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Possible financial benefit in pence per cow per day from feeding Buta-cup

Assuming a 30 ppl Milk price and payment of 2.4 pence per extra 1% of butterfat. At a feeding rate of 0.5 kg/head/day and a price of £850 /tonne.

 
Butterfat % Improvement
Milk Yield
0.2%
0.25%
0.3%
0.35%
0.4%
20
-2.9
-0.5
1.9
4.3
6.7
22
-1.9
0.7
3.3
6.0
8.6
24
-1.0
1.9
4.8
7.7
10.5
26
-0.0
3.1
6.2
9.3
12.5
28
0.9
4.3
7.7
11.0
14.4
30
1.9
5.5
9.1
12.7
16.3
32
2.9
6.7
10.5
14.4
18.2
34
3.8
7.9
12.0
16.1
20.1
36
4.8
9.1
13.4
17.7
22.1

Base milk price: Value per 1% of extra milk butterfat: Price per tonne of Buta-Cup:

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* Milk price of 30ppl buttefat valued at 2.4 per 1% and Buta-cup cost at £850/tonne assumptions correct as of 16/05/2011