Wesley Browne July/August 2023

Grassland

Good grass growth but ground conditions are a challenge
Protected Urea applied across the grassland block
60 ton of lime is applied

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Performance

The new slaughter report for this years bulls
Weanling performance report 2023

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Animal Health

The calves are faecal sampled

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Grassland

Picture 1: Grass cover July 14th, 2023

Grass growth averaged 62kgs/DM/ha during July and early August. This was ahead of demand at an average of 41kgs/DM/ha . Wesley managed to keep the days ahead from 17 to 23 which was ideal. He applied 17 units of Protected Urea /acre over most of the grazing platform. While it has been a relatively good summer for growing grass , ground conditions have been a challenge at times . Wesley operates 3 day paddocks of an average size of 1.3ha so managing ground conditions and getting good graze outs is still possible.

Date	Growth/ha KG/HA/DAY	Demand/HA KG/HA/DAY	Farm Cover KG DM/HA	Cover/LU KG/DM/LU	GRAZING AREA (HA)	TOTAL LU	LU/HA	DAYS AHEAD
01/08/23	54	42	947	305	38.64	111.4	3.11	23
19/07/23	56	41	812	272	37.34	111.4	2.98	20
12/07/23	68	41	862	289	37.34	111.4	2.98	21
04/07/23	70	41	681	229	37.34	111.4	2.98	17

Almost 60 ton of lime has also been applied during the summer months . Wesley plans to sow clover in 2024 and wants to increase the pH to 6.7.

Picture 2: Grass cover August 31st, 2023

Performance

The following is a summary of the 29 bulls slaughtered this year.

Calf Performance

	Born In Period *	No. Weighed **	ADG(kg)	Avg. 200 Day Weight (kg)
				Your Herd	Target
All	94	67	1.16	276	n/a
Males	49	35	1.2	285	300
Female	45	32	1.12	266	250

While the heifers are above target at 266kgs at 200 days the males are at 285kgs – 15kgs below target. Wesley will forward graze the weanlings during the summer and introduce meal at 1kg in August.

Animal Health

A mid- summer faecal sample of the calves indicated no levels of stomach or lungworms. However, Wesley keep a close watch for any coughing.