Overcome profit barriers and improve dairy reproductive performance with Reproductive Profit MangerTM (RPM). RPM leads to improved reproductive performance through comprehensive herd analysis and herd management team meetings.
Created by Genex, RPM is one of the most successful "profit strategies" available to maximize member and customer profitability. RPM uses on-farm herd management records, including over 150 data points, to benchmark a herd against a peer group. Herd owners, dairy managers and extensively trained Genex consultants across the United States are using this tool to diagnose herd problem areas and find solutions to fix them.
Within each area, RPM digs into data otherwise left untouched. For example, somatic cell count has a large impact on a farm's bottom line through higher premiums on milk checks. Research indicates cows with chronic mastitis also have lower production, more difficulty conceiving a calf and a higher percentage of abortions.
In the RPM example below, the orange cells are the benchmark (average of the peer group), the next column includes current herd information, and the last column is information from the previous RPM analysis.
Dairy producers across the country are "revved up" over RPM. Gold Dust Dairy in De Pere, Wis., fully recommends the program stating, "RPM gives us the opportunity to compare our dairy against other large dairies, to compare apples to apples. By doing that, we have improved our cull rate, mastitis levels and overall breeding program. Specifically, through RPM we have taken a closer look at our mastitis levels which convinced us to seek an outside consultant to improve on that area."
Also recommending the program is Roger Sybesma from Skyward Dairy in Dalhart, Texas. "I like the RPM program because it provides a series of checks and balances. Through the numbers, it allows you to see if you are actually making the advances that you think you are. It helps to focus in on our goals to see if we are achieving them. Through RPM consulting, we have focused on increasing the Daughter Pregnancy Rate within the herd, and we are starting to see an increase."
RPM puts powerful profit factors and trends - like the example above - in front of the dairy team (owners, managers, veterinarians, nutritionists, Genex consultants, key employees) so they may diagnose problems and implement solutions. RPM is another way Genex lives its mission statement, helping dairy farms everywhere maximize or "rev up" their profits.
