This Calculator estimates the potential economic benefits of 'closing the gap' between your herd's actual performance and your target performance, for udder health and milk quality.

It makes no allowance for the marginal costs of achieving target performance.

Actual performance relates to the previous or current season. Target performance relates to the desired performance.

Your farm
cows
kg
$
Comparing actuals with targets

Comparing actuals with target

Compare your herd's actual (A) with target (B), your desired performance.

Season average bulk milk SCC (BMSCC, x1,000 cells/mL)

Season average bulk milk SCC (BMSCC, x1,000 cells/mL)

% gain in milk production (C)
No. of cases of clinical mastitis

No. of cases of clinical mastitis

Fewer clinical cases (D)
No. of mastitis culls

No. of mastitis culls

Fewer culls due to mastitis (E)
Increased milk production from lower BMSCC

Economic benefits

Increased milk production from lower BMSCC

Increased milk production from lower BMSCC from (C) above

kg
kg
$
$
% production gain / 100 x Annual MS = MS gain x Milk price = Production benefit
Decreased cost from fewer cases

Decreased cost from fewer cases

Decreased cost from fewer clinical mastitis cases from (D) above

(D) x $150 per case
$
Decreased cost from fewer culls

Decreased cost from fewer culls

Decreased cost from fewer culls due to mastitis from (E) above

(E) x $1,000 per mastitis cull
$
Grand total

Grand total

Total $ benefit of achieving your udder health targets

$

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