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MPI Calculator

MPI Calculator
 

Inputs
Pounds Milk/Cow Day
Settlement Milk Price ($/cwt)
 $
Feed Cost/Cow/Day
 $
Lbs. Dry Matter (DM)/Cow/Day

Calculations
Dry Matter Efficiency (DME)
Feed Cost/#DM
 $
Income Over Feed Cost (IOFC)/Cow/Day
 $
Milk Profit Index (MPI)

Note:  Each unit change in MPI is approximately $25/cow/yr change in Income Over Feed Cost (i.e. a change from a MPI of 95 to 98, equates to an increase in $75/cow in IOFC)