The High Cost of Infertility

Reproduction problems can cost a 500-cow herd nearly $200,000 in income per year. Check out this online calculator and see just how much profit you might be missing.

Then choose a program on the right to see how to capture your herd's full profit potential by improving individual cow wellness.

What's Your Annual Income Loss?
Milk Sales Lost Due to Milking Later and Lower in the Lactation Curve
Rolling ADIM Example

200 days		 Actual

 days
ADIM goal -160 days -160 days
# Cows milking x 500 x
*Milk loss per cow per day x 0.17 lbs.x 0.17 lbs.
Milk price x $11.00 per cwt. x $ per cwt.
Days in a year x 365 x 365
% Milking x 85% x %
Total $116,034 $
A negative value means gain due to milking earlier and higher in the lactation curve.
Production Lost Due to Long Dry Periods
Avg. days dry 75 days days
*Maximum avg. days dry -60 days -60 days
# of 2nd+ lacation cows x 350 x
*Cost of additional dry days x $3 per day x $3 per day
Total $15,750 $
A negative value means production gain due to shorter dry periods.
Culling Losses
Replacement cost $1,600 $
Cull value - $350 - $
Cost of cull $1,250 $
Avg. herd size x 500 x
(% Culls - % Cull Goal**) x (35% - 25%) x ( % - 25%)
Total $62,500 $
Total Losses due to Reproduction Problems (Example) $ 194,284
Total Losses due to Reproduction Problems (Actual) $
Adapted from "A Form to Develop Goals for Dairy Production Medicine Programs"
Ken Nordlund, DVM, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706

*Ref. Grusenmeyer, 1983
**Ref. Rogers, 1988
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