Buffalo Farms’ Financial Results

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Financial Results

  • Average Payback period at the farms (the period when you take back your money for the purchased product) – 1 month
  • Average Extra Profit per head per day – 1,53 euro / 16 332 euro for the average farm per month.
  • Average ROI (Return on Investments)- 1504%- for 1 euro the farmer paid, he got back 15 euro.

Buffalo Farms’ Results

Health, Milk Yield & Profitability

  • Increase of yield Milk production up to 12% in 2 months
  • Improvement of average productive longevity: +1 extra heifer
  • Decrease of veterinary expenses
  • Decrease of cost feeding up to 10%
  • High Milk Quality and its improvement (stabilization of fat and protein along with milk increase) +7% inceases fat, stable protein
  • Reduction of following deseases
    • mastitis
    • endometritis
    • ketosis
    • immune system disorders
    • feed and heat stress reduction
    • lameness and milk fever
  • Lower heifer replacement expenses
  • Higher weight gain for calves
  • Increase of average productive longevity
  • Lower culling rates
  • No sub-acute acidosis
  • Improved fertility rates (insemination)
  • Lower embryonic death rates
  • Reduction of somatic cell count from 180 000 till 130 000
  • Decrease of veterinary expenses

Sustainability

  • Reduction of CH 4, decrease from 15-20% of enteric emission at ZERO extra costs
  • Usage of local feeding ingridients
  • CO2 decrease from reduction of import transportation

Case: Buffalos, 300 lactating buffalos, Fondi, Italy

  • Period of use: 1,5 months

Financial Results of Farm

  • ROI (Return on Investments)-1801%
  • Payback Period – 0.5-1 month
  • NPV (Net Present Value 10 months)- 141.071 euro
  • Extra profit 1.76 euro/buffalo/day
  • 528 euro/farm/day
  • 16.104 euro/farm/month
  • 193.248 euro/farm/year

  • Milk yield increased from 13.6 to 15.2 kg (+1.6kg)

  • TMR (Total Mixed Ration) cost decreased from 4.2 to 3.94 Euro (-0.26 euro)

  • Somatic cells reduced from 95.000 up to 66.000

  • Peak of lactation. The days for peak of lactation significantly improved

  • Fat/Protein keeps high even with high milk productivity

  • Digestion significantly improved 

  • Health improvement, based on biochemical blood tests

Milk production

TMR cost

Case: Buffalos, 400 lactating buffalos, Italy, c.da Cerrelli, Alta villa Silentina, Campania

  • Period of use: 1,5 months

Financial Results of Farm

  • ROI (Return on Investments)-1207%
  • Payback Period – 1 month
  • NPV (Net Present Value 10 months)- 88,607 euro
  • Extra profit 0.85 euro/buffalo/day
  • 340 euro/farm/day
  • 10.218 euro/farm/month
  • 122.616 euro/farm/year

  • Milk yield keept +0.6 to 1.3 kg comparing to control group during the heat stress

  • Somatic cells reduced from 173 000 up to 137 000 

  • Peak of lactation. The days for peak of lactation significantly improved 

  • Fat/Protein keeps high even along with high milk productivity Fat: 7.32 g/100g RLATT : 4.69 g/100g PROT: 4.38 g/100g. Control group Fat: 6.85 g/100g RLATT : 4.56 g/100g PROT : 4.48 g/100g

  • Digestion significantly improved

  • Health improvement, based on biochemical blood tests