Herd Management Benchmarks

Lactanet publically publishes annual herd management benchmarks that are categorized by key herd management areas, and used to award points and rank herds.

Benchmarks for Milk Value, Udder Health, Age at 1st Calving, Calving Interval, Longevity, Herd Efficiency and more:

Reproduction Benchmarks (Reproduction benchmark data is only available for Western Canada and Ontario and aggregated from DairyComp):

Benchmarks for Milk Value, Udder Health, Age at 1st Calving, Calving Interval, Longevity and Herd Efficiency:

Management Benchmarks by:


Reproduction Benchmarks (Ontario & Western Canada):

Benchmarks for Milk Value, Udder Health, Age at 1st Calving, Calving Interval, Longevity and Herd Efficiency:

Management Benchmarks by:


Reproduction Benchmarks (Ontario & Western Canada):

Daily Production Averages

For Ontario and Western Provinces

To see current average daily production and SCC data (including the previous 4 years), click on the province of interest below.

Please note that each page contains five tabs at the bottom left which will allow you to navigate between milk, fat, protein graphs, SCC graph, DIM graph, and the actual data behind the graphs.

Progress Reports

Our renown annual Progress Reports also features profiles of top scoring dairies.

Your Herds Report Card​

Each year, qualified Lactanet customers enrolled in routine milk recording, receive reports that summarize the performance of their herd. Dairy producers are inspired by the valuable report information, their Herd Performance Index (Herd Score), and the performance benchmarks.