we aren't getting a good enough margin!

We are on robots so effectively 3+ times a day we moved onto 2015 first cut in January which has made a marked difference to margin.looking at starting zero grazing in the next week so we'll see how that works

 

[supercow]

So the better mopf goes towards the extra payment for the robot, I honestly think difference between 1st cut and 2nd cut is 8k a month. Last yea pr July was awful we just couldn't get our second cut off! I remember it was a nightmare!

 

[pappuller]

So the better mopf goes towards the extra payment for the robot, I honestly think difference between 1st cut and 2nd cut is 8k a month. Last yea pr July was awful we just couldn't get our second cut off! I remember it was a nightmare!

Agree 100% We struggle to get 2nd cut anywhere near 1st

 

[lazy farmer]

nothing to do with profit.......................
sorry

 

[supercow]

Say again @lazy farmer

 

[pappuller]

nothing to do with profit.......................
sorry

No one said it did ???

 

[lazy farmer]

what relation has MOPF got to actual profit? noooooooooooooooooone.

 

[lazy farmer]

No one said it did ???

why discuss it/record it then ?

 

[unlacedgecko]

So the better mopf goes towards the extra payment for the robot, I honestly think difference between 1st cut and 2nd cut is 8k a month. Last yea pr July was awful we just couldn't get our second cut off! I remember it was a nightmare!

I've a landowner with robots who bought a zero grazer last spring. He's really really pleased with it, apparently the cows maintain yield much better through the season.