2021
| Week | Litres/ Cow | Fat % | Protein % | SCC | kg MS/Cow | Meal kg | Average Farm Cover | Cover/LU | Pre Grazing Yield | Demand/Ha |
Growth Rate/Ha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 27th | 21.64 | 4.07 | 3.51 | 113 | 1.69 | 2.5 | 1114 | 328 | 1800 | 54 | 100 |
| August 22nd | 21 | 4.21 | 3.48 | 80 | 1.56 | 3.0 | 618 | 142 | 1400 | 63 | 76 |
| Comment: | Another paddock sprayed off and reseeded by direct drill. Bull out 3 weeks. Drying off Autumn cows. Tar on udders and fly prevention treatment for Atutumn calving heifers and cows. | ||||||||||
| August 11th | 21.3 | 4.20 | 3.42 | 89 | 1.64 | 3.0 | 603 | 144 | 1600 | 60 | 37 |
| July 14th | 23.0 | 4.14 | 3.30 | 125 | 1.75 | 2.5 | 740 | 177 | 1500 | 57 | 59 |
| July 1st | 24.5 | 3.98 | 3.44 | 57 | 1.87 | 3.0 | 605 | 134 | 1600 | 41 | 72 |
| Comment: | Another paddock out today for bales. Slurry tower empty, slurry spread with trail and chew on silage ground. Fertiliser blanket spread on farm every four weeks of 35 units protected urea with sulphur. Oversown another paddock with 2.5 kg per acre made up of 50/50 of Buddy and Crusader. | ||||||||||
| June 16th | 24.6 | 4.10 | 3.45 | 70 | 1.85 | 3.0 | 637 | 150 | 1600 | 57 | 48 |
| June 2nd | 26.8 | 3.85 | 3.43 | 2.01 | 3.0 | 562 | 125 | 1400 | 61 | 66 | |
| Comment: | Taking out farm 3 more paddocks. AI mostly repeats with beef straws for 2 more weeks and bulls out then. Trailing shoe slurry on cut paddocks. | ||||||||||
| May 17th | 28.0 | 3.82 | 3.52 | 2.06 | 3.0 | 835 | 168 | 1400 | 67 | 61 | |
| Comment: | Taking paddocks out for silage when weather allows. 30 units of protected urea spread and over sown clover. Reseeding paddock. | ||||||||||
| May 5th | 29.6 | 3.77 | 3.54 | 71 | 2.16 | 3.0 | 716 | 182 | 1600 | 63 | 50 |
| April 27th | 30.0 | 3.71 | 3.52 | 2.12 | 3.0 | 716 | 182 | 1400 | 63 | 50 | |
| Comment: | Started breeding on Monday (26th of April). Over sowing clover in new reseeds whereweeds are not a problem. | ||||||||||
| 17th April | 29.7 | 3.71 | 3.48 | 2.15 | 3.0 | 750 | 191 | 1400 | 53 | 63 | |
| Comment: | Just finished third round of protected urea plus sulpher, bringing it up to 105 units per acre on the platform. | ||||||||||
| March 19th | 27.0 | 4.04 | 3.29 | 1.79 | 6.0 | 644 | 203 | 1600 | 28 | 7 | |
| Comment: | Just finishing spreading second round of protected urea which is a total of 70 units spread so far on the platform. Will spread silage fertilizer this week. | ||||||||||
| February 24th | 22.8 | 4.66 | 3.70 | 1.70 | 6.0 | 1042 | 328 | 1500 | |||
| Comment: | 12% grazed on off grazing weather permitting. No protected urea spread yet. 60% calved. 20% of platform covered with slurry in January. | ||||||||||
Updates 2020
| Week Start | Litres/ Cow | Fat % | Protein % | SCC | kg MS/Cow | Meal kg/cow/day | Average Farm Cover | Cover/LU | Pre Grazing Yield/kg DM | Demand/Ha |
Growth Rate/Ha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 23rd | 16.91 | 4.76 | 3.75 | 1.4 | 3kg- Spring 6kg- Autumn |
854 |
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| Comment |
All autumn cows calved. Started on the 3rd October and finished on the 21st November. Will start to dry Spring calvers next week. Grown 14.5 tons grass DM/ha this year to date. Should supply over 520kg milk solids per cow. 1 ton of meal fed per cow. Muriate of potash and lime spread this Autumn. |
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| November 2nd | 15.40 | 4.80 | 3.73 | 124 | 1.36 | 4.0 | 742 |
1600 |
28 | 26 | |
| Comment |
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| October 19th | 16.94 | 4.61 | 3.89 | 150 | 1.48 | 4.0 | 878 | 299 |
1600 |
41 | 33 |
| Comment |
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| October 12th | 18.8 | 4.34 | 3.83 | 132 | 1.54 | 4.0 | 878 | 299 |
2200 |
41 | 33 |
| Comment |
Autumn calving started. They will be housed full time and spring calvers are cleaning out paddocks well. Target to graze 70%by the 2nd of November. Need to spread lime as soon as conditions allow. Muriate of potash spread on low potassium land. |
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| October 5th | 17.80 | 4.45 | 3.62 | 114 | 1.48 | 4.0 | 826 | 281 |
1600 |
41 | 43 |
| Comment |
On and off grazing when weather permits with use of strip wires. |
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| September 21st | 17.20 | 4.34 | 3.68 | 160 | 1.42 | 3.0 | 834 | 284 |
1600 |
41 | 52 |
| Comment |
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| September 14th | 18.13 | 4.17 | 3.59 | 114 | 1.45 | 3.0 | 750 | 255 |
1600 |
41 | 45 |
| Comment |
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| September 7th | 20.12 | 4.54 | 3.92 | 93 | 1.70 | 3.0 | 591 | 197 |
1850 |
34 | 54 |
| Comment |
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| August 31st | 19.5 | 4.21 | 3.59 | 144 | 1.57 | 3 | 922 | 266 |
2500 |
55 | 83 |
| Comment |
Grass on target for this Autumn. Will blanket spread the whole farm with 30 units / ac protected urea. Last of the autumn cows dried off. Reseed growing well in ideal conditions. |
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| August 24th | 18.82 | 4.22 | 3.57 | 114 | 1.51 | 3.0 | 834 | 218 |
1600 |
61 | 80 |
| Comment |
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| August 17th | 19.06 | 3.97 | 3.52 | 114 | 1.47 | 1.5 | 834 | 218 |
1600 |
61 | 109 |
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| August 17th | 19.06 | 3.97 | 3.52 | 147 | 2 | 834 | 218 |
1400 |
61 | 109 | |
| Comment |
4 hectars reseeded this week by stitching in. Building of grass on target for the Autumn budget. 50% of autumn cows dried off. |
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| August 10th | 19.8 | 4.04 | 3.52 | 116 | 1.55 | 1.5 | 703 | 196 |
1600 |
57 | 70 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| July 13th | 22 | 4.24 | 3.48 | 1.7 | 2 | 548 | 153 |
1400 |
57 | 90 | |
| Comment |
Took out 8 ha last week and taking out 10 ha this week from the milking platform. Grass growing very well this week. Reduce meal to 2kg. Will cut second cut this week.Breeding season will finish on the 18th of July |
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| July 6th | 22.5 | 4.01 | 3.40 | 98 | 1.71 | 3 | 655 | 182 |
1600 |
54 | 58 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| June 29th | 23.6 | 4.06 | 3.53 | 114 | 1.85 | 3.5 | 655 | 182 |
1600 |
54 | 58 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| June 22nd | 23.50 | 4.03 | 3.48 | 114 | 1.83 | 3.5 | 608 | 156 |
1600 |
39 | 40 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| June 15th | 25 | 3.77 | 3.48 | 1.84 | 4 | 708 | 178 |
1400 |
40 | 69 | |
| Comment | Buffer feeding still at 6kg. Growth improving. A small amount of rainfall over the weekend is helping | ||||||||||
| June 8th | 25.8 | 3.79 | 3.40 | 97 | 1.90 | 5 | 570 | 146 |
1300 |
35 | 38 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| June 1st | 26 | 3.82 | 3.44 | 1.9 | 4 | 609 | 156 | 1300 | 35 | 42 | |
| Comment |
Buffer feeding 7kg per head per day and 4kg in the parlour. Rotation at 25 days. Spread one bag of 18/6/12 two weeks ago and got good response considering the lack of moisture, going with second bag now. |
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| May 25th | 26 | 3.72 | 3.45 | 83 | 1.92 | 4 | 494 | 127 | 1600 | 27 | 42 |
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| May 18th | 27 | 3.66 | 3.35 | 150 | 1.94 | 5 | 628 | 158 | 1600 | 60 | 30 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *May 11th | 28 | 3.92 | 3.46 | 114 | 2.11 | 3 | 631 | 152 | 1600 | 62 | 69 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *May 5th | 28 | 3.91 | 3.45 | 114 | 2.11 | 3 | 734 | 167 | 1600 | 66 | 63 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *April 27th | 28.4 | 3.8 | 3.34 | 152 | 2.09 | 3 | 749 | 170 | 1800 | 66 | 99 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *April 20th | 28.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 130 | 2.17 | 3 | 792 | 214 | 1700 | 55 | 66 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *April 13th | 28.02 | 3.83 | 3.4 | 138 | 2.09 | 4 | 723 | 233 | 1700 | 47 | 67 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *April 6th | 28.9 | 4.06 | 3.39 | 98 | 2.15 | 4 | 540 | 175 | 1500 | 47 | 49 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *March 30th | 27 | 4.41 | 3.45 | 170 | 2.15 | 4 | 635 | 205 | 1800 | 47 | 31 |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| *March 23rd | 27.4 | 4.58 | 3.34 | 2.24 | 4 | 847 | 273 | 2200 | 47 | 30 | |
| Comment | |||||||||||
| * March 2nd | 27 | 4.49 | 3.53 | 95 | 2.24 | 5 | 1072 | 1200 | 15 | 10 | |
| Comment | |||||||||||
*Winter Milk
Updates 2019
Week Ending 7th November 2019
| Litres/ Cow | Fat % | Protein % | SCC | kg MS/Cow | Meal kg | Average Farm Cover | Cover/LU | Pre Grazing Yield | Demand/Ha |
Growth Rate/Ha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5 | 4.56 | 3.87 | 181 | 1.35 | 5.0 | 485 | 800 | 55 | 14 |
*Winter Milk