Shinagh Dairy Farm Report 13-08-2015 Profitable Science Based Farming Farm Details All farm available for grazing 77.8 ha (2.91cows/ha) Farm Cover 663kg/DM/Ha (224kg/DM/cow). Growth for the last week has averaged 78kg/DM/ha per day. Demand: 2.91 cows/ha by...
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Shinagh Dairy Farm Report 13-08-2015 Profitable Science Based Farming Farm Details All farm available for grazing 77.8 ha (2.91cows/ha) Farm Cover 663kg/DM/Ha (224kg/DM/cow). Growth for the last week has averaged 78kg/DM/ha per day. Demand: 2.91 cows/ha by 17kg/cow = 50kg/DM/ha per day. 19 day rotation, feeding no supplement 227 cows Grass growth was 78kg/DM/ ha per day for the last week on all the grazing ground. The attached PastureBase wedge shows the farm grass supply. The silage ground is back in the grazing cycle after being cut for second cut on the 29th of July. It has covers of between 300 and 400 kg/ha on it. Planning for the autumn we felt it was important to get the silage cut early in order to build up grass for the autumn with the minimum of supplement use. The stocking rate is now 2.91 cows per hectare and a feed demand of 50kg of drymatter per hectare per day. Our autumn grass budget using optimistic growth rates based on our previous year’s autumn growth rates will see
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