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XL Barns with robotic milking
This note presents a meta-analysis of the impact of facility design (greenfield vs. retrofit) on the efficiency and dynamics of automatic milking systems. 1. Introduction and global context of AMS technology The adoption of Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) has evolved under distinct regional logics. In…
Regional Dairy Monitoring X
Regional Dairy: Relative Price Monitor of Dairy Production Here we periodically present the evolution…
Where is the pilot?
In the Argentine dairy chain, a gap has consolidated in recent months that is difficult to...
About Dairylando®
Marcos Snyder
The Founder and Director of Dairylando, an agronomist engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the dairy industry, is a well-known reference in the analysis, and the economics of the dairy farms in Argentina.
Throughout his career, he has held key positions, such as advisory of CREA groups for 24 years, Director of the Provincial Dairy Program of Buenos Aires, and Institutional Coordinator of AACREA. In addition, he has been manager of APYMEL and participated in the Executive Committee of the AAPA and the Strategic Plan of Dairy (PEL).
Today, Marcos combines his leadership in dairy companies with his work as a consultant, speaker, and columnist specializing on dairy issues.
Recent articles Blog
Venado Tuerto
This week I had the pleasure of sharing a talk with friends from Provimi/Cargill in Venado Tuerto. At the hotel, I found a writing about the origin of the name of the...
Starting a new game
From June 2025 through the end of the year, the price of milk paid to producers in Argentina leveled off, surprising many dairy farms (473 $/L…
We recovered the production...and now?
Milk production in Argentina recovered the ground lost in 2024 in 2025, confirming that the system responds quickly when climate, margins, and market signals align. According to...
The Gauchada
I was on my way to the San Luis ranch in Las Marianas, Navarro, entering the town on Route 200, when I observed on my right a scene that made me...
From the watchtower VII
The global dairy market from August 2025 onwards began to experience an excess of produced volume, which ended up depressing overall prices. In the Global Dairy Consumption chart…
Argentina dairy
Argentina has exceptional conditions to be considered a dairy powerhouse. Its vast plains with deep, fertile soils, combined with a temperate climate and abundant water availability, allow for the production of forage…
From the watchtower VI
After a sluggish 2024, Argentina’s dairy sector kicked off the spring of 2025 in high gear. Between January and October, production grew by 10.71% year-over-year, leading the increase…
LOST
It dawned with a peach-colored sky and the smell of fresh-milked steam. It was January 1, 2012, in Navarro, and the countryside still held echoes of...