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. 2020 Nov 23;53(1):33. doi: 10.1007/s11250-020-02471-8

Table 2.

Simulating variables that have a strong impact on farm income of the typical dairy farms. This table explains the variables which are used for the Farm Simulation Model

March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020
Milk yield − 3.0% (−) 2.1% (−) 1.8% (−) 4.6% (−) 1.6%
Milk price − 17% (+) 5.3% (−) 1.9% (−) 4.2% (+) 8.8%
Marketable milk (−) 4 (−) 4 (−) 4 (−) 4 (−) 4
Milk wastage (−) 5 (−) 5 (−) 5 (−) 5 (−) 5
Feed price (+) 3.7 (+) 1.4% (+) 0.1% (+) 1.5% (−) 2.8%

Changes are presented for March and onward 2020 compared with an average of 2019 (source: IFCN 2019 and IDRN 2020); “+” indicates increase and “–” indicates a decrease