Our latest farm walk notes include the key numbers we’re seeing on the farm. We update walk notes every week during the milking season. During the off-season this may occur monthly.

Focus for 2023/24

9 August Notes

Key Numbers

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Factors 30 August 23 August 16 August 9 August 2 August
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha) 160 160 160 160
Re-grassing (Ha) 0 0 0 0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat 416 315 261 144
Cows currently milking NOT to vat 34 59 33 29
Total cows on farm 450 374 294 173
Once-a-day milking cows
Lame cows current 1 1 1 0
Dry cows on farm 0 0 0 0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC) 169 212 150 116
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow) 1.87
Protein:Fat ratio (%) 0.8 0.78 0.79 0.77
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA) 2480
Current Pasture Fed - Milkers (kgDM/cow)
Current Silage Fed - Milkers (kgDM/cow) 2.02 2.57 3.12 3.22
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)
Stocking Rate - Milkers (Cows/HA) 2.8
Current Pasture Demand - Milkers (kgDM/HA)
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA) 9
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA) 3200
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA) 1600
Round Length (Days) 40
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C) 7 6.6 5.88 6.78
Rainfall (MM) 5.4 3.6 4.2 5.4
Irrigation days this week (days) 0 0 0 0
People
Current Roster 5+2 5+2 5+2 5+2
Health & Safety Incidences nil nil nil nil
Milking Routine 10 in 7 OAD OAD OAD