Argentina: Maximize alfalfa production to cope with rising costs

If we look at the absolute price of a liter of milk in dollars, it is around 30 cents and compared to the average price of the last 30 years that value is very good, but we must also weigh that commodities (soy, corn, sunflower, etc.) are in a cycle of high prices and this directly impacts the largest cost that any dairy establishment has, such as the cost of feeding. That is why, in the table below you can see the low levels of the price of milk / feed ratio. Faced with this situation, surely many producers are considering or asking their advisers how to spend less on food without sacrificing milk production. One of the ways that can be used is to reduce the use of concentrates, especially protein concentrates (which are the most expensive) if we have the availability of alfalfa, whether standing or preserved (silo or hay), in quantity and quality. The amount of alfalfa produced, which perhaps at this time is highly valued by all producers, at other times when the ratio of liters ...