As with any successful business, a workable records program is necessary to minimize expenses and maximize profits. Individual cow milk records and ID 2. Breeding and culling information 4. Cows produce milk over long periods of time. No matter how much milk any cow produces, by nature, the daily production declines with time.
Some cows are more persistent than others.
Also, first calf heifers, while not reaching a high peak, are more persistent than older cows. A typical lactation curve for the dairy cow. Profit must come in the first few months after calving. Weighing a cow's milk, one milking a month, month after month, can provide an accurate estimate of her monthly and yearly production. Since most dairies use pipeline systems, routinely measuring each cow's production is necessary to determine which cows are not worthy of being kept.