Examples of these reports will be available from your DHIA Service Affiliate office. Florida Dairy Business Analysis Project Accrual adjusted costs for dairies participating in the Florida Dairy Business Analysis Project are shown on the left. The average is for 22 dairies throughout the state of Florida that submitted usable data for 1995. The costs are not the total costs for producing milk because depreciation is not included. Herd sizes ranged from under 100 to over 3,000 cows, and production per cow per year ranged from under 10,000 to 22,000 lb.
Production is based on actual milk sold.
There is a diversity of dairy businesses in the project, many differing by what enterprises are included in the dairy business. Some dairies raise heifers, other do not. Some dairies buy all their feed, some grow large amounts forage. Some dairies are in the Panhandle, some in North Central Florida, and some are in South Florida. Future issues of the newletter will break down the costs into groups based on what enterprises are in the businesses, production level, herd size, and other relevant factors.