date:Jul 16, 2020
milk constituents.
Comparing different organic systems, a combination of additional grazing days, more milk from forage and higher milk prices meant that low to moderate yielding organic dairies averaged the highest margin over purchased feed per litre at 29.34p/litre.
High yielding herds topped per-cow margins at 2,051/cow. Although these systems had high concentrate usage, at 2,016kg/cow, this was offset by greater yield and a strong average milk price.
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