An innovative efficiency tool for the dairy industry.
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)