Dairying demands skilled business practices
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improved methods and
‘rial ingenuity over the
decade, U.S. dairymen
re been able to produce
-]y the same quantity of
despite 30 per cent
ier cows and 60 per cent
labor!
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During the next 10 years
there will be a doubling in
milk output per man-hour
because of even more ef
ficient dairy systems and
milking equipment, larger
herd sizes and higher milk
production per cow. These
developments will help diary
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farmers maintain a
reasonable return on their
investment, management
and labor. At the same time,
intensifying competition will
make the intelligent and
skilled business practices so
necessary today even more
essential for attaining low
costs and high returns from
dairying.
Today’s successful dairy
requires teamwork and close
attention to all phases of the
dairy operation. While the
modem dairyman doesn’t
have to be an expert in all
areas of the operation, he
does need general knowledge
of the various professions
having a direct bearing on
his business. He also needs to
be aware of the many
management services
available to him and use
them as needed. Here are
just a few of the concerns of
today’s dairyman.
Business records play an
important role in the suc
cessful operation of a
modem dairy farm. Many
operators today participate
in computerized business
record programs.
Keeping accurate dairy
production records, in
particular, is a must for
today’s successful
dairyman. Production tested
herds consistently out
produce non-tested ones.
Complete dairy production
records provide the basis for
developing and maintaing a
top producing without
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records to cull out low-profit
cows effectively, the overall
economic stability can be
affected.
These records also provide
dairymen with information
on items which affect
breeding efficiency: when to
breed, when to turn cows
dry, number of days dry,
calving interval, etc.
The modem dairyman
seeking to expand his
operation must first plan
ahead and determine profit
potential through nrojected
cash-flow plans or feasibility
proposals which estimate
construction and operating
cots, profit projections,
investments, labor needs,
etc. (These services are
abailable through lending
institutions and University
Extension departments.)
Many creditors require a
cash-flow budget as a con
dition for granting a loan for
expansion and will insist that
borrowing be according to a
plan.
Accurate data for the cash
flow statements is im
portant. Estimating the
cash-flow budget for coming
years requires careful
analysis of cow numbers,
production potential, acres,
crop yield, etc.
There are many successful
joint ownerships involving
fathers and sons, brothers
and sisters, or even
unrelated individuals among
today’s dairy farms. There
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will be even more in the
future.
Dairymen contemplating
joint ownerships must make
sure agreements and con
tracts are carefully
prepared to consider the
personal characteristics of
the parties involved,
duration of joint ownership,
contributions, management,
financial settlement and
means of arbitration.
Dairy herds are expanding
in size, and mechanization is
becoming an integral part of
the modem dairy farm. This
makes the quality of labor
hired even more important
to the dairy manager.
Successful dairymen have
found that hiring qualified
labor more than offsets their
added cost. In the near
future, wage rates and fringe
benefits in many areas will
approach those for industry.
Labor for the actual job of
milking constitutes over 70
percent of the total labor
involved in dairying, so
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hiring qualified personnel
supports the goal of most
dairymen to further increase
the efficiency of their
milking system.
The growing influence of
dairy cooperatives has in
volved many milk producers
in the business end of
marketing and mer
chandising milk and milk
products. Individual
awareness of the need for
good organization and
management in all aspects
of milk marketing has
become acute.
Active promotion of milk,
in particular, has become
the responsibility of every
person involved in die dairy
industry. Starting with the
dairyman, the very image of
how milk is produced on his
dairy is important. The
cleanliness and at
tractiveness of modern
milking parlor systems has
done much to enhance the
image conveyed to the milk
drinking public.