This update was released in the February 2026 issue of PRO-DAIRY's e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators.
Monitoring the performance of your dairy business on a regular basis is important given the unpredictable nature of the dairy industry. A new PRO-DAIRY fact sheet shows the trends of 102 participating farms over a 12- months period from farms throughout New York that utilized the Cornell Dairy Profit Monitor (DPM). DPM is a tool used by farms in New York and the U.S. to track and monitor their dairies performance metrics. Included are graphs that show the comparison from September 2024 – August 2025 to the prior year trend averages. These graphs can be used to compare your farm’s metrics against the farms in this group over the last year.
Compared to the previous year:
- Milk per cow per day did not show a large difference
- Pounds of components produced averaged 0.2 pounds higher
- Feed conversion trended higher in all months
- Percent forage in the diet remained more constant due to growing conditions
- Net Milk Price before contracting showed an opposite trend
PRO-DAIRY is a nationally recognized extension and applied research leader serving dairy farms for more than 35 years.
