Articles on dairy farm and cheese factory management
Real questions from farm and factory owners, with practical answers and numbers you can apply.
How to Calculate the True Cost per Kg of Cheese
A five-step method to calculate the real cost per kg of white cheese, akkawi or nabulsi: milk, ingredients, labour, fixed costs and yield.
How Many Litres of Milk Make 1 kg of Halloumi and White Cheese?
How many litres of cow, sheep or goat milk make 1 kg of halloumi, akkawi or white cheese? Typical ranges, Van Slyke formula, yield factors.
Dairy Cow Feed Ration: A Practical Guide
How to build a dairy cow ration: dry matter intake, forage-to-concentrate ratio, protein, a sample concentrate mix and feed cost per litre.
How to Reduce Milk Waste in a Cheese Factory
Where is milk lost in a cheese factory? Six loss points: receiving, cooling, fat standardisation, whey, cleaning, storage, and how to measure each.
How to Calculate Monthly Profit per Dairy Cow
Calculate the profit of each dairy cow: milk revenue minus feed, veterinary, labour and depreciation, with a hypothetical example and table.
The Dry Period Ration for Dairy Cows
A practical guide to the dry cow ration: far-off and close-up periods, sample rations and the mistakes behind milk fever and ketosis.
The Ration for Weaned Calves Up to 6 Months of Age
How to feed a calf after weaning until 6 months: protein level, concentrate and hay amounts by age, and the target growth rate.
The Ration for Calves After 6 Months of Age
After 6 months of age the feeding of a replacement heifer differs from that of a beef calf. Learn the protein, energy, amounts and growth rate suited to each.
The Heifer Ration and Preparing Her for Breeding and the First Pregnancy
When and at what weight to breed a heifer, and how to feed her before breeding and through her first pregnancy to calve at 24 months.
Hydroponic Barley Fodder and Its Effect on Cows and Calves
A practical look at hydroponic barley fodder: nutritional value, effect on milk yield and quality, and when it pays economically.
Azolla and Its Effect on Cows and Calves
Is azolla a substitute for concentrate? Nutritional value, amounts for cows and calves, effect on milk, and how to grow it.
Corn Silage: Harvest, Storage and Its Effect on Milk and Fattening
A practical guide to corn silage: when to harvest, how to pack and cover it, spotting spoiled silage, and amounts for cows and calves.
The Lebnara Feed Ration Calculator: The Cheapest Balanced Ration for Your Cows
An Arabic calculator that works out a dairy cow requirements and picks the cheapest ration from 67 feed ingredients at your own prices.
A Guide to JoFotara E-Invoicing for a Small Dairy
What a small dairy factory or shop in Jordan needs to handle JoFotara e-invoicing: preparation, common mistakes, and how to avoid double entry.