Dairy Operations · 80–1,500 Cow
The milk check is one number. The real story is per cow.
Maryland and Pennsylvania herds already get DHIA printouts and cooperative milk checks—but feed dollars per hundredweight rarely sit on the same board as SCC, DIM, and pen-group economics. You need that view before the nutritionist visit, not after.
Pen groups, feed, SCC, and margin in one herd board
Pen group
Cows
Milk
Feed
Margin
Watch
Fresh 1–21 DIM
62
93 lb
$17.40
$9.10
Stable
High group
142
82 lb
$18.20
$6.40
Watch heat
Mid-lactation
118
71 lb
$17.90
$4.85
Normal
Late group
86
56 lb
$18.60
$1.95
Cull review
Hospital / hold
17
41 lb
$19.20
-$0.80
SCC + repro
Blend $24.60 milk / cwt
Feed $18.20 / cwt
Tank 405 cows milking · 78.4 lb avg
Pressure late group SCC up 11%
Instead of a pretty trendline alone, the herd board shows where margin is leaking by pen group before the nutritionist visit or month-end cull conversation.
How It Works
DHIA, parlor dumps, and milk check. One herd margin board.
Goes In
What every dairy already captures
- DHIA records (production, SCC, repro)
- Parlor system (DeLaval, BouMatic, Lely)
- Milk check from Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Maryland & Virginia
- QuickBooks or farm accounting for feed & labor
Comes Out
Honest economics per animal
- Margin per cow per day by group and lactation
- Feed cost per hundredweight with ration overlay
- Cull list tied to economics, not just SCC
- Bank & FSA-ready monthly packages
Who It's For
Mid-Atlantic & Northeast dairies
- 80–1,500 cow family-run operations
- Lancaster County PA, southern York County PA
- Frederick and Washington County MD
- Operators tired of month-end pulling from four screens
AI Assist
AI watches production trend, SCC, DIM, repro status, and feed-cost context to flag cows or groups worth reviewing before month-end. It gives the herd manager a shortlist earlier; it does not make the cull decision for you.
Custom-built to your parlor, DHIA, milk check, and QuickBooks. Typical delivery: 5–7 weeks from kickoff.
Want this built on your parlor?
Share a DHIA export and a month of milk checks. We’ll show you where the per-cow bleed is.