Appendix Five -- Comparing Financial Performance of 19 Graziers when Separated For Calving Practice, and DHI Use.  DRAFT
NFIFO = Net Farm Income from Operations
15 Non Seasonal Graziers 4 Seasonal Graziers 9 DHI Graziers 10 Non DHI Graziers Average of 19 Graziers
$NFIFO
1995 42,745 34,951 52,896 30,492 41,104
1996 47,838 23,839 60,362 26,967 42,786
1997 47,488 20,375 56,625 28,420 41,780
1998 73,500 42,837 86,697 49,358 67,045
$NFIFO/Forage Acre Harvested
1995 255 288 303 216 262
1998 323 228 497 286 387
4 Yr. Ave. (98 A.) 323 162 409 196 278
$NFIFO/ Cow
1995 832 764 905 712 819
1996 844 456 922 574 768
1997 823 384 862 584 737
1998 1,165 668 1,253 850 1,059
4 Yr. Ave. (98 A.) 916 568 986 680 846
Cash Income/Cow
1995 2660 1902 2800 2163 2,514
1996 2907 1835 3013 2296 2,695
1997 2671 1711 2776 2124 2,482
1998 3035 2139 3231 2429 2,844
Cash Expense/Cow
1995 1868 1394 1912 1612 1,777
1996 1926 1301 1950 1618 1,803
1997 1867 1324 1921 1564 1,760
1998 1881 1396 1937 1605 1777
Basic Cost
1995
1996
1997
1998
Invest/Cow
1995 6,619 3,995 6,743 5,346 6,116
1996 6,369 3,895 6,425 5,200 5,881
1997 6,636 4,829 6,701 5,769 6,280
1998 6,215 4,439 6,468 5,159 5,837
Debt/Cow
1995 2,128 1,602 2,132 1,898 2,027
1996 2,094 1,568 2,100 1,853 1,990
1997 2,192 2,490 2,083 2,455 2,251
1998 1,979 2,248 1,946 2,134 2,037
Numbers of Cows
1995 51.4 45.8 58.4 42.8 50.2
1996 56.7 52.3 65.4 47.0 55.7
1997 57.7 53.0 65.7 48.6 56.7
1998 63.1 64.1 69.2 58.2 63.3
Lbs. Milk Sold/Cow
1995 18,043 12,832 18,813 14,869 17,043
1996 17,036 10,616 17,138 13,428 15,769
1997 17,485 10,959 18,002 14,010 16,200
1998 17,449 11,753 18,430 13,873 16,231
Annual Ave.Milk Price
1995 13.23 14.04 13.38 13.42 13.4
1996 14.9 15.73 15.12 15.04 15.08
1997 13.14 13.68 13.38 13.15 13.26
1998 15.45 16.73 15.87 15.59 15.72
4 Yr. Ave. 14.18 15.04 14.44 14.30 14.36

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