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Organize a group of producers to produce and sell your milk. Together, you can produce enough milk to make it worthwhile for a trader to pick up, process and sell it. You will have a stronger bargaining position with the buyer, and you can share tasks, exchange information and get services such as credit and training.

The price received for milk in 2022 was $6.07 higher than 2021. On a per cow basis, total returns from milk were $6,376 compared to the total cost to produce milk of $6,589 per cow. Total returns from milk per cow increased from 2021. The net returns per cow in 2022 were a negative $213.

While the dairy industry awaits Ag Secretary Tom Vilsacks decision on petitions for a national Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing, and its scope, dairy farmers continue to lose money as a result of the 2018 farm bill change to how farmers are paid for Class I fluid milk.

Large Herds Perform Better U.S. herd sizes continue to increase, and the Zisk report shows that farms with more than 5,000 cows (averaging more than 13,000 cows in this report) will make the most money, but even those with more than 1,000 cows are much more profitable than farms with fewer.

Dairy farms with a herd size between 40 and 60 cows registered significant losses. Dairy farms with 150 cows and more see small profits. Dairy businesses with herds between 300 and 600 cows or larger bring more significant profits.

Farms with less than 250 cows will again struggle to break even, despite expectations of another good year for milk prices. On average the 3.6 million cows expect an average profit per cow to rise to $264.3 compared to $254.8 in 2022.

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Dairy Farm Owner Salary Annual SalaryMonthly Pay Top Earners $88,000 $7,333 75th Percentile $50,000 $4,166 Average $49,338 $4,111 25th Percentile $27,000 $2,250