Description: This chart details the use of various technologies among different sized Wisconsin dairy farms. Larger operations are more likely to adopt new productivity and efficiency-enhancing technologies, such as total mixed ration (TMR) machinery, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBST), and parlor milking systems. While less than 10 percent of farms with under 50 cows used TMR machinery, rBST, or milking parlors, these practices were almost universal among herds with over 200 cows. Conversely, the use of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) is much more common among farms with smaller herds.
Source: PATS Dairy Farmer Poll, 1999
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