Dairy Herd Improvement Association Yearly Herd Averages. II. Predicting Income over Feed Cost

A total of 8,0~8 yearly herd average records from 23 states were studied to determine the value of factors measured in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations in predicting income over feed cost as estimated from data reported. The variables studied were: milk yield, milk price, concentrates fed, price of concentrates, per cent days in milk, succulent forage, dry forage, days on pasture, fat per cent, and herd size.