Milk produced per cow

Type of indicator

Quantitative

Relative dimension and aggregated criteria

Economic sustainability: Efficiency: Partial productivity

Description

This indicator measures milk yield per dairy cow and is equal to the ratio of total milk produced to average herd size. It is specific to the dairy enterprice.

Indicator calculation

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 ∗𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 / 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒

Where:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 is recorded in L at the farm level, and
𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 = 1.03 kg/L.

Unit

kg/cow

Indicator interpretation

Higher values indicate larger milk yields and thus better economic performance.

Scale definition

Scales	Values (€/cow)	Dexi interpretation		References
>=75^th percentile	>= 7819.23	High	+	Based on the FADN data distribution
				for EU specialised dairy farms (European Commission, 2022).
[median; 75^th percentile]	[7167.66; 7819.23]	Medium to high		Quantile method, 2016-2018 data.

[25^th percentile; median]	[5921.56; 7167.66]	Medium to low

< 25^th percentile	< 5921.56	Low	–