True cash value of high SCC

Research has shown that the average dairy farmer can improve net profitability by at least one cent per litre, with better mastitis control, reducing SCC to an achievable and sustainable level.

Research has shown that the average dairy farmer can improve net profitability by at least one cent per litre, with better mastitis control, reducing SCC to an achievable and sustainable level.

If your somatic cell count is up around 260,000 this month, you could be losing about €80 per week.

Lisavaird Co-op used the example of a supplier's 500,000-litre spring calving herd, to show how total bonus and penalty losses mounted up to an annual total of €4171.77.