24/09/07
Dairy farmers can now evaluate the financial payback from including
C16 rumen-protected fat in the early lactating cow ration, thanks
to the availability of a new spreadsheet-based computer program
from C&H Nutrition.
The new Cost Benefit Indicator (CBI) program draws on a database
of the different milk contract payment terms to predict the potential
extra margin per cow that producers can make by including Energizer-RP10
in the ration.
According to C&H Nutrition business development manager Dr
Alan Reeve, milk output responses to Energizer-RP10 are relatively
predictable, depending on dietary inclusion level. The program
uses this predictability to calculate the net financial gain
over cost of inclusion for a cow yielding 30 litres a day, depending
on the current milk contract terms.
“For example, we know that we can typically expect an extra
1.1 litres of milk and a 0.4% uplift in butterfat from an Energizer-RP10
feeding rate of 400g per head per day,” Dr Reeve explains. “But
the question all milk producers want answered is how much financial
return they can expect over and above the cost of adding the
fat to the ration. Obviously, this depends on their milk buyer
terms, but by running various feeding scenarios against the contract
payment parameters the CBI program will give them a profit prediction.”
Dr Reeve points out that even with base milk price running at
the mid summer levels of around 18-20p per litre, Energizer-RP10
was delivering a financial payback on virtually all milk contracts
paying a premium for butterfat. But with base prices on some
contracts now climbing to over 25p per litre, the CBI program
predicts extra milk value of around 24p per head per day from
those paying around 1.5p per % of butterfat, even after the cost
of Energizer-RP10 is taken into account.
“Clearly, the value of this extra milk is significant,” he
points out. “If your contract is advantageous, feeding
Energizer-RP10 could easily deliver an extra £3,600 to
a 100 cow herd over the first 150 days of lactation. That’s
over a 40% increase on the Energizer-RP10 margins that could
have been achieved earlier in the year.”
Milk producers interested in evaluating the profit from feeding
Energizer-RP10 should contact their local supplier, or call C&H
Nutrition on 01928 793090. A simplified version of the CBI program
is also available on the company’s website at www.chance-hunt.com/nutrition
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