Business

PRO-DAIRY staff develop key monthly data monitoring programs, cost center activity analysis programs, and facilitates multiple business discussion groups centered on financial and business performance and employee management across the dairy business.

The Dairy Farm Business Summary & Analysis Program is the most robust and longstanding dairy financial analysis and benchmarking program in the country. Launched for the 1995 business year, this program supports the use of on-farm data over time to improve business and financial management on participating farms along with driving extension, research, and teaching efforts that support the long-term viability of the dairy industry in New York.

Farmers report their annual performance over a web-based system housed at Cornell and receive business analysis reports and comparisons for their dairy. Participants use the individualized information to monitor their performance from year-to-year and to benchmark their performance against other dairies. PRO-DAIRY plays a central role in collecting, analyzing and disseminating data.