Delano, F.D.Langemeier, Michael R.2011-05-062011-05-062011-05-06http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8836Typo of author's name L. N. Langemeier; should be M. R. Langemeier.Dairy cow herd enterprise records from Kansas Farm Management Association farms over the past 4 years have shown an increase in returns to labor and management from $252 to $355 per cow. Returns for higher milkproducing cows were over $400 each. Cost per hundred weight of milk produced per cow for the higher-producing herds compared with lower-producing herds was about the same. In 1994, for every extra $1.00 spent on feed and other variable costs, the higher-producing herds earned $1.28.ProfitabilityProduction costsProduction returnsConference paper