Put in your herd, milk and costs to see what the farm really earns in a month: profit per cow, what one litre costs you to produce, and the lowest milk price you can sell at without a loss.
Feed is 78% of your costs
| Item | Per month |
|---|---|
| Milk income: 10 cows × 10 litres × ₹40 × 30 days | ₹1,20,000 |
| Feed: 10 milking cows × ₹220 + 2 dry × ₹120, × 30 days | ₹73,200 |
| Labour | ₹15,000 |
| Vet and medicine | ₹2,500 |
| Electricity, water, other | ₹3,000 |
| Profit | ₹26,300 (₹2,630 per cow in milk) |
Producing a litre costs about ₹31 here, so any milk price above ₹31 is profit. These are sample numbers; feed and milk prices vary a lot between districts and seasons.
A calculator uses averages. Real profit comes from real records: each cow's milk every day, what was fed, the dairy's bill and every rupee paid out, including advances to workers. That's the gap Pashupaalak closes: it estimates milk income from the kg weighed at the scale, replaces the estimate with the dairy's bill when it comes, and shows profit per cow.
It depends mostly on milk per cow, feed cost and milk price. With 10 cows at 10 litres a day, milk at ₹40 and feed around ₹220 per cow per day, profit is roughly ₹25,000–30,000 a month before loan payments.
Divide all monthly costs by the litres sold in the month. For many small farms it falls between ₹28 and ₹38 a litre, mostly driven by feed.
Raise milk per cow with balanced feeding, keep calving intervals near 12–13 months, grow your own green fodder, prevent mastitis, and remove animals that eat more than they earn.
Yes, put a fair wage for it. Otherwise the farm looks more profitable than it is and you can't compare it with other work.
An estimate from the numbers you enter. It doesn't include the cost of buying animals, sheds, calf sales or dung income.
Pashupaalak keeps each cow's milk, vaccines, heats and costs, reminds you before anything is due, and works in Hindi, Marathi and English. Free for 10 animals.
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