{"id":18234,"date":"2021-02-11T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.vas.com\/it\/?p=18234"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:04:40","slug":"dairycomp-case-study-the-dry-period-are-you-winning-or-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vas.com\/it\/2021\/02\/11\/dairycomp-case-study-the-dry-period-are-you-winning-or-losing\/","title":{"rendered":"DairyComp Case Study: The Dry Period \u2013 are you winning or losing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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DairyComp Case Study: The Dry Period \u2013 are you winning or losing?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dairy producers have to be savvy. Squeak some margin here, capitalize on an outcome there \u2013 it\u2019s how many producers were able to hang on through the hardest hit times of the pandemic. But are the decisions we make to save money actually <\/em>helping us? A data-driven approach can unveil whether we\u2019re winning or losing.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the dry period. In our case study, we\u2019re considering a dairy who has reduced the dry period length on older cows to less than 45 days in hopes of capitalizing on additional milk revenue from prolonged bulk tank contribution.<\/p>\n

To see if this herd is winning or losing, we\u2019re going to use DairyComp to determine peak milk yield by length of dry period, we\u2019ll then take those numbers to run simple calculations which will determine the true cost of their decision. Spoiler alert \u2013 this herd wasn\u2019t winning with their short dry period, leaving $17,600 in opportunity up for grabs.<\/p>\n

See how we arrived at this assumption below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We\u2019ll start by evaluating peak milk for the cows with a dry period less than 45 days using the DairyComp command: \u00a0SUM PEAK FOR DDRY=1-45 LACT>1<\/strong><\/p>

From that command, we find that the dairy has 88 cows<\/strong> in that group with a peak milk of 103 lbs.<\/strong><\/p>

Next, let\u2019s look at the cows with a dry period of 46-70 days using the command:
SUM PEAK FOR DDRY=46-70 LACT>1<\/strong><\/p>

We find 62 cows, with a peak milk of 112 lbs.<\/strong><\/p>

We know that 1 lb. of peak milk is equal to 250 lbs. in a lactation on a mature cow, and have identified 9 lbs. of peak milk difference between dry period lengths using our DairyComp command. By calculating 9 lbs. of peak milk difference x 250 lbs.\/lb. peak, we can see we are losing 2,250 lbs. of milk per cow in following lactation with the shorter dry period length.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Take that a step further to assign dollars to that decision and we find:
2,250 lbs. of milk x 88 cows*<\/strong> = 198,000 lbs. of milk
<\/strong>*remember, that\u2019s how many cows were managed with a shorter dry period length
<\/em>198,000 lbs. of milk\/100 = 1,980 cwts of milk
<\/strong>1,980 x $16 milk = $31,680 in lost opportunity<\/strong><\/p>

While that\u2019s a pretty incredible amount of lost opportunity we need to remember to subtract the revenue the producer would have made from the shorter dry period. We\u2019ll assume they would have had 20 more days of milking at 50 lbs. per cow.<\/p>

20 days x 50 lbs.\/100 cwt x $16 milk = $160 per cow<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If we multiply that by 88 cows, we come up with $14,080 in milk revenue.<\/p>

But, even if this farm changed their protocol, they would still likely result in a net gain of $17,600.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ARE YOU WINNING OR LOSING WITH YOUR DRY PERIOD? <\/span><\/h3>

Use DairyComp, along with your team of advisors to evaluate your protocols.<\/p>

Don\u2019t forget, there are many benefits to an adequate dry period \u2013 not only through increased milk yield in the subsequent lactation, but through better udder health and body condition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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