Choose your prices
Enter your own dairy product prices or use the latest DCA benchmarks.
DCA Milk Valorization Tool
See which dairy product routes generate the most value
Compare the value generated by different dairy products using market prices, yields and production costs.
From product prices to valorization
Milk does not have one value, it depends on what you make from it
Different dairy products create different values from the same raw milk. As prices for butter, cream, milk powders and cheese change, so does the value generated from the milk.
The Milk Valorization Tool brings product prices, yields and production costs together to calculate and compare these values.
Compare the outcomes
See how different product combinations compare
Use your own prices or current DCA benchmarks to compare the calculated value of different processing options.
Include production costs
Add the relevant costs used in the calculation.
Compare the results
See gross value, production costs and net value side by side.
How the tool works
From dairy prices to comparable milk values
Select the product prices you want to use and adjust the relevant production costs. The tool combines these inputs with predefined yields and assumptions.
The results show gross value, production costs and net value per 100 kg of milk, making different processing options easy to compare.
- Use your own prices or the latest DCA Benchmarks
- Adjust production costs
- Compare different product combinations
- See gross value, costs and net value
- Return to the calculation as markets change
Compare products
See which combinations generate more value
Compare combinations such as Gouda & Cream, SMP & Butter and WMP using the same market basis.
Gouda & Cream
Compare the calculated value of a cheese and cream production route.
SMP & Butter
See the combined value generated from skimmed milk powder and butter.
Other combinations
Compare the dairy products relevant to your production and market position.
What drives the result?
See what changes the calculated milk value
The result changes as market prices, production costs and calculation assumptions change. Keeping these components visible makes it easier to understand why one combination generates a different value from another.
Dairy product prices
Prices for cheese, butter, cream, milk powders and other dairy products.
Yields & assumptions
The quantities of finished products calculated from the milk input.
Production costs
The costs included when calculating net value.
Product combination
The dairy products included in each calculation.
Built for commercial dairy decisions
Use one value framework across teams
The calculation gives teams a common reference for discussing dairy product markets, raw material value and processing economics.
Understand the market behind milk value
Connect dairy product prices with an indicative raw-milk value.
Compare product economics
See how changing dairy product prices affect relative value.
Compare changing market conditions
Use different prices and costs to see how the calculated value changes.
Track the relationship between markets
Follow how dairy product prices and calculated milk values develop over time.
Follow the relationship over time
Today’s result matters more with historical context
Compare results across weeks, months or years to see whether the relationship between dairy product markets and milk value is changing.
- Compare current and historical values
- See when product economics diverge or converge
- Relate changes to underlying dairy product prices
- Add relevant views to personal dashboards