GrassCheck Summary Table
| Week Beginning 17/05/21 | GrassCheck Plots* | Beef & Sheep Farms | Dairy Farms |
| Grass Growth | |||
| Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) | 91.1 | 71.9 | 85.3 |
| 7 day forecast | 65.2 | - | - |
| 14 day forecast |
49.4 |
- | - |
| Grass Quality | |||
| Dry matter (%) | 17.7 | 17.4 | 18.5 |
| Crude protein (% DM) | 17.0 | 19.8 | 16.2 |
| Sugars (% DM) | 14.3 | 12.7 | 15.1 |
| ME (MJ/kg DM) | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
* GrassCheck plots receive 270 kgN/ha/year
On farm grass growth data supplied by AgriNet
Key: ⇑ Trending Upwards, ⇓ Trending Downwards, ⇒ No Change
| Value of Grass | |
|
Dairy - maintenance plus (M+) (kg/cow/day)* |
21.5 |
|
Growing animals - daily live weight gain (kg/head/day)** |
1.07 |
*M+ calculated assuming: 650kg cow, Maintenance = 75 MJ/day, 5.3 MJ/L and 16kg DMI ** Beef daily gain assuming: 300kg beef steer, Maintenance = 35 MJ/day, 40 MJ/kg gain and 6.6kg DMI
